MrHairyBrit

Alan Spicer (born: ), better known online as Mr Hairy Brit, MrHairyBrit or HairyBrit was an English YouTube vlogger, blogger, comedian, originally from Medway, Kent, England. His YouTube channel passed 1,000,000 views on November 24, 2014 and 2,000,000 views in October, 2015.
==History==
MrHairyBrit joined and uploaded his first YouTube vlog on 28 June 2013, originally with the purpose of learning how YouTube could help his web design business and researching video SEO. Shortly after releasing his first video he decided that vlogging could be a good place to vent his feelings and very quickly invented his branding to look more recognisable.
Soon after joining YouTube Mr Hairy Brit joined in on a Philip Defranco Movie Club Review video and very quickly integrated into the community, even given the nickname of "MetalEddy" until finally being renamed "HairyBrit" in later Defranco Move Club and SourceFed Movie Club Review submissions, which then inspired him to create his own movie club dubbed #HairyMovieClub.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EaGWkiE9I To date #HairyMovieClub has had over 35 on and off regular collaborators that contribute to his weekly Tuesday reviews.
==Channel Growth==
After a couple guest spots in the fan submitted section of the Philip Defranco Movie Club Review videos and a helping hand from Epic Rap Battles Of History when they liked a comment posted on there 6 Million Subscribers video. In an act of kindness they replied and subscribed to his channel. This helped HairyBrit reach 1000 subscribers in November 2013.
From November 2013 HairyBrit posted 4+ new vlogs a week bring his total to over 300 videos including his funny news articles, a Tuesday #HairyMovieClub Review collaborationg and regular personal vlogs on Friday's. However, due to YouTube legal issues he placed #HairyMovieClub on hiatus and changed shedule to 3 videos a week with funny news on Monday and Friday with his personal vlogs moved to every Wednesday. Topics include Life Survival Guides, Television and stories of his life growing up. He recently celebrated passing the milestone of 2,400,000 (2.4 Million) YouTube channel Views.
In March 2015 MrHairyBrit joined Twitch.tv as a way to build up some gaming fans and experiment with live stream content and relaunched his website www.MrHairyBrit.com.
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2013
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers