American social media sensation, YouTuber, and former Vine star Brandon Bowen is best known for his entertaining comedy shorts. In 2015, he won the Shorty Award for the Vine Comedian of the Year. He had amassed over 3 million followers on Vine before the platform shut down. Brandon later switched to YouTube and has collaborated with many top-notch social media celebrities since then. He has also appeared in the film Mono and the YouTube reality series Fight of the Living Dead.
Early Life
Social media sensation Brandon Bowen is from Ocilla, Georgia. On June 26, 2013, long before he became an internet celebrity, he posted his first Vine video, howto go fishing #fishing #comedy.
Social Media Career
Brandon initially shot to fame on the now-defunct video platform Vine. By 2014, he had gained a million followers on the platform. Before Vine was shut down in 2017, Brandon had amassed over 3 million followers on the platform. One of his best-known videos on Vine was Hater Blockers. He also won the Shorty Award for the Vine Comedian of the Year in 2015.
Brandon is also popular on other social media platforms, such as Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. He once posted a video featuring him performing a martial arts stunt on Instagram. He has thousands of followers on his Instagram account, thebrandonbowen.
He launched his self-titled YouTube channel on April 25, 2014 and has, to date, amassed thousands of subscribers on the channel. His YouTube channel mostly consists of comedy shorts. He has also garnered millions of likes and thousands of followers on TikTok.
In October 2014, Brandon collaborated with popular YouTube star KC James in a video titled Sometimes Music Is More Important. He has also collaborated with boxer, social media celebrity, and former Vine star Jake Paul.
In 2016, Brandon appeared in the film titled Mono. The film narrates the tale of a bunch of high school kids at Highland Park High, where a virus epidemic takes down the popular and cool kids.
The same year, Brandon was also seen in the YouTube Red reality series Fight of the Living Dead. The three-season series (2015-2017) featured many other top-notch YouTube stars, such as Joey Graceffa, iJustine, Olga Kay, and Strawburry17, fighting it out in a simulated zombie apocalypse.
Family Life
Not much is known about his family or relationships. However, Brandon has featured his mother in quite a few of his Vine videos.