Alfie Day ( Deyes; born September 17, 1993, Brighton) – British video blogger, author. Has three YouTube channels: PointlessBlog, PointlessBlogVlogs (formerly PointlessBlogTv) and PointlessBlogGames (formerly AlfieGames). Since 2014 he has released three series of books The pointless book…
Career
Day started his PointlessBlog YouTube channel in 2009. As of August 2016, the channel has over 5.3 million subscribers and over 400 million views on YouTube. His second channel has over 3.3 million subscribers and over 250 million views. In addition, he has over 3.5 million Twitter followers and over 4.3 million Instagram followers. In December 2013, he was named one of the Top 12 Internet Entrepreneurs by Yahoo! News, and in December 2014 he was featured on the cover of Company Magazine for „Generation YouTube»…
Days has collaborated with a number of other YouTubers including Tanya Burr, Louis Cole, Lawrence Pentland, Grace Helbig, Tyler Oakley, Troy Sivan, Miranda Sings, Zoe Sugg and Joe Sugg. He also created several videos with Ariana Grande for The you generation network on YouTube.
In 2013, Day was a member of the channel „Guinness World Records OMG!» and set a number of world records, including «Wear more bracelets in 30 seconds with a team of two» with Marcus Butler and Laurbubble (unbeaten); and Blast More Crackers in 30 Seconds, with a score of 29, breaking the previously set record.
In 2015, Day was included in Debrett’s 500 – list of the most influential people in the UK in the category New Media…
The pointless books
Days signed a book contract with Blink Publishing in 2014, his debut book „The Pointless Book» came out in September of the same year. The book is part of a magazine, part of a creative notebook, including a free downloadable app and social media pooling. It was disadvantageous compared to notepads. „Wreck This Journal» Kerry Smith, which contained similar ideas. Rijk Sammader stated:
It’s a bit like the flyers given to children in museums and on planes to keep them quiet. Most of the pages are blank and contain instructions for „Draw a Selfie» or „Fill This Page With Anything You Want.» „The Pointless Book» is a tricky merchandising move.
– The guardian
Continuation „The Pointless Book», „The Pointless Book 2″, was released on March 26, 2015 and has the same content. It was the second best selling book of the week of release. The third release is planned to be released later.
Music
In 2014, Dayes, teamed up with other artists in the group Band Aid 30, presented a single „Do They Know It’s Christmas?» as a charity, fundraising for the treatment of Ebola in West Africa.
Day was a member of YouTube Boyband, which ran a charity event and was featured in the newspaper The guardian…
Radio
In November 2014, Days appeared on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw alongside Marcus Butler.
Personal life
Alfie is currently dating Zoe Sugg, better known on YouTube as Zoella.
Awards and nominations
Nominations
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