Mrwhosetheboss

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Mrwhosetheboss
Personal information
BornArun Rupesh Maini
(1995-10-24) October 24, 1995 (age 26)
Nottingham, England
EducationUniversity of Warwick
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
GenreTechnology
Subscribers
  • 11.9 million (main channel)
  • 17.52 million (combined)[a]
[2]
Total views
  • 2.02 billion (main channel)
  • 4.54 billion (combined)[b]
[2]
NetworkNight Media
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2015,[3] 2021[4]
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2018,[5][6] 2021[7]
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers 2022[8][9]
Last updated: 15 October 2022

Arun Rupesh Maini (born (1995-10-24)24 October 1995), better known as Mrwhosetheboss, is a British[10] YouTuber, known for his technology-related content.

Personal life[]

Arun Rupesh Maini[11] was born in Nottingham, England[12] on (1995-10-24)October 24, 1995.[13][14]

He is of Indian origin.[10]

He graduated from the University of Warwick in 2017 with a degree in economics.[15][16][14]

Career[]

Maini originally started uploading video game content to YouTube. When he was 14 years old, his brother gave him his first smartphone, a ZTE Blade. Maini decided to make a video about it; "a lot of people watched it, and the video did much better than I expected". From there, he turned his attention to creating smartphone videos, which ultimately lead to the trajectory of his channel.[15]

Maini studied economics at the University of Warwick. During the course of his studies, he had an internship at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. He considered these eight weeks "rather mundane and boring". When there, Maini would often complete his work "really quickly" and begin jotting down ideas for new YouTube videos to be recorded that evening. At the conclusion of his internship with Price Waterhouse, Maini was offered an entry-level job that made a salary of about £35,000 (about $46,000). However, he turned down the job and prioritized his career on YouTube.[15]

Maini initially focused on videos about smartphones, including smartphone reviews. As the channel's following increased, Maini expanded his video premises to covering laptops, cars and even a vacuum cleaner. He also has made videos where he gives his honest thoughts about topics such as manipulation of the media by tech companies and the metaverse.[15] In 2015, Maini uploaded a tutorial on creating a makeshift 3D hologram projector via crafting a pyramid composed of reflective material and placing it on a smartphone screen. The video received coverage from The Daily Dot and CNBC.[17][18]

In May 2021, Maini signed with Night Media.[19] In September 2022, Maini released a video claiming that Samsung phones may have problems with swelling batteries after he found that his Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S6, and Samsung Galaxy S10 had all experienced the issue. Similar claims were corroborated in the video by other technology YouTubers including Matt Ansini, Marques Brownlee and JerryRigEverything.[20][21]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 Streamy Awards Technology Won [22]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    11.9 million (Mrwhosetheboss)
    5.62 million (Mrwhosetheboss Shorts)
  2. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    2.02 billion (Mrwhosetheboss)
    2.52 billion (Mrwhosetheboss Shorts)

References[]

  1. ^ Mauran, Cecily (4 April 2022). "YouTubers test out live AirTag stalking with surprising results". Mashable. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Mrwhosetheboss". YouTube.
  3. ^ Maini, Arun [@Mrwhosetheboss] (24 August 2015). "Just Imagine the Awesomeness...only 23,000 subscribers to go - We can do this! :D t.co/gfC8H7oBvy" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Maini, Arun [@Mrwhosetheboss] (12 April 2021). "I'm literally lost for words. Started this channel less than a day ago, and we just hit 100,000 subscribers