Ryan Hall (born March 9, 1994), known as Ryan Hall, Y’all, is an American YouTuber, TikToker, and an Internet personality.[3] As of June 17, 2024, Hall has accumulated over 1.8 million followers on TikTok. On his primary YouTube channel, Hall currently has over 2 million subscribers and over 231 million views. Hall has a secondary YouTube channel, "Ryan Hall, Y'all XTRA," that currently has over 748,000 subscribers and over 107 million views. Hall also has a tertiary YouTube channel "The Y'all Squad" that currently has over 40,000 subscribers.
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| Born | Ryan Hall March 9, 1994[1] | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Website | ryanhallyall | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2021–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Weather | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2 million+ (Ryan Hall, Y'all) 748 thousand+ (Ryan Hall, Y'all XTRA) 40 thousand+ (The Y'all Squad) (June, 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 231 million+ (Ryan Hall, Y'all) 107 million+ (Ryan Hall, Y'all XTRA) 513 thousand+ (The Y'all Squad) (June, 2024) | |||||||||
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Last updated: June 17, 2024 | ||||||||||
Early life and education
editHall was born in Pikeville, Kentucky,[2] and went to Mississippi State University to pursue broadcast meteorology, while working at WYMT-TV. However, Hall chose to leave his degree program and WYMT-TV to work more in the field.[2]
YouTube career
editRyan Hall was initially active in 2017 through 2020 making YouTube videos as "RKHTV" involving vaping, helping people switch from traditional cigarettes to the alternative of vaping. Hall, from his vape shop Mountain Vapors in Pikeville, KY reviewed vape products and juices alongside a crew of his friends. The channel still exists under the name of "The Bullz", where Ryan Hall and friends amassed over 500k subscribers, but it is unknown if Hall is still affiliated. After separating himself from the channel due to YouTube's crackdown on vaping content Hall proceeded to continue creating content such as "TikTok News" on TikTok.
Despite his background and interest in meteorology, Ryan did not post his first weather video on the platform until January 4, 2021.[2] He livestreamed for the first time in early March 2021, and would draw his first large live audience while livestreaming a tornado outbreak on March 17, 2021. Broadcasting his screen set to multiple paid radar subscription programs, Hall managed to inform and alert viewers on the live locations and impacts of the storms, while explaining safety measures and courses of action for the people to follow. A recurrent format on his channel, his streams have helped his channel grow and reach thousands of people in the path of severe weather, with the help of resharing and forwarding of his videos and broadcasts on social media. Other types of content he uploads include forecasts of upcoming weather, and storm chasing footage. Throughout his YouTube career, Hall has done collaborations with extreme meteorologist and storm chaser Reed Timmer as well as other storm chasers.[4]
In addition to working with storm chasers, Hall has assembled a large team to help him produce weather content. This includes Andy Hill, a degreed meteorologist who began working with Ryan in March 2022.[5]
Controversies
editIn November 2022, Kim Klockow McClain, a meteorologist and team lead at the Behavioral Insights Unit at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said, “while the jury is still out on exactly how viewers receive YouTube thumbnails, research suggests if people do fixate on the thumbnails, it could pose a problem.”[6]
Charitable work
editIn March 2023, Hall's subscribers raised $120,000 to help victims of the Rolling Fork and Amory, Mississippi tornadoes, along with supplies and meals.[7] In the following months, Hall established "The Y'all Squad", a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization to provide relief to storm victims.[7] Hall also created a third YouTube channel "The Y'all Squad" for his non-profit; here he periodically releases content showing how donations have been used to help victims affected by natural disasters. In May 2024, Hall's subscribers raised $93,000 after an EF4 tornado hit the town of Greenfield, Iowa. "The Y'all Squad" was able to help storm victims with supplies and meals hours after the tornado struck the town.[8]
Personal life
editHall currently lives in Pikeville, Kentucky, with his wife, Stephanie Thacker Hall.[9] The couple married in 2019, and they have two children.
References
edit- ^ a b Hall, Ryan. "About Ryan Hall". Ryan Hall Y’all. Hall Enterprises, LLC 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Ziege, Nicole (14 January 2022). "Just the weather y'all". Appalachian News-Express. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Puente, Audrey (19 May 2021). "Livestreaming storm hunters draw big audiences online". WNYW. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "The March 30-31, 2022 Severe Weather Outbreak, As It Happened..." YouTube. Ryan Hall Y’all. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Meteorologist Andy Hill - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Meet the self-proclaimed 'Internet's Weather Man,' Ryan Hall". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ a b "'Internet's weather man' raises thousands for Mississippi tornado relief". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "YouTuber Ryan Hall raises $93,000 for Greenfield". who13.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "About Ryan". Ryan Hall, Y'all. Retrieved 2024-04-02.