TheGrefg explained

TheGrefg
Birth Name:David Cánovas Martínez
Birth Date:1997 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Alhama de Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
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  • Gemma Gallardo "Gemita" (2018-2022)
  • Sofía Fitness (2024-)
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Years Active:2012–present
Genre:Gaming
Subscribers:18.8 million
Views:6.9 billion
Stats Update:October 13, 2024
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Followers:12.1 million[1]
Stats Update:13 October 2024
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Followers:337 thousand[2]
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David Cánovas Martínez (pronounced as /es/, 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,[3] 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.[4] This record was broken by Ibai Llanos in 2022 when a total of 3.3 million viewers arrived during La Velada del año 2.[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, 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] 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, 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]

Since 2021 he is the owner of Grefito SLU, a real estate company in Escaldes.[24] A 80-years woman received an eviction denunciation from Grefito, the company lost the trial,[25] and the building was put on sale.[26] [27]

Personal life

In 2018 he started a relationship with Gemma Gallardo,[28] but they split up in the summer of 2022.[29] Then he dated with Sofía Fitness.[30]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2018Nickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsFavorite Spanish Influencer[31]
2019The Game AwardsContent Creator of the Year[32]
2021Esports AwardsStreamer of the Year[33]
The Game AwardsContent Creator of the Year[34]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TheGrefg . Twitch.com . 13 October 2024.
  2. Web site: TheGrefg . Kick.com . 13 October 2024.
  3. News: Quiénes son los 50 Youtubers más seguidos de España . 11 July 2021 . Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce . 1 February 2021 . es.
  4. Web site: Suggitt . Connie . TheGrefg smashes most Twitch stream viewers record . Guinness World Records . March 31, 2021.
  5. News: Ibai bate récord en Twitch con su velada de boxeo: supera los 2,5 millones de espectadores de TheGrefg . 27 June 2022 . El Español . 25 June 2022 . es.
  6. News: TheGrefg, el rey murciano de Twitch que tributa en Andorra y del que todo el mundo habla . 23 August 2021 . ELMUNDO . 12 January 2021 . es.
  7. Web site: eSports . Movistar . Todo sobre TheGrefg. Foto, biografía, cumpleaños y últimas noticias . . 11 July 2021 . es.
  8. News: Catanesi . Elisa M. Almagro, Santiago Cabrera . TheGrefg, el 'youtuber' murciano que pulveriza las cifras de audiencia desde Andorra . 11 July 2021 . ElDiario.es . 24 January 2021 . es.
  9. Web site: eSports . Movistar . 24 datos para celebrar el 24 cumpleaños de TheGrefg . . 11 July 2021 . es . 24 April 2021.
  10. Web site: 2021-01-17. TheGrefg, showman de la nueva era. 2021-01-22. La Vanguardia. es.
  11. Web site: May 5, 2019. TheGrefg, el youtuber murciano que tributa en Andorra. La Opinión de Murcia. es.
  12. News: Duwe . Scott . Loserfruit and TheGrefg join Ninja in Fortnite's Icon Series . 2 February 2021 . . 15 January 2020.
  13. News: Los mejores 'influencers' de 2020, según Forbes . 2 February 2021 . . 14 October 2020 . es.
  14. Web site: Los 100 mejores influencers 2020 . Forbes España . 2 February 2021 . es . 1 October 2020.
  15. The Grefg llega a la portada de Forbes . Las Provincias . 1 April 2021 . 14 September 2021 . es.
  16. News: TheGrefg, portada de la revista Forbes: "Mi próximo objetivo es ir al espacio en directo" . 19 January 2022 . . 1 April 2021 . es.
  17. Web site: Omaña . Henysbel . TheGrefg, el español que pasó de simple gamer a romper récords en Twitch . laneta.com . 23 August 2021 . es . 23 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210823011237/https://www.laneta.com/the-grefg-el-espanol-que-paso-de-simple-gamer-a-romper-records-en-twitch-22-01/token/scroll . dead .
  18. Web site: July 3, 2019. El libro con consejos para triunfar en los eSports. La Vanguardia. es.
  19. News: Así es el rap de Calvaland . Álvaro . Guiñón . 22 September 2020 . 31 December 2021 . . Movistar eSports.
  20. Web site: CD . Alex . Arranca Top Gamers Academy, el talent show de videojuegos con Rubius, TheGrefg, WillyRex, Ibai y más . Vidaextra . 31 December 2021 . es . 30 September 2020.
  21. News: Los eneros de TheGrefg son premios . 19 January 2022 . . 18 January 2022 . es.
  22. News: ESLAND: horario y dónde ver la gala de premios organizada por TheGrefg . 19 January 2022 . . 17 January 2022 . es.
  23. News: Primera edición de los premios ESLAND . 19 January 2022 . Red Bull . 17 January 2022 . es.
  24. News: Así es el polémico bloque de pisos de TheGrefg en Andorra que ahora pone en venta . Pablo . Gallén . 29 February 2024 . 17 October 2024 . El Periódico de España . es.
  25. News: La justicia andorrana falla contra The Grefg y evita el desahucio de la anciana . Lydia . Hernández Téllez . . 28 February 2024 . 17 October 2024 . es.
  26. News: TheGrefg pone a la venta el piso de la anciana a la que no ha podido desahuciar . David . Expósitio J. . 29 February 2024 . 17 October 2024 . . es.
  27. News: TheGrefg anuncia que venderá su edificio de Andorra del que quería desahuciar a una octogenaria . Ana . de Dios . 1 March 2024 . 17 October 2024 . . es.
  28. News: Gemma Gallardo, la discreta sombra de TheGrefg . Carlos . J. González . 10 November 2020 . 14 October 2024 . Flooxer Now . es.
  29. News: Los streamers TheGrefg y Gemita confirman su ruptura en directo tras meses de rumores . Marina . Ortiz Cortés . 23 September 2022 . 14 October 2024 . . es.
  30. News: Sofía Fitness desvela su opinión sobre la polémica 'asociación' de TheGrefg y Karely Ruiz . Mario . Martín Turrón . 12 June 2024 . 15 October 2024 . . es.
  31. Web site: Los Nickelodeon Kids´ Choice Awards 2018 dan a conocer sus nominados. Cine y Tele. February 28, 2018.
  32. Web site: Esports Awards 2020 Esports Awards. Esports Awards. 27 April 2021 . November 16, 2021.
  33. Web site: Hale . Jacob . Esports Awards 2021: Categories, nominees & how to vote . Dexerto . October 1, 2021.
  34. Web site: Sandoval . Alejandro . All nominees for The Game Awards 2021 and how to vote . GINX Esports TV . November 16, 2021.

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