Timthetatman
Quick Facts
Biography
Timothy John Betar (born April 8, 1990), better known by his online alias TimtheTatman, is an American Twitch streamer and internet personality.
Career
Betar started streaming on Twitch in 2012 and has amassed over 4 million followers since. Broadcasting games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Fortnite, and World of Warcraft, the variety channel attracts thousands of viewers each day.
Betar is a Monster Energy eSports athlete and is also sponsored by the Audio-Technica Corporation. He is a certified Twitch partner and has been a full-time creator since March 27, 2014. After joining YouTube on January 23, 2011, the channel has grown to 1.2 million subscribers with videos viewed over 111,000,000 times.
With the release of Epic Games's Fortnite in July 2017, Twitch stream viewership skyrocketed. The game streamed nearly 151 million hours during the first month of release. Streamers such as Betar, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, and Turner "Tfue" Tenney, saw a steady increase in followers as the game grew in popularity.
During E3 2018, Epic Games held its first-ever Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am, which paired up celebrities with professional gamers to raise money for charity. Betar teamed up with Mack Wilds for the event.
The Gamers' Choice Award's debuted its first show December 2018. The special aired live on CBS. Betar won the award for Fan Favorite Male Streamer/Gamer of the Year.
Betar and fellow gamer Ninja appeared in the NFL 100 commercial during Super Bowl LIII along with Peyton Manning, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Marshawn Lynch. The two were invited to attend Super Bowl LIII in partnership with the NFL.
Charity
In 2018, Betar teamed up with fellow streamers to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital under the GuardianCon charity stream marathon. The event raised over $2.7 million for children's medical research. During his time block alone, Betar set the Twitch charitable donation record by raising more than $106,000 in 4 hours.
Personal life
After meeting in high school, Betar and his wife Alexis were married in August 2016.On April 11, 2019, Alexis and Tim welcomed their son, Brewer.