Who is Emanuel Wallace aka Big Manny & when did the science-first influencer win TikTok’s Education Creator of the Year?

EMMANUEL "Big Manny" Wallace has been bringing the laboratory to the street, creating engaging technological contented that appeals to a Gen Z audience.

At the inaugural TikTik Awards, Big Manny took location the gong for Education Creator of the Year.

Who is Emmanuel Wallace aka Big Manny?

Emanuel Wallace, known professionally arsenic Big Manny, is simply a science-first contented creator, author and music artist.

A science-first contented creator is idiosyncratic who prioritises making educational output astir scientific concepts, with the purpose of making analyzable theories accessible and engaging to a broader audience. 

With a master's grade successful biomedical science, Big Manny uses social media platforms to explicate analyzable technological concepts utilizing 'roadman' vernacular.

He creates age-friendly contented that is some entertaining and informative, with the absorption connected making subject accessible and relatable to younger audiences.

As of December 2024, Big Manny has amassed an awesome pursuing of 1.6million connected Instagram.

On TikTok helium has adjacent much followers — astir 2 million.

His videos regularly spell viral, with immoderate reaching millions of views.

For instance, a video showing the instauration of a sodium-potassium alloy garnered 3.5million views successful little than 4 months.

Content instauration career

Big Manny's travel into creating contented began during the Covid-19 lockdowns erstwhile helium was moving astatine a secondary school.

He told SadeMagazine: "I utilized to enactment arsenic a subject technician successful a secondary school. So I utilized to acceptable up each the experiments for the students.

"During lockdown, I realised that students were struggling with science. That's erstwhile I started to make immoderate subject videos to assistance students drawback up with what they missed retired connected during a lockdown.

"I wanted to span that cognition spread which occurred during lockdown. That's however the videos were born!"

His archetypal videos, posted successful 2021, were minute-long explainers of chemic theories successful practice.

Media appearances and publications

Big Manny's interaction extends acold beyond his monolithic social media following.

He has appeared connected Blue Peter and regularly collaborates with BBC Bitesize.

His debut publication Science Is Lit: Crazy Chemistry And Epic Experiments, which is illustrated by Subi Bosa, was released by Puffin connected August 8, 2024.

Speaking of his book, Big Manny said: "My favourite experimentation from the publication has to beryllium the reddish cabbage experiment.

"You tin find retired antithetic pH solutions.

"I conscionable find it brainsick that you tin usage vegetables to find whether a liquid is acidic oregon alkaline."

He has besides partnered with brands including BMW, to explicate the subject down their products, and Network Rail, to amended astir the dangers of unrecorded rails and overhead energy lines.

TikTok's Education Creator of the Year

Manny Wallace was honored with the Education Creator of the Year grant astatine the inaugural TikTok Awards connected December 3, 2024.

The ceremony, which took spot astatine Exhibition London, celebrated assorted contented creators crossed galore categories.

Big Manny was recognised for his engaging location chemistry experiments and science-focused content.

Expressing his gratitude for being seen arsenic a relation model, helium thanked his teacher who "inspired" him, saying that's what helium "hopes to springiness back" done his content.

Big Manny added that his favourite video retired of the galore he's made is 1 wherever helium "melted a weapon into thing other to dispersed love".