Daniel Scott Zahller Brown (born May 15, 1990) is an American former blogger and discussion host, under the YouTube alias Pogobat.
Beginning in May 2012, he reinvented his video style to heavily focus on current affairs and political or moral debates, utilizing his viewership to provoke and take part in discussions, including topics such as gun law, healthcare, drug legislation, same-sex marriage, and online media.
He issued a statement to his channel in 2020, stating that he no longer finds joy in video blogging, and wants to keep a distance from social media for mental health purposes.
[8] He briefly attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln but dropped out to primarily focus on his YouTube career, which took off after a tutorial video on how to solve a Rubik's Cube went viral.
He currently lives in Pittsburgh where he has been running a commander league for a little bit over a year at a store named Mimic's Market in Bloomfield as of November 2024.