CaptainSparklez

Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992), known as CaptainSparklez, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer. He is best known for making Minecraft videos. As of June 2025, his YouTube channel has over 11.4 million subscribers.

 Career 
Maron started uploading videos in 2010 when he was 18. His first channel was for Call of Duty gameplay. Later that year, he made a new channel called CaptainSparklez and began posting Minecraft videos. He also streamed games on Justin.tv and later Twitch.

His Minecraft music videos became very popular. One of his most famous videos is "Revenge", a parody of "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love", made with singer TryHardNinja. It broke records and was once the most viewed Minecraft video on YouTube.

CaptainSparklez reached one million subscribers in 2012 and became a full-time YouTuber. He also worked on other projects like a mobile game company and a clothing brand. In December 2023, he stopped uploading Minecraft gameplay on his main channel.

 Early life 
Jordan Maron was born in Los Angeles on February 10, 1992. His parents separated when he was young. He moved to Santa Barbara with his mother and went to Santa Barbara Senior High School.

He studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara and started in chemical engineering. He switched to computer science and later dropped out to focus on YouTube.

 YouTube 
Maron started his first channel in February 2010 to post Call of Duty videos. He later made a new channel called CaptainSparklez on July 20, 2010. He was introduced to Minecraft by SeaNanners and posted his first video in August 2010.
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Category:1992 births
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Category:American YouTubers