Born Wilbur Gold on 14 September 1996, famed Twitch streamer Wilbur Soot is a British internet personality, YouTuber and singer-songwriter. He first became known in 2017 for his work with the YouTube channel “SootHouse”, a comedy group, where he made recurring appearances and was the lead editor and a co-founder. Wilbur later started his own channel, “Wilbur Soot”, on 29 March 2019.
Before that, he had made his first channel, “Settings666”, when he was just eleven, and as of today, he has 6 YouTube channels. He released his first single, “The ‘Nice Guy’ Ballad”, in January 2018 and often collaborated with his friends and fellow creators Tommy “TommyInnit” Simons, Phil “Ph1LzA” Watson, Toby “Tubbo” Smith, and many more. Wilbur has now put his entire focus on his Twitch channel, whose followers have amounted to over 3.9 million.
Yet another familiar story of the young generation reaching great heights just by harnessing the tool that is the internet. Wilbur Soot seemed to know what route he wanted to go from when he was a child. Today, he has a budding music career, alongside an already successful one at streaming. The popularity he has amassed through his YouTube and Twitch have translated to financial success for his music, so much so his sixth single, “Your New Boyfriend”, peaked at No. 65 on the UK Singles Chart.
If you want to know more about Wilbur Soot and his upwardly mobile career, you are in the right place. Before we proceed, here are ten facts about the Twitch star.
10 interesting facts about Wilbur Soot
- Wilbur Soot is not his real name. According to his Wikipedia page, his real name is Wilbur Gold, and the alias came from his former YouTube channel group’s name SootHouse.
- He is recognised as the leader for the SootHouse channel and was the one that came up with the ‘Soot’ part of the name. It allegedly originates from a Tamagotchi forum.
- Wilbur has intentions of making serious music. He has become famous for his comedic songs, as he loves to make his fans laugh through music. Some serious music can be expected from him going forward, as he is set to put his musical talent and guitar skills to even better use.
- Fame or success hasn’t changed him. Even though he has found a lot of success, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. As such, he is able to keep making content that people truly relate to.
- Wilbur keeps his personal life private. Even though he spends a lot of time on the internet, he doesn’t reveal too many details about his private life.
- He has no air about him. Wilbur enjoys interacting with his fans and takes every opportunity he gets to do so, often responding to comments and answering questions.
- He is a cat lover. Wilbur appears to have at least two lovely cats if his live streams are anything to go by.
- Wilbur loves getting the chance to see new places all over the world. In a Q&A, he said that he spent 8 months living in the Netherlands, inspiring him to learn Dutch.
- Wilbur has tapped into his popularity availed privilege by launching his own merchandise line with Fresh Merch. He currently sells sweatshirts, hats, and socks.
- He currently has a net worth of $800,000.
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Wilbur Soot age, early life and education
Born on 14 September 1996, Wilbur Soot is 24 years of age as of April 2021. He was born and raised in a middle-class Christian family from Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. His father is an engineer, and his mother works for the government.
Wilbur is British and now an atheist. He completed his early schooling at the Local Suffolk School in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He later enrolled himself at the Sussex Down’s College in Lewes, England, the United Kingdom, from where he completed his education.
Right from his childhood, he was more interested in gaming and desired to pursue a career as a gamer. He also used to participate in many extra-curricular activities in his college days.
Career – Wilbur Soot Twitch and YouTube
Wilbur became well known as an editor for the YouTube channel SootHouse, a comedy group that he founded with some of his friends. On Soothouse, he and 7 others (Charlie, David, Dan, George, Jack, Matt, and Rhianna) mock and react to various parts of the internet culture.
In 2017, Wilbur first appeared on the Soothouse video titled “Bulgarian Real Estate.” There he featured alongside Soot George, and they both mocked websites that were selling the cheap houses in Eastern Europe.
Apart from occasional vlogs, SootHouse members only used audio to give a comedic take on various things regarding popular culture. To help viewers easily distinguish between members, each member has colour-coded subtitles added while editing, and his was grey/white.
Wilbur also actively live streams on Twitch, where he has amassed over 3.9 million followers as of September 2021, making him the 41st most-followed creator on the platform.
Gold Minecraft
Soot created his main channel, Wilbur Soot, also called ‘Gold Minecraft’, on 29 March 2019. The channel features content pertaining to video games, most commonly, the 2011 sandbox game Minecraft.
In 2020, he joined the roleplay-focused Minecraft server Dream SMP, run by the eponymous YouTuber known as Dream. There, he founded the fictional nation of L’Manberg and eventually became a lead writer for the server. Wilbur has also competed in multiple Minecraft tournaments, including MC Championships and Minecraft Monday.
