Mikecrack

Mikecrack
Opening title to a 2021 Mikecrack video
Mikecrack in 2021
Personal information
Born
Miguel Bernal Montes

1993 (age 31–32)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationYouTuber
Websitewww.mikecrack.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Genre(s)Let's Plays, musical parodies
Subscribers53.4 million[1]
Total views19.51 billion[1]
NetworkYouTube (2009-present)
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2017
10,000,000 subscribers2019
50,000,000 subscribers2024
Last updated: 9 Dec, 2024

Miguel Bernal Montes[2] (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 Biotechnology in university, where he graduated in 2015.[3][4] While studying for a master's degree in February 2016, he uploaded his first video to a new YouTube channel focused on gaming content.[2]

Bernal's channel mainly focuses on videos related to the video game Minecraft; he also uploads music parodies and animated videos.[2] 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.[5]

Bernal created a team called Los #CoMPas with Spanish YouTubers ElTrollino, Timba Vk[3] and Sparta356.[6] The team frequently recorded videos together.[2]

In 2020, Forbes Spain named Bernal in their list of the top 100 influencers in Spain for the year.[7]

In 2021, he passed 30 million subscribers and become the third channel in Spain by subscribers.[8] He also created an original animated series named "Las Perrerías de Mike".[9] On 30 July 2023, he became the most subscribed Spanish youtuber, surpassing Rubius.[10]

Awards

Year Ceremony Category Result Refs
2020 Streamy Awards International Nominated [11]
2021 Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "About Mikecrack". YouTube.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Quiénes son Mikecrack y Timba Vk, los últimos invitados a La Resistencia". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  5. ^ "10 Most Popular Gaming YouTubers, Ranked By Subscribers". ScreenRant. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  6. ^ "Mikecrack, el youtuber español de los 20 millones". Flooxer Now (in Spanish). 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. ^ "La revista Forbes publica la lista de los 100 mejores influencers 2020". elperiodico (in Spanish). 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  8. ^ Carrasco, Daniel (15 May 2023). "Quién es Mikecrack: de popular youtuber con más de 37M de suscriptores a escritor y creador de su propia webserie". Marketing 4 Commerce (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ^ Guiñón, Álvaro (7 February 2022). "Mikecrack se lleva el minuto de oro del domingo con 'Las Perrerías de Mike'". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ^ Ortigosa, Esther C. (31 July 2023). "Mikecrack supera a Rubius y se convierte en el youtuber español con más suscriptores de YouTube". Flooxer Now (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ^ "2020 Streamy Awards: The Complete Winners List". kvue.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
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