Markiplier Net Worth- Markiplier is an American YouTube personality, actor, writer, producer, and director with a net worth of $35 million. He is one of the world’s highest-paid and most popular YouTube personalities. As of this writing, Markiplier’s YouTube channel has over 30 million followers and 17 billion views. His channel is among the top 100 YouTube channels with the most subscribers. Markiplier is widely recognized for his humorous game commentary. The majority of his “Let’s Play” gameplay commentary videos cover survival horror and action video games.
He appeared in “Smosh: The Movie” in 2015 and performed in, wrote, and directed “A Heist With Markiplier” on YouTube Premium in 2019. In 2018, Markiplier and fellow YouTuber Jacksepticeye founded the apparel company Cloak. His podcast co-hosting credits include “3 Peens in a Podcast” and “Distractible.” He starred in and co-produced the audio drama series “Edge of Sleep” in 2019.
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Early Years
Markiplier was born Mark Edward Fischbach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 28, 1989. At the Tripler Army Medical Center, he was born. Cliffton (who passed away in 2008) and Sunok met during Cliffton’s time stationed in Korea with the United States Army. After Markiplier was born, his family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, and he attended Milford High School, where he played trumpet in the marching band.
Markiplier frequently makes jokes about his childhood family’s poverty. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Cincinnati to study biomedical engineering, but he dropped out to concentrate on his YouTube career. Jason, the older brother of Markiplier, is an artist and the creator of the webcomic “Twokinds.”
Personal Life
Miranda Cracraft, Markiplier’s 19-year-old step-niece, died in a car accident in June 2018. He launched a GoFundMe page to cover funeral expenses and raised nearly $79,000. Markiplier has participated in various charity fundraisers and live streams, and according to “Forbes” 2017, these events raised nearly $3 million.
In March of 2018, he sold his “Tasteful Nudes” Charity Calendar for 48 hours, raising $500,000 for the Cancer Research Institute. Markiplier identifies as a liberal and favors tighter gun control laws, universal health care, and LGBT rights. In 2020, he came out against George Floyd’s murder.
Career Income
Markiplier is one of the highest-earning YouTube personalities. He earns between $10 million and $20 million annually from his social media ventures. In 2017, he made $12.5 million, and in 2018, he made $17.5 million, making him the sixth highest-paid YouTuber in the world. Markiplier earned $13 million in 2019 and $20 million in 2020, making him the third highest-paid YouTuber worldwide. This represents earnings of about $60 million between 2017 and 2020 alone.
Career
Markiplier joined YouTube in March 2012 and uploaded his first video in April. Markiplier is a mix of his first name and “multiplier” since he originally intended to upload sketch comedy videos in which he played every character. His first YouTube series was a playthrough of the video game “Amnesia:
The Dark Descent,” and after playing several additional games on his channel, YouTube blocked his AdSense account, prompting him to create a new channel in May 2012 called “markiplierGAME.” Markiplier began a playthrough of “Five Nights at Freddy’s” in August 2014, which garnered over 80 million views and became his most popular replay.
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Later, he appeared in future installments of the series, including 2019’s “Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery.” In September 2015, Markiplier and fellow YouTuber Jenna Mae came on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after Kimmel got criticism for comments he made regarding Let’s Play videos. In 2015, Variety listed Markiplier as the sixth most influential celebrity among American adolescents.
After Markiplier arrived in Los Angeles, he resided with the creators of the YouTube channel “Cyndago,” Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre. After his death in September 2015, he appeared in many of their sketches, and Markiplier went on temporary pause. Markiplier co-hosted the 2015 South by Southwest Gaming Awards with actress Janet Varney. In 2017, he released the interactive video “A Date with Markiplier,” and in 2019, he released a similar film, “A Heist with Markiplier.”
In November 2019, he and Ethan Nestor (aka CrankGameplays) started the YouTube channel “Unus Annus” to publish a video every day for a year and then delete the channel. “Unus Annus” attracted more than 11 million views in the first week and one million subscribers in the first five days.
In 2016, Red Giant Entertainment announced that Markiplier would star in his comic book series; he had joined the publisher’s board in late 2014. He signed with Endeavor in November 2016 after indicating interest in expanding into other types of entertainment, such as music and acting.
Honors and Candidatures
Markiplier has been nominated for multiple Streamy Awards and has won the Purpose Award for Social Good – Creator in 2019 and the Scripted Series award for “A Heist with Markiplier” in 2020. During the 2016 Make-A-Wish Foundation Award Ceremony, he was awarded Celebrity of the Year, and in 2020, he won the Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research from the Cancer Research Institute.
Markiplier received a Diamond Creator Award/YouTube Creator Reward at the 2016 YouTube Creator Awards, and in 2017 he was awarded the Golden Joystick Award for Best Streamer/Broadcaster. He has also been nominated for the Kids’ Choice Awards (2018, Favorite Funny YouTube Creator), the Shorty Awards (2018, Creator of the Decade), and The Game Awards (Trending Gamer, 2015).
Real Estate
Markiplier purchased Donald Glover’s property in the La Canada Flintridge neighborhood of Los Angeles for $4 million in April 2021. The 3,279-square-foot residence contains three bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, a swimming pool, and a cabana. Glover acquired the home for $2.7 million in 2016 and hired the services of interior designer Barbara Bestor to refurbish it.
Summary
Markiplier’s YouTube channel’markiplierGAME’, where he posts videos of action video games, independent games, and gameplay commentary, has earned him immense popularity. In 2015, he rated sixth on a poll of the 20 most influential celebrities among American youths.
In 2018, he earned $17.5 million, making him the sixth highest-paid YouTube personality in the world.
Markiplier’s net worth is roughly $28 million in 2022.