Bethany Mota

Bethany Mota, born on November 7, 1995, started her YouTube career in 2009 when she began posting videos about clothing, makeup and hair tutorials, and various other topics. She also launched a clothing line and released songs on her channel. Mota has a second YouTube channel, where she blogs about her life experiences. Join us as we celebrate this multi-skilled YouTuber’s special day right here!

Fast Facts

Full Name:

Bethany Noel Mota

Nickname:

Beth, Macbarbie, Bethers

Birth date:

November 7, 1995

Age:

28

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Height:

5' 4"

Relationship Status:

In a relationship

Net Worth:

$7 million

Bethany's Social Media:

Background

Bethany Mota is a YouTube star known for chronicling her life experiences in vlogs and videos and taking her fans on the adventure of life. The YouTuber was born on November 7, 1995, in Merced County, California, United States (U.S.). Her zodiac sign is Scorpio, while her ethnicity is Mexican–Portuguese–American. Her parents are Tammy and Tony Mota, and she has an older sister, Brittany.

Mota began posting videos on YouTube in 2009, starting with a haul video where she spoke about an item she had purchased. The video gained a lot of views, and she started making more. Mota’s content diversified, and she started including makeup and hair tutorials, do-it-yourself topics, and recipes in her videos. Her channel soon got many subscribers, and as of 2022, it has gained more than nine million subscribers. Many of her videos have received close to 20 million views since their upload. In 2010, Mota started a second channel, Bethany’s Life, where she posted vlogs and took her fans on adventures with her. Many of her videos have received a million views, and Bethany’s Life has more than one million subscribers. Her most viewed vlogs were the ones where she went on global trips and recorded her experiences as she interacted with different cultures. In the course of her YouTube career, Mota partnered with popular clothing brands, such as J.C. Penney and Forever 21, before launching her own clothing, jewelry, and perfume brand in 2013.

Called Atom&Matter, she released her collection at Aéropostale, a shopping mall retail shop dealing in casual apparel and accessories. “Teen Vogue” considered Mota’s brand laidback but girly. In 2014, Mota released her first single, ‘Need You Right Now,’ produced by Mike Tompkins. It ranked at number 30 on the Danish top 40 music list, Tracklisten, upon its debut. She was also a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” for its 19th season. She released ‘Be Who You Wanna Be,’ a song she wrote herself, on her first YouTube channel in 2015. A year later, Mota published her memoir, titled “Make Your Mind Up: My Guide to Finding Your Own Style, Life, and Motivation,” where she spoke about her journey to fame as a YouTube star. Mota is now in a relationship with Dominic Sandoval, popularly known as Dtrix on YouTube. He is a dancer and has appeared in many of Mota’s videos as well.

Career timeline

2009
Mota’s First YouTube Video

She uploads her first haul video to her channel, and it immediately gets many views.

2010
She Starts a Second Channel

Mota starts Bethany’s Life, a second channel where she uploads vlogs about her life experiences.

2013
Mota’s Fashion Line

In her first collection for Aéropostale, she introduces Atom&Matter, a clothing, perfume, and delicate jewelry line.

2014
Her First Single

She releases ‘Need You Right Now,’ a single produced by Mike Tompkins.

2016
Mota Publishes Her Memoir

In her memoir titled “Make Your Mind Up: My Guide to Finding Your Own Style, Life, and Motivation,” the star talks about her journey toward becoming a successful YouTuber.

Why We Love Bethany Mota

  1. We love how much she loves her fans

    Mota’s love for her fans is extremely evident in her videos. Not only that, she keeps her Atom&Matter suggestion box open for them all the time and uses the suggestions to improve her designs regularly.

  2. Mota’s confidence is inspiring

    She started making videos to cope with bullying, and they made her more and more confident. Mota’s confidence has set a standard for her fans, and we all aspire to be like her.

  3. She loves her work

    Mota’s videos show how much she loves doing it and that she never regrets her career choice. She also takes extra care in her videos, and it shows!

5 Surprising Facts

  1. She coped with bullying

    Mota first began making videos as a way to cope with the cyberbullying she faced as a young teen.

  2. Mota is a one-woman crew

    The YouTube star produces, writes, shoots, and edits her videos all by herself; she is the epitome of multi-skilled!

  3. She loves animated films

    Mota loves Disney’s “Frozen” and is obsessed with the Minions from “Despicable Me.”

  4. Mota exercises regularly

    She really takes care of her fitness, so she goes to the gym or works out at home daily.

  5. She is a perfectionist

    Mota has confessed that when she works on her videos, she makes sure that everything is just right; one small error results in discomfort.

Bethany Mota FAQs

What are Bethany Mota’s fans called?

Her fans are popularly known as ‘Mota–vators.’

Did Bethany Mota win on “Dancing with the Stars?”

No, but she and her dance partner, Derek Hough, placed fourth on the dance reality show.

When was Bethany Mota on “Dancing with the Stars?”

Mota participated in the reality show in 2014.

Bethany Mota’s birthday dates

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