Liam Michael Thompson (born 25 April 2000)[citation needed] is a New Zealand YouTube personality. As of May 2024[update], he has over 2 million subscribers.[1] Thompson's channel consists of a mix of different videos with no common theme; however, his most successful videos tend to include his pet labradoodle, Max.[3] He also often included his 20-year-old cat named Frodo (died February 26 2022) and his 1-year-old cat named Samwise.[4]
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| Born | Liam Michael Thompson 25 April 2000 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||
| Education | Mount Albert Grammar School | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Entertainment | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.11 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 334.3 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 10/04/2024 | ||||||||||
Early life
editLiam Thompson was born in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand as the second of four siblings.[5] He attended Balmoral School and Mount Albert Grammar School,[6][7] where he was a Prefect[8] and involved in orienteering, competing successfully at many regional and national championships.[9][10] In 2018, he was the inaugural recipient of the Service to MAGS Sport award.[11] After graduating in 2018, Thompson began studying engineering. He soon dropped out to pursue YouTube while enrolling in Police college, moving furniture and considering film school.[6][5]
Thompson started a blog called Velterro in 2019, focusing on tips for self improvement, productivity, money and health.[12] As of 2024, the blog is inactive.
YouTube career
editThompson has been actively posting on YouTube since mid 2019. His channel gained a large amount of traction in September 2019 after posting the video I Taught My Dog To Play Minecraft,[13] which has over 22.3 million views as of February 2022.[6][3] In an interview with New Zealand media outlet Stuff, he stated that "It took me four months to get 80 [subscribers] and, a week later, I had 150,000".[5] Thompson subsequently decided to pursue YouTube full time.[5]
On 20 July 2020, his YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers. He celebrated the next day with a video, in which he bought Max 1 million dog biscuits, most of which he donated.[14]
Thompson is among the top 10 YouTubers in New Zealand, with the 8th most subscribers in March 2024.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c "About Liam Thompson". YouTube.
- ^ a b "Liam Thompson's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Auckland labradoodle becomes YouTube sensation with his Minecraft talent". Newshub. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Liam (4 November 2021). "I Built an Elevator for My Cat". Youtube. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Meet the Kiwi YouTubing teen who just bought a Tesla". Stuff. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kiwi Minecraft playing dog video goes viral". NZ Herald. 21 November 2019. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "MAGS Scholar Lion Awards" (PDF). Mount Albert Grammar School. 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Creative, Jade (2 November 2017). "Prefects of 2018". Mount Albert Grammar School. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Hepburn, Graham (8 May 2018). "Orienteers discover top form". Mount Albert Grammar School. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Hepburn, Graham (19 August 2018). "Duathlon Silver at Nationals". Mount Albert Grammar School. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Hepburn, Graham (31 October 2018). "Sports Prizegiving Dinner 2018". Mount Albert Grammar School. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "About | Velterro". Liam Thompson. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "YouTuber teaches his dog how to play Minecraft". Dexerto.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Guy Surprises His Dog With 1 Million Pieces Of Food". www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ NZ, Voyager (20 March 2019). "The Top New Zealand YouTubers". Voyager Internet. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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