- For American challenge YouTuber, see MrBeast.
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| “ | I'm Mr. Beat. | ” |
―Mr. Beat's intro | ||
Matthew Alan "Matt" Beat[1] (born: November 6, 1981),[2] better known online as Mr. Beat, is an American YouTuber, musician, and former social studies teacher known for his videos discussing history, geography, economics and politics.
Content[]
Mr. Beat makes videos teaching geography, American history, world history, political history, and economics. His most popular series is Compared, a geography series which compares two places around the world. He also has a series called Supreme Court Briefs, which looks at important Supreme Court cases in American history.
Beat is known as an American Presidential history buff, with songs about all of the former American Presidents and a series chronicling every presidential election in American history. He also occasionally creates historical parody songs and original history songs for his band Electric Needle Room. Mr. Beat is also very critical of conservative YouTube channel PragerU, he has made videos reprehending it, including a 7-hour livestream.
Beat is known for his dry humor and creativity when it comes to jokes and comedy.
Channel series[]
- Story Time with Mr. Beat (July 16, 2012 — present)
- Presidential Elections in American History (December 7, 2014 — present)
- Supreme Court Briefs (September 15, 2017 — present)
- Compared (November 24, 2017 — present)
- Mr. Beat and (guest) Interview Each Other (Livestream series)
History[]
He created his YouTube channel in August 2009, though he didn't upload anything until January 2011. His oldest videos were originally only intended to show his actual students in his classroom, and the original channel name was “Mr. Beat's Social Studies Channel”. Once the videos took off, he expanded his content. He now runs series of videos such as Compared, Supreme Court Briefs, Presidential Elections In American History, among others.
Statistics[]
Main channel[]
As of May 2024, "Mr. Beat” has over 1,000,000 subscribers. He has over 570 videos, 6 of which have over 2 million views and 3 of those have over 4 million views. His most viewed one is a 26-minute-long video titled “How Every President Died” with over 6.3 million views. His most viewed short is 56 seconds long and is titled “Why So Many Streetlights Are Currently Purple” and has 2.8 million views. He has 5 shorts with over 1 million views. He also has two live streams with over 1 million views.
Personal life[]
Matthew Alan Beat was born in Topeka, Kansas, and was raised Catholic.[3] He went to the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Emporia State University for college. He has a wife and two children,[4] and currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He was a high school social studies teacher until 2021. As of now, he is a full-time YouTuber.
Beat is of mostly English, Welsh, Germanic and French descent, along with more distinct Irish, Scottish, Swedish and Norwegian descent.[5] He is 5th cousins, 4 times removed with former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is also 6th cousins, 9 times removed with former president James Madison, 7th cousins, 5 times removed with James Garfield and 10th cousins once removed with Calvin Coolidge.[6][7] He is also 11th cousins with fellow YouTuber, UsefulCharts.[8]
Quotes[]
- "I'm Mr. Beat.”
- "Mr. Beat Presents...” (his intro in Election videos and Supreme Court Briefs)
- "I keep bringing up FDR! Is this why so many people call Obama a socialist?”
- "I'm running for Governor of Kansas in 2018.” (not actually running for governor)
- "(singing) Compromise of 1850!”
- “The tragic life of a dough face.” (The chorus of the Franklin Pierce Song)
- "Two states in THESE United States...”
- "He's from my home state of Kansas, so I guess you can say I'm biased.”
- "Let's just assume that every President had a piano.”
- "[President] is seeking re-election. Hold up, what happened to [previous President]?” (some Election videos where he alludes to the previous President dying in office)
- “Oh, look, another Episcopalian!” (Every President's Religion)
- "George Clinton, No, not that George Clinton. Yes, that one” (Referring to the confusion between singer George Clinton and former Vice President George Clinton)
- "The KKK was good!” (Referring to the Katipunan, not the Ku Klux Klan)
- "I'll see you for the next election, buddy.” (The end of a Presidential Election video)
- "The [Number] presidential election in American history took place on November [Number], [Year].”
Channel milestones[]
Subscriber milestones[]
- 10,000 subscribers: July 7, 2017
- 50,000 subscribers: October 4, 2018
- 100,000 subscribers: July 5, 2019
- 500,000 subscribers: March 29, 2022[9]
- 1,000,000 subscribers: May 1, 2024
Video view milestones[]
- 50 million video views: November 7, 2020
- 100 million video views: February 13, 2022
Trivia[]
- He taught middle and high school social studies between 2009 and 2021.
- He attended college at the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Emporia State University.
- His favorite YouTubers consist of Vsauce, Vlogbrothers, CrashCourse, CGP Grey, and VICE.
- He loves music.
- His favorite bands include Radiohead, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Mates of State, and Animal Collective.
- His favorite TV show is Breaking Bad.
- He likes bananas and cliff bars.
- He has a dog named Patsy.
- He had a cat named Ellie, who passed away on December 31, 2021, at the age of 18.
- He was recently part of a series by genealogical, where he attempted to find out his family history.
- He is subject to multiple YTPs and OOCs.[10][11]
- Mr. Beat and Matt Baker (UsefulCharts) are 11th cousins.[12]
- Mr. Beat has through genealogy found his familial relation to several US Presidents:
- He is 5th cousins 4 times removed with Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- He is 6th cousins 9 times removed with James Madison.
- He is 7th cousins 5 times removed with James A. Garfield.
- He is 10th cousins once removed with Calvin Coolidge.
- Mr. Beat once called every member of Congress, finding that only 6% of Senators (including Vice President Kamala Harris) and 4% of Congressmen respond to phone calls with follow-up emails. For the calls to each Senator, he let fans ask the question, but for the calls to each US Representative, he focused on the Election Day Holiday Bill.
- The Senators that responded were Tina Smith (MN), Sherrod Brown (OH), Martin Heinrich (NM), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jeff Merkley (OR), and Cory Booker (NJ). Cory Booker was the only Congress member to send a video message, which Mr. Beat thought was "above and beyond”.
- Some US Representatives that responded were David Kustoff (TN-8), Matt Rosendale (MT-2), Tom Cole (OK-4), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-2), Al Lawson (FL-4), Brian Mast (FL-18), Peter Welch (VT-at large), Brian Steil (WI-1), French Hill (AR-2), Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and Jim Cooper (TN-5). However, most of the responses were mostly copy-pastas.
- He always spoke to a member of the Congress member's staff, rather than the Congress member themselves.
- He found out that the more high-profile the Congressman, the less likely they are to pick up the phone.
- There were three times when Mr. Beat mistakenly called a Congressman who was no longer in power. Don Young (AK-at large) had died prior to the video, and two of New York's congressmen had resigned: Antonio Delgado (NY-19) after becoming Lieutenant Governor and Tom Reed (NY-23) after allegations of sexual harassment. In addition, Jackie Walorski (IN-2) died in a car crash a few weeks after Mr. Beat called her office. Ben Ray Lujan (NM-Senator) had a stroke the same day Mr. Beat called his office, but made a full recovery.
- None of Kansas's US Representatives responded with a follow-up. This includes Mr. Beat's own congressman, Jake LaTurner (KS-2).
- He also once interviewed California Congressman Mark Takano, unrelated to the video.
- It is common in his livestream and comments for fans to spam “give me money Mr. Beat” and other similar sentences as a reference to a popular meme where a user replies to a comment from Mr. Beat mistaking him to be MrBeast.[13]
- On May 18, 2024, Mr. Beat made a video comparing himself and MrBeast, in terms of where they came from, their YouTube history, etc.[14]
- The best president in his opinion is George Washington, and the worst president in his opinion is James Buchanan.
- In 2018, he made a video titled "Worst 10 American Governors”. In the beginning, he said he was running for Governor of Kansas, which was actually just a joke.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Mr. Beat on Twitter: " " 4 Nov 2022
- ↑ The American Presidential Election of 1984 — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 7 Oct 2016
- ↑ Every President's Religion — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 30 Apr 2021
- ↑ Who Is Mr. Beat? — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 13 Aug 2014
- ↑ Mr. Beat Learns His Ancestry DNA Results (Livestream) — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 22 Jun 2019
- ↑ Which Presidents Are Related? — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 18 Feb 2022
- ↑ Which Presidents Are Related? — Mr. Beat (YouTube). 18 Feb 2022
- ↑ Mr. Beat and I are Cousins and Related to US Presidents! — UsefulCharts (YouTube). 4 Feb 2022
- ↑ Mr. Beat on Twitter: "This actually happened over on good ol' YouTube. I started my channel more than 11 years ago, but the vast majority of its growth has happened in the last two years. I'm doing a Q&A livestream on Sunday to celebrate. Thank you to the folks who have subscribed. All 500,000 of you." 30 Mar 2022
- ↑ Mr Beat but out of context — Osbers Gaming (YouTube). 18 Sep 2021
- ↑ (YTP) Mr Beat teaches math and has a pretty famous band — Osbers Gaming (YouTube). 6 Nov 2021
- ↑ Mr. Beat and I are Cousins and Related to US Presidents! — UsefulCharts (YouTube). 4 Feb 2022
- ↑ https://x.com/beatmastermatt/status/1519668039180034049
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2THkAVtsN0
