Speed McQueen

Speed McQueen is the online alias of Joshua "Josh" Baillie (born July 10, 2004, England), a British creator of POV comedy skits and YouTube Shorts (Wikitubia, FamousBirthdays). He created his YouTube channel on September 16, 2018, uploaded his first video on June 14, 2023, and broke out the next month as his Shorts went viral (Wikitubia, NetWorthSpot). The channel has passed 16 million subscribers (FamousBirthdays).[edit]

Joshua Baillie was born July 10, 2004, in England (TheFamousPeople). Family detail is private; he references relatives in videos without naming them. He created the Speed McQueen YouTube channel on September 16, 2018, but posted nothing until June 14, 2023 (NetWorthSpot). He began posting comedy on TikTok as @speed_mcqueen_1 in June 2023 (FamousBirthdays).[edit]

June 2023: first TikTok comedy posts and first YouTube upload (FamousBirthdays, NetWorthSpot). July 2023: Shorts go viral and the channel takes off (Wikitubia). November 2, 2023: channel views drop from 866 million to 604 million after a video purge (Wikitubia). 2025: subscriber count passes 14 million on its way past 16 million (FamousBirthdays). Per-video view figures previously on this page could not be verified and are dropped.[edit]

Relatable POV skits, dark humor, rapid-fire Shorts for a meme-native audience (TheFamousPeople). Online commentary includes criticism alleging uncredited reuse of others' material; no formal finding exists. He does not do press or interviews on the public record.[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 16,800,000 subscribers, 30,537,168,588 views (fetched 2026-10-15). No Last.fm data is attached to this entry. Popularity rank: #41,799 overall, #31,527 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). He holds no placement in the iFAMOUS Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. No formal fandom name is documented.[edit]

The alias comes from Lightning McQueen of Pixar's Cars (Wikitubia). The channel sat dormant from its September 2018 creation until June 2023 (NetWorthSpot). On November 2, 2023, purged videos cost the channel 261 million listed views (Wikitubia). Taglines previously quoted on this page were social-media bio text, not attributed quotes, and are dropped as quotes.[edit]

Born Joshua Baillie in England on July 10, 2004 (TheFamousPeople). Parents' and siblings' names are not public. No spouse or children. He keeps his offline life private.[edit]

IShowSpeed, whose clip he reacted to in a July 2023 video during his breakout month. Lightning McQueen, the Pixar Cars character behind the alias and branding (Wikitubia).[edit]

No romantic relationship has been publicly documented or confirmed. The "Single" label previously on this page was unsourced and is dropped.[edit]

No net worth figure has been published by Baillie or a credible outlet; the $1 million estimate previously on this page was unsourced and is dropped. Documented revenue lines: YouTube Shorts ad revenue on a 16-million-subscriber channel and TikTok earnings (FamousBirthdays).[edit]