StudyTuber

plural StudyTubers

1. A YouTuber whose account focuses on studying and academia.

   9/10 of the successful StudyTubers are straight-A/A* students.

   2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59

   5 more examples

   As businesses have realised that there is a huge audience amongst the student body, many of these StudyTubers have become personalities and shot to small but rapidly growing levels of fame as they share their variety of experiences.

   2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11

   As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.

   2020 March 31, Jonathan Moules, “How remote study is changing business school life: The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate”, in BusinessDay, volume 19, number 531, page 19

   The lesson here is not that studytubers are terrible influences who intentionally push toxic productivity.

   2020 December 3, Basilia Weir, “Studytube: you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ into a panic spiral about my productivity”, in The Glasgow Guardian, number 4, University of Glasgow, page 13

   Many of these authors are StudyTubers who are well known online for giving academic advice.

   2021, Jade Bowler, The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, Blink Publishing, →ISBN

   According to The Boar, StudyTubers have emphasized unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as rigorous studying, which cause students to feel pressured about how productive they seem in an academic setting.

   2021 September 29, Nicole Mui, “Investigative Report: Toxic Positivity; Selling success: Influencers’ romanticization of school life”, in The Charger Account, volume T, number 1, Leland High School, page 10