Jordan Maron

Jordan Maron

Jordan Maron at Minecon 2012
Personal information
Born Jordan Maron
(1992-02-10) February 10, 1992
Los Angeles, California[1]
Height 5'7"[2]
Nationality American
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Internet personality
Video game developer
Website CaptainSparklez's YouTube
YouTube information
Pseudonym CaptainSparklez
Years active 2010–present
Genre
Subscribers 9.1 million
Total views 2.4 billion
Network Polaris (Maker Studios)
Associated acts SeaNanners
Subscriber and view counts updated as of February 2016.

Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992) is an American YouTube personality, also known by his YouTube channel username of CaptainSparklez, whose channel primarily consists of videos of him playing Minecraft. His channel is currently the 68th most subscribed on YouTube.[3]

Career

Maron had worked for Machinima Inc. Jordan Maron originally started up a Call of Duty gaming channel, which was called ProsDONTtalkSHIT. [4] In 2010, he moved over to his now main channel, CaptainSparklez, where his channel mainly focuses on Minecraft.

He has posted Survival Games, Let's Plays, Mod showcases, Hunger games and many more series. He is also well known for his Minecraft music videos, mostly animated parodies of popular pop songs. Maron also has played games such as Agar.io and Garry's Mod, and collaborates with other YouTube gamers like VanossGaming and SeaNanners.

CaptainSparklez has over 9 million subscribers currently. He also has another channel named CaptainSparklez 2, which is where he posts his livestreams, and is one of the creators of Fortress Fury, a free game which can be downloaded off of the app store, and will soon be available to PC. He is signed under Maker Studios' sub-network, Polaris.[5] In 2016, Maron was featured on Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30 List", which greatly surprised him. He was featured due to his popular videos and his gaming studio, XREAL.[6]

Minecraft Music Videos

Maron is best known for his many Minecraft-themed music videos. He began with parodies to popular songs in pop culture, but has more recently produced original music videos as well.

Minecraft Style

Maron created a parody video called "Minecraft Style", based on "Gangnam Style" by South Korean entertainer PSY that used animated Minecraft models.[7] He published it on YouTube under the username CaptainSparklez. According to MSN, within a few days, it had been viewed more than a million times.[8] The video was referenced in technology and gaming articles published by NBC,[9] The Daily Telegraph,[10] Mashable[11] and the Huffington Post.[7] By December 2012, his video, Minecraft Style, had amassed more than 37 million views.[12]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Jordan Maron (January 20, 2014). "Draw My Life - CaptainSparklez". YouTube. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/CaptainSparklez/status/401075250378457089
  3. ↑ http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels
  4. ↑ ProsDONTtalkSHIT. "ProsDONTtalkSHIT". YouTube. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Sam Gutelle (October 29, 2013). "Captain Sparklez, KSIOlajidebt, Ali-A Among New Polaris Gamers". Tubefilter. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlg45eiffm/jordan-maron-23/
  7. 1 2 "'Minecraft Style' - Gamers Get Their Own 'Gangnam Style' Spoof (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post UK. October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Minecraft wiz obsessively recreates Gangnam Style vid". MSN. October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  9. ↑ Winda Benedetti. "Dig this 'Minecraft'-style 'Gangnam Style' parody". NBC. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Minecraft parody of Psy's Gangnam Style". The Daily Telegraph. October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  11. ↑ Anita Li (October 22, 2012). "Minecraft Meets 'Gangnam Style' in Block-Building Parody [VIDEO]". Mashable. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  12. ↑ Vittorio Hernandez (December 27, 2012). "Top 5 Gangnam Style Parodies (VIDEOS)". International Business Times AU. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ CaptainSparklez. "Minecon Recap And A Golden Play Button Plaque". YouTube. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Jordan Maron - The Shorty Awards". Shortyawards.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

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