Markiplier

History of Markiplier

Fischbach first joined YouTube on March 6, 2012, creating a channel under the username “Markiplier”, and uploaded his first video on April 4, 2012 Fischbach’s original intent for the channel was sketch comedy where he would be portraying all of the characters in the sketches.This led to the creation of the name “Markiplier.

 a portmanteau of Mark and multiplier.^[15] Fischbach’s first series was a playthrough of the video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. After playing several other game series, including Penumbra and Dead Space, YouTube banned Fischbach’s AdSense account, and he created a new channel on May 26, 2012, markiplierGAME.^[16]

In 2014, the MarkiplierGAME channel was listed on NewMediaRockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at number 61.^[17] That year, Fischbach announced he was planning to move to Los Angeles, California to be closer to other resources for his channel, such as the YouTube Space and other content creators.^[18] In August 2014, Fischbach began his famous Five Nights at Freddy’s playthrough, which became his most popular playthrough to date, the first part having over 80 million views as of January 2021. Due to the success of this series, Fischbach played the other games in the FNAF franchise, and also had a cameo in Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery.^[19][20]

Fischbach and fellow YouTuber Jenna Mae appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2015 following backlash Kimmel received regarding jokes he made about YouTube and Let’s Play videos.^[9] In 2015, he was rated sixth in a list of the twenty most influential celebrities among teenagers in the United States.^[21]

Awards and nominations

Early years and growth

Fischbach first joined YouTube on March 6, 2012, creating a channel under the username “Markiplier”, and uploaded his first video on April 4, 2012.^[14] Fischbach’s original intent for the channel was sketch comedy where he would be portraying all of the characters in the sketches.^[15] This led to the creation of the name “Markiplier”, a portmanteau of Mark and multiplier.^[15] Fischbach’s first series was a playthrough of the video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. After playing several other game series, including Penumbra and Dead Space, YouTube banned Fischbach’s AdSense account, and he created a new channel on May 26, 2012, markiplierGAME.^[16]

In 2014, the MarkiplierGAME channel was listed on NewMediaRockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at number 61.^[17] That year, Fischbach announced he was planning to move to Los Angeles, California to be closer to other resources for his channel, such as the YouTube Space and other content creators.^[18] In August 2014, Fischbach began his famous Five Nights at Freddy’s playthrough, which became his most popular playthrough to date, the first part having over 80 million views as of January 2021. Due to the success of this series, Fischbach played the other games in the FNAF franchise, and also had a cameo in Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery.

Podcasting and streaming

Fischbach, along with Wade Barnes (LordMinion777) and Bob Muyskens (Muyskerm) has streamed a podcast on Twitch called 3 Peens in a Podcast since 2018, where the trio discusses current events and plays multiplayer games.^[42]

In 2019, Fischbach co-produced and starred in Edge of Sleep, an episodic audio drama released on iTunes.^[43]

In May 2021, Fischbach announced that he, Barnes, and Muyskens would be launching a podcast called Distractible. The podcast is prerecorded and produced by QCode, and streams on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.^[44]

Personal life

Fischbach was born at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[5] His father Cliffton M. Fischbach (died 2008),^[52] a German American, served in the U.S. Army.^[53] While stationed in Korea, he met Fischbach’s mother,^[53] a native Korean.^[54] After he was born, his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he was raised.^[53] He grew up in Milford, Ohio^[55] and attended Milford High School where he was a member of the school’s marching band where he played trumpet.^[56] He has an older brother, Jason Thomas “Tom” Fischbach, an artist and author of the webcomic Twokinds.^[5][57] While Tom Fischbach is featured in some videos, he mostly stays away from allowing his face to be filmed.^[58]

Fischbach studied biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out to pursue his YouTube career.^[59]

On June 19, 2018, Fischbach’s step-niece, Miranda Cracraft, was killed in a car accident at the age of 19.^[15][60] On June 26, 2018, Fischbach released a video with her father, thanking his fanbase for their support.^[60] Through GoFundMe, he raised more than $79,000 for Cracraft’s funeral.^[60]

Television and web series

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