Braden Boyko@braden
Braden Boyko

Founder · Beluga

O-1B

San Francisco

  • 22 Year Old Storyteller
  • Viral Content Expert with over 2.3+ Billion views across all platforms
  • Gained 5 Million Subscribers in 5 months
  • Creator of Beluga (10M+ subscribers on Youtube) and various other channels.
  • Currently building Extraordinary with @Sigil.
Timeline

2002

Spawned In Ontario, Canada.

2014
Age 11

Began creating videos on YouTube, starting with gaming and branching out to other topics. During this time I learned the fundamentals of what makes a video great, publishing over 400 videos.

2019
Age 16

Started Explore Lucid Dreaming, which would become the largest channel on YouTube based on the topic of lucid dreaming. It was my first "successful" channel and the income would allow me to focus more on making videos.

2020
Age 18

Moved from Canada to Tucson, AZ to study computer science. During this time I also experimented with different videos formats, along with the idea of starting a channel in the comedy niche.

2021
Age 19

Started Beluga, which became one of the fastest growing YouTube channels of all time. The Discord format was unique and engaging to viewers, and I would go on to create 380+ videos over the next few years.

2024
Age 22

Graduated and moved to SF to build Extraordinary with @Sigil.

2025
Age 22

O-1B approved thanks to Extraordinary.

Fun Facts
  • Speaks 3 languages (English, Spanish, Mandarin)
  • Fastest Half Marathon time is 1 hour 26 minutes
  • Was bored one day and decided to solo travel 11 countries in 3 weeks