
Their work was noted for having unexpected endings and dark, often disturbing, humor. Matt Watson from Kids w/ Problems later joined Cyndago after they moved to Los Angeles. įischbach in 2015 Hiatus and breaking 10 million subscribers (2015)īeginning in 2015, Fischbach lived with fellow YouTubers Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee, who created and ran the YouTube sketch comedy and music channel Cyndago. In 2015, he was rated sixth in a list of the twenty most influential celebrities among teenagers in the United States. įischbach and fellow YouTuber Jenna Mae appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2015 following backlash Kimmel received regarding jokes he made about YouTube and Let's Play videos. Due to the success of this series, Fischbach played the other games in the FNAF franchise, and also had a cameo in Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery. In August 2014, Fischbach began his famous Five Nights at Freddy's playthrough, which became his most popular playthrough to date, the first part having over 100 million views as of February 2022.

That year, Fischbach announced he was planning to move to Los Angeles, California to be closer to other resources for his channel, such as the YouTube Space and other content creators. In 2014, the MarkiplierGAME channel was listed on NewMediaRockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at number 61. After playing several other game series, including Penumbra and Dead Space, YouTube banned Fischbach's AdSense account, and he created a new channel on May 26, 2012, markiplierGAME.
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Fischbach's first series was a playthrough of the video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. This led to the creation of the name "Markiplier", a portmanteau of Mark and multiplier. Fischbach's original intent for the channel was sketch comedy where he would be portraying all of the characters in the sketches. History Early years and growth (2012–2014)įischbach first joined YouTube on March 6, 2012, creating a channel under the username "Markiplier", and uploaded his first video on April 4, 2012. Ī recurring staple of Fischbach's channel are charity live streams, during which he plays games while campaigning and collecting donations for various charities, including Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and Best Friends Animal Society. He has also collaborated with celebrities such as Jack Black and Jimmy Kimmel. įischbach has collaborated on sketch comedy and gaming videos with a number of fellow YouTubers, including CrankGameplays, Jacksepticeye, LordMinion777, Muyskerm, PewDiePie, Matthias, Game Grumps, Cyndago, Yamimash, Jacksfilms, CaptainSparklez, Egoraptor and LixianTV, who currently works as his editor.


1.2.3 Continued growth and larger projects (2015–2019)įischbach is primarily known for his playthroughs of indie and horror games, including the Five Nights at Freddy's series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its sequel, Garry's Mod, Happy Wheels, Surgeon Simulator, SCP – Containment Breach and Slender: The Eight Pages, among others.1.2.2 Hiatus and breaking 10 million subscribers (2015).
