Matthew Kai "Matt" Stonie (born: May 24, 1992), also known as Megatoad, is an American YouTuber and competitive eater. He is best known for his food challenges where he attempts to eat different types of food in the shortest period of time, similar to Furious Pete and Epic Meal Time. He has won many world records including him eating over 22 McDonald's Big Macs in under 22 minutes.[1]
He created his YouTube channel on August 24, 2012, and uploaded his first video of him drinking a gallon of Gatorade in 37 seconds. He graduated from Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, California.
Early life[]
Stonie was born on May 24, 1992, in San Jose, California. He is of Japanese, Czechoslovak, and Lithuanian ancestry. He graduated from Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, California. Stonie has a younger brother named Morgan Stonie, who is oftentimes involved with the production of his challenges uploaded to his YouTube channel.
Career[]
Stonie's Major League Eating debut was at the Stockton Deep Fried Asparagus Championship in Stockton, California in 2011. At the time, he was the youngest member of the Major League Eating organization, being 18 years old. His first win came in 2010 in a lobster roll eating contest in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
On July 4, 2015, Stonie defeated eight-time defending Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut by eating 62 hot dogs to Chestnut's 60.
On July 4, 2016, Stonie came in second to Chestnut, eating 53 hot dogs to Chestnut's 70.
On July 4, 2017, Stonie came in third, eating 48 hot dogs, behind Carmen Cincotti's 60 and Chestnut's 72.
On July 4, 2018, Stonie came in fifth place, eating 40 hot dogs behind Geoffrey Esper’s 41, Darron Breeden’s 43, Carmen Cincotti’s 64 and Joey Chestnut’s 74.
On July 4, 2019, Stonie competed for his ninth appearance in the 2019 contest and placed in fourth place behind Joey Chestnut's 71, Darron Breeden's 50, and Geoffrey Esper's 47. Throughout 2016 to now, Stonie's ranking has been up and down as he went to Rank Number 2 in 2016; Rank Number 3 in 2017; Rank Number 4 in 2018 and is currently in Rank Number 3.
Stonie uploaded his first YouTube video on June 21, 2010, in which he eats a 6 lb pizza in 18 minutes and 5 seconds. His most popular videos have been noticed by well-known celebrities such as Bam Margera, Waka Flocka Flame, and Cheech & Chong, who have featured the videos on their websites. As of September 2019, he has over 10 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. Stonie's YouTube videos have amassed more than 2 billion views, with his most viewed video having been viewed over 72 million times.
In 2022, Stonie founded his own franchise of restaurants, Stonie Bowls. The franchise focuses on large rice bowls and has both online orders and physical locations. On August 19, 2022, Stonie uploaded a video of him speed eating the ultimate tuna poke bowl as the debut announcement of his franchise.
Trivia[]
- Matt's nickname comes from the character Toad from the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.
- He weighs 130 pounds (59 kg) and is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall.
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: December 6, 2015
- 2 million subscribers: October 7, 2016
- 3 million subscribers: August 1, 2017
- 4 million subscribers: March 4, 2018
- 5 million subscribers: June 11, 2018
- 6 million subscribers: September 5, 2018
- 7 million subscribers: January 27, 2019
- 8 million subscribers: May 17, 2019
- 9 million subscribers: August 4, 2019
- 10 million subscribers: November 19, 2019
- 11 million subscribers: April 5, 2020
- 12 million subscribers: July 10, 2020
- 13 million subscribers: November 15, 2020
- 14 million subscribers: April 21, 2021
- 15 million subscribers: January 1, 2022
- 16 million subscribers: November 11, 2022
Video view milestones[]
- 1 billion views: July 22, 2018
- 2 billion views: March 12, 2020
- 3 billion views: December 1, 2021
References[]
- ↑ "Matt Stonie Bio, Career, Facts and more", Stark Times.
