Joe Sugg
Joe Sugg | |
|---|---|
 Joe Sugg in 2014 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Vlogger, YouTuber, blogger |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Relatives | Zoe Sugg (Sister) |
| Website | youtube |
Joseph "Joe" Sugg is an English internet personality and vlogger. He runs the YouTube channels ThatcherJoe, ThatcherJoeVlogs and ThatcherJoeGames.
Personal life
Sugg is the younger brother of Zoe Sugg, who is also a daily vlogger and internet personality and known on YouTube as Zoella.[1] He worked as a roof thatcher in addition to his YouTube career.[2] As of 2014, Sugg lives in an apartment in London with fellow YouTuber Caspar Lee.[2]
Career
Sugg created his 'ThatcherJoe' channel in November 2011 and as of 22 March 2015[update] he has over 4 million subscribers and over 249 million video views.[3][4] His videos consist of challenges, pranks, and impressions. He created a 'YouTuber Innuendo Bingo', similar to the BBC Radio 1 segment and was later invited to appear on the Radio 1 segment himself.[5][better source needed]
Music
Sugg was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money for Comic Relief and was featured in The Guardian.[4][6][7]
Sugg also featured on the 2014 single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" as part of the Band Aid 30 charity supergroup, raising money for the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[8][9][10]
Film
Sugg also made a cameo voiceover as a seagull along with flatmate Caspar Lee, comic Alan Carr and singer Stacey Solomon in the 2015 UK version of the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.[11]
References
- ^ Woods, Judith (3 April 2014). "Zoella: The squeaky clean big sister no teen should be without". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ a b De Grunwald, Tanya (15 June 2014). "Meet the YouTube big hitters: The bright young vloggers who have more fans than". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "ThatcherJoe YouTube Channel Stats, Subscriber Statistics, Ranking". Vidstatsx.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b Dobbins, Amanda (21 April 2014). "Meet the YouTube Boy Band". Vulture. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Scott Mills, Innuendo Bingo With Joe Sugg Off've Youtube". Bbc.co.uk. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Dredge, Stuart (21 March 2014). "YouTube Boy Band's cover version of It's All About You becomes viral hit | Music". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, Jim Chapman and Caspar Lee are The YouTube Boyband for Sport Relief - VIDEO OF JOY". Sugarscape. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (16 November 2014). "Do They Know It's Christmas review – in tune with non-musical times". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Butterly, Amelia (16 November 2014). "Zoella talks 'surreal' experience of singing with Band Aid 30". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Pocklington, Rebecca (17 November 2014). "Who's who in Band Aid 30? One Direction, Bono, vloggers and more". The Mirror. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Skulskyj, Lee (20 February 2015). "Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg land mega roles in The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water". Metro. Retrieved 11 April 2015.