Benjamin Zand (born 2 February 1991) is a British journalist and YouTuber. He has received a AIB award and an RTS award.
Early life
Benjamin Zand grew up in Liverpool. He has referenced his upbringing as being in a "rough kind of aggressive environment". He attended Bowring Comprehensive School.
Career
Television career
Zand has worked for Channel 4, Discovery Channel, and the BBC.
Journalism career
While at university, Zand worked for the Edinburgh Evening News and The Scotsman.
YouTube career
Since September 2025, YouTube has hosted Zand's show Humans.
Documentaries
Much of Zand's work focuses on the manosphere and toxic masculinity and incel-culture such as looksmaxxing and "gooning" (excessive pornography consumption). Other topics include serial killer Samuel Little, QAnon, whites-only settlement Kleinfontein and musician R Kelly.
Podcasts With fellow journalist Stacey Dooley, Zand has launched the podcast Untangled. He also releases The Zandland Show.
Awards
Year Award Category Show Result2023 British Academy Television Awards Television/short formKingpin Cribs2022 Association for International Broadcasting Awards International affairs documentaryThe Cult of Conspiracy: QAnon2016 Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards
See also Louis Theroux Stacey Dooley
References
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