Frank the Tank
Barstool Sports personality from New Jersey, a former court clerk who went viral as an angry Mets fan in 2017 and now hosts Frank Walks, Tank Cooks and a weekly call-in livestream.
Sports · TikTok · Updated Oct 13, 2026
Frank the Tank is Frank Fleming, a Barstool Sports personality from New Jersey. He went viral in April 2017 when he vented to a TV crew at Penn Station after a train delay made him miss the Mets’ Opening Day game, per MLB.com, and Barstool brought him on part time that year before he went full time in 2020. He is known for pessimistic takes on the Mets, the Dolphins and the Devils, and for Frank Walks, a series where he walks and talks with athletes and sports media figures that reached its 100th episode, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, in September 2026. His YouTube channel still posts new Barstool-shot videos every week, and his TikTok has about 203,000 followers.
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Questions people ask
Who is Frank the Tank?
Frank the Tank is Frank Fleming, a Barstool Sports personality from New Jersey who shares gloomy takes on his teams most days. Before Barstool he worked as a court clerk, per Barrett Media. He hosts Frank Walks, cooks on his own channel in Tank Cooks, reviews hot dog and burger stands in Raw Dogging, and co-hosts a weekly call-in livestream. His YouTube bio also credits him as the creator of Sportsecyclopedia.com.
Did Frank the Tank leave Barstool? Is he still at Barstool?
No. As of October 2026 he is still at Barstool. His YouTube channel posted a Raw Dogging episode on October 7, 2026 that was shot and edited by Barstool crew and links to barstoolsports.com, Frank Walks Episode 101 with Wally Backman went up on October 2, 2026, and his weekly livestream, Allow Me 2 Be Frank, runs with MikeyBets and Harrison Francesa. His TikTok bio reads “Frank the Tank from Barstool Sports.” We have seen no announcement that he is leaving.
What happened to Frank the Tank at Barstool?
In order: on April 3, 2017 an NJ Transit derailment made him late for the Mets’ Opening Day game, and his rant to NBC New York at Penn Station went viral, per NBC Sports and MLB.com, which led to spots on MLB Network and FS1. Dave Portnoy and Dan Katz saw something in him, and he worked part time for Barstool for three years before going full time in 2020, per WPRI. Portnoy later said he had been “dead-ass wrong” about limiting Frank’s time on camera, per Barrett Media. Frank Walks has since put him next to guests like Mike Francesa, Scott Van Pelt, J.J. Watt and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and in September 2025 he did a Sunset Boulevard stunt for Lionsgate’s The Long Walk, per FOX 32.
What is Frank the Tank’s real name? What does he look like?
His name is Frank Fleming. His YouTube channel describes itself as the “official channel of Frank Fleming, aka Frankthetank from Barstoolsports.com,” and press has used the name since 2017. He is not an anonymous account: he is on camera in nearly every video he posts, so his channels are the best place to see him.
Why is Frank the Tank a Dolphins fan?
He has not explained it in anything we could source. What is public: he roots for the Miami Dolphins even though he is from New Jersey, streams Dolphins games on his own channel (for example Dolphins Chargers Live and Dolphins Miracle in Vegas Livestream), and joined Barstool Gambling for a Dolphins vs Bills stream.
What happened to Frank the Tank from YoBoy Pizza?
That is a different creator. The Frank the Tank who plays Madden and MLB The Show against YoBoy Pizza runs his own gaming channel, @frankthetank13, and is not Barstool’s Frank Fleming. That channel’s most recent upload we could see, as of October 2026, was a Madden franchise playoff video on June 15, 2026. We have not seen him explain the gap, and we do not cover that channel here.
Is Frank the Tank from Barstool the Frank the Tank from Old School?
No. Frank the Tank is also the nickname of Will Ferrell’s character in the 2003 comedy Old School, and Wisconsin basketball player Frank Kaminsky went by it too. This entry is about Frank Fleming of Barstool Sports, one of several people Wikipedia lists under the nickname.
Where is Frank the Tank from?
New Jersey. MLB.com and NBC Sports described him as a New Jersey Mets fan in 2017, and his handles still carry it: NJTank on YouTube and NjTank99 on X. No town has been published that we could source.
Where can I watch Frank the Tank?
YouTube @NJTank carries Frank Walks, Tank Cooks, Raw Dogging and the weekly Allow Me 2 Be Frank livestream. Short clips are on TikTok @frankthetankbarstool, and he posts takes on X @NjTank99 and Instagram @njtank1975. He also turns up across Barstool’s own channels and streams.
What is Frank the Tank’s net worth?
He does not publish a number and neither do we.
What about Frank the Tank’s family or personal life?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Frank the Tank?
No manager or agent is listed on his channels; his cooking videos list an email for recipe ideas, and his work runs through Barstool Sports. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people keep asking whether he left Barstool, and the answer is on the record. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Frank the Tank. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. The appeal is a regular guy who expects the worst from his teams and says so at full volume, with a court clerk’s backstory and no polish. Frank Walks turns that into a repeatable format: one guest, one walk, an easy conversation, and a sponsor read that fits naturally inside it.
Why it travels. His rants about the Mets and the Dolphins are short, loud and easy to clip, and Barstool’s clip channels and fan accounts cut them into compilations. Frank Walks travels the other way: a well-known guest walking beside him gives the guest’s own fans a reason to watch and share.
Brand fit. Brands already work with him. BodyArmor presented the 100th Frank Walks with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lionsgate used him for The Long Walk in 2025. Sports drinks, fitness apps, food, grilling gear and New York and New Jersey sports properties fit the feeds. Any deal runs through Barstool, so expect Barstool’s tone around it.
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Sources: Frank Fleming’s YouTube and its video feed, TikTok, X and Instagram; NBC Sports, April 2017; MLB.com, April 2017; Barrett Media, March 2024; WPRI, August 2025; FOX 32 Chicago, September 2025; Wikipedia, Frank the Tank disambiguation; News 8000; the @frankthetank13 gaming channel. Follower counts from the platforms, October 2026.
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