PrestonPlayz

Preston Blaine Arsement (born May 4, 1994), better known as PrestonPlayz or Preston, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his high-energy videos playing video games including Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite, and his real-life vlogs and challenges.

Preston Arsement
Arsement in 2024
Personal information
Born	Preston Blaine Arsement (1994-05-04) May 4, 1994 (age 31) Dallas, Texas
Signature
Website	firemerch.com
YouTube information
Channels	Preston PrestonPlayz PrestonGamez
Years active	2010–present
Genres	Gaming challenge
Subscribers	31.3 million (main channel) 16.9 million (PrestonPlayz) 4.58 million (PrestonGamez) 3.5 million (PrestonReacts) 7.94 million (TBNRFrags) 4.31 million (PrestonShorts)[1]
Views	12.42 billion (main channel) 7.53 billion (PrestonPlayz) 913 million (PrestonGamez) 1.23 billion (PrestonReacts) 1.86 billion (TBNRFrags) 1.54 billion (PrestonShorts)[1]
Associated acts	Unspeakable
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2013 1,000,000 subscribers 2014 10,000,000 subscribers 2019
Last updated: August 6, 2025

Early life

Preston Blaine Arsement was born on May 4, 1994, in Dallas, Texas. He is the eldest of three half-siblings, two half-brothers and one half-sister.^[2] Arsement's father, David, is an United States Air Force veteran and the COO of Arsement's company, while his mother, Maye, is the CEO; she formerly worked for AT&T and Southwestern Bell. The first game he played was Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis, when he was four. Arsement was first inspired to pursue YouTube after watching HuskyStarcraft.^[3] As a teenager, he watched many RuneScape videos.^[4]

Career

Arsement created his first YouTube channel in November 2010, called TBNRfrags. It first focused on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gameplay, but later expanded to Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops. He later created a Minecraft channel, PrestonPlayz, in 2012.^[2]

Arsement went on his first tour in 2017, hosting meet-and-greets at six Main Event Entertainment centers near Dallas.^[5] He also started working with talent management company Night in that year.^[6] He joined Envy Gaming as an investor and content creator in 2018 and was paired with Lil Yachty for a celebrity-content creator Fortnite tournament.^[3][7] Also in 2018, he switched his gaming content to a separate channel and made his main channel focused around lifestyle, vlog, and challenge content,^[6] substantially growing his channel.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Personal life

Arsement is married to his wife, Briana Paige Barnhart.^[2] He is a Messianic Jew.^[4] He also enjoys playing paintball for fun.^[3]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Streamy Awards	Gaming	Nominated	[12]
2019				[13]
2020				[14]
2021				[15]
2020	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Gamer		[16]
2024				[17]