Xiaomanyc

Arieh Smith (born July 20, 1990), better known as Xiaoma, is an American YouTuber known for his language-oriented channel Xiaomanyc , where he speaks various languages with people from different cultures. The New York Times credited his channel as one of the most popular YouTube channels in this category. He has been profiled in news publications such as The Independent, The Indian Express, and The Daily Dot.

Life and career Smith is a native of New York City and grew up speaking English In high school, Smith studied Latin, Hebrew, and Greek. After graduating from high school, he took a basic Mandarin Chinese class during the summer after high school before attending the University of Chicago. He attained a scholarship to study in Beijing, China through a program run by Princeton University, for one year, where he delved deeper into the Mandarin language.

Smith eventually learned other languages using his own method of memorizing translated versions of varying phrases. His video with fellow YouTuber Frankie Light, where they travel around New York City speaking Mandarin, received 4.2 million views. and spoke Welsh when visiting Cardiff in Wales.

In November 2022, Smith interviewed Secretary of State Antony Blinken while Blinken was in Bangkok, Thailand, to attend APEC Thailand 2022.