United States
Tranium — whose YouTube bio casually self-identifies as 'john tranium' — is a U.S.-based entertainment creator whose content sits at the intersection of tech curiosity and low-stakes digital investigation.
Total Followers +2.4%
1.7M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
1.6M followers · 98% of audience
Engagement
7.2%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Macro
Est. $943–$2.6K / IG post
UniLAD Tech covered a video where Tranium and creator Crypto NWO competed to download the most computer viruses in one hour — Tranium accumulated ~530 infections while his co-contestant racked up 732 detections across nearly 200K files.
UniLAD Tech covered Tranium's video in which he enlisted a cybersecurity student to send him real viruses and then deliberately installed them on his PC, showcasing the results for his audience.
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +9K +0.5% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +9K |
| Last 30 days | +41K +2.5% | +204 +0.5% | +0 +0.0% | +41K |
| Last 90 days | +84K +5.1% | +287 +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +84K |
| Last 365 days | +84K +5.1% | +287 +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +84K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Surfshark Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Aura Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Wand Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Mar 2026 | — |
| HBADA Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Feb 2026 | — |
Tranium — whose YouTube bio casually self-identifies as 'john tranium' — is a U.S.-based entertainment creator whose content sits at the intersection of tech curiosity and low-stakes digital investigation. His primary format involves stress-testing the sketchy corners of consumer technology: running iPhone shortcut exploits, downloading suspicious app-store malware candidates, dialing phone numbers flagged as dangerous, and ordering obvious scam products to document what actually arrives. The tone is dry and unpolished by design, leaning on the absurdity of the subject matter rather than high-production theatrics. That formula has built a YouTube following in the multi-million range, with an engagement rate several times the category median — a signal that his audience is genuinely reactive rather than passively accumulated.
Tranium's viewership skews heavily male and concentrates in the 18-to-34 bracket, with the United States as the dominant market and meaningful reach across the UK, Canada, and Germany. That demographic profile, combined with his content angle, has attracted a notably coherent sponsor roster: cybersecurity and digital-privacy brands including Surfshark, Aura, and Privacy make obvious contextual sense alongside videos about malware and phone scams, giving his integrations an authenticity that pure entertainment channels rarely achieve with security advertisers. Instagram is largely dormant, with YouTube serving as the clear operational platform. His sustained upload cadence and above-baseline growth rate suggest a channel still in an expansion phase, and his tight thematic alignment between content and sponsor category positions him as a dependable fit for the broader consumer-security and digital-safety vertical.
Tranium reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. As a tech creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include Privacy and Surfshark. Engagement on YouTube runs around 7.2%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Tranium's tier (Macro, 1.7M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Tranium's YouTube bio signs off as "john tranium," indicating his first name is John. Whether Tranium is an adopted surname or a creative handle he's fully claimed as his identity hasn't been publicly confirmed beyond that self-description.
Tranium's Suspicious Phone App Malware series involves downloading genuinely sketchy apps to document what they actually do to a device. The series has run for at least 17 episodes, making it his longest-running and most recognizable content format on YouTube.
Azar is a random video chat app that connects strangers, and Tranium features it regularly enough that #azar and #connectwithazar appear among his top recurring hashtags. He appears to use it as a setting for social experiments and comedic interactions with strangers.
Tranium's content is built around testing phone malware, fake scams, and internet security warnings firsthand, which makes him a natural fit for sponsors like Surfshark, Privacy, and Aura — all cybersecurity or data-privacy products active on his channel as of mid-2026. The audience overlap between people who watch malware-testing content and people who care about digital safety makes those partnerships unusually well-matched.
In his "I Bought Obviously Fake Scams" series, Tranium purchases products or services that are clearly fraudulent to document what arrives or what the scam process looks like firsthand. He's returned to the concept multiple times — the titles themselves note "again" — treating it as a recurring investigative comedy format.
Tranium put this directly to the test in "I Tested iPhone Shortcut 'Viruses,'" exploring whether automation shortcuts shared online can genuinely harm a device. The video is part of his broader pattern of stress-testing internet safety myths rather than just reporting on them secondhand.
Tranium's "Calling Phone Numbers You Should Never Call" video follows the popular online genre of numbers that supposedly trigger dangerous callbacks, scams, or disturbing recordings. True to his format, he actually dials them rather than simply discussing the legends, letting the outcome play out on camera.
Yes — episode 17 of "I Tested Suspicious Phone App Malware" was among Tranium's recent uploads as of mid-2026, and his channel was actively posting new content. The series remains the backbone of his YouTube presence and a consistent driver of audience growth.
HBADA is a gaming and ergonomic office chair brand that ran a sponsored integration on Tranium's YouTube channel in early 2026. The partnership fits his audience profile — predominantly young men aged 18 to 34 who skew toward gaming and home-setup content.
Tranium has surpassed 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube, placing him firmly in the Macro creator tier. His engagement rate runs several times above the category median, which suggests his audience is actively watching and responding rather than passively subscribed.
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