# Adam Ragusea

> Adam Ragusea is an American YouTuber, food writer, and former public-radio reporter who turned a kitchen-counter pizza video into a 2.6-million-subscriber cooking empire. A former journalism professor at Mercer University, he treats recipes the way a beat reporter treats a city hall meeting: with curiosity, skepticism, and a willingness to season the cutting board instead of the steak.

- **Role:** Independent food creator on YouTube (@aragusea)
- **Organizations:** YouTube (@aragusea), Formerly: Mercer University, Formerly: Georgia Public Broadcasting, Formerly: WBUR-FM Boston, Formerly: WFIU Bloomington
- **From:** Pennsylvania, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Attended (did not finish first year), Eastman School of Music, B.A., Music Theory and Composition, Pennsylvania State University, Master of Music coursework (did not graduate), Indiana University Bloomington
- **Known for:** Grew @aragusea to roughly 2.6 million subscribers and over 700 million views, Named a top radio reporter by the Georgia Associated Press Media Editors during his GPB tenure, Helped define the modern long-form, journalism-flavored cooking video genre on YouTube

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Graduated Penn State with a music degree, headed to grad school in Indiana
- **2010** — Created the YouTube channel that would become @aragusea on February 12
- **2014** — Joined Mercer University as a journalist-in-residence
- **2019** — Home-kitchen New York-style pizza video goes viral; channel begins explosive growth
- **2020** — Left Mercer to pursue YouTube full-time
- **2021** — Relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee
- **2022** — Launched The Adam Ragusea Podcast with episode 'Dorian Yates Drumsticks' on February 25

## Achievements

- Grew @aragusea to roughly 2.6 million subscribers and over 700 million views
- Named a top radio reporter by the Georgia Associated Press Media Editors during his GPB tenure
- Helped define the modern long-form, journalism-flavored cooking video genre on YouTube
- Spawned a recognized internet meme template ('Why I X my Y, not my Z')

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Launched The Adam Ragusea Podcast
- **2021-06** — Moved his family from Macon, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee

## Links

- Website: https://adamragusea.wordpress.com/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aragusea
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aragusea
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aragusea/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aragusea

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Last updated: 2026-05-20