TheGrefg

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cánovas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
TheGrefg
Personal information
BornDavid Cánovas Martínez
(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 24)
Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationYouTuber, Twitch streamer
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner(s)Marisi Ingelmo
YouTube information
LocationAndorra
Years active2012–present
GenreGaming
Subscribers17.1 million
Total views5.3 billion
Associated actsMarkiLokuras
ElRubius
WillyRex
Fernanfloo
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers
Updated: 3 November, 2021

David Cánovas Martínez (born 24 April 1997), better known as TheGrefg or simply Grefg, is a Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer. With 17 million subscribers, it is one of the most-subscribed Spanish YouTube channels,[1] while he also has the seventh most-followed Twitch channel with over 8.9 million followers.

He holds the Guinness World Record for the most concurrent viewers for a Twitch stream, with a 2,468,668 peak concurrent viewership during the live presentation of his own Fortnite skin, on 11 January 2021.[2]

Career[]

David Cánovas Martínez[3] was born on 24 April 1997,[4] in Alhama de Murcia, Spain,[5] according to several interviews, he began to be interested in the subject of video games since he was a child,[3] he started his YouTube channel on 30 January 2012,[6] when he was 14 years old.[7]

In 2018 he moved to Andorra to pay less taxes.[8][3] In January 2020, Epic Games announced that a TheGrefg-based cosmetic skin would be added to Fortnite alongside other real-life personalities associated with the game such as Ninja and Loserfruit.[9] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Cánovas as the sixth top influencer in Spain for the year,[10][11] in April 2021 was again included in a cover of the magazine Forbes.[12]

Writing career[]

Martínez has written three books; The first book titled "Rescate en White Angel (The G-Squad)" was released in 2017,[13] the second titled "Los secretos de YouTube" was released in 2018,[7] and the third book titled "Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre esports" made in collaboration with Goorgo and MethodzSick and released in June 4, 2019, tells the "secrets to succeed in e-Sports".[14]

Other works[]

To date he has released three songs. The first one, titled Gracias a ti was to celebrate his 4 million subscribers. Again, to celebrate 10 million subscribers he released a song in collaboration with Zarcort and Piter-G. Lastly, to present his minecraft series Calvaland released a song titled as the same. Martínez was one of the presenters along with Willyrex and El Rubius of the program Top Gamers Academy.

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Spanish Influencer Nominated [15]
2019 The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Nominated [16]
2021 Esports Awards Streamer of the Year Nominated [17]
The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Nominated [18]

Controversies[]

In August 2020, the Spanish YouTuber Dalas Review accused Martínez of scamming his subscribers because the alleged Apple's AirPods that he had promoted for only ten euros shipping did not reach the people who ordered them. After those accusations, Martínez made a video response, claiming that: "The business was not mine and I trusted certain people who at that time considered most appreciated. Then I found that it really was shit. I'm not dodging the situation and I know that at that time it was my mistake".[19]

In December 2020 after David's video response, Dalas published a tweet that said: «Congratulations Grefg, thanks to you the decadence of this society has been demonstrated once again. That despite having scammed your audience and having tried to silence me so I don't talk about how you got minors into a pyramid scam, your scammed subs keep defending you.» Also dalas put another tweet where he criticized the followers of Grefg: «Congratulations to all your audience who have continued to defend a guy who has been scamming them since the beginning of his career on YouTube.»[20]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Quiénes son los 50 Youtubers más seguidos de España". Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce (in Spanish). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Suggitt, Connie (31 March 2021). "TheGrefg smashes most Twitch stream viewers record". Guinness World Records.
  3. ^ a b c "TheGrefg, el rey murciano de Twitch que tributa en Andorra y del que todo el mundo habla". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ eSports, Movistar. "Todo sobre TheGrefg. Foto, biografía, cumpleaños y últimas noticias". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ Catanesi, Elisa M. Almagro, Santiago Cabrera (24 January 2021). "TheGrefg, el 'youtuber' murciano que pulveriza las cifras de audiencia desde Andorra". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. ^ eSports, Movistar (24 April 2021). "24 datos para celebrar el 24 cumpleaños de TheGrefg". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "TheGrefg, showman de la nueva era". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ "TheGrefg, el youtuber murciano que tributa en Andorra". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ Duwe, Scott (15 January 2020). "Loserfruit and TheGrefg join Ninja in Fortnite's Icon Series". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Los mejores 'influencers' de 2020, según Forbes". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Los 100 mejores influencers 2020". Forbes España (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  12. ^ "The Grefg llega a la portada de Forbes". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. ^ Omaña, Henysbel. "TheGrefg, el español que pasó de simple gamer a romper récords en Twitch". laneta.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ^ "El libro con consejos para triunfar en los eSports". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 3 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Los Nickelodeon Kids´ Choice Awards 2018 dan a conocer sus nominados". Cine y Tele. 28 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Esports Awards 2020 | Esports Awards". Esports Awards. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  17. ^ Hale, Jacob (1 October 2021). "Esports Awards 2021: Categories, nominees & how to vote". Dexerto.
  18. ^ Sandoval, Alejandro (16 November 2021). "All nominees for The Game Awards 2021 and how to vote". GINX Esports TV.
  19. ^ "'Dalas Review' acusa a 'TheGrefg' de ser un "cínico, cara dura y estafador"". Marca.com (in Spanish). 22 August 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  20. ^ Méndez, Alberto G (2 December 2020). "Dalas Review vuelve a atacar a TheGrefg en su mejor momento profesional". Merca2.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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