Brendan Barney

Brendan Christopher Barney (born ) is an American YouTuber and former GoAnimator who made grounded videos out of Tracey, Garrick and Fred, among others. He's also a big fan of Thomas the Tank Engine and Teletubbies as seen in a handful of his videos. Besides grounded videos, he also makes YouTube Poops, reaction videos, drawing sketches, VHS updates, VHS print date anniversaries, short films, and occasional Q&As too.
He also made a series called The AGK Show! in 2015 and reuploaded lots of NitroG's videos.
== Personal Life ==
Brendan was born and raised in Illinoishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr90MSKp_Io. He has two younger sisters named Kylie and Darianhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr90MSKp_Io. As a younger kid, Brendan enjoyed watching cartoons, playing with his toys, and recording home videos. He was also diagnosed with autism at around 3 years old. In his earlier school days, he was often a huge distraction to the other kids at the elementary school. As a result, he was then transferred to a special needs school, and would attend a school named Giant Steps. He would then continue attending there until he graduated there in July 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13xjkwBiplU. After finishing Giant Steps, he would then go on to attend another S.T.E.P. program at a high school where he would attend from August 2019 until he graduated there in May 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2R-NpOMYM. After that, he would then attend Joliet Junior College and is currently studying to a receive a certificate in Digital Media Production.
== YouTube Career ==
Brendan first joined YouTube on Christmas Day 2011, where he mostly made Annoying Orange videos. One day, Brendan got the idea of making GoAnimate videos for YouTube after seeing RocketPowerGal24 (then-known as Kristin Konkle)'s videos on Eric gets grounded and decided to try the website out for himself. Not too long after his GoAnimate career began, he accidentally deleted his first account. He then made another account called BrendantheAnimationGuy, but took it down after a short while.
Finally, on October 4, 2013, he made another new channel under the name, Brendan Barney, where he uploaded his first YouTube video three days later titled "Eric gets a math problem correctly and gets expelled". Ever since then, he's been getting lots of recognition in terms of his content. On March 1, 2019, he surpassed 100,000 subscribers, making him the fourth known GoAnimator to do so, behind Redmau, Cewyah, Matt The Vyonder, and RareYellowWUUTBee. He would continue to do GoAnimate videos for the next few years.
On November 30, 2022, he announced his retirement from GoAnimate/Vyond, citing his burnout from the website, as well as him being busy with college and work preventing him from making videos.In recent years, Brendan has been seen to be more active on DeviantArt than YouTube, citing that his passion for making art is more stronger than making videos.
==Controversies==
===Racism Accusation===
On November 8, 2014, Brendan uploaded a rant on the Australian band The Wiggles. At the beginning in the "More like" portion, he says: "The Wiggles? More like The W***ers", or The N***ers, or whatever the hell you want to call them."
In June 2020, with the Black Lives Matter movement, Brendan gained a lot of flack by some users for his poor choice of words. On June 28, Brendan uploaded a video titled "Some Bullshit That Needs To Be Explained", where he describes that he made the rant six years ago (when the video was uploaded) and didn't know any better back then due to the popularity of the "GoAnimate-Styled Rant" trend, and called out people who brought up his past and seeing as if those views still reflected on him present day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJtiVPeux0
==Subscriber milestones==
*50 subscribers: December 5, 2013
*60 subscribers: December 11, 2013
*70 subscribers: December 15, 2013
*80 subscribers: December 18, 2013
*90 subscribers: December 21, 2013
*100 subscribers: December 24, 2013
*300 subscribers: March 1, 2014
*1,000 subscribers: September 21, 2014
*3,000 subscribers: February 23, 2015
*4,000 subscribers: March 31, 2015
*20,000 subscribers: September 11, 2016
*30,000 subscribers: August 9, 2017
*40,000 subscribers: January 19, 2018
*50,000 subscribers: April 29, 2018
*60,000 subscribers: August 11, 2018
*80,000 subscribers: November 3, 2018
*100,000 subscribers: March 13, 2019
==Trivia==
*His favorite movie is Toy Story.
*He has made a series called “Brendan Barney Magical TV Events” which he uses Teletubbies dolls in.
*Brendan once had a toe infection when he was 3 years old.
*His favorite restaurant is Red Robin, and his favorite pizza place is Little Caesars. 
*Brendan is a Liberal Democrat, who is greatly against Donald Trump.
*He is diagnosed with autism.
==Gallery==
File:Brendan Barney got his Silver play button.png|Brendan Barney's Silver Play Button
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013