Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner was born on May 4,1994 and is a Canadian comedian, YouTuber, and podcaster.
20 Facts About Kurtis Conner
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Kurtis Conner amassed around 350 thousand followers on the platform, but he later decided to attempt to create long-form content on YouTube.
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Kurtis Conner uploaded the first video on his channel in 2014.
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Kurtis Conner originally made videos for fun after his full-time office job and uploaded around every week.
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Kurtis Conner's channel began to gain momentum in 2017 when one of his videos gained 600 thousand views in two days, leading him to increase his video output.
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Kurtis Conner then decided to quit his office job to become a full-time YouTuber.
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Kurtis Conner's channel has become known for criticizing content perceived as problematic on YouTube and for making fun of those who wish to marginalize groups of people.
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Kurtis Conner later said he would raise $10,000 for the domestic abuse charity loveisrespect and then match it with his own donation, with over $16,000 being raised and Kurtis Conner making a donation of $26,000 overall.
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Kurtis Conner criticized a "female Viagra" trend on YouTube, which involved YouTubers administering a claimed aphrodisiac for women by spiking their girlfriend's drink without their consent.
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Kurtis Conner's video was later removed from YouTube as it showed the controversial behavior, although other "female Viagra" videos were still available on the platform at the time.
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Kurtis Conner has made more lighthearted videos and said his favorite content is film criticism.
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Kurtis Conner has created content about the TikTok Hype House, manipulative tactics used by Justin Bieber's team to promote his song "Yummy", the 22 Convention, and pick-up artist Russell Hartley.
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Kurtis Conner was described by Lindsay Dodgson of Insider as "one of YouTube's most popular commentators".
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Kurtis Conner began performing stand-up shows all over Canada in 2013.
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Kurtis Conner self-released his debut comedy album Cuppla Jokes in 2016, which reached No 1 on the iTunes comedy charts and No 6 on the Billboard comedy charts.
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Conner self-released the comedy special Kurtis Conner: Keep Busy in 2023.
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Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner was born at North York General Hospital in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 4,1994.
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Kurtis Conner grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, but he later moved back to Toronto.
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Kurtis Conner first performed stand-up comedy in 2013, at the age of 19, and later joined Humber College's Comedy Writing and Performance program.
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Kurtis Conner has stated in a video that he identifies as agnostic.