# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bain
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:22:32.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bain"
name: "John Bain"
slug: "john-bain"
description: "John Peter Bain, known as TotalBiscuit, was a British video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube. He was known for his role in professional shoutcasting and esports, and also known for his gaming commentary audio work on WCradio.com. According to Eurogamer, he gained a large following due to his video commentary on newly developed indie games and analysis of gaming news. Bain voiced strong support for consumer protection in the video gaming industry."
tagline: "British game commentator (1984-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TotalBiscuit%2C_MLG_Anaheim_2013%2C_FlamingCowTV_(June_2013)(color_corrected)(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "YouTubers"
  slug: "youtubers"
profileType:
  name: "YouTuber"
  slug: "youtuber"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076"
birthDate: "1984-07-08"
deathDate: "2018-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           77.66
  momentum:             10
  historical:           15.79381066666667
  currentAttention:     8.76
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  190
  category: 35
totalFollowers: 1910000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Totalbiscuit"
    handle:    "Totalbiscuit"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/cynicalbrit"
    handle:    "cynicalbrit"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4818913/"
    handle:    "nm4818913"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
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    handle:    "TotalBiscuit"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "@cynicalbrit"
    followers: 1910000
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bain"
    title: "John Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "토탈비스킷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bain"
    title: "John Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit"
    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "TotalBiscuit"
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    title: "TotalBiscuit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill