Fernanfloo
Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado[1] (born July 7, 1993), known on YouTube as Fernanfloo is a Salvadoran gaming YouTuber. With a total of over 7 billion views, more than 570 videos and 36 million subscribers,[2] his channel is the 31st most-subscribed channel on YouTube, the fifth most-subscribed in Spanish-speaking channels[3] and the most subscribed channel from his native country of El Salvador.[4]
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Born | Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado July 7, 1993 | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Salvadorans | ||||||||||||
Occupation | YouTuber | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
Religion | Agnostic atheism | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2011–Present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 36 million | ||||||||||||
Network | BroadbandTV | ||||||||||||
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Updated 12 March 2019 |
History
Flores was born on July 7, 1993 in San Salvador, El Salvador.[5] He created a YouTube account on May 1, 2011 under the name Fernanfloo, a combination of his middle name and his last name.[6]
In December 2015, Flores launched an app called Fernanfloo, which received 2.3 million downloads within its first week of release[7].
In 2016 he was nominated for the 2016 MTV Millennial Awards in the categories of "Digital Icon of the Year", losing to Sebastián Villalobos, and "Master Gamer".[8] In 2017 he was again nominated for the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards, this time in the "Miaw icon of the year" and "Celebrity challenge" categories, losing to Juanpa Zurita and CD9 respectively.[9]
In 2017, Fernanfloo participated in the Ecuadorian film Dedicada a mi Ex, briefly playing as a waiter.[10] This film was released on November 8, 2019 in Ecuador.[11] That same year, through a video uploaded on 6 August, announced the publication of his first book, a graphic novel titled Curly está en peligro.[12][13]
In April 2018, Fernanfloo began to make gameplays on Twitch.[14]
In August 2018, with 22 million subscribers, Fernanfloo managed to position himself as the eighth YouTuber with the most subscribers, his highest position on that platform.[15]
In January 2019, he announced his collaboration with Resident Evil 2 game publisher Capcom to have himself on the remake. Weeks later, Capcom released the official trailer of the 1-Short demo with him as the zombie. Later on, he uploaded a video on his YouTube channel about his collaboration with Capcom and his reaction about the trailer.
References
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- "Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Subscribers - Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "Top 250 YouTubers Channels in El Salvador - Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- "Fernanfloo: Latinoamerica's Star Gamer - A youtubers life". A youtubers life. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- "Fernanfloo". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "New App From YouTube Star Fernanfloo Gets 2.3 Million Downloads In A Week". Tubefilter. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- "Ellos son los nominados a los premios 'MTV MIAW 2016'". Revista Cosmopolitan (in Spanish). 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "FernanFloo, uno de los fuertes candidatos en los MTV MIAW 2017". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "EnchufeTV estrenará su primera película en noviembre de 2019; Sony pictures distribuirá el filme en Latinoamérica | El Comercio". 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- Zambrano, Sandra. "Enchufe TV estrenará su película 'Dedicada a mi ex' en Ecuador el 8 de noviembre". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "#LectoresEnRed. Fernanfloo: de YouTube a la novela gráfica". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "Fernanfloo causó avalancha de niños en Panamá y revuelo en Twitter". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- Redacción (6 April 2018). "YouTube Viral: Famoso youtuber 'Fernanfloo' revela razón de ausencia en su canal". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "List of most-subscribed YouTube channels". Wikipedia. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2020-05-26.