Benjamin Zand

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