El Rubius

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Doblas and the second or maternal family name is Gundersen.
El Rubius
El Rubius in a 2020 LOLíTO tournament
Personal information
Born
Rubén Doblas Gundersen

(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)
Mijas, Andalusia, Spain
Nationality
  • Spanish
  • Norwegian
Occupations
PartnerIrina Isasia (2016–present)[1]
Signature
Websiteelrubius.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers40.6 million[2]
Total views7.52 billion[2]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2012
1,000,000 subscribers2013
10,000,000 subscribers2015
Twitch information
Channel
Followers15.4 million
Last updated: 13 October 2024

Rubén Doblas Gundersen (Spanish: [ruˈβen ˈdoβlas ˈɣundeɾsen];[a] born 13 February 1990), better known as elrubiusOMG or simply El Rubius (Spanish: [el ˈruβjus]), is a Norwegian-Spanish YouTuber whose channel primarily consists of gameplays and vlogs. He has the most subscribers in Spain[3][4] and is among the top 50 most subscribed-to channels of the platform in the world.[5]

In 2014 he published El Libro Troll (English: The Troll Book). During 2015 and 2017 he published a total of three comics from his Virtual Hero series. He was also part of an anime series based on the comics. A tweet from his official Twitter account in 2016 was once the most retweeted tweet in the world.[6]

In 2016, Time magazine included him in its list of "next generation leaders"[7] and named him an "online conqueror".[8] In 2018, he achieved the world record for live viewers during an online YouTube broadcast for a tournament of the Fortnite video game. He is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, with the third-most-followed Twitch channel in the world.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Irina Isasia, la novia de Elrubius toma la palabra: "Siempre he querido proteger mi intimidad"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "About elrubiusOMG". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Los 10 canales de YouTube más seguidos de España". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "El secreto detrás de Rubius: el YouTuber más grande de España". Dexerto. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Los 100 canales de Youtube con más suscriptores (2021)". Libretilla (in Spanish). 1 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Un tuit de El Rubius, el más retuiteado del mundo este 2016". El Periodico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 December 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. ^ "La revista 'Time' incluye a 'El Rubius' en su lista de 'Líderes de la Próxima Generación'". El HuffPost (in Spanish). 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  8. ^ "La revista 'Time' nombra a El Rubius como uno de los "líderes de la próxima generación"". 20bits (in European Spanish). 9 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  9. ^ "rubius's YouTube Stats Summary Profile". Social Blade.
  10. ^ "rubius's Twitch Stats Summary Profile". Social Blade.


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