Adam B
Birth nameAdam Beales
Birth date11 October 1999 (age 26)
Birth placeDerry, Northern Ireland
OccupationYouTuber · actor · television host · author
Youtube handleAdambYT
Youtube display nameAdam B
Youtube genre
  • Pranks
  • challenges
  • vlogs
  • life hacks
  • gaming
  • DIY
Youtube subscribers5.01 million
Youtube views2 billion
Stats update2 January 2026

Adam Beales (born 11 October 1999), known as Adam B, is a YouTuber, actor, and television host from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a former co-presenter of the CBBC shows The Dog Ate My Homework and Blue Peter. Beales has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube and has collaborated with Disney.[1]

Early life

Beales was born on 11 October 1999 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College, where he was Head Boy.[2]

Career

At the age of 12, he started his channel Adam B (which was then called “TheNewAdamb99”) on 29 July 2012. He started by filming all of his videos and editing them from his bedroom in his parents' house.[3]

In 2017, he made a partnership with Disney.[4] In 2019, his YouTube channel reached over 2.7 million subscribers with a total of 300 million views.[5]

He has appeared on BBC Radio,[6] The Ryan Tubridy Show[7] and was featured on VidCon London's first conference.[8] In June 2019, he won the Youth 19 Champions Award.[9] From 2019 to 2020, he was the co-presenter in the seventh series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework.[10][11]

On 1 September 2020, Beales was announced as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and would make his debut two days later.[12] He left Blue Peter in 2022, with his final appearance on 15 July.[13]

In 2022 Beales co-hosted Bro's in Control for the BBC, along with Joe Tasker and his brother Callum B.[14] A second series with Beales and Tasker was commissioned in September 2023.[15]

Beale has published two books, Adam Wins The Internet and Adam Destroys The Internet.[16]

Personal life

Beales is gay. He came out in a video he uploaded on his YouTube channel titled "I'M GAY..." on 22 July 2022.[17] In the next video, titled "MEET MY BOYFRIEND", he showed the audience his partner Dominic.

He works with his mother Edelle and father Paul as video partners. Beales' younger brother Callum also has his own YouTube channel, Callum B. The family collectively share a YouTube channel, Family 4.[2][18]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney. He is now the 40th presenter of Blue Peter.". newsletter.co.uk. Archived 2017-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  2. ^ McClements, Freya. "Derry YouTube sensation sacrifices Oxford for web career". The Irish Times. Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. ^ "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". Irish Examiner. 2018-07-09. Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  4. ^ "Meet the teenage NI YouTube star now partnering with Disney". newsletter.co.uk. Archived 2017-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  5. ^ McKinney, Seamus (2019-03-12). "Meet Adam Beales (19), the Derry YouTuber whose hobby has turned into a sell-out Irish tour". The Irish News. Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  6. ^ "BBC Radio Ulster - The John Toal Show, Bernadette Hagans, Adam Beales, Cheryl Gault & Linsey McDougall". BBC. Archived 2021-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  7. ^ "700,000 fans can't be wrong: YouTuber Adam Beales on going viral". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2017-12-04. Archived 2019-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  8. ^ "VidCon UK Announces First Round Of Featured Creators – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  9. ^ "North West Business Award winners are revealed". derryjournal.com. 8 June 2019. Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  10. ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide. Archived 2020-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  11. ^ "BBC iPlayer - The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC iPlayer. Archived 2021-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  12. ^ "Blue Peter announces its 40th new presenter". BBC News. BBC. September 1, 2020. Archived September 6, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  13. ^ Lang, Nicole (20 June 2022). "Adam B to leave Blue Peter after 2 years". www.derrynow.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  14. ^ "BBC Studios to make Bro's in Control for CBBC". September 18, 2023.
  15. ^ "BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions to produce the second series of 'Bro's in Control' for CBBC". www.bbc.co.uk
  16. ^ "Adam Wins the Internet". Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  17. ^ "I'm Gay". YouTube. 22 July 2022.
  18. ^ Hale, James (30 November 2018). "Prank Master YouTuber Adam Beales Teams Up With Disney For Its #VloggerTakeover Series". tubefilter.com. Archived 6 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 20, 2020.