Nat's What I Reckon

Nat's What I Reckon is an Australian YouTube channel featuring Nathan "Nat" Bartolo, a Sydney-based stand-up comedian, mental health advocate, rock musician and social commentator.

The YouTube channel presents a mixture of content ranging from trade show reviews, cooking tutorials and social commentary, with Dave Grohl, Carl Cox and Yael Stone among the channel's fans. He has collaborated on his YouTube channel with Machine Gun Kelly, Mighty Car Mods and Briggs.

As of July 2024, the channel has over 469,000 subscribers and over 31.94 million views.

In December 2020, Bartolo released a book titled Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life, which was awarded the Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award for 2020.

History

Bartolo grew up in Sydney, Australia. He describes his childhood as being "difficult" with periods of suffering from anxiety and depression.

In 2016, Bartolo met his partner Julia Gee, known as Jules, via a dating app.

Bartolo turned to healthy cooking and eating after having a lung removed due to complications from tuberculosis.

On December 6, 2020, Bartolo was the guest programmer on the Australian music video television show Rage.

In July 2021, Bartolo appeared on the ABC long-form interview television show One Plus One with Courtney Act.

In 2021, Bartolo released two organic wines with Nat's What I Reckon branding—named Reckon Roger & Ian's Boating Wine and Nat's What I Reckon Cheeky Redders Greenache—in a collaboration with Built To Spill and Dreaded Friend winery.

Bartolo is a musician with two Sydney-based bands, including as a singer and guitarist for Keggerdeth and drummer for the band Penalties.

In 2025, Bartolo made a guest appearance on the Network 10 Australian television sitcom, Ghosts.

Publications Smash Hits Recipes - Available November 2023 Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life Death To Jar Sauce Life: What Bartolo to Do