Ollie Bye (born 1998) is an English cartographerand illustrator who makes animated historical mapping videos on YouTube. Career Bye started making maps on his computer as a hobby. He soon learnt how to use maps in a frame by frame format, putting several together to form an animated mapping video. In 2016 he published the video The History of the World: Every Year. He soon developed an interest in Indian History and has since published multiple videos on the subject. He has made illustrations on a wide range of subjects from the history of nations to the spread of ideas and growth of populations. His videos on Europe and elsewhere have been used as a teaching source on several occasions. Ollie Bye has 230 thousand subscribers on YouTube and is the second most subscribed videomapper, behind EmperorTigerstar. His cumulative views exceed 50 million.
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