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TheGrefg
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David Cánovas in 2021
Born
David Cánovas Martínez

(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)
Alhama de Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genre Gaming
Subscribers18.8 million [1]
Views6.9 billion [1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers
Twitch information
Channel
Followers12.1 million [2]
Kick information
Channel
Followers337 thousand [3]
Last updated: 13 October 2024

David Cánovas Martínez (Spanish: [daˈβiðˈkanoβasmaɾˈtineθ] , born 24 April 1997), better known as TheGrefg or simply Grefg, is a Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer. With 18.2 million subscribers, he has one of the most-subscribed Spanish YouTube channels, [4] and is among the most-followed Twitch channels with over 11.8 million followers on that platform.

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TheGrefg used to hold the Guinness World Record for the most concurrent viewers for a Twitch stream after achieving a peak concurrent viewership of 2,468,668 during the live presentation of his Fortnite outfit on 11 January 2021. [5] This record was broken by Ibai Llanos in 2022 when a total of 3.3 million viewers arrived during La Velada del año 2. [6]

Career

David Cánovas Martínez [7] was born on 24 April 1997, [8] in Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, [9] according to several interviews, he began to be interested in the subject of video games since he was a child, [7] he started his YouTube channel on 30 January 2012, [10] when he was 14 years old. [11]

In 2018 he moved to Andorra to pay less taxes. [12] [7] In January 2020, Epic Games announced that a TheGrefg-based cosmetic outfit would be added to Fortnite alongside other real-life personalities associated with the game, such as Ninja and Loserfruit. [13] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Cánovas as the sixth top influencer in Spain for the year, [14] [15] In April 2021, was again included on a cover of the magazine Forbes. [16] [17]

He will fight at La Velada del Año V against Westcol, which will be held on 26 July 2025 at Estadio La Cartuja in Sevilla. [18]

Writing career

Martínez has written three books; The first book titled "Rescate en White Angel (The G-Squad)” was released in 2017, [19] the second, titled “Los secretos de YouTube” was released in 2018, [11] and the third book titled "Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre esports” made in collaboration with Goorgo and MethodzSick and released on 4 June 2019, tells the “secrets to succeed in e-Sports”. [20]

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 the same. [21] Martínez was one of the presenters along with Willyrex and El Rubius of the program Top Gamers Academy, [22] In January 2022, he held the ESLAND Awards ceremony, [23] in which several Spanish-speaking content creators would receive their recognition. [24] [25]

Since 2021 he is the owner of Grefito SLU, a real estate company in Escaldes. [26] An 80-year woman received an eviction denunciation from Grefito, the company lost the trial, [27] and the building was put on sale. [28] [29]

Personal life

In 2018 he started a relationship with Gemma Gallardo, [30] but they split up in the summer of 2022. [31] Then he dated with Sofía Fitness. [32]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Spanish InfluencerNominated [33]
2019 The Game Awards Content Creator of the YearNominated [34]
2021Esports AwardsStreamer of the YearNominated [35]
The Game Awards Content Creator of the YearNominated [36]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About TheGrefg". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "TheGrefg". Twitch.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "TheGrefg". Kick.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Suggitt, Connie (31 March 2021). "TheGrefg smashes most Twitch stream viewers record". Guinness World Records.
  6. ↑ "Ibai bate récord en Twitch con su velada de boxeo: supera los 2,5 millones de espectadores de TheGrefg". El Español (in Spanish). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "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.
  8. ↑ eSports, Movistar. "Todo sobre TheGrefg. Foto, biografía, cumpleaños y últimas noticias". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ↑ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ eSports, Movistar (24 April 2021). "24 datos para celebrar el 24 cumpleaños de TheGrefg". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  11. 1 2 "TheGrefg, showman de la nueva era". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "TheGrefg, el youtuber murciano que tributa en Andorra". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 5 May 2019.
  13. ↑ Duwe, Scott (15 January 2020). "Loserfruit and TheGrefg join Ninja in Fortnite's Icon Series". Dot Esports . Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Los mejores 'influencers' de 2020, según Forbes". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "Los 100 mejores influencers 2020". Forbes España (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "The Grefg llega a la portada de Forbes". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "TheGrefg, portada de la revista Forbes: "Mi próximo objetivo es ir al espacio en directo"". Marca (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Barragán, Roberto (10 March 2025). "Ibai suelta la bomba: TheGrefg peleará en La Velada del Año 5 contra un durísimo rival". MeriStation (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  19. ↑ Omaña, Henysbel. "TheGrefg, el español que pasó de simple gamer a romper récords en Twitch". laneta.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "El libro con consejos para triunfar en los eSports". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 3 July 2019.
  21. ↑ Guiñón, Álvaro (22 September 2020). "Así es el rap de Calvaland". eSports . Movistar eSports. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  22. ↑ CD, Alex (30 September 2020). "Arranca Top Gamers Academy, el talent show de videojuegos con Rubius, TheGrefg, WillyRex, Ibai y más". Vidaextra (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  23. ↑ "Los eneros de TheGrefg son premios". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "ESLAND: horario y dónde ver la gala de premios organizada por TheGrefg". Marca (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "Primera edición de los premios ESLAND". Red Bull (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  26. ↑ Gallén, Pablo (29 February 2024). "Así es el polémico bloque de pisos de TheGrefg en Andorra que ahora pone en venta". El Periódico de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  27. ↑ Hernández Téllez, Lydia (28 February 2024). "La justicia andorrana falla contra The Grefg y evita el desahucio de la anciana". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  28. ↑ Expósitio J., David (29 February 2024). "TheGrefg pone a la venta el piso de la anciana a la que no ha podido desahuciar". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  29. ↑ de Dios, Ana (1 March 2024). "TheGrefg anuncia que venderá su edificio de Andorra del que quería desahuciar a una octogenaria". La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  30. ↑ J. González, Carlos (10 November 2020). "Gemma Gallardo, la discreta sombra de TheGrefg". Flooxer Now (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  31. ↑ Ortiz Cortés, Marina (23 September 2022). "Los streamers TheGrefg y Gemita confirman su ruptura en directo tras meses de rumores". Hola (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  32. ↑ Martín Turrón, Mario (12 June 2024). "Sofía Fitness desvela su opinión sobre la polémica 'asociación' de TheGrefg y Karely Ruiz". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  33. ↑ "Los Nickelodeon Kids´ Choice Awards 2018 dan a conocer sus nominados". Cine y Tele. 28 February 2018.
  34. ↑ "Esports Awards 2020 | Esports Awards". Esports Awards. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  35. ↑ Hale, Jacob (1 October 2021). "Esports Awards 2021: Categories, nominees & how to vote". Dexerto.
  36. ↑ Sandoval, Alejandro (16 November 2021). "All nominees for The Game Awards 2021 and how to vote". GINX Esports TV.
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