| Liam Thompson | |
| Birth Name: | Liam Michael Thompson |
| Birth Date: | 2000 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Education: | Mount Albert Grammar School |
| Occupation: | YouTuber |
| Channel Direct Url: | LiamThompsonOfficial |
| Channel Display Name: | Liam Thompson |
| Years Active: | 2016–present |
| Genre: | Entertainment |
| Subscribers: | 2.11 million |
| Views: | 334.3 million |
| Silver Year: | October 2019[1] |
| Gold Year: | August 2020 |
| Stats Update: | 10/04/2024 |
Liam Michael Thompson (born 25 April 2000) is a New Zealand YouTube personality., he has over 2 million subscribers. Thompson's channel consists of a mix of different videos with no common theme; however, his most successful videos tend to include his pet labradoodle, Max. He also often included his 20-year-old cat named Frodo (died 26 February 2022) and his 1-year-old cat named Samwise.[2]
Liam Thompson was born in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand as the second of four siblings. He attended Balmoral School and Mount Albert Grammar School,[3] where he was a Prefect[4] and involved in orienteering, competing successfully at many regional and national championships.[5] [6] In 2018, he was the inaugural recipient of the Service to MAGS Sport award.[7] After graduating in 2018, Thompson began studying engineering. He soon dropped out to pursue YouTube while enrolling in Police college, moving furniture and considering film school.[8] [9]
Thompson started a blog called Velterro in 2019, focusing on tips for self improvement, productivity, money and health.[10] As of 2024, the blog is inactive.
Thompson has been actively posting on YouTube since mid 2019. His channel gained a large amount of traction in September 2019 after posting the video I Taught My Dog To Play Minecraft,[11] which has over 22.3 million views as of February 2022.[12] In an interview with New Zealand media outlet Stuff, he stated that "It took me four months to get 80 [subscribers] and, a week later, I had 150,000". Thompson subsequently decided to pursue YouTube full time.
On 20 July 2020, his YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers. He celebrated the next day with a video, in which he bought Max 1 million dog biscuits, most of which he donated.[13]
Thompson is among the top 10 YouTubers in New Zealand, with the 8th most subscribers in March 2024.[14]