Chris Ramsay
Chris Ramsay is a German–born Canadian magician and YouTuber and television producer, known for creating and starring in the TruTV stunt magic show Big Trick Energy. His YouTube channel, featuring puzzle solves, cardistry and magic has over 7 million subscribers. His rise in popularity through social media inspired Ian Frisch to write 2019’s Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World’s Most Secretive Society of Magicians, of which Ramsay is one of the subjects. In May 2020, he was heavily featured in an article by The New Yorker which showed one of his puzzle-solving videos and included him among various diversions that “offer the rare sensation of absolute focus and the joy of accomplishment”.
Ramsay is best known to a vast audience through his highly popular YouTube channel, which has over 7 million subscribers. His videos, which often feature puzzle-solving, cardistry, street magic, and magic trick reactions/reveals, represent his most consistent and widely-viewed “performances”. The sheer volume of views and his consistent engagement with an online audience are major aspects of his notability.
