17 Facts About Toby Turner

Toby Joseph Turner was born on March 3,1985, in Osborn, Mississippi, and grew up in Niceville, Florida.

Toby Turner graduated from Niceville High School, where he attended school with Congressman Matt Gaetz and attended the University of Florida, and having an interest in filmmaking, graduated with a degree in telecommunication production.

Toby Turner has grown to become a popular personality on YouTube, achieving his early notability through his Tobuscus channel, and later through his secondary vlogging channel, as well as his gaming channel.

In 2010, Toby Turner signed with the multi-channel network Machinima, before switching to Maker Studios in July 2013.

Toby Turner first joined YouTube on May 14,2006, when he created a channel under the name of "Tobuscus".

Toby Turner worked as a host on Tagged, a gaming-themed YouTube series produced by NODE Studios, and plays the Satan character in the Fine Brothers web series MyMusic.

Toby Turner starred alongside Dawson in the 2015 comedy Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin and played a minor role in the 2015 film The Great Gilly Hopkins.

Toby Turner played Nerville, the only human character who can interact with the fruits.

Toby Turner has secured hosting roles for a number of events and series, including reporting on the Toshiba "Set Me Free Tour" for MTV in August 2009 and presenting holiday special web shows for Comedy Central, Spike and VH1.

In December 2012, Toby Turner was nominated for the award of Best Host at the 2013 Streamy Awards, although eventually lost out to KassemG.

In May 2014, Toby Turner signed a three-book deal with Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, to help create an illustrated journal-style series based on Tobuscus Adventures.

In 2023, Toby Turner voiced the character Jerod in Doug TenNapel's web series, Burkle and Spay.

Toby Turner has attempted to reach out to YouTube directly, such as in 2017 tweeting to their administration that neither the subscribe button nor the more recently introduced bell icon, which immediately notified subscribers of new uploads, were working properly at the time.

Harrison Jacobs of Business Insider in 2014 meanwhile wrote of how Toby Turner had been pursuing various projects outside of YouTube.

Jacobs noted how the development of the game, which ultimately took place over an almost two-year period, had run over-budget, despite having received more than double the requested funds, and had been met with a number of delays, which Toby Turner himself ascribed to a lack of experience.

Toby Turner claimed that Fletcher wanted a romantic relationship with him, while he wanted only to remain friends.

On October 25,2024, Toby Turner claimed that he was almost murdered by a schizophrenic woman, who later "destroy[ed] [him] with the full force of the press".