Tyler Oakley is an American Youtuber, an author as well as an activist who is mainly recognized for his Youtube career and his Youtube videos. In addition to Youtube, Oakley has also been involved in activism and speaking for noble causes. He is especially active in speaking up for LGBT rights and represents the community.
Oakley began his Youtube career back in the year 2007. Oakley often posts videos on his channel which are mostly collaborations with fellow YouTubers like Ryan Higa, Colleen Ballinger, and many others. Recently, most of Tyler’s video has been advocating about LGBT rights and community.
Tyler Oakley: Early life, education, and career
Tyler Oakley was born on March 22, 1989, in Jackson, Michigan, the U.S. which makes his nationality an American. Oakley has a total of 12 siblings. His parents divorced when he was only an infant. He suffered from a food disorder while he was a teenager called bulimia nervosa. Oakley went to Michigan State University from where he graduated in Bachelors of Arts degree. Oakley later admitted that he was in depression and suicidal after breaking up with his longtime boyfriend while at college. This was also the time when he started making videos.
He began Youtube in the year 2007 as a way to communicate with many of his high school friends. This later turned out to be his professional career. Tyler has garnered a good attention from around celebrities and important names in the Entertainment and music industry. He has not only performed with the boy band One Direction but additionally, Oakley also had the opportunity to meet former president of the United States Barack Obama. Similarly, Oakley also made a video with Michelle Obama addressing education issues.
On the other hand, Oakley has also made some live appearances and featured on Youtube Red as well. Along with that, Oakley also works for The Trevor Project. The project is an organization that works against suicide among LGBT youth. Tyler himself raised $29,000 on his birthday to support the Trevor Project.
Tyler Oakley: Boyfriend and personal life
The youtuber is one of the openly gay personalities of Youtube. He actively represents the gay community and also advocates for its issues. Oakley has never been secretive about his relationship issues and personal life to his fans. From the start, he clearly stated his depressive state due to a breakup, which was actually the reason behind his start of Youtube career.
But at present things are a little bit different. Tyler recently revealed that he is dating somebody and is also in a secret relationship. The Youtube star, however, did not choose to reveal the identity of his “secret boyfriend”. As per his need for privacy, we will wait for him to talk about his boyfriend.
Tyler Oakley: Net worth
Tyler Oakley has already established himself as a social media star with an influential background. He has around 7.7 million subscribers on his Youtube channel and 661.5 million total views on his channels. His estimated net worth is around $8 million.
He is also active on social media platforms like Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram. On his Instagram, he has around 6.3m followers. He often actively shares about LGBT issues on his social media channels like Instagram.
