Timothy John Betar (born April 8, 1990), better known as TimTheTatman, is an American
live streamer
An online streamer or live streamer is a person who broadcasts themselves online through a Livestreaming, live stream to an audience.
History
Streaming arose in the early 2010s, originating on sites like YouTube where users could upload videos ...
and
internet personality
An Internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or simply influencer) is a celebrity who has acquired or developed their fame and notability through the Internet. The rise of social m ...
on
YouTube
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.
Career
Betar started streaming on
Twitch
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in 2012 and has amassed over seven million followers since.
Broadcasting games such as ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''
Overwatch
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'', ''
Fortnite
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'', and ''
World of Warcraft
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'', the variety channel attracts thousands of viewers each day.
Betar is a
Monster Energy
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esports athlete and is also sponsored by
Audio-Technica
(stylized as audio-technica) is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones, headphones, turntables, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.
Company history
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He was a certified Twitch partner and has been a full-time creator since March 2014.
After joining YouTube on January 23, 2011, the channel has grown to 3.2 million subscribers with videos viewed over 524 million times.
With the release of
Epic Games's ''
Fortnite
''Fortnite'' is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: ''Fortnite Battle Royale'', a free-to- ...
'' in July 2017, Twitch stream viewership skyrocketed. The game streamed nearly 151 million hours during the first month of release. Streamers such as Betar,
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, and Turner "Tfue" Tenney, saw a steady increase in followers as the game grew in popularity.
During
E3 2018
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, Epic Games held its first-ever Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am, which paired up celebrities with professional gamers to raise money for charity. Betar teamed up with
Mack Wilds
Tristan Paul Mack Wilds (born July 15, 1989) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his roles as Michael Lee on the HBO original drama series, ''The Wire'', and as Dixon Wilson on the CW teen drama seri ...
for the event. Betar won the award for Fan Favorite Male Streamer/Gamer of the Year at the 2018
Gamers' Choice Awards
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.
Betar appeared a
National Football League
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commercial during
Super Bowl LIII along with
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "the Sheriff", he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and four with th ...
,
JuJu Smith-Schuster
John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster ( Smith; born November 22, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh ...
, and
Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Terrell Lynch (born April 22, 1986) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "Beast Mode", he spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. Lync ...
. In September 2021, Betar announced an exclusivity contract with
YouTube
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. He signed with
Complexity Gaming
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as a part-owner and content-creator that same month.
Awards and nominations
Philanthropy
In 2018, Betar teamed up with fellow streamers to raise money for
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, par ...
under the GuardianCon charity stream marathon. The event raised over $2.7 million for children's medical research. During his time block alone, Betar set the Twitch charitable donation record by raising more than $106,000 in 4 hours.
Personal life
Betar was born on April 8, 1990. After meeting in high school, Betar and his wife Alexis were married in August 2016.
The couple had a son, Brewer, on April 11, 2019.
See also
*
List of most-followed Twitch channels
This list contains the top fifty channels with the most followers on the live streaming social platform Twitch. , the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 18.4 million followers. The female streamer with the most followers on h ...
References
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1990 births
Living people
American esports players
People from New York (state)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Twitch (service) streamers
YouTube channels launched in 2011
YouTube streamers