Marques Brownlee: Biography and Background

Marques Keith Brownlee ( mar-KEZ BROWN-lee; born December 3, 1993), known professionally as MKBHD, is an American influencer, tech reviewer, postcaster and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his YouTube videos reviewing technology devices.

In 2013, Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president of Google, called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now". At the 10th Shorty Awards in 2018, he was named "Creator of the Decade". The username of his YouTube channel is a concatenation of MKB (Brownlee's initials) and HD (for high definition). As of 2025, he has more than 20 million subscribers across all channels and billions of total video views.

With New York PoNY, Brownlee is the 2022 WFDF World Champion in the Open Category for ultimate Frisbee. In 2024, Time magazine named him to its "TIME100 Most Influential People in AI" list.

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