Shay Carl

Shay Carl, is an American Internet personality, known as a comedian for his entertaining videos on YouTube. Youtube is a popular video sharing site, which gets millions of hits everyday, Shay is just one of the many YouTuber's. Shay is a well known figure on youtube and in fact is one of the most-subscribed comedian channels. Currently he holds the #30 most subscribed comedians, all time. With over 100 videos and over 70,000 subscribers to his channel. The videos which he produces are filled with laughs and are enjoyed by many ages. Shay resides in Idaho with his wife and three children.
Before YouTube
Before posting his videos on YouTube, Shay had installed granite for a living. Throughout his whole life he was trying to find what he wanted to do with his life. Shay has had around 20 different jobs and every time he would decide to change careers he would always say to himself "Ok this is the one", but in fact they would never catch on to him. Currently Shay is a DJ in the evenings from 9 CT to 12 Mid. CT for his local radio station Z103.
Getting Involved in YouTube and the Beginning of Videos
Certain events in Shay's life has influenced him over to YouTube and the aspect of video making. In the year of 2008, a good friend of Shay said to him "You have got to get your comedy out there". Shay questioned himself with the ideas of: How to get his comedy out to viewers. After this, 3 months later Shay got a job at Z103 and than this lead to the start of making videos on YouTube. Shay was now not just trying to have a good time but make people notice his videos and to support him.
In the Summer of 2007, Shay Carl started to make videos on YouTube just for a "good time". His first video was released on August 16, 2008 the video was called "Fun with Helium and Passing Out", though this was not his so called "big break", he did later get many more views on the video.
Becoming Popular on YouTube
Philip DeFranco, known as sXePhil was a key part in the success and popularity of Shay. Philip DeFranco is a well known news reporter, known for being involved with entertainment news, politics, tech, and even pop culture. When Phil noticed a video of Shay's, he enjoyed it, this resulted in a shout out toward Shay's channel. During this time Phil was one of the top most subscribed YouTuber's but still is to this day. The shout out resulted in a rise in subscribers and video views, but also in a form of relationship between Shay and Phil. Their friendship has grown ever since and they even refer to each other as "best friend's".
Other than his friendship with Phil, Shay has grown relationships with many other famous YouTuber's and has made many online friends. Today, Shay is a YouTube partner and is also makes revenue from being a part of the Google Ad-Share Program. Besides making videos for his own channel, Shay can be seen in many collaboration videos but also on many other sites. One such site is BlogTV, which is a live broadcasting site where Shay broadcasts and many other YouTuber's broadcast as well.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu