Tyler Oakley is an American YouTuber, activist, and author. Much of Oakley's activism has been dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth, LGBT rights, as well as social issues including health care, education, and the prevention of suicide among LGBT youth. Oakley regularly posts material on various topics, including queer politics, pop culture, and humor.

Oakley began making videos in 2007. Since uploading his first video while a freshman at Michigan State University, his channel has received over 675 million views and gained over 7.5 million subscribers. He is a former member of the successful collaboration channel "5AwesomeGays," where he produced the Friday video for over three years. Currently, he is described as having "one of the loudest voices on YouTube," and Bloomberg defines him as a "YouTube sensation." As of June 2019 he has more than 6.2 million followers on Twitter and 6.1 million on Instagram.

He co-hosted a weekly pop-culture news update – "Top That!" – with Becca Frucht for PopSugar. He posts regularly on several social networking sites, including: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram.

He also was the host of The Tyler Oakley Show. The show aired weekly on Ellen DeGeneres’ ellentube platform. He was named one of Forbes' 2017 30 under 30.

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