Brooke Allison Brodack (born: April 7, 1986), formerly known as Brookers, is a former American comedian mainly known for her short videos on her channel. Some call Brookers the first real YouTube star.
During her time on YouTube she reached the number one most-subscribed position. She is regarded as the first female YouTuber to become the most-subscribed, although some say FilthyWhore was.
YouTube[]
Brodack began posting her short comedic videos on her Brookers YouTube channel in September 2005. From July 3 to August 17, 2006, her Brookers channel was the most-subscribed on YouTube. She was named a Crossover Star by the Wall Street Journal on its New Media Power List on July 29, 2006.
Brookers directed, edited and performed in her videos, most of which have been set at her family home in Holden, Massachusetts.
Her single most popular video, Crazed Numa Fan! a lip sync parody of an earlier Internet meme, Numa Numa Dance by Gary Brolsma itself a parody of Dragostea din tei by O-Zone, has been viewed on YouTube over 8.2 million times. Her younger sister, Melissa Missy Brodack, performs alongside her in many videos, including Crazed Numa Fan!.
In addition to her Brookers YouTube channel, in January 2006, Brodack established a second channel, QuietRiot, and she began posting videos there regularly in the summer of 2007. Collectively, they have received about 2,000,000 views. Since early 2006, she also has given improvised, audience interactive comic performances on live webcam video, hosted by such services as Stickam, Ustream, and currently Blogtv, where in May 2008, she launched her live BrookeBrodack's Show. Many of these performances have been recorded by fans, who have released them or sections of them as viral videos.
Most of her videos has since been deleted and her fame has mostly left her since.
Deletion[]
On July 12, 2017, Brookes' YouTube channel was deleted along with all her social media accounts. This was due to the fact she wanted to move on from Youtube.
New Channel[]
In mid 2018, she returned to YouTube on a new channel. This channel also no longer exists. On December 11, 2018, she created a new channel, called Brooke Brodack, where she talks about her life.
Trivia[]
- She was the first ever YouTuber to reach 10,000 subscribers.
- On December 6, 2006, she appeared on the Tyra Banks Show as a judge for a student video competition.
- From 2013 to early 2017, Brookers was living in India teaching media classes to students.
- On June 27, 2006, she surpassed Judson Laipply as most-subscribed channel before being overthrown by Geriatric1927 a little over a month later.
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: All dates from 500-50K subscribers are rough estimates based on existing data.
- 500 subscribers: March 25, 2006
- 1,000 subscribers: May 19, 2006
- 5,000 subscribers: June 12, 2006
- 10,000 subscribers: July 7, 2006
- 15,000 subscribers: August 6, 2006
- 50,000 subscribers: July 1, 2007
