Airrack
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Born | Eric Decker January 12, 1997 | ||||||||||||
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Created by | Eric Decker | ||||||||||||
Years active | 2019–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 14.9 million[1] (24 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
Total views | 2.67 billion[1] (24 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
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Eric Decker (born January 12, 1997), known online as Airrack (a
Early life
According to Decker, he first discovered YouTube when he was in fifth grade and was inspired to film a music video for the Flo Rida song "Low". He later went to college but dropped out to start a wedding video production company. He worked there for four years before becoming a full-time YouTuber.[5]
YouTube career
2019–2020
Decker launched his YouTube channel in July 2019.[6] He became known for videos gate crashing events, including Tomorrowland music festival, the VIP section of a Travis Scott concert, and an attempt to crash Justin Bieber's wedding in September 2019.[7] Creating vlogs, pranks and challenge videos, he gained 880,000 subscribers by December 2020.[6] Aiming to reach a million subscribers by the end of the year,[8] he partnered with creator startup Stir for a campaign for subscribers in which he stranded himself on a deserted island.[6] Stir set up a website called Save Airrack which provided a referral system for fans to refer new subscribers to his channel for rewards such as thank you letters, the opportunity to feature in collaboration videos, and the ability to choose a design for Decker to have as a tattoo.[6] He successfully reached a million subscribers on December 27 after having gained 250,000 subscribers within two weeks.[8]
2024–present
Decker continued to create prank and social experiment videos into 2021, including a May video in which he hired over 50 bodyguards to convince people that he was a celebrity.
In January 2022,
In January 2023, Pizza Hut collaborated with Decker to create the world's largest pizza, breaking the Guinness World Record with a 13,990-square-foot pizza. The pizza's 68,000 slices were donated to local food banks in Los Angeles once the record was documented by Guinness.[20][21][22] The pizza was used in Pizza Hut's Super Bowl commercial for the return of its "Big New Yorker".[23][24] Decker's gate crashing videos continued into 2023 with a May video in which he bypassed security at the Crypto.com Arena by impersonating Austin Reaves.[25] In September 2023, Decker signed with United Talent Agency.[26]
Creator Now
Industry | Creator economy |
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Founded | May 2021 |
Founder | Eric Decker, Zack Honarvar, Kate Ward |
Website | creatornow |
In May 2021, Decker co-founded Creator Now, an educational program for online content creation, with One Day Entertainment managers Zack Honarvar and Kate Ward.[4][27][5] It raised $3 million of funding from investors including Upfront Ventures, Casey Neistat, Justin Kan, and Jack Conte.[4][27] The company was acquired by creator analytics platform VidIQ in January 2024.[28][29]
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | 11th Streamy Awards | First Person | Nominated | [30] |
2022 | 12th Streamy Awards | Creator of the Year | Nominated | [19] |
First Person | Won | [31] | ||
Editing | Nominated | [19] |
References
- ^ a b "About Airrack". YouTube.
- ^ Hearing, Alice (February 8, 2021). "Youtuber Airrack reveals how he went from 0 to 1m subcribers in a year". Dexerto. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ Decker, Eric (November 6, 2022). "I Hit 10,000,000 Subscribers". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c Weiss, Geoff (January 31, 2022). "Airrack Raises $3 Million For YouTuber Film School". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Weiss, Geoff (June 17, 2021). "Airrack Launched An Online Course For Aspiring YouTubers After Nabbing 1 Million Subscribers In A Year". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Hale, James (December 22, 2020). "Latest Drop From Creator-Focused Startup 'Stir' Will Help Nascent Vlogger Airrack Reach 1 Million Subs". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Oyer, Kalyn (October 9, 2019). "This Atlanta YouTuber crashed Justin Bieber's SC wedding. Here's what happened". The Post and Courier. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Phan, Trung T. (January 19, 2021). "Airrack's race to 1m subscribers used all the tools of the new creator economy". The Hustle. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "YouTuber Hired 50 Bodyguards at Rs 34 Lakh in 'Fake Celebrity' Challenge and it Worked Like a Charm". CNN-News18. May 27, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (November 16, 2021). "Airrack Hosts Star-Studded Ping Pong Tournament, Auctions Creators' Paddles As NFTs". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (December 14, 2021). "MrBeast's Third 'Creator Games' To Host Bella Poarch, Logan Paul, With $1 Million Prize". Tubefilter. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Catlin, Heather (April 29, 2022). "Atlanta Community Food Bank gets $55K, thanks to YouTube competition". WSB-TV. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c Cheong, Charissa (February 9, 2022). "A YouTube prankster appeared to film himself scaling an LA building in a Spider-Man outfit to convince Marvel to give him a role in a movie". Insider. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Kiszla, Cameron; Leyvas, Gil (January 20, 2022). "Person dressed as Spider-Man climbs downtown L.A. building". KTLA 5. With reporting by Matt Phillips. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Kiszla, Cameron (February 6, 2022). "Downtown L.A. Spider-Man's identity revealed? YouTuber takes credit for climbing building". KTLA 5. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (September 6, 2022). "MrBeast, Dhar Mann, Wengie among keynote speakers at this year's VidSummit conference". Tubefilter. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Tsiaoussidis, Alex (November 10, 2022). "FaZe Clan let MrBeast pick a new member on their behalf, and he chose a YouTube star". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Grein, Paul (December 5, 2022). "Mark Rober, MrBeast Win Big at 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards (Full Winners List)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c Grein, Paul (October 27, 2022). "Post Malone, Hailey Bieber & More Among 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ Marcus, Lillit (January 21, 2023). "New record set for world's biggest pizza". CNN (Travel). Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ Fine, Camille (January 24, 2023). "World's largest pizza record broken in an epic stunt for NY style return to Pizza Hut's menu". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ "New record set for world's biggest pizza". CBS Miami. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (February 13, 2023). "KSI and Logan Paul aired their Super Bowl commercial (and MrBeast was in an ad too)". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ Moore, Cortney (January 20, 2023). "Pizza Hut and YouTube star Airrack make world's largest pizza in California". Fox News. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Williams, Madison (May 10, 2023). "Look: Austin Reaves Impersonator Has No Trouble Breaching Security at Lakers' Arena". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (September 28, 2023). "Eric "Airrack" Decker Signs With UTA (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Stokel-Walker, Chris (January 31, 2022). "The pitch deck that a YouTube 'film school' startup used to raise $3 million from investors like Casey Neistat". Business Insider. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Yurieff, Kaya (January 23, 2024). "Startup Co-Founded by YouTuber Airrack Sells to VidIQ". The Information. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (January 24, 2024). "Airrack's YouTuber film school sells to VidIQ". Tubefilter. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2022.