Mathew Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989) is an American YouTuber, actor, activist, author, television personality and Twitch streamer.

[14] From 2013 to 2014, he performed the voice of Mr. McNeely in five episodes of the comedy web series The Most Popular Girls in School.

[16][11][17][18][non-primary source needed] In 2015, he released his first collection of humorous personal essays under the title Binge, via publishers Simon & Schuster.

[26] Oakley graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communication, marketing and social media from Michigan State University.

He also sang Christmas carols on stage with English-Irish boy band One Direction and television presenter Jerry Springer.

[28] Oakley is known for receiving attention from major celebrities and organizations, such as Liam Payne from One Direction, Chris Colfer from the television series Glee and the restaurant chain store Taco Bell, namely on the social network Twitter after commenting on a previous tweet of theirs or tweeting about them.

Due to Oakley's prominence among many social media platforms (particularly YouTube), he was given the opportunity to meet U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House.

"[2] He sees Ellen DeGeneres as a role model: "She embodies what I want my experience to be and my influence to be, where it's a positive one, it's a happy one, it's not something about the bad parts of life or the downsides of a lot of things.

"[2]The Advocate in their 2014 "40 under 40: Emerging voices" says that, due to Oakley's presence on YouTube, he is the first openly gay person that many people have met.

His two initial shows in Chicago and in Royal Oak, Michigan in early October both sold out in 72 hours.

In December 2014, seven dates, all on the East Coast, made up the next leg of the tour, which was expected to eventually go to 40 cities.

He has interviewed live from the 2014 Kids Choice Awards red carpet, along with many other events that have him meeting and speaking to celebrities.