Samuel Rader Bio

Samuel Rader and his wife created a collaborative YouTube channel titled 'Sam and Nia' on March 8, 2007. This family vlogging channel features over 250 videos and predominantly has vlogs revolving around the couple’s everyday life with their kids. The content of the vlogs is varied. You will find not just the duo’s family life-related videos but also traveling vlogs, pregnancy stories, surprise-based videos, playtime vlogs, and lots more!

Three of the most popular videos on the channel are 'Dad Turns Pool Into Emoji', ‘FILLING OUR POOL WITH SWIMMING POOL!! 🙄 | Sam & Nia,’ and ‘HUGE TREE SWING WITH GOPRO AND CHILDREN! | Sam & Nia.’ The first two videos are pool time vlogs while the third is a video of children enjoying a rope swing. These videos have over 62 million, 30 million, and 35 million views respectively. Each one of these also has hundreds of thousands of likes. Just like these videos, the other videos on the channel are also worth watching. Any family-oriented person who loves their spouse and children would be able to relate to Sam Rader’s videos!

In June 2015, Sam Rader uploaded a video of him surprising Nia with the news of her own pregnancy by dipping a pregnancy testing device into a toilet bowl with Nia’s urine in it on a morning she didn't flush. The video titled “Husband Shocks Wife with Pregnancy Announcement” went viral in no time. Three days later, in another emotional video, the couple announced that the pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. This video too went viral and garnered mixed reactions. Some people supported them while others doubted the authenticity of their claims.

Three days after the news of the miscarriage was disclosed, it was revealed that Sam Rader had an account on an adult affair website called Ashley Madison three years prior. This news was picked by many media companies. Within two days, Rader, with his wife by his side, uploaded a video apologizing for having the account. He also disclosed in the video that God and Nia had forgiven him.

Samuel Rader was born on October 26, 1985, in California, USA. He attended Wills Point High School in Texas and later studied at Trinity Valley Community College. He then received his BS degree in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington. Coming to Rader’s love life, he dated Nia for about five years before marrying her on September 12, 2009. As of now, the couple has four kids: Abram, Juliet, Symphony, and Josie Grace.

In 2014, Rader and his wife won an Artists Music Guild award for their video "Good Looking Parents Sing Disney's Frozen (Love Is an Open Door)".

In 2015, the Daily Dot ranked the couple at #3 in its ‘Most Influential YouTubers’ list.

Digital Spy in 2017 named them at #6 in their list of ‘7 of YouTube's most shocking scandals.’