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| name               = 
| image              = MatPat at Creator Economy Caucus launch, 2025 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Matthew Patrick in June 2025
| other_names        = 
| birth_name         = Matthew Robert Patrick
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1986|11|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Medina, Ohio]], U.S.
| years_active       = 2011-2024
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| channels             = [https://www.youtube.com/@GTLive GTLive]<br />Former host of<br />[https://www.youtube.com/@GameTheory The Game Theorists]<br />[https://www.youtube.com/@FilmTheory The Film Theorists]<br />[https://www.youtube.com/@FoodTheory The Food Theorists]<br />[https://www.youtube.com/@StyleTheorists The Style Theorists]
| years_active         = 2011–present
| genre                = [[Video game|Gaming]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=CT |date=January 9, 2024 |title=YouTuber MatPat Announces Retirement |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/youtuber-matpat-retirement-game-theorists-1234943292/ |access-date=January 9, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
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| 2.42 <!--The Style Theorists-->
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| 0.854 <-- The Food Theorists-->
| 0.216 <!--The Style Theorists-->
| 0.805 <!--GTLive-->
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| network              = Long Haul Management Clients & Partners<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longhaulmgmt.com/|title=Roster|website=Long Haul Management Clients & Partners|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202161527/https://www.longhaulmgmt.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>/ [[Studio&nbsp;71]]<ref>[https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/matthewpatrick13 The Game Theorists], ''Socialblade''. Retrieved June 23, 2017.</ref>
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| silver_year          = <abbr title="The Game Theorists">2013</abbr>, <abbr title="The Film Theorists, GTLive">2015</abbr>, <abbr title="The Food Theorists">2020</abbr>, <abbr title="The Style Theorists">2023</abbr>
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'''Matthew Robert Patrick'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MatPatGT/status/790656726550716416|title=Just got ordained to officiate Jason's wedding. But I can do house blessings and funerals too! I'M A ONE-STOP SHOP! #PastorPat|website=[[Twitter]]|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=The Game Theorists|title=GTLive: SHE LOVES ME NOT?! &#124; Emily is Away Too (Part 4)|date=June 20, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L4P6YdK63Y#t=30m6s |access-date=June 23, 2017|quote=If you spell your name Matt, it's M-A-T-T, not M-A-T. Not like 'doormat'.}}</ref> (born November 15, 1986), also known by his screen name '''MatPat''', is an former [[Americans|American]] [[Internet celebrity|internet personality]]. He is the creator of the [[YouTube]] series '''Game Theory''', and its spin-off series '''Film Theory''', '''Food Theory''', and '''Style Theory''', each analyzing different video games, films, food, and fashion respectively. He was born in [[Medina, Ohio]].
== Career ==
Between July 1, 2016, and July 31, 2016, he starred in the game show ''[[The Runner (2016 Reality Series)|The Runner]]''.

In 2024, he said in a video called "Goodbye Internet" that he would not be hosting the channels anymore. He was replaced by 4 members of the theorist team, one for each channel.<ref>{{Citation|title=Goodbye Internet|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1_TqU68yo|language=en|access-date=2024-01-10|last=The Game Theorists|date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

He is very known for his [[Five Nights at Freddy's|FNAF]] theories. Starting them between 2014-2016, though, be began making theories in 2011.

His last video as host of Game Theory was on March 9, 2024., though he would continue hosting GTLive until the end of Summer 2024.<ref>{{Citation|title=MatPat's FINAL Theory!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxPlUgIqSA|language=en|access-date=2024-03-09|last=The Game Theorists|date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>

On June 10, 2025, MatPat announced the creation of the Creator Economy Caucus in the [[United States House of Representatives]], which he said was "a [[bipartisan]] group where creators can work alongside lawmakers to [make sure] legislation is timely and relevant for the Internet age." According to MatPat, his initiative was supported by around 10 representatives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Matthew |date=June 10, 2025 |title=New quest: Washington DC! |url=https://x.com/MatPatGT/status/1932458863619404194?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=X}}</ref>
== Personal Life ==
On May 19th, 2012, he married Stephanie Patrick.<ref>Patrick, Matthew (May 12, 2012). "@2BitSpecialist Thanks! It's coming up next Saturday. With a new episode of GT set for that week, any wedding-themed theories come to mind?" [https://twitter.com/MatPatGT/status/201186559360372736 Twitter][https://archive.today/20220502171532/https://twitter.com/MatPatGT/status/201186559360372736 Archived]</ref> They have one son who was born in July 9, 2018.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Most IMPORTANT Video I've Ever Made (NOT CLICKBAIT)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pJegu1P_yE|language=en|access-date=2024-02-20|last=The Game Theorists|date=March 12, 2018}}</ref>

== MatPat Media ==
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File:MatPat 2020 (I68lZ9jptWU).jpg|Matthew Patrick (MatPat) on episode 1 of NickRewind's Fact or Nicktion (Could Drake and Josh ACTUALLY Impersonate a Doctor?)

File:Creator Economy Caucus launch, 2025 (4).jpg|MatPat (third from left in front line) with other content creators and Representatives [[Beth Van Duyne]] and [[Yvette Clarke]] at the [[Creator Economy Caucus]] launch in June 2025.

File:Game Theorists MTV 2018.jpg|MatPat with his wife Stephanie in 2018
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[[Category:Writers from Ohio]]
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