Ryan Hall (born March 9, 1994), known as Ryan Hall, YâÂÂall on social media, is an American YouTuber and internet personality. Self-proclaimed as the "Internet's Weather Man", he frequently uploads forecasts for upcoming severe weather and live streams ongoing severe weather events. Hall operates the non-profit Y'all Squad charity to assist those affected by significant severe weather.
Hall was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, and enrolled at Mississippi State University in 2014 to pursue broadcast meteorology but dropped out in 2016. In 2014, he interned at WYMT-TV. Hall chose to leave Mississippi State and his aspiration of traditional TV broadcasting to pursue storm chasing.
Hall was inspired by a snowstorm in December 2020 to make a YouTube Channel. He posted his first weather video to YouTube on January 4, 2021.
Hall has been criticized for some of his content and untenable statements, such as a video in 2022 claiming to forecast when exactly different regions would receive snow in the coming winter. Some have criticized his use of clickbait and statements that present certainty in a prediction when traditional meteorologists have been more cautious about forecasting a storm or system. Kim Klockow McClain, a meteorologist at NOAA and a team lead for the Behavioral Insights Unit says that flashy thumbnails like those used by Hall can dilute the message of the video and skew a viewer's perception of an event being more serious than it is.
In March 2023, Hall's viewers raised over $120,000 to help victims of the Amory and Rolling Fork, Mississippi tornadoes, along with supplies and meals. In May 2024, Hall's viewers raised $93,000 after an EF4 tornado hit the town of Greenfield, Iowa. Hall's charity, the Y'all Squad, provided supplies and meals to the storm victims.
Hall currently lives in Pikeville, Kentucky. He is married and has three children.