Ryan Hall, Y'all
Ryan Hall (born March 9, 1994), known as Ryan Hall, Y’all, is an American YouTuber, TikToker, and an Internet personality.[4] As of April 2, 2024, Hall has accumulated over 1.8 million followers on TikTok. On his primary YouTube channel, Hall currently has 1.76 million subscribers and over 200 million views. Hall also has a secondary YouTube channel, "Ryan Hall, Y'all XTRA," that currently has over 700,000 subscribers.
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Ryan Hall | ||||||||||
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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 | 1.76 Million[2] (April, 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 200+ million[2] (April, 2024) | |||||||||
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Last updated: March 25, 2024 | ||||||||||
Education edit
Hall went to Mississippi State University, pursuing broadcast meteorology, while working at WYMT-TV. However, Hall chose to leave his degree program and WYMT-TV to work more in the field.[3]
YouTube Career edit
While Hall has been active on YouTube for many years, he didn't post his first weather video on the platform until January 4, 2021.[3] 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.[5]
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.[6]
Controversies edit
On September 11, 2022, Ryan Hall released a video titled Here’s EXACTLY How Much Snow You’ll See This Year (2022),[7] which gained a lot of attention on Twitter for controversy about the thumbnail, title, and video content.[8] Verified accounts and meteorologists including free-lance meteorologist for Fox5DC Matthew Cappucci,[9] meteorologist Bryan Shaw,[10] KLKN photojournalist Anthony D'Agostino,[11] KPTH meteorologist Katie Nickolaou,[12] and meteorologist for KKTV Luke Victor[13] commented amid the controversy with their respective opinions.
In 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.”[14]
Charitable Work edit
In March 2023, Hall's subscribers raised $120,000 to help victims of the Rolling Fork and Amory, Mississippi tornadoes, along with supplies and meals.[15] In the following months, Hall established "The Y'all Squad", a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization to provide relief to storm victims.[15] Hall also created a third YouTube channel for his non-profit; here he periodically releases content showing how donations have been used to help victims.
Personal Life edit
Hall currently lives in Pikeville, Kentucky, with his wife, Stephanie Thacker Hall.[16] The couple married in 2019, and they have two children: Echo Hall, who was born in 2021; and Otto Hall, who was born in 2023.
References edit
- ^ a b Hall, Ryan. "About Ryan Hall". Ryan Hall Y’all. Hall Enterprises, LLC 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b "About Ryan Hall, Y'all". YouTube.
- ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Meteorologist Andy Hill - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Here's EXACTLY How Much Snow You'll See This Year (2022)". YouTube. Ryan Hall Y’all. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "There's a small group of people on Twitter who like to hyper analyze my thumbnails & cry "clickbait". I've noticed the more riled up they get, the better my video performs. I always know I could've done better if no one's complaining on my timeline". Twitter. Ryan Hall Y’all. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "It wouldn't be WxTwitter without a snowball of pile-on internet users bonding over a collective takedown of someone doing holistically good work. Consider it a badge of honor. :)". Twitter. Matthew Cappucci. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "This ain't it". Twitter. Bryan Shaw. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Or how about, SNOW OUTLOOK: How much snow you may see this year. That would get me to watch. It's not click baity and accurately explains what your video will be about. Saying EXACTLY how much is where I think there is an issue". Twitter. Anthony D'Agostino. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Sadly you're creating problems for actual meteorologists, which isn't okay. Saying you can "EXACTLY" forecast snow totals is the equivalent of a fake medicine man in the 1800s. You're hurting the science in order to get click, and are creating problems for meteorologists". Katie Nickolaou. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "At this point most thumbnails are meme-y. The content of the video was compelling and had reasoning to it - that's what matters". Twitter. Luke Victor. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "About Ryan". Ryan Hall, Y'all. Retrieved 2024-04-02.