TheGrefg

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TheGrefg
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Born
David Cánovas Martínez

(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 26)
Alhama de Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genre Gaming
Subscribers18.2 million [1]
(21 February 2024)
Total views6.66 billion [1]
(21 February 2024)
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
Genre Gaming
Followers11.8 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, it is one of the most-subscribed Spanish YouTube channels, [2] while he also among the most-followed Twitch channels with over 11.8 million followers.

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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. [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]

Career

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]

Writing career

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]

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. [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]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Spanish InfluencerNominated [24]
2019 The Game Awards Content Creator of the YearNominated [25]
2021Esports AwardsStreamer of the YearNominated [26]
The Game Awards Content Creator of the YearNominated [27]

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