Markiplier is a well-known YouTuber and content creator. Here are the top ten facts any person curious should know about him.
Real Name
Markiplier’s real name is Mark Edward Fischbach, a delightful name meaning Mark “war-like” or “of Mars, god of war”, Edward “wealthy guard”, and Fischbach, someone living by a stream. It’s interesting to note the both German and Jewish origins of Fischbach’s last name, the Latin of his first, and the English of his middle.
Early YouTube Career
Fischbach started his YouTube career when he was 22 (on March 6, 2012), when he created his first channel “Markiplier”. His first video was uploaded on April 4, 2012. YouTube then banned him after just over a month due to a misunderstanding regarding his advertisements. On May 26, 2012, he created his second channel “markiplierGAME”. It was, at one point, renamed to the original and iconic “Markiplier”, and that is how we’ve known him since.
Age/Birthday
Speaking of Markiplier’s age, he was born on June 28, 1989. That makes him 34 years old, and as of the time of this article 12,529 days old. That’s a lot of days!
Other Origins
Markiplier also gets his origin from Honolulu, Hawaii. Fischbach was born there after his German-American father met his Korean mother in Korea and married her before being stationed in Hawaii and giving birth to their second son, Mark Fischbach. It’s also interesting to note that Fischbach’s mother, Sunok Frank, derives origins from North Korea, her parents, and subsequently, Fischbach’s grandparents, being born there before moving to South Korea before the Korean war. Markiplier explores this in a documentary titled “Markiplier From North Korea”.
Nicknames
A current list of Markiplier’s nicknames, other than, of course, Markiplier, include Markle Sparkles, Markimoo, Darkiplier, and Market Pliers. Markle Sparkles in particular was a nickname given to him after a high school incident involving glitter.
How Many People?!
Back to the subject of his YouTube career, Markiplier currently finds himself with 35.6 million or roughly 35,600,000 subscribers. When this article was published, he had 20,624,337,307 individual views of his videos. That’s 20 billion views. Considering the world population is roughly 8.1 billion… 20 billion views is a staggering amount. That’s a lot of time to be watched, and a lot of watchers.
Voice Acting
Along with being a prolific YouTuber, Fischbach has also made a name as a voice actor. Markiplier has played 5.0.5 in the series Villianous, along with the character 6. 0. 6. Villianous was released in the US in 2022, but Fischbach has been working on the show since at least 2019.
Fears
Markiplier has been noted throughout the years to have several different fears or phobias. These fears include mannequins or automatonophobia, the fear of irregular patterns and/or small holes (or trypophobia), the fear of failure or atychiphobia, and the fear of deep water, like the ocean (or thalassophobia). He seems dedicated, however, to exploring these fears in controlled environments, one of the best ways to lessen a phobia.
Fashion Brand
Along with his many other business ventures and pursuits in fields other than YouTubing, Fischbach owns a fashion brand. Called CLOAK, Fischbach created the brand alongside Sean McLoughlin, who is more widely known as Jacksepticeye. Clocking in at 30.4 million subscribers himself, McLoughlin is no slouch when it comes to YouTubing either. According to the About page on CLOAK’s website, the YouTubers created the page because “the apparel options that the fashion industry has given to us are pretty much all the same, and the brands marketing to us don’t really know who we are. “ Which honestly, fair enough.
Net Worth
The final fact for this article is Markiplier’s estimated net worth. Clocking in at around $35 million dollars, Markiplier is projected to have as much capital in net worth as he does fans. This in itself, is a pretty cool achievement.
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