LazarBeam: History and Key Facts

Lannan Neville Eacott (born 14 December 1994), also known as his pseudonym LazarBeam, is an Australian YouTuber, gamer and Internet personality, known primarily for his video game commentary videos, "comedic riffs" and memes.

Eacott began making slow motion demolition videos in 2014 while working in his family's construction business. After having his equipment stolen, he registered his current YouTube channel in 2015. He uploaded his first video on the current channel on February 16 of the same year. Eacott primarily posted let's play and challenge videos of various video games. He also did many videos of him playing Madden through his channels' early years. As his channel grew, his style of video content diversified to include more vlog and comedy style videos. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity when he began posting videos of Fortnite Battle Royale in 2018 and of Minecraft in 2019. In December 2019, Eacott was acknowledged as YouTube's eighth-most-viewed content creator of the year, with 2 billion views in 2019.

As of January 2026, his main YouTube channels have reached over 23.3 million subscribers and 10.09 billion video views, with his main channel ranking as the fourth-most-subscribed and eight-most-viewed channel on the platform from Australia.

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