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Birth
He was born on February 13, 1990 -
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El Rubius
With more than 800 videos uploaded, 9 billion views and 40 million subscribers, it is the largest user of YouTube in Spain, and is among the 50 channels with the most subscribers of the platform in the world -
When do I create your channel?
When he settled permanently in Spain, he decided to study Animation and 3D Modeling. Rubius uploaded his first video to YouTube in 2006 and from that year until 2011, when he decided to dedicate himself exclusively to his channel, he uploaded content sporadically -
His first book
In 2014, he published The Troll Book, an interactive book with challenges that readers must complete. The work, which in its first six weeks in bookstores sold 40,300 copies and was number one in sales in Spain for eight weeks -
His second book
The Planeta publishing house published its first comic, El Rubius: Virtual Hero. In it, Rubius himself enters the world of virtual reality, where together with some colleagues he lives adventures and faces various obstacles -
Personal life
In 2015, he gave his first television interview, specifically for the Spanish program Al rincón de Pensamiento de Antena 3, presented by Risto Mejide. In that interview, personal dramas were discussed that visibly moved him, which had a great impact on social networks for being the first and only time he spoke about his private life in public. -
'' The online conqueror ''
In 2016 Time magazine included him in its list of "Leaders of the next generation" and named him an "online conqueror -
Viewers record
In 2018, he obtained the world record for live viewers during an online YouTube broadcast, for a face-to-face tournament of the Fortnite video game. -
Polemic moving to andorra
Rubén Doblas announced via a Twitch transmission that he was going to move to Andorra to live closer to his friends and avoid the public recognition that he had while living in Madrid. This caused controversy in social networks since several youtubers and streamers had taken this initiative due to the lower tax burden in that country. On January 30, Rubius released a statement through his Twitter account in response to the criticism he had received for his announcement.