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Born | David Cánovas Martínez 24 April 1997 Alhama de Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
Genre | Gaming | ||||||||||||
Subscribers | 18.2 million [1] (21 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
Total views | 6.66 billion [1] (21 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
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Genre | Gaming | ||||||||||||
Followers | 11.8 million | ||||||||||||
Last updated: 15 February 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, [2] and is among the most-followed Twitch channels with over 11.8 million followers on that platform.
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. [3] This record was broken by Ibai Llanos in 2022 when a total of 3.3 million viewers arrived during La Velada del año 2 [4] and also in 2023 when a total of 3.4 million viewers arrived during La Velada del año 3. [5]
David Cánovas Martínez [6] was born on 24 April 1997, [7] in Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, [8] according to several interviews, he began to be interested in the subject of video games since he was a child, [6] he started his YouTube channel on 30 January 2012, [9] when he was 14 years old. [10]
In 2018 he moved to Andorra to pay less taxes. [11] [6] 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. [12] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Cánovas as the sixth top influencer in Spain for the year, [13] [14] In April 2021, was again included on a cover of the magazine Forbes. [15] [16]
Martínez has written three books; The first book titled "Rescate en White Angel (The G-Squad)” was released in 2017, [17] the second, titled “Los secretos de YouTube” was released in 2018, [10] 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”. [18]
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. [19] Martínez was one of the presenters along with Willyrex and El Rubius of the program Top Gamers Academy, [20] In January 2022, he held the ESLAND Awards ceremony, [21] in which several Spanish-speaking content creators would receive their recognition. [22] [23]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Spanish Influencer | Nominated | [24] |
2019 | The Game Awards | Content Creator of the Year | Nominated | [25] |
2021 | Esports Awards | Streamer of the Year | Nominated | [26] |
The Game Awards | Content Creator of the Year | Nominated | [27] |
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