Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Mark Wiens might not have been the first person to upload a food video to YouTube- but it's certainly close. Since February 2009, the king of internet food content has seen his videos viewed more than three billion times- that's billion, with a "B". There's a blog, three YouTube channels, a show on HBO-Go and another with National Geographic and it all came from really, really liking food, and a willingness to build a life around doing whatever it took to find the best stuff. In this video we sit down for a meal to hear Mark's story, find out about the first days of YouTube and try to understand what it means to be a professional eater.

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0:00 - The Thumbnail Photo
2:21 - Eating for a Living
4:58 - Mark's Story
7:19 - The Path to Asia
11:04 - Bourdain
13:41 - Migrationology
19:06 - The First Days in Bangkok
24:13 - YouTube
26:50 - The Start of the Channel
34:22 - Early Days
39:11 - The Channel Grows
43:38 - Food and Talking About Food
49:56 - The Worst Part of Food YouTube
53:34 - Iran, Iraq, and Food as Community
57:35 - The Real Value in All of This
59:44 - Viewer Questions
1:08:45 - Credits and Post-Credits

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