TheRadBrad

Bradley Lamar Colburn (born February 10, 1987),^[3] better known by his online alias theRadBrad, is an American YouTuber and Let's Player most notable for his video game walkthroughs of various new games.^[4][5][6] He has been interviewed by various publications since becoming active in 2010.^[5][6] As of October 2024, Colburn's channel has over 13.7 million subscribers and his videos have brought in over 6.3 billion views.^[7] Footage^[8][9][10] and images^[11] from his gameplay videos have been used for illustrative purposes in articles by numerous publications.^[12][13][14]

theRadBrad
Personal information
Born	Bradley Lamar Colburn (1987-02-10) February 10, 1987 (age 37) Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Occupations	YouTuber gamer internet personality
YouTube information
Channel	theRadBrad
Years active	2010–present
Genres	Let's Play video game walkthrough
Subscribers	13.7 million[1]
Total views	6.3 billion[1]
Network	None (formerly Machinima, and later Maker Studios)
Associated acts	Cartoonz TetraNinja Gaming Nacho
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2011[2] 1,000,000 subscribers 2013 10,000,000 subscribers 2019
Last updated: October 28, 2024

Colburn has been covered by various publications, including VG247 (when video game publisher Ubisoft sent him merchandise ahead of the launch of Watch Dogs 2),^[15] VentureBeat,^[4] and Rolling Stone.^[16] FMV Magazine has referred to Colburn as "king of the YouTube walkthrough."^[17]

During a wave of copyright issues that were affecting creators, some of Colburn's videos were falsely claimed by an automated system owned by the multi-channel network Scale Lab. He was directly apologized to by Scale Lab's CEO, David Brenner, in a Kotaku interview once the problem was discovered.^[18] During a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, Colburn's YouTube channel was identified by Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, as one of the "top gaming creators" on the platform.^[16]

References

1. "About theRadBrad". YouTube.
2. "theradbrad YouTube Stats by SocialBlade". November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
3. @thaRadBrad (February 10, 2021). "Appreciate all the birthday wishes. Started YouTube when was I was 23 and now I'm 34! Been the best years of my life thanks to all of you" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Grubb, Jeff (December 11, 2013). "YouTube ignores content-creator concerns in statement regarding mass copyright flagging". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
5. Lanz, Michelle (August 29, 2014). "How gamer 'The Rad Brad' makes a living playing video games". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
6. Butler, Mark (February 6, 2012). "Interview: TheRadBrad". www.fmvmagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
7. "theradbrad YouTube Stats by SocialBlade". Retrieved December 1, 2021.
8. Beaumont, Mark (December 4, 2018). "The ten best video games of 2018". NME. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
9. Zamora, Jayde Marvynne (February 21, 2017). "For Honor Servers Down To Make Way For New Updates?". Auto World News. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
10. Moore, Logan (July 11, 2017). "Crackdown 3 Receives 10 Minutes of Open World Gameplay Footage Showing Off New Weapons and Abilities". DualShockers. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
11. Villas-Boas, Antonio (August 10, 2016). "The best game I've played this year is an unfinished game from 2013". Business Insider. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
12. Cohen, Joshua (April 25, 2017). "Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Gaming Channels Worldwide • March 2017". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
13. Elfwine, Alvin (April 25, 2017). "Ubisoft Releases For Honor Patch 1.06, Details Here". iTech Post. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
14. Walsh, James (May 16, 2016). "10 video games so good we didn't want them to end". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
15. Nunneley, Stephany (June 2, 2016). "Watch Dogs 2 gift sent to YouTube personality ahead of E3 2016". VG247. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
16. Wang, Amy X. (October 22, 2018). "YouTube Comes Out Strong Against Europe's Copyright Directive". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
17. Wong, Kevin (February 20, 2019). "The Best YouTube Channels". Complex. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
18. Good, Owen (December 16, 2013). "YouTube Copyright Fiasco Get Wilder, But This Time Someone Admits Error". Kotaku. Retrieved October 9, 2019.