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| birth_place = Medina, Ohio, U.S.Duke University (Bachelor of Arts>BA)Internet celebritydigital analytics>digital actor analytics strategist|consultant}}| title = Co-founder, president and CEO of Theorist Media| years_active = Stephanie Cordato|May 19, 2012}}| children = 1



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}} million (combined){{efn>Subscribers, broken down by channel:18.4 million (The Game Theorists)12.3 million (The Film Theorists)4.83 million (The Food Theorists)2.09 million (The Style Theorists)3.3 million (GTLive)}}{{Sum| 4.00 | 2.92 | 0.854 | 0.216 | 0.805 Views, broken down by channel:3.82 billion (The Game Theorists)2.59 billion (The Film Theorists)675 million (The Food Theorists)49.04 million (The Style Theorists)721 million (GTLive)}}WEBSITE=LONG HAUL MANAGEMENT CLIENTS & PARTNERS, November 14, 2018, / Studio 71The Game Theorists, Socialblade. Retrieved June 23, 2017.| associated_acts = | silver_year = 2013, 2015, 2020, 2023| gold_year = 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023| diamond_year = 2018, 2021| silver_button = yes| gold_button = yes| diamond_button = yes| stats_update = January 15, 2024}}wheresmatpat.com}}| module2 = {{Listen|embed = yes|title = MatPat's voice|filename = That's just a theory.wav|type = speech|description = Recorded March 2020}}}}Matthew Robert Patrick (born November 15, 1986), better known as MatPat, is an American semi-retired YouTuber and internet personality. He is the creator and former host of the YouTube series Game Theory, and its spin-off series Film Theory, Food Theory, and Style Theory, each analyzing various video games, films alongside TV series and web series, food, and fashion respectively. Each of the different series are posted on individual channels, each named after the respective series. In addition to the creation of his channels, Patrick narrates the majority of the videos that are presented on his channels.Patrick has also created the gaming channel GTLive and hosted the YouTube Premium series MatPat's Game Lab and the 2023 Streamy Awards. As of September 2023, Patrick has amassed over 40 million subscribers, as well as over eight billion total views across all five of his channels. Patrick departed the channels as a regular host on March 9, 2024, although he will continue to make appearances until mid-2024.

Early life and education

Matthew Robert PatrickTWEET, 790656726550716416, MatPatGT, Just got ordained to officiate Jason's wedding. But I can do house blessings and funerals too! I'M A ONE-STOP SHOP! #PastorPat, Patrick, Matthew Robert, October 24, 2016, October 26, 2021, en,weblink October 2, 2021, live, was born on November 15, 1986,TWEET, 269216430212382720, MatPatGT, Today's my birthday. Best comment so far: "I was 26 when I was your age.", Patrick, Matthew, November 14, 2012, March 24, 2023, in Medina, Ohio.AV MEDIA,weblink Draw My Life - Game Theory, MatPat, and YOU!, September 25, 2013, Patrick, Matthew, Videotape, The Game Theorists, {{rp|at=02:00|q=timestamp}} He has Polish, Czech and Slovak ancestry.AV MEDIA,weblink Food Theory: I Cooked 100 Year Old Family Recipes!, February 25, 2024, The Food Theorists, {{rp|at=00:15|q=timestamp}} He was nicknamed "MatPat" by his friends in sixth grade. An only child, Patrick was interested in video games, theater and school early on.{{rp|at=01:50–03:20|q=timestamp}} He was the valedictorian of his high school and received an academic scholarship to Duke University,WEB, Gutelle, Sam, February 27, 2014, YouTube Millionaires: The Game Theorists Think Hard About Video Games,weblink March 24, 2023, Tubefilter, graduating in 2009 with a double major in theater and psychology with a concentration in neuroscience.WEB, Hernandez, Patricia, 2016-06-08, Meet The King Of YouTube Fan Theories,weblink 2023-03-24, Kotaku, en,

Career

To fulfill his dream of becoming an actor, Patrick moved to New York after graduating and performed in theater productions to little success, spending two years unemployed.{{rp|at=04:20–06:15|q=timestamp}} His first YouTube videos were auditions for stage plays. In 2011, he decided to revamp his channel as a "portfolio" which could demonstrate to potential employers his ability to write, research, and edit videos online. Inspired by an Extra Credits episode on tangential learning, Patrick uploaded the first episode of "Game Theory" on April 18, 2011.WEB, Alexander, Julia, March 20, 2021, MatPat looks at YouTube's biggest changes over the last decade — and what lies ahead,weblink March 25, 2023, The Verge, It discussed the quantum mechanics in the 1995 video game Chrono Trigger.The channel slowly gained subscribers and his videos were posted on the front pages of sites such as ScrewAttack and GameTrailers.WEB, Theorist Media About,weblink Theorist Media, November 13, 2017, Theorist Inc., March 2, 2022, In 2012, Patrick introduced two new segments hosted by fellow YouTubers Gaijin Goombah and Ronnie Edwards, and Austin Hourigan's "The SCIENCE!".{{Citation|title=The History Of The Game Theorists {{!}} A Brief History|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liriU5NbR7Y|language=en|access-date=2022-12-15}} In 2014, Patrick launched the spin-off channel "Film Theory", which covers movies and television. This channel reached over one million subscribers in a month.WEB, Klima, Jeff, July 9, 2015, MatPat Theorizes How He Hit 1MM Subscribers In A Month On His Film Theorists Channel [INTERVIEW],weblink usurped,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150916172528weblink">weblink September 16, 2015, NewMediaRockstars, en-US, He occasionally uploaded videos commenting on the gaming market and gamers, as well as on other matters that he deemed noteworthy.WEB, December 23, 2014, Game Theory: YouTube Is Broken, Even For PewDiePie,weblink May 11, 2016, New Media Rockstars, en-US, (File:Game Theorists MTV 2018.jpg|thumb|200px|Patrick with his wife Stephanie in 2018|alt=|left)Patrick started a Let's Play series called GTLive on August 26, 2015,{{YouTube|4KJilra5M5I|GT Live: FNAF Chat with MatPat!}} where he posts gameplay and video reactions with his wife Stephanie. Starting on October 3, 2016, the Monday streams became part of YouTube Gaming Primetime, and were therefore scheduled for 3 pm to 5 pm PST. It also included a voting mechanism, which can be used by Patrick to conduct quick polls.WEB, YouTube launches Primetime Gaming Lineup with Interactive Technology from Megaphone TV,weblink July 26, 2018, Megaphone TV, September 30, 2016, As of March 2022, GTLive had 2.94 million subscribers and over 649 million views. As of 2022, the GTLive channel continues to upload mostly unedited, pre-recorded content.On June 8, 2016, Patrick posted via his YouTube channel a new show, MatPat's Game Lab, on Google's paid subscription service, YouTube Premium. The show mainly focused on placing video game players in real life scenarios mimicking scenarios that occur in video games, such as bomb defusing, parkour, survival and military training.WEB, May 5, 2016, YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer,weblink May 11, 2016, Tubefilter, WEB, October 21, 2015, YouTube Red gives Game Theorists star MatPat a science-meets-video games show,weblink May 11, 2016, VentureBeat, Despite MatPat's interest in developing a second season, YouTube did not announce any further development into the project.WEB, June 8, 2016, MatPat's Game Lab Cancelled Or Renewed For Season 2?,weblink March 2, 2022, Renew Cancel TV, Cancelled and Renewed TV shows News, He was also a part of the YouTube Premium series Scare PewDiePie (2016),{{Citation|title=LEVEL 6 {{!}} THE ULTIMATE HANG|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veYSwGigsY0&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEmL5mviAZ_jxS76yB5-WDh2&index=6|language=en|access-date=2022-10-26}} created by PewDiePie, and the third season of Escape the Night (2018), created by Joey Graceffa, in addition to cameo appearances in Markiplier's YouTube Original films A Heist with Markiplier (2019) and In Space with Markiplier (2022).On May 29, 2016, Patrick and eleven other YouTubers met with Pope Francis for an hour. Patrick asked the Pope to encourage others to "fight for what's right" and gifted him a copy of Undertale (2015), saying that its recurrent theme of mercy fits the Pope's proclamation that 2016 would be the "year of mercy for the Catholic church".NEWS, Ohlheiser, Abby, May 31, 2016, Pope Francis met with a bunch of YouTube vloggers. Here's what he told them.,weblink subscription, March 25, 2023, The Washington Post, WEB, Good, Owen S., July 6, 2016, Someone gave the pope a copy of Undertale,weblink March 25, 2016, Polygon (website), Polygon, In 2019, The Game Theorists held a 9-hour charity livestream that generated $1.3 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.WEB, Weiss, Geoff, December 4, 2019, The Game Theorists' Star-Studded Stream Raises $1.3 Million — And Counting — For St. Jude,weblink January 18, 2022, Tubefilter, The stream included guests Markiplier, TheOdd1sOut, Rosanna Pansino, Scott Cawthon, and others. Two other charity streams were held for St. Jude in 2020 and 2021, respectively.{{Citation|title=The Game Theory $1,000,000 Challenge for St. Jude! ft. MrBeast, Markiplier, Dream, Pokimane, & more!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4pHcye2Mc|language=en|access-date=2022-10-26}}{{Citation|title=The Game Theory $1,000,000 Challenge for St. Jude! ft. MrBeast, Dream, Markiplier & more!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TVJPh_hrIU|language=en|access-date=2022-10-26}}The third Theory channel, and fourth overall; The Food Theorists, began releasing videos in July 2020. The Food Theorists, using the same style as its predecessors, blends food science with psychology, physiology, and conspiracy.{{Citation|title=Food Theory: The MicRib Conspiracy! (McDonald's)|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYiMDjiL0Y|access-date= 10 February 2023}} The channel was being developed for two years prior to its launch.WEB, July 23, 2020, Matthew and Stephanie Patrick Add Fourth Channel to 'Theorist' Portfolio for Food Investigations,weblink As of October 2022, The Food Theorists had 4 million subscribers and over 499 million views. It had reached 1 million subscribers exactly a week after launch, and had then gained another million over the succeeding 4 months.NEWS, Chuck E. Cheese's insists it doesn't recycle pizza after Shane Dawson conspiracy goes viral - The Washington Post, The Washington Post,weblink On December 20, 2022, a fourth Theory channel, and fifth overall, was announced on the Game Theory channel,{{Citation |title=Game Theory: This is Not My Channel |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfE5U6gn9g |access-date=2022-12-20 |language=en}} along with the purchase of their company Theorist Media by startup Lunar X.WEB, Dodgson, Lindsay, December 21, 2022, The Game Theorists Have Sold Their YouTube Company to a Startup,weblink January 9, 2024, Business Insider, On February 18, 2023, The Style Theorists was launched. Like the other channels, it focuses on the science, math, history, psychology, and mystery of fashion. It reached a million subscribers three days later.Patrick also made cameo appearances in multiple installments of YouTube Rewind.On August 27, 2023, MatPat hosted the Streamy Awards,MAGAZINE, Jones, CT, August 15, 2023, Streamys Host MatPat on Starting 'Game Theorists,' Supporting Creators,weblink January 9, 2024, Rolling Stone, WEB, Youshaei, Jon, August 27, 2023, YouTube Veteran Matthew Patrick To Host 2023 Streamy Awards On Sunday,weblink January 9, 2024, Forbes, which scored 15 million views across digital platforms in its first 48 hours, beating the 2021 record of 9.7 million views as the most-watched show in its 13-year history.WEB, Zee, Michaela, January 9, 2024, MatPat Announces Retirement From YouTube,weblink January 10, 2024, Variety (magazine), Variety, On January 9, 2024, MatPat announced in a video titled "Goodbye Internet" that he would step down from hosting the channels on March 9,MAGAZINE, Jones, CT, January 9, 2024, YouTuber MatPat Announces Retirement,weblink January 9, 2024, Rolling Stone, and would be replaced by a different member of the Theorist team for each channel, while still retaining a creative role and making occasional appearances on the channels, along with GTLive, until mid-2024.AV MEDIA,weblink Goodbye Internet, January 9, 2024, The Game Theorists, January 9, 2024,weblink January 9, 2024, live, YouTube, While he joked that his decision was inspired by Tom Scott, who had recently ended his decade-long run of posting weekly videos, Patrick said that he and his wife had been working towards the change for years.WEB, Peters, Jay, January 10, 2024, More big YouTubers are stepping back.,weblink January 11, 2024, The Verge, They also chose a ten-week timeframe when announcing his retirement.WEB, Jones, C. T., March 9, 2024, 'I Wouldn't Have Had It Any Other Way': YouTuber MatPat Says Goodbye,weblink live,weblink March 10, 2024, March 10, 2024, Rolling Stone, He additionally revealed that following the departure, he would continue to pursue creative projects, such as developing a mystery lo-fi series.{{Citation |title=Goodbye Internet |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1_TqU68yo |access-date=2024-01-12 |language=en}}

Other media and collaborations

Patrick was involved in the web series Terrain of Magical Expertise. He gained the series more attention and exposure by uploading a remastered version of the first episode on the channel on October 1, 2013, and then providing a platform for the series.WEB, December 6, 2013, YouTube Updates 'n Vlogs + New TOME stuff COMING SOON!,weblink February 21, 2017, Newgrounds, Kirbopher, I haven't been able to get Google Adsense to work on my YouTube channel for well over a year. The "experiment" was MatPat would be uploading TOME episodes and shorts to their channel as a new show (since they have 3 shows on the GT channel) and giving me a cut of the revenue each month. However, the show didn't perform as well as we were hoping within the first two episodes, so it was ultimately decided to pull it from their channel., WEB, October 9, 2013, TOME now on Game Theorist YT & Progress Report,weblink February 21, 2017, Newgrounds, Kirbopher, MatPat and the Game Theorist crew reached out to me, as fans of the show, and wanted to give it more exposure. So, they've graciously invited me to be part of their channel and help TOME reach a bigger audience than before., Patrick, alongside Cordato, Sundman, Hourigan and Edwards, also contributed their likeness and voices for self-parodied opponents in the video game adaptation.{{cn|date=March 2023}} The game was released on Steam on September 9, 2021.A character based on Patrick was included in (The Walking Dead: Road to Survival) (2015).AV MEDIA,weblink Film Theory: King Kong's Secret Past - SOLVED! (Kong: Skull Island), April 5, 2017, The Film Theorists, October 26, 2021,weblink March 27, 2021, live, YouTube, In 2017, Patrick and his wife Stephanie participated in Nintendo's Pokkén Tournament DX Invitational, an event held during E3 2017. He was paired with Allister Singh, the only pro-Pokkén Tournament player in the event. His team eventually won the tournament.WEB, Myers, Maddy, June 14, 2017, The Sole Pokken Pro Won The E3 Pokken Tournament Invitational, Unsurprisingly,weblink March 12, 2018, Compete, Patrick voiced Computron in the animated series (Transformers: Titans Return) (2017).WEB, July 18, 2017, 'Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy' Adds Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime in "Titans Return",weblink July 26, 2018, Collider.com, In 2016, Patrick hosted the go90 reality series The Runner.WEB, July 18, 2016, As Pokemon Go Thrives, Verizon's Own Bid for Mobile Mania Falters with 'The Runner',weblink May 21, 2023, Variety.com, In 2019, Patrick partnered with Nickelodeon to make the show Fact or Nicktion.WEB, 2019-09-05, Viacom Digital Studios Readies Facebook Watch Slate With Grace Helbig, MatPat, Joey Graceffa,weblink 2022-10-10, Tubefilter, en-US, In this show, Patrick examined various phenomena in Nickelodeon shows, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, (Avatar: The Last Airbender), and Rugrats to determine whether they could or couldn't happen in real life.Patrick is a co-producer of the Broadway play Grey House.WEB, Evans, Greg, February 21, 2023, Laurie Metcalf & Tatiana Maslany Set For Broadway Thriller 'Grey House'; Joe Mantello Will Direct,weblink live,weblink March 7, 2023, April 23, 2023, Deadline Hollywood, Patrick's videos about the video game series Five Nights at Freddy's have made him prominent within the series' fandom, which is known for its dedication to theorizing about the underlying narrative of the series.{{Citation|last1=Paklons|first1=Ana|title=The cryptographic narrative in video games: the player as detective|date=2021|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1nnwhjt.14|work=Mediating Vulnerability: Comparative approaches and questions of genre|pages=182–183|editor-last=Masschelein|editor-first=Anneleen|access-date=2023-07-19|series=Comparative Literature and Culture|publisher=UCL Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctv1nnwhjt.14|isbn=978-1-80008-114-7|last2=Tratsaert|first2=An-Sofie|jstor=j.ctv1nnwhjt.14|s2cid=244676592|editor2-last=Mussgnug|editor2-first=Florian|editor3-last=Rushworth|editor3-first=Jennifer}} He made a cameo appearance in its 2023 film adaptation as a waiter.WEB, Robertson, Joshua, 2023-10-27, Five Nights At Freddy's Features The YouTuber Cameo Everyone Was Hoping For,weblink 2023-10-29, TheGamer, en, In total, he made 68 theory videos on the series.WEB,weblink YouTube, 2 March 2024, Game Theory: FNAF, Thanks For The Memories,

Personal life

Patrick is married to Stephanie Patrick (née Cordato), whom he met while studying at Duke University. The two became close after creating a Legend of Zelda parody called "The Epic of Stew". They married on May 19, 2012.: HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/P/BI9YAGCDCQX/?HL=EN>ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://GHOSTARCHIVE.ORG/IARCHIVE/S/INSTAGRAM/BI9YAGCDCQXTITLE=MATTHEW PATRICK ON INSTAGRAM: "SIX YEARS AGO, I MARRIED MY BEST FRIEND THINKING IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOVE HER ANY MORE THAN I DID ON THAT DAY…"INSTAGRAM>ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2020, {{cbignore}} Their son Oliver was born in 2018,HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/P/BLLXBNQJSEU/>ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://GHOSTARCHIVE.ORG/IARCHIVE/S/INSTAGRAM/BLLXBNQJSEUTITLE=MATTHEW PATRICK ON INSTAGRAM: "IT'S MY GREATEST HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OLIVER JULIAN PATRICK…"INSTAGRAM>ACCESS-DATE=JULY 26, 2018, {{cbignore}} and the family currently divides their time between living in California and North Carolina.HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/P/B9E-RIXHNAM/?IGSHID=18H3MPI80ONYD>ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://GHOSTARCHIVE.ORG/IARCHIVE/S/INSTAGRAM/B9E-RIXHNAMTITLE=MATTHEW PATRICK ON INSTAGRAM: "ROAD TRIP LUNCH BREAK!…"INSTAGRAM>ACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 26, 2020, {{cbignore}}

Awards and nominations{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!Year!Award!Category!Recipient(s)!Result!class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}2015Streamy Awards|GamingThe Game Theorists|{{nom}}VARIETY STAFF>DATE=17 SEPTEMBER 2015URL=HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2015/DIGITAL/NEWS/STREAMY-AWARDS-WINNERS-LIST-2015-1201596458/ARCHIVE-DATE=WEBSITE=VARIETY (MAGAZINE), Variety, |Editing|{{nom}}20168th Shorty Awards>Shorty Awards|Tech and Innovation: Gaming|{{nom}}LEE>FIRST=ASHLEYTITLE=SHORTY AWARDS: THE COMPLETE WINNERS LISTARCHIVE-URL=ACCESS-DATE=21 DECEMBER 2022, Hollywood Reporter, Streamy Awards|Show of the Year|{{nom}}VARIETY STAFF>DATE=11 APRIL 2016URL=HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2016/DIGITAL/NEWS/STREAMY-AWARDS-2016-WINNERS-LIST-1201878399/ARCHIVE-DATE=WEBSITE=VARIETY (MAGAZINE), Variety, |Gaming|{{won}}|Non-Fiction MatPat's Game Lab|{{nom}}|Virtual Reality and 360|{{won}}20179th Shorty Awards>Shorty Awards|Tech and Innovation: Gaming|Himself|{{nom}}|Streamy Awards|Editing|The Game Theorists|{{won}}|Immersive|The Global Gamer |{{nom}}2018Streamy Awards|Subject: Pop Culture Game Theory |{{nom}} |Editing|{{nom}}|20199th Streamy Awards>Streamy Awards|GamingThe Game Theorists |{{won}}|202111th Streamy Awards>Streamy Awards|Writing|{{won}}">

YouTube channels{|class"wikitable"

!Channel name!Main host!Topic!Release date!Subscribers!Number of videos|The Game Theorists|MatPat (2011–2024)Tom Robinson (2024–)|Solving the mysteries of games|August 22, 2009|19.2 million|686|The Film Theorists|MatPat (2014–2024)Lee Collins (2024–)|Learning the secrets of films|May 12, 2014|13 million|483|The Food Theorists|MatPat (2020–2024)Santiago "Santi" Massa (2024–)|Explaining theories about food|May 29, 2020|5.35 million|212|The Style Theorists|MatPat (2023–2024)Amy Roberts (2024–)|Exploring the science around fashion|February 18, 2023|2.62 million|108|GTLive|MatPat (2015–)|Playing and analyzing video games|August 26, 2015|3.6 million|1,352

Filmography{|class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Title!Role!class="unsortable"|Notes|2017|(Transformers: Titans Return)List of The Transformers (TV series) characters#Technobots>Computron TITLE=I'D CALL THAT A SIN. BUT DON'T WORRY -- I'LL PIT IN A GOOD WORD WITH OPTIMUS FOR YOU ;) LAST=PATRICK, November 8, 2017, |2018|(Transformers: Power of the Primes)List of The Transformers (TV series) characters#Dinobots>Swoop DATE=APRIL 25, 2018 URL=HTTPS://COMICBOOK.COM/TV-SHOWS/NEWS/TRANSFORMERS-POWER-OF-THE-PRIMES-MARK-HAMILL-RON-PERLMAN/, ComicBook.com, |2023Five Nights at Freddy's (film)>Five Nights at Freddy's|NessUndertale - Sans (Undertale)>Sans's SECRET Identity!"DUTHIE >FIRST=ALEX TITLE=DOES MATPAT CAMEO IN BLUMHOUSE'S FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S? WEBSITE=COVEREDGEEKLY.COM, HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SZWEZPEC7CA >TITLE=FILM THEORY: MY SECRET'S OUT… I'M IN THE FNAF MOVIE! LAST=PATRICK TYPE=VIDEO VIA=YOUTUBE,

See also

• List of YouTubers

Notes

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References

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External links

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• The Game Theorists on YouTube

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