Tyler Oakley

Oakley is sweeping the internet with style by the virtue of his unconventional personality.

In one of the interviews, we found him saying, ‘Since the beginning, I have always tried to just be me. There have been moments in my career as a YouTuber where I’ve recognized that I’m trying to emulate something else or I’m being heavily influenced by a YouTuber or something like that and I realize that’s not what I want to be putting out’. The courage to stand on his own and present to the world purely his original, untarnished self is what sets Oakley apart from the rest.

He began creating videos for ‘YouTube’ when he was in the first year of his college at the ‘Michigan State University’, back in 2007. Basically, it started by using the video sharing option to touch base with one of his friends, whom he lost all contacts with.

Tyler’s first video was titled ‘Raindrops’ and since then he hasn’t looked back. Today, he stands tall with a video count of more than 399 videos with 535,000,000 views and over 8,000,000 subscribers to his channel, which embraces a gamut of happening matters. He is quite regular in posting content based on politics, pop culture and humor. His burgeoning popularity is attributed to the recognition he received from television stars and celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Liam Payne, Chris Colfer and Jerry Springer.

The celebrated star was awarded the opportunity to meet the American President Barack Obama at the grand White House solely due to his massive prominence on various social media platforms. The free spirited lad even had a video done with Michelle Obama which aimed at throwing light on the subject of education.

Tyler, one of the most searched names of YouTube is hailed by many as a guy with a heart of gold. The Midas touch of his supreme magnanimity for the ‘Trevor Project’ is unmatched and his endeavors in uplifting non-straight people are praiseworthy. As an activist, Tyler encompasses issues addressed to LGBT, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender as well as issues of general social interest.

The element of nobility doesn’t elude the notable ones even. And yes Tyler has joined the league by his stellar contribution to the ‘TREVOR’ Project, which was found in 1998. This project is aimed at providing suicide prevention aid to lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and questioning young people.

With this glorious feat, Oakley has raised enormous funds and huge donations for this noble cause and in turn has helped save countless lives.

He has been fiercely advocating on social issues like health care and education as well. The 27-year-old YouTube star had his first book published which is titled ‘Binge’. The content of the book covers Oakley’s upbringing in Michigan in U.S., some revelation about his past relationship, and different interactions with numerous hotshots.

In the light of some somber moments of his life, he even emphatically makes a mention of his domestic violence history and the ordeal he faced with his eating disorder till high school.

Nevertheless the comic tone which is so characteristic of Tyler’s personality covers up for the gaps and brings out the fun and animated aspect of the young lad.