El Rubius
Rubén Doblas Gundersen (Spanish: [ruˈβen ˈdoβlas ˈɣundeɾsen]; (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 and is among the top 50 most subscribed-to channels of the platform in the world.
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| Born | Rubén Doblas Gundersen 13 February 1990 Mijas, Andalusia, Spain | ||||||||||||
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| Partner | Irina Isasia (2016–present) | ||||||||||||
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| Website | elrubius | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | ||||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 40.3 million (15 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 7.43 billion (15 February 2024) | ||||||||||||
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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 was the most retweeted tweet in the world since 2016.
In 2016, Time magazine included him in its list of "next generation leaders" and named him an "online conqueror". In 2018, he achieved the world record for live viewers during an online YouTube broadcast for an 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.