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Cole at VidCon 2014
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Louis John Cole 28 April 1983 Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom |
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Nationality | British | ||||||||
Occupation | YouTube Personality | ||||||||
Religion | Christian | ||||||||
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Channel | FunforLouis | ||||||||
Years active | 2011–present | ||||||||
Subscribers | 1.9 million (19 March 2017) |
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Total views | 251.7 million (20 March 2017) |
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Subscriber and view counts updated as of 14 August 2016. |
Louis John Cole (born 28 April 1983), better known by his online alias FunforLouis, is a British film-maker and YouTube personality from Cobham, Surrey, England. He has a following of over 1.8 million on YouTube and is best known for posting a daily video blog on the channel FunForLouis which documents his life and travels adventuring all over the globe. Cole originally found fame through filming eating stunts on another channel, FoodForLouis but has since taken these videos down to focus on the positive message and trajectory of FunForLouis where he encourages viewers to "Peace out, enjoy life and live the adventure".
Louis appeared on the BBC TV show called 'Homefront' when he was younger.
In 2007 Cole purchased and renovated a double-decker bus, equipping it as a mobile centre to help homeless youth with music and video game facilities. The Boombus project now receives funding from local council wards.
Louis Cole announced his relationship with fellow YouTuber Raya Encheva (RayaWasHere) with a video titled '1000th vlog w/ my girlfriend'.
Discovery signed Cole to its Digital Seeker Network in 2015.
Cole appeared on stage at The Photography Show talking about The Power of Social Photography on the 18 March 2017. While on stage he talked about being vegan
Cole started to post daily vlogs on to his channel FunForLouis on 31 December 2012 with a video titled 'Pancakes and Bicycles | LA Trip Day 2'. He has released over 1232 vlogs consecutively as of 20 June 2016. Through this, Cole has managed to gain over 1.8 million subscribers as of 13 August 2016.
Louis Cole has a brand based on his slogan called Live The Adventure often referred to as LTA.
During Cole's talk at the 2017 Photography Show, he talked about LTA and explained that it was a social media, travel management agency. Cole indicated that Live The Adventure has seven employees and two offices in London and Cape Town.
The first LTA travel summit was held at the YHA Hostel in South Downs, Lewes, UK on 6-9 January 2017. Sony ran a photography seminar during the summit.
Cole has a number of other projects beyond his Daily vlogs.