As a heartwarming spectator of this digital serendipity, I find myself awestruck by the power of social media and the kindness of strangers. The tale of Bill, alias Fishing with “Oh Dad!”, is nothing short of inspirational. His resilience in the face of adversity, his passion for fishing, and his willingness to share it with the world, despite minimal recognition, are qualities that deserve to be celebrated.


YouTube fisherman “Oh Dad!” experienced a surprising surge in popularity when TikTok user Kindpenguins shared a promotional video for his channel, leading to him gaining more than a million subscribers.

On Thursday, November 21st, an account on TikTok called ‘PudgyKindness’ shared a video featuring ‘Oh Dad’s’ fishing videos along with other activities associated with the sport.

“I came across an elderly fellow on YouTube, uploading videos with zero views. Despite the lack of audience, he takes pleasure in sharing his fishing hobbies and gear. He seems to truly embrace life.

Later, the focus shifted to a video featuring ‘Oh Dad’, otherwise known as Bill. In this heartfelt clip, he shared a harrowing tale about falling off his roof, which resulted in fractures to both wrists, seven ribs, and a vertebrae, bringing him close to death. Fortunately, he’s made a full recovery and is back to creating videos once more.

Wondered if we could make a difference in his life,” they inquired. The video swiftly gained massive popularity, accumulating more than 65 million views on TikTok and attracting 64,000 comments.

As per ViewStats, prior to posting the TikTok video, “Fishing with ‘Oh Dad!'” boasted only 1,320 subscribers on November 20th. However, following the video’s release, the channel experienced a significant surge in subscriber growth.

The following day, Bill shared a video expressing joy over his significant increase in subscribers, which came right after PudgyKindness’s post, when Bill reached 200,000 subscribers.

He stated, “What was once thought as an impossible transformation, happened swiftly.” He continued, “For years, it seemed stagnant, making me consider discontinuing it. However, everything has drastically shifted now.

Currently, Bill’s YouTube channel boasts more than 1.32 million subscribers and has racked up over 2.6 million views across all its videos at the time of this writing.

Since that time, he’s yet to upload another video, but his followers can hardly wait for additional content from the popular YouTube angler.

As a gamer, I’ve noticed another content creator on the rise – none other than footballing legend, Cristiano Ronaldo! He hopped onto the platform way back in August, finally giving in to years of fan requests for some engaging video content.

He flew past 18M subs within the first 24 hours and is currently sitting at just under 70M subs following a massive video with MrBeast.

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2024-11-25 19:48