Benjamin De Almeida

Benjamin De Almeida
Born
Benjamin De Almeida

(1999-09-08) September 8, 1999 (age 26)
Red Deer, Alberta
Years active2013–present
TikTok information
Page
Followers12.3 million
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
  • Comedy
  • vlog
  • challenge
  • prank
Subscribers9.09 million (main channel)
915 thousand (Drama Mama)
Views2.99 billion (main channel)
47.4 million (Drama Mama)
Last updated: July 12, 2026
Websitebenoftheweek.com

Benjamin De Almeida, also known as Benoftheweek (stylized in all caps), is a Canadian-American YouTuber and TikToker. He first went viral on TikTok in 2018, where he is known for his surreal, satirical storytelling skits emphasizing his offbeat personality.[1] On YouTube, he mainly creates challenge and vlog content.[2] All of his videos are self-produced and edited.[3]

Early life

Benjamin De Almeida was born on September 8, 1999, in Red Deer, Alberta. He is an only child.[4] De Almeida admired YouTubers such as Shane Dawson and iJustine as a child and had always wanted to be a creator.[5] He was inspired by the channels Filthy Frank and Cow Chop.[1] With his parents' support, he dropped out of college to become a full-time influencer.[6]

Career

De Almeida began creating videos and uploading them to YouTube in a now-inactive channel he created in 2010; he created his current YouTube channel in 2013. He did not have many friends or hobbies at the time, so he spent most of his free time working on videos,[7] many of which were Minecraft Let's Plays.[6] De Almeida also originally posted short-form videos on Snapchat, but moved to TikTok in November 2018. He first went viral after posting a video noting his resemblance to actor Noah Centineo, reaching over two million followers in less than a year.[5] He capitalized on the gap in comedy content during the early months of the platform, when it was filled with viral dance trends, by creatic comedic storytelling videos of his travels, such as his visit to North Korea.[6] His YouTube channel videos consisted of content such as Omegle, prank calls, and "hacking" Zoom meetings, characterized with his frequent references to Internet memes and culture from the early 2010s. He went from 890,000 subscribers in the start of 2021 to 1.8 million in October of that year.[7]

In February 2021, De Almeida launched the podcast I Almost Died, which detailed his near-death experiences and those of others. The premiere episode included De Almeida talking about a trip to Bali in which he drove a motorcycle into oncoming traffic and just avoided getting himself put in prison.[8] The podcast ended in April 2022, but De Almeida launched the Drama Mama podcast in September of that year.[2][6] He became a correspondent for Nick News in 2023[9] and judged Anthony Potero's viral Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in 2024.[3]

Personal life

De Almeida has mysophobia[4] and hypochondria,[10] enjoys fashion,[9] and is vegan.[11] He grew up Catholic but became an atheist.[10] He is an ambassador of the progressive advocacy organization Gen-Z for Change.[6] In 2024, he organized a charity fortune-telling event in Los Angeles which benefited the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project.[1]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2022 Streamy Awards Breakout Creator Nominated [12]
2023 First Person [13]
2023 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Host [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lalwani, Andy (December 13, 2024). "BENOFTHEWEEK Reflects on Viral Lookalike Timothée Chalamet Contest Idea Taking Off: 'I Knew it Was Going to be Big'". What's Trending. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Rooten, Melanie (April 4, 2023). "Meet Benjamin De Almeida: The Multi-Hyphenate Powerhouse Making Waves With His Comedic Video Content (Exclusive)". Celeb Secrets. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Benjamin de Almeida Is Ready To Grow Beyond Social Media". Daily Front Row. December 2, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  4. ^ a b McArthur, Amanda (June 7, 2021). "Here's Everything You Wanted to Know About TikTok Comedian benoftheweek". www.sweetyhigh.com. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  5. ^ a b Tolentino, Jia (September 23, 2019). "How TikTok Holds Our Attention". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d e Power, Shannon (March 23, 2023). "Ben of the Week: How TikTok's wonder kid plotted superstardom". Newsweek. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  7. ^ a b Hale, James (October 14, 2021). "YouTube Millionaires: BENOFTHEWEEK On The Art Of "Thrifting For Ideas"". Tubefilter. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  8. ^ "Digital Creator And Comedian Benoftheweek Unpacks His Wild And Hilarious Brushes With Death On New Podcast I Almost Died". Shore Fire Media. February 24, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  9. ^ a b Papadatos, Markos (March 15, 2023). "Chatting with social media phenom Benjamin De Almeida: 'Nick News' and the digital age". Digital Journal. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  10. ^ a b Barr, Anna (December 7, 2024). "Beyond Viral: Meet Benjamin de Almeida (aka BENOFTHEWEEK)". Fucking Young!. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  11. ^ Nguyen, Andrew (March 4, 2025). "BENOFTHEWEEK Uses Fashion and Comedy for Good - PAPER Magazine". www.papermag.com. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  12. ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  13. ^ "13th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  14. ^ Coates, Tyler (November 2, 2023). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards: Disney Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 12, 2026.

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