| Angry Joe | |
| Birth Name: | Jose Antonio Vargas |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation: | YouTuber |
| Channels: | AngryJoeShow |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Subscribers: | 3.27 million |
| Views: | 1.7 billion |
| Network: | Channel Awesome (2009–2018)[1] |
| Silver Button: | yes |
| Silver Year: | 2012 |
| Gold Button: | yes |
| Gold Year: | 2013 |
| Stats Update: | November 26, 2024 |
Jose Antonio Vargas (born June 18, 1984) is an American media commentator and YouTuber.[2] He is notable for his portrayal of Angry Joe, the titular host of his media review-oriented YouTube channel AngryJoeShow.[3]
Vargas launched his YouTube channel AngryJoeShow on October 4, 2008 with the video "Shit that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers". The show features Vargas' character "AngryJoe" reviewing a video game with a scale from 1-10. These reviews typically use sketch comedy and clips from his streams on Twitch. The channel was well-received by the YouTube community; as of April 2021, it has accrued over one billion views and amassed more than 3.2 million subscribers.[4] In addition to game reviews, Vargas produces movie reviews on his channel. He and his channel have received mention in media covering YouTube,[5] most notably for Vargas' opposition to copyright overreach on YouTube.[6] [7] [8] [9] His interest in copyright on YouTube stemmed from an incident in which Nintendo of America filed a copyright claim on a video of Joe playing Mario Party 10.[10] [11]
Vargas was affiliated with Blistered Thumbs of the media production company Channel Awesome until April 2018. His departure was due to the then-ongoing controversy regarding Channel Awesome and many of its former producers, many of whom Vargas had previously known and affiliated with in the past.[1]
In April 2018, a Kickstarter project to create a board game featuring miniature-sized figures of licensed characters from the Street Fighter series of video games (in collaboration with Jasco Games) was launched by Vargas.[12] The project's Kickstarter campaign raised $400,000 on its first day, an event which in turn attracted media coverage.[13] [14] In January 2021, Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game began shipping to those that backed the Kickstarter project. Vargas worked in another collaboration with Jasco Games on Mortal Kombat: The Miniatures Game based of the license of the same name.[15]