Internet Historian (born April 20, 1989) is a YouTube channel whose content consists of documenting internet trends and memes in a scholarly and detailed manner. The founder of the channel is anonymous and is based in Australia.[1]
Career
In January 2017, Historian opened his YouTube channel and posted the debut video "Battletoads VS Gamestop."[2] As of January, 2019, he has earned more than 1.1 million subscribers and over 88 million views creating comedic informational videos about memes, viral videos, and other newsworthy internet events.[3] Some of the most popular videos on the channel include "The Failure of Dashcon | The world's first Tumblr convention", "The Failure of Rainfurrest", and "The Failure of Fyre Festival."[3]
He has a secondary YouTube channel, Internet Historian: Incognito Mode, where he as posted Q&As and behind-the-scenes videos for his main channel. He is otherwise known as Dr. Harold. [2]