TheGrefg

David Cánovas Martínez (born 24 April 1997), better known as TheGrefg or simply Grefg, is a Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer. With 17.8 million subscribers, it is one of the most-subscribed Spanish YouTube channels,[1] while he also has the seventh most-followed Twitch channel with over 10.2 million followers.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cánovas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
TheGrefg
Personal information
BornDavid Cánovas Martínez height: 178cm
(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997
Alhama de Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
OccupationYouTuber, Twitch streamer
YouTube information
LocationAndorra
Years active2012–present
GenreGaming
Subscribers17.9 million
(March 2023)
Total views6.1 billion
Associated actsMarkiLokuras
El Rubius
Willyrex
Fernanfloo
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
10,000,000 subscribers
Twitch information
Channel
Genre
GamesVariety
Followers10.2 million
Last updated: 15 October 2022

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 own 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]

Career

David Cánovas Martínez[5] was born on 24 April 1997,[6] in Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain,[7] according to several interviews, he began to be interested in the subject of video games since he was a child,[5] he started his YouTube channel on 30 January 2012,[8] when he was 14 years old.[9]

In 2018 he moved to Andorra to pay less taxes.[10][5] 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.[11] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Cánovas as the sixth top influencer in Spain for the year,[12][13] in April 2021 was again included in a cover of the magazine Forbes.[14][15]

Writing career

Martínez has written three books; The first book titled "Rescate en White Angel (The G-Squad)" was released in 2017,[16] the second titled "Los secretos de YouTube" was released in 2018,[9] 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".[17]

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.[18] Martínez was one of the presenters along with Willyrex and El Rubius of the program Top Gamers Academy,[19] In January 2022, he held the ESLAND Awards ceremony,[20] in which several Spanish-speaking content creators would receive their recognition.[21][22]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Spanish Influencer Nominated [23]
2019 The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Nominated [24]
2021 Esports Awards Streamer of the Year Nominated [25]
The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Nominated [26]

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Top Twitch channels by followers for the last 30 days". Streams Charts. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. Suggitt, Connie (31 March 2021). "TheGrefg smashes most Twitch stream viewers record". Guinness World Records.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. eSports, Movistar. "Todo sobre TheGrefg. Foto, biografía, cumpleaños y últimas noticias". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. 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.
  8. eSports, Movistar (24 April 2021). "24 datos para celebrar el 24 cumpleaños de TheGrefg". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. "TheGrefg, showman de la nueva era". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. "TheGrefg, el youtuber murciano que tributa en Andorra". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 5 May 2019.
  11. Duwe, Scott (15 January 2020). "Loserfruit and TheGrefg join Ninja in Fortnite's Icon Series". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  12. "Los mejores 'influencers' de 2020, según Forbes". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  13. "Los 100 mejores influencers 2020". Forbes España (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. "The Grefg llega a la portada de Forbes". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  15. "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.
  16. Omaña, Henysbel. "TheGrefg, el español que pasó de simple gamer a romper récords en Twitch". laneta.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. "El libro con consejos para triunfar en los eSports". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 3 July 2019.
  18. Guiñón, Álvaro (22 September 2020). "Así es el rap de Calvaland". eSports. Movistar eSports. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  19. 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.
  20. "Los eneros de TheGrefg son premios". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  21. "ESLAND: horario y dónde ver la gala de premios organizada por TheGrefg". Marca (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  22. "Primera edición de los premios ESLAND". Red Bull (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  23. "Los Nickelodeon Kids´ Choice Awards 2018 dan a conocer sus nominados". Cine y Tele. 28 February 2018.
  24. "Esports Awards 2020 | Esports Awards". Esports Awards. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  25. Hale, Jacob (1 October 2021). "Esports Awards 2021: Categories, nominees & how to vote". Dexerto.
  26. Sandoval, Alejandro (16 November 2021). "All nominees for The Game Awards 2021 and how to vote". GINX Esports TV.
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