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Ali-A
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Alastair Aiken (born 6 November 1993), better known by his online alias Ali-A[10] (or by his original alias Matroix), is a British YouTuber known for Call of Duty and Fortnite commentaries and vlogs.[11][12][13] He is one of the highest-paid professional online gamers.[14] His main channel Ali-A has a subscriber count of over 18 million, with its total views exceeding 6 billion. His second channel, More Ali-A, has a YouTube subscriber count of over 19 million and a total of over 6 billion video views. On 23 April 2018, Ali-A created a new channel, titled "Clare & Ali" with his partner, Clare Siobhan. The channel has since gained over 1 million subscribers and generated more than 68 million video views. In September 2020, he created a fourth channel titled "Ali-A Plays", where he uploads content relating to the Call of Duty franchise only. Currently, the channel has more than 430,000 subscribers and more than 26 million video views.
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Born | Alastair James Aiken (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 30)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Aiken often refers to his YouTube subscriber fanbase as the "Ali-A Army".[15] In July 2015, he was awarded the Guinness World Records for 'Most Popular Call of Duty Channel by views' and 'Most Popular Call of Duty Channel by subscribers'.[16][17] Aiken frequently attends the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) as well as other video game conventions. In 2013, Aiken wrote a guest blog post in Huffington Post UK.[18] The Huffington Post has also stated that "Ali is one of the UK's most popular and influential entities globally and is at the forefront of the online and YouTube revolution."[19] In September 2015, Aiken, along with Tom Cassell and Daniel Middleton, starred in Legends of Gaming Live, with the trio being referred to as "[s]ome of the most popular YouTubers in the [United Kingdom]".[20][21][22] Redbull's eSports division has referred to his main YouTube channel as the "biggest Call of Duty YouTube channel."[23] In March 2016, Clickible.com listed Aiken as the seventeenth "Most Famous Youtuber [sic]... on Earth".[24] Later that year, Business Insider listed him as the ninth most popular British YouTube star[12] – the same ranking they gave him in 2015.[25] On 6 June 2017, the BBC referred to Aiken as a "YouTube megastar".[26]