Brent Rivera

For the English river, see River Brent.

Brent Austin Rivera (born January 9, 1998) is an American influencer and actor who first gained popularity on the now-defunct video hosting service Vine. He has large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.^[1]

Brent Rivera
Rivera in 2020
Born	Brent Austin Rivera (1998-01-09) January 9, 1998 (age 27) Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Education	Huntington Beach High School
Occupations	YouTuber actor
YouTube information
Channel	Brent Rivera
Years active	2009–present
Genres	Comedy vlog
Subscribers	40 million
Views	11.9 billion
Last updated: October 19, 2025
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Biography

Brent Austin Rivera^{[‡ 1]: 0:07} was born on January 9, 1998.^{[2][‡ 2]} He has Mexican and Italian ancestry, and is from Huntington Beach, California, where he still lives.^{[‡ 1]: 0, 14, 0:43} Rivera's younger sister, Lexi,^[3] is also an influencer and appeared with him in the web series Brobot.^[4] He also has two older brothers.^{[‡ 1]: 3:50}

Rivera was interested in acting and auditioned for commercials and TV shows in seventh grade. He did not want to be under a producer's oversight, so he started posting on social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and the now defunct Vine in his early teens. Rivera became a prominent Vine star.^[5] One selfie earned him 68 thousand likes; academic Alice Marwick wrote that since "Rivera looks like a celebrity, [...] on Instagram, he is treated as one."^[6] Because he lives close to Los Angeles, Rivera was able to attend high school and work meetings, something many teenage influencers could not do.^[5][7]

Rivera's father, John, did not pay much attention to his social media until Rivera was recognized at a local hockey game by fans.^[7]

Rivera is the co-founder and CEO of Amp Studios, a talent incubator and content group that in 2020 generated 10 billion social media views each month.^{[8][9][better source needed]} He also started a pop culture-centric podcast called So Relatable in 2021.^[10] In 2015, he participated in Coca-Cola's #MakeItHappy campaign and worked with Hollister Co. in 2019 on their anti-bullying campaign.^[11]

Filmography

Web roles

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2017	Alexander IRL	Alexander	YouTube Red	Also producer	[12][13]
2018	Brobot	Gil	Brat	5 episodes	[4]
2018–2019	Light as a Feather	Issac Salcedo	Hulu	Main role; 2 seasons	[14][8]
2019	Brent Rivera's Dream Vacation	Himself	AwesomenessTV	7 episodes	[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2020	Group Chat	Himself	Nickelodeon	1 episode (season 1); Main role (season 2)	[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	2019 Teen Choice Awards	Choice Male Web Star	Nominated	[17]
	9th Streamy Awards	Best in Lifestyle	Nominated	[18]
2020	10th Streamy Awards	Juanpa Zurita's Creator Honor Award	Won	[19]
2021	11th Streamy Awards	Creator Of The Year	Nominated	[20]
		Lifestyle	Nominated

Notes

1. Rivera, Brent (July 15, 2019). Brent Rivera Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions (Video). AwesomenessTV. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
2. Rivera, Brent [@BrentRivera] (January 9, 2019). "it's my birthday today" (Tweet). Retrieved January 6, 2020 – via Twitter.