Mikecrack
| Mikecrack | |||||||||||||
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 Opening title to a 2021 Mikecrack video | |||||||||||||
 Mikecrack in 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Born | Miguel Bernal Montes 1993 (age 30–31) Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.mikecrack.com/ | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2009 – present | ||||||||||||
| Genre(s) | Let's Plays, musical parodies | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 32.9 million (August 2022) | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 13.6 billion (August 2022) | ||||||||||||
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Miguel Bernal Montes[1] (born 1993), better known online as Mikecrack, is a Spanish YouTuber, computer animator and singer known for his let's plays of video games, as well as his animations and musical parodies.
Biography and career
Having studied four years at Juan Tamariz's magician school, Bernal started a YouTube channel in 2009 where he would upload magic tricks. He later left that channel to study biomedical technology in university, where he graduated in 2015.[2][3] While studying for a master's degree in February 2016, he uploaded his first video to a new YouTube channel focused on gaming content.[1]
Bernal's channel mainly focuses on videos related to the video game Minecraft; he also uploads music parodies and animated videos.[1] A prominent aspect of his videos is his on-screen persona named Mike, an animated dog character similar in likeness to Adventure Time's Jake the Dog.[4]
Bernal created a team called Los #CoMPas with Spanish YouTubers ElTrollino, Timba Vk[2] and Sparta356.[5] The team frequently recorded videos together.[1]
In 2020, Forbes Spain named Bernal in their list of the top 100 influencers in Spain for the year.[6]
In 2021 he passed 30 million subscribers and become the third channel in Spain by subscribers. He also created an original animated series named "Las Perrerías de Mike".
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Refs |
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| 2020 | Streamy Awards | International | Nominated | [7] |
| 2021 | Streamy Awards | International | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c d "Mikecrack, el youtuber que acaba de entrar en el club de los cinco canales con más suscriptores de España". Verne (in Spanish). 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b "Mikecrack: la magia del 'youtuber' madrileño para superar los 20 millones de seguidores". Nius Diario (in European Spanish). 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Quiénes son Mikecrack y Timba Vk, los últimos invitados a La Resistencia". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "10 Most Popular Gaming YouTubers, Ranked By Subscribers". ScreenRant. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "Mikecrack, el youtuber español de los 20 millones". Flooxer Now (in Spanish). 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "La revista Forbes publica la lista de los 100 mejores influencers 2020". elperiodico (in Spanish). 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "2020 Streamy Awards: The Complete Winners List". kvue.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-14.