Ranboo

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Ranboo
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Ranboo in 2023
Personal information
Born (2003-11-02) November 2, 2003 (age 21)
San Francisco, California, United States
Occupations
Organization Misfits Gaming
Website ranboo.fashion
YouTube information
Also known as
  • Ranboosaysstuff
  • ranboolive
Channel
Years active2020–present
GenreVariety
Subscribers3.68 million [1]
Total views78 million [1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Twitch information
Channel
GenreVariety
Games
Followers
  • 4.4 million (main channel)
Last updated: September 8, 2024

Ranboo (born November 2, 2003) [2] is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer primarily known for their Minecraft content. They gained popularity after their inclusion in the Dream SMP [2] [3] and competing in MC Championship. [3] As of September 2024, they have 4.4 million followers and over 100 thousand subscribers on Twitch, making them the 57th most-followed Twitch streamer overall and the 9th most-subscribed Twitch streamer overall. [4]

Contents

Career

YouTube

Ranboo created their account on January 30, 2020. [5] [6] They uploaded their first video on August 13, 2020 titled 'I decided to play skywars, it was a nightmare'. [7] They upload a wide range of videos, with their most popular videos being cooking vlogs.

Livestreaming

Ranboo reportedly began livestreaming a month after their first video went public and gained following after popular streamer Punz raided their streams with over 5,000 viewers. [5] Ranboo streams a variety of games, including real life streams. [8]

Ranboo joined the Dream SMP after planning to run for president of L'Manberg despite not being on the server. They gained recognition from the owner of the server, Dream, and received an invite to the SMP. [5]

Misfits Gaming

In 2022, Ranboo joined Misfits Gaming as part of its content creator section. [6] [9]

Other ventures

Generation Loss: The Social Experiments

Generation Loss: The Social Experiments (commonly referred to as Generation Loss) is a analog horror comedy [10] ARG created by Ranboo in 2023. It was livestreamed on Twitch and has almost 4 hours of content to be watched. [11] [ unreliable source? ] The series later was nominated at the February 2024 streamer awards. [12]

The Sorry Boys

In 2023, Ranboo, along with fellow Twitch streamers and YouTubers TommyInnit, Wilbur Soot, Slimecicle, and Philza, started a new comedy group YouTube channel called The Sorry Boys. The channel mainly posted sketch comedy group vlog content. [13]

Personal life

Ranboo was born on 2 November 2003, [2] [6] [a] in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. [14]

Many fans have speculated about Ranboo's sexuality, but Ranboo has stated they would like to be unlabeled. [8] [15]

Similar to fellow YouTuber and streamer Dream, Ranboo wears a mask to cover their identity. [8] [14]

Philanthropy

On February 20, 2021, Ranboo hosted a subathon for The Trevor Project. [16] [17] They reportedly raised over $100,000.[ citation needed ]

In June 2022, Ranboo participated in a Minecraft charity tournament held by MC Championship called MCC Pride with several other online creators. The event managed to raise over $145,000 for The Trevor Project. [18] [19]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated WorkResultRef.
2022 The Streamer Awards Best Minecraft StreamerHimselfNominated [20]
Best Philanthropic StreamerNominated
Feb 2024Best Streamed SeriesGeneration Loss: The Social ExperimentsNominated [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ There are conflicting reports on Ranboo's birthday, albeit most vary in reliability. The most agreed-on birthday for Ranboo is November 2.

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