Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), known by his YouTube username Markiplier, is an American internet personality, video game commentator and charity fundraiser.

Personal life
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Fischbach began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Cliffton M. Fischbach, was of German descent, while his mother is Korean. He studied Civil Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, later changing his degree to Biomedical Engineering. He later left college and started his YouTube career.

In October 2025, Fischbach married his longtime girlfriend Amy Nelson, after being together for ten years.

Career
Fischbach moved to Los Angeles, California in 2014, wanting to be closer to the YouTube scene.

, his channel has over 9 billion total video views and 22 million subscribers, and is currently the 36th most-subscribed channel on YouTube.

Fischbach plays in Let's Play videos, commonly of survival horror video games.

In 2017, Fischbach began his first improv tour, known as the "You're Welcome Tour", which spanned from North America to Europe and Australia.

Fischbach has done multiple charity streams and fundraisers with other YouTubers. Forbes reported in 2017 that Fischbach and his fans had helped raise roughly $3 million for charity in past fundraising streams. In April 2018, he raised $1,506,793.81 in charities.

Unus Annus
On November 15, 2019, Fischbach created a new channel with YouTuber Ethan Nestor (known online as CrankGameplays) called Unus Annus, a channel which planned to upload a video every day for one year, after which the channel would be deleted along with its videos. The channel had 1 million subscribers in its first 5 days and 4.56 million in its last few minutes. The channel was deleted on November 14, 2020. The channel was meant to remind viewers about life and death and how quickly both can come and go.

Podcasts
Fischbach, along with Wade Barnes (LordMinion777) and Bob Muyskens (Muyskerm) has streamed a podcast on Twitch called 3 Peens in a Podcast since 2018.Bonercast Season 2 Announcement | Drunk Minecraft, Weddings and The Tour  muyskerm. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

In 2019, Fischbach co-produced and starred in Edge of Sleep, an audio drama released on iTunes.

In May 2021, Fischbach announced that he, Barnes, and Muyskens would be starting a podcast called Distractible.

OnlyFans
Fischbach created an OnlyFans account where any money he would get from subscribers would be split evenly between the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the World Food Programme. He promised to post "tasteful nudes" on his Only Fans account. He officially created the account on December 9, 2022, and the increase of people going to the website caused the site to crash on the same day.

Philanthropy works
+Charity LiveStreams/Videos and TotalsDateCharityTotal FundsOthers With HimJuly 2012Child's Play$1,000.00February 2013Cancer Research Institute$8,047.00February 2015Depression and Bipolar Support Association$82,003.00February 2017St. Jude Children's Research Hospital$115,717.00March 2017Charity: Water$254,649.00April 2017Environmental Defense Fund$123,111.00May 2017Game Changer$198,378.00August 2017Joyful Heart Foundation$108,585.00September 2017Direct Relief$74,421.00October 2017National MPS Society$107,878.00November 2017Save The Children$422,773.81

 Awards and nominations 
YearNominatedAwardResult  2016 Streamy Awards Gaming  Shorty Awards Tech and Innovation: Gaming  Make-A-Wish Foundation Award Ceremony Celebrity of the Year  2017 Golden Joystick Awards Best Streamer/Broadcaster  2018 Kids Choice Awards Favorite Funny YouTube Creator 2020Streamy Awards Show of the Year (A Heist with Markiplier)  Scripted Series (A Heist with Markiplier) Cancer Research InstituteOliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research 2021Streamy AwardsBest Collaboration (Markiplier and CrankGameplays for Unus Annus)

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