The alias “PeanutButterGamer” (PBG) of Austin Hargrave is that of an American “YouTuber” who enjoys playing video games. He became well-known for his video game series, reviews, and gameplay videos. One of his most well-liked review series is the one emphasizing the “Top 10” games and its reviews. Three of Austin’s “YouTube” channels are entirely devoted to well-known video game franchises including “Zelda,” “Minecraft,” and “Diablo.” He co-founded the website “NormalBoots” with fellow YouTube gamer Jonathan Jafari “JonTron.” Austin is active on a variety of social networking sites.
Austin Hargrave’s Career
Austin started out as a gamer while he was a resident of Dallas, Texas. He started his first “YouTube” channel, “PeanutButterGamer,” in 2009. Top 10 Weirdest and Creepiest Video Game Characters was the title of the first video he posted. Additionally, the channel airs commentary for video games. He joined the “ScrewAttack” community the following year and made a cameo appearance in “Metal Gear Ben,” a nine-part “ScrewAttack” series.
Austin began by writing skits about video games, but he gradually turned his attention to reviews. Additionally, he has written several video game series. One of them, “The G-Files,” was mostly concerned with strange video games and the eerie components that go along with them. The show is regarded as one of his channel’s most popular shows. Similar to this, Austin developed the television series “To Kill an Avatar,” which primarily focused on killing characters from video games. Later, Austin stopped watching these programs since the content no longer satisfied him.
Additionally, Austin has produced a few hacking videos. The movies offer cheats and bugs to master well-known video games like “Super Mario 64” and “The Legend of Zelda.” The Legend of Zelda is one of Austin’s all-time favorite video game series. The month of November 2011 was declared “Zelda Month” by Austin after the release of the new “Zelda” game, “Skyward Sword.” Since then, he has published ‘Zelda-related gameplay videos, reviews, and ‘Top 10’ lists every November. ‘Zelda Month’ was finally discontinued by him in 2016 nevertheless. ‘PeanutButterGamer’ has over a million subscribers at this time.
In 2010, Austin started his second “YouTube” channel, “PBGGameplay.” The ‘Let’s Play’ videos, ‘Hardcore’ series, and ‘Collection’ series are the channel’s primary content types. In the video game “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask,” he acquired every mask. Austin has explored each island in the “Wind Waker HD Collection Series” and gathered each bobblehead in “Fallout 3.” Austin and Jeff Fabre, also known by the handle “SpaceHamster,” launched a video series on the channel titled “PB&Jeff.” ‘Game Grumps’ is one of the channel’s most well-liked shows. More than 861 thousand people have subscribed to the “PBGGameplay” channel as of this writing.
Austin also has a third channel, but so far, no content has been posted there. Memes take center stage on the channel. Austin worked with fellow gamer JonTron to develop the online community and website for video games called “NormalBoots.” The website, which was launched in 2010, serves as a platform for Austin and JonTron to publish material and earn money through advertisements.
Did You Know Gaming?, “Indie Games Searchlight and Continue?,” and “The Completionist” are some of the website’s most well-liked series. Due to Austin and JonTron receiving greater offers from the “Google AdSense” program in 2012, the website stopped being updated. ‘NormalBoots’ was reintroduced on January 24, 2014, and the corresponding ‘YouTube’ channel debuted on May 8, 2017.
Austin is renowned for approaching his material in a humorous manner. His movies typically consist of comedic montages with random text and effects. The best aspects of his content are the excellent editing and sporadic humor. He is well-known for acting like a toddler in his videos. Austin is very active on other social media sites as well because he is a gamer. His ‘Twitter’ page has more than 333 thousand followers, and his ‘Instagram’ posts have gained him roughly 130 thousand followers on the social media site. Austin is a retailer of “PBG” merchandise on the website “theyetee.com.”
Autin’s Individual Life
Texas is where Austin was born on July 25, 1990. He moved to Seattle, Washington after spending his early years in Texas. Along with his brother Stewart Hargrave, also known as “Professor McJones,” Austin served as a nighttime warden. Austin wed Danielle, his longtime girlfriend, on June 25, 2015. She is an artist who goes by the online alias “Unicornism.” They have a couple of dogs as pets. They had two dogs at first, named Luka and Namira. They acquired Azura after Namira passed away from an illness. They keep a couple of pet ferrets as well. Luigi is Austin’s favorite video game character.
Estimated Net Worth
Austin is one of the wealthiest American YouTube stars. Our research of Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider revealed that Austin Hargrave has a net worth of $5 million.