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Comment: No real claim to notability in the draft, no coverage (let alone significant coverage) in independent, reliable, secondary sources. After reaching that conclusion I looked at the AfD discussion, which turns out to be very recent and which ended in a solid consensus to delete. bonadea contributions talk 18:29, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: To reviewers: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Beat. If accepted, the disambiguation page Mr. Beat should be moved to Mr. Beat (disambiguation) and this draft to Mr. Beat (via WP:RM/TM if necessary). ObserveOwl (talk) 17:54, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
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| Mr. Beat | ||||||||||
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 Beat in 2021 | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
| Born | November 6, 1981 | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Social studies teacher, YouTuber | |||||||||
| Spouse |
Shannon Beat (m. 2005) | |||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
| YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Politics, history, geography | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.17 million (Jan. 2025) | |||||||||
| Views | 301 million (Jan. 2025) | |||||||||
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Last updated: January 5, 2025 | ||||||||||
Matthew Alan Beat (born November 6, 1981), better known online as Mr. Beat, is an American internet personality, educator, and author.
Originally a social studies teacher in Kansas, Beat began publishing YouTube videos in 2006 under the Electric Needle Room channel name, before moving to the Mr. Beat account in 2009, and beginning his uploads in 2011. Beat's videos focus on politics, economics, geography, and history, primarily in the United States. In 2024, Beat received his golden play button for surpassing 1 million subscribers. Beat is a Fellow at the Dole Institute of Politics and is a regular speaker at the institute.[2]
Early life
[edit]Matthew Alan Beat[3] was born on November 6, 1981[4] in Topeka, Kansas and was raised Catholic.[5] He went to the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Emporia State University for college.
YouTube career
[edit]Beat originally made videos for his indie pop band Electric Needle Room, where he first uploaded in 2006.[6][7] He also owns the comedy skit channel Zany Time.
He created his YouTube channel in August 2009, though he did not start uploading anything until January 2011. His oldest videos were originally only intended to show his actual students in his classroom, and the original channel name was "Mr. Beat's Social Studies Channel". Once the videos took off, he expanded his content. He now runs numerous video series such as Compared, Supreme Court Briefs, and Presidential Elections In American History, among others. His most popular series is Compared, a geography series which compares two places around the world.
Beat is known to be an enthusiast for the history of the U.S. presidency, with songs about all of the former presidents and a series chronicling every presidential election in American history. He also occasionally creates historical parody songs and original history songs for Electric Needle Room, an indie pop band that Beat plays in, occasionally with other people.[8] Additionally, Beat runs a second channel, "The Beat Goes On" where he mainly focuses on videos on other topics such as music, films, and cultural trends.[9][10] He also co-hosts the podcast "Jobsolete" with Helen Hong which explores jobs of the past.[11] Mr. Beat has been critical of conservative YouTube channel PragerU and has made videos reprehending it, including a 7-hour livestream.[12]
Personal life
[edit]He has a wife, Shannon, and two children,[13] as well as a brother, with whom he maintains the music-oriented channel Electric Needle Room.[7] Beat currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
Educational career
[edit]Until 2021, Beat was a high school social studies teacher, teaching various subjects from grades 7 to 12,[14] when he decided to pursue a career as a full-time YouTuber.[15]
While educating, Beat and his students petitioned in 2015 for President Barack Obama to visit the school he taught at, but was not successful.[16]
Bibliography
[edit]- Mr. Beat presents...The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) (2020)[17]
- The Power of Our Supreme Court: How Supreme Court Cases Shape Democracy (2023)[18]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "x.com". X (aka Twitter).
- ^ "The President and Congress". doleinstitute.org. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Beat, Matt (4 Nov 2022). "X". X. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ The American Presidential Election of 1984. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ Every President's Religion. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Electric Needle Room - Figured Out (2006) - YouTube". YouTube. 2006-05-20. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ a b Linenberger, Shawn (2017-05-22). "KC's got the Beat, thanks to Tonganoxie High teacher". Tonganoxie Mirror. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "The Beat Goes On". themusicblogthing.com. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "The Beat Goes On - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Dorn, Lori (2022-05-09). "A Brief But Detailed Recounting of Pink Floyd's Tumultuous History". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ I'm in a new podcast!. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ A History Teacher Reacts to PragerU Videos for 7 Hours Straight. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ Who Is Mr. Beat?. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Popular YouTuber Mr. Beat to discuss U.S. Supreme Court at Raven Book Store event". The Lawrence Times. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ Long, Chansi (2021-09-26). "This area teacher has quit his job as his new career as a YouTube celebrity takes off; speaking at Watkins tonight". Lawrence Journal-World. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Stern, Melissa (2015-02-16). "Local teacher and students petitioning to meet President Obama". FOX4KC. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ Spacek, Nick (2020-08-10). "YouTuber Mr. Beat's guide to the history of presidential elections is a charmer". The Pitch. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Kansas-based YouTuber Mr. Beat explores how the Supreme Court shaped democracy". KCUR. Retrieved 2025-01-06.