Bilingual Media Talent · Creator · Cultural Immersionist

Joe Thompson

Always the last to know.
But that's okay.

Creator of
Food. Travel. Toilets.
91.9M
Views · 90 days
456K
Total Followers
25
Videos Over 1M Since Feb 1

Nashville kid.
Claimed by
Argentina.

Joe Thompson went to Argentina to make content. Argentina made him a character. Not because he arrived knowing everything — because he arrived knowing nothing. The sandwich de miga every Argentine has eaten since childhood? Joe discovered it at 41 and couldn't believe it was real. That reaction — genuine, late, completely over the top — is exactly why it hit 2.5M views.

"Always the last to know. But that's okay."

Appearances on OLGA and Vorterix. An Instagram audience that crossed 165K, up 124K in the last 90 days. A TikTok following of 198K, up 41K in the same window. A Facebook audience of 91K, up 67K — more than tripled. 77.4% non-follower views on Instagram. The result is a bilingual media brand reaching English and Spanish-speaking audiences simultaneously — a crossover no competitor has built. City by city. Bite by bite. Spanish word by Spanish word.

Breakthrough Moment
Featured on OLGA and Vorterix — two of Argentina's biggest media platforms. Low expectations. Full overdelivery.
Viral Proof · 25 Videos Over 1M
Roquefort outrage (6M IG) · Croissant (4.2M IG) · Tostado (3.8M IG) · Boca Juniors (3.3M FB) · Guisito (3M IG) · Sandwich de miga (2.5M IG) · 3 Horas en BsAs (2.4M IG) · Cape Verde recap (2.1M IG) · Merienda (1.9M IG) · Soda Stereo discovery (1.8M FB) · Argentina Reflection (1.7M IG) · OLGA (1.7M IG) · Argentina Ruined Restaurants (1.5M IG) · Fosforito (1.5M IG) · Sobremesa #1 (1.5M IG) · Membrillo (1.4M IG) · My First Merienda (1.2M FB) · Milanesa at Paulín (1.1M IG) · Motorcycle Asado (1.1M IG) · Argentine Music (1.1M FB) · The Argentina Effect (1M IG) · How Do Y’all Do This Every Game (1M IG) · Missing Argentina (1M IG) · Going Viral Because of Sandwiches (1M IG) · Ñoqui Significa Dos Cosas (1M FB). 25 videos over 1M since Feb 1 — 32 one-million-view hits across IG, TikTok & Facebook. Croissant alone crossed 1M on all three (4.2M · 2.3M · 1.8M).
Bilingual Audience
English + Spanish. The crossover nobody else is building. Both audiences, one voice.
The Mission
Learning Spanish. Becoming Argentine. City by city, bite by bite — documenting full cultural immersion in real time. The audience isn't watching a tourist. They're watching a transformation.
The Principle
In the content: paid, on-camera integrations only. No affiliate plugs. No banners. One voice. Full authenticity.
TikTok
198K
Followers
16.4M views · 90 days
Instagram
165K
Followers
44.5M views · 90 days
Facebook
91K
Followers
31M views · 90 days
YouTube
2K
Subscribers
Pre-launch. Long-form coming.
Combined · 90 Days
91.9M
Top IG videos at 6M and 4.2M views. 77.4% non-follower views on Instagram. +232K new followers across Instagram, Facebook & TikTok in the last 90 days. The growth is not slowing down.
All figures current as of July 2026
The Audience · Trailing 90 Days

Two audiences, by design. Instagram carries the U.S. travel-planning crossover; TikTok and Facebook hold the deep Argentine base.

Instagram
Followers · the crossover
Argentina77.0%
United States11.3%
Spain2.4%
TikTok
Viewers · the base
Argentina92.5%
Uruguay3.6%
Mexico1.3%
47% of my TikTok followers are American. I built that audience eating my way across the United States. They came for the food — now they’re seeing the world with me.
Facebook
Followers · the base
Argentina92.8%
United States2.1%
Spain1.1%
Across every platform, the core holds: roughly 8 in 10 are 25–54 — prime spending age — split about evenly between men and women. Top cities: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Tucumán, Rosario, Mar del Plata.
The Signal · Shares & Saves
Shares · Distribution Engine
Top reels · Instagram · last 6 months
63,480 · 50,496 · 35,136
They don’t just watch — they send it to friends. One reel drove 63K shares; the audience does the distribution.
Saves · Purchase Intent
Top reels · Instagram · last 6 months
10,493 · 7,093 · 6,625
Saves are bookmarks to act on — where to eat, where to go. Direct in-market intent for travel and hospitality partners.

A year-long story.
Of discovery.

Six Argentine cities. The World Cup. A full year of being the last to know — and loving every second of it. Partners who come in now don't pay tomorrow's rates for today's story.

01
Now → August 2026
Arrival & Immersion
Mendoza. Buenos Aires. Córdoba. Establishing the character, the language, the life. The American becoming Argentine — in real time.
02
Late 2026 → Early 2027
Going Deeper
Salta. Jujuy. Patagonia. The country beyond Buenos Aires. The language getting sharper. The content getting richer. The audience growing.
03
2027
Fluent. Argentine.
The language locked in. The culture lived, not visited. Season 1 closes with an American who went to Argentina and never really left — in the ways that matter.

Ground floor.
Right now.

You're not buying ad space. You're part of the story. Joe's integrations are narrative-first, on-camera, and bilingual. Partners are woven into the journey — not slapped on top of it. That's the only way he works. It's also why it converts.

What Happens
I found Soda Stereo on a Tuesday. 1.5M people watched an American discover their band.
Nobody paid for that one. The engine runs either way — 25 videos past a million since February. A partnership doesn’t buy the reach. It buys who it’s pointed at.
Not Reach. Intent.
10,493 people saved one video to go do it later.
63,480 shared another one. Saves are bookmarks people act on — where to eat, where to go, what to buy. They don’t just watch. They send it to a friend, then they show up.
Two Markets, One Shoot
Argentines who’ll buy this week. Americans planning the trip they’ll buy for.
Instagram is 76.6% Argentina, 11.6% U.S. TikTok and Facebook are 92%+ Argentine. Both languages, one video. Nobody else is standing in both rooms.
What you get: one 60–90 second video, custom-shot in Argentina, your script approval before anything rolls, posted to Instagram, TikTok and Facebook in both languages — and it never comes down. A spot runs its flight and dies. This keeps working. 77.4% of my Instagram reach is people who don’t follow me: discovery, not a house list.
Every partnership is paid, on-camera, and scoped to the brief. Tell me the goal — I’ll tell you what it takes.25 videos have passed 1M views since February 1
01
A fifteen-minute call. You tell me the goal.
02
I pitch the story. You approve the script.
03
I shoot it here, in Argentina.
04
It posts across every platform. You get the numbers.
Single Video
Partner
  • One paid on-camera integration
  • Narrative-driven placement
  • Full script approval
  • Bilingual delivery (EN + ES)
  • All platforms
Destination
Partner
  • Dedicated city or regional content
  • Long-form + short-form deliverables
  • Local press & media integration
  • 4K walking channel deliverables
  • Bilingual audience reach
Past Work
Pepsi
·
Vox Media
Joint Campaign
·
Circle K
6-Video Campaign
·
Priority Pass
·
Eater
·
AMAE Lounge

Every integration in my content is paid and on-camera. Never an affiliate plug, never a banner. One voice, one standard.

Let's talk.
Seriously.

Whether you're a brand, a destination, or just want to say hello — reach out. All integrations are paid and on-camera. If that's your language, we'll get along fine.