Grandayy

Luke 'Grandayy' (born 1 June 1994) is a Maltese YouTuber[3] and music producer known for his production of memes, covers of songs using the noteblock system in the video game Minecraft and other comedic content. He currently has over 2.5 million subscribers on his main channel "Grandayy". He also has a second channel called “grande1899” with over 700,000 subscribers. He has been associated with other meme-centric YouTubers such as Dolan Dark and FlyingKitty. Grandayy has been endorsed by various YouTubers such as PewDiePie[4] and VoiceoverPete. As of May 2020, he is the most subscribed YouTuber from Malta.[5] As of 2020, his main channel had over 500 million views.[6]

Grandayy
Personal information
Born (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994
Malta[1]
NationalityMaltese
EducationMedical degree[1][2]
OccupationYouTuber, musical artist
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2011-present
GenreComedy, memes
Subscribers
  • Grandayy: 2.64 million
  • grande1899: 742,000
Total views
  • Grandayy: 573 million
  • grande1899: 142 million
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2016
1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Updated January 12, 2020

Career

Grandayy graduated as a doctor,[1][2] but has been focused on YouTube since 2011.[7] He posted his first videos in 2007 under his original channel grande1899. In 2011, he posted multiple Minecraft note block song covers. On July 2, 2014, Grandayy created his second account (now called Grandayy). On March 18, 2015, he posted the first meme to his Grandayy account, a Half-Life 3 meme using clips from the movie Interstellar. On November 1, 2016 he posted his We Are Number One meme on his Grandayy account, which was a mashup of the song from LazyTown and Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. This caused an increase in popularity. His popularity grew exponentially eventually becoming the top subscribed Maltese YouTuber.[1] On August 7, 2018, he became the first Maltese YouTuber to reached one million subscribers.[8]

Grandayy suggested the concept of "Minecraft Monday" and convinced Keemstar, a YouTube gossip reporter, to host the event. The event included PewDiePie and James Charles.[9]

Grandayy has been an outspoken opponent of Article 13 which could make major online platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Google and Facebook legally responsible for uploaded content from users. Grandayy believes the law could "kill the internet" warning that all broadcasters could face censorship from automated bots.[10] He said "the sad thing is that us YouTubers have no lobby groups or unions that can fight for us and speak to politicians directly for us. Most politicians have no idea about the troubles YouTubers face with copyright, or what type of content the typical YouTuber even produces".[11]

Grandayy, along with Dolan Dark, has been considered "two of the most prolific creators of memes over the last decade".[12]

References
  1. "'It Still Feels Unreal': First Maltese YouTuber To Reach A Million Subscribers Opens Up About Choosing Memes Over A Medical Degree". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  2. "Doctor becomes YouTuber… first Maltese to reach one million subscribers". tvm.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  3. "Doctor becomes YouTuber ... first Maltese to reach one million subscribers - TVM News". TVM English. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. "'My only interest is to make people laugh': Biggest Local Youtuber has over a million subscribers". timesofmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  5. "'TOP 250 YOUTUBERS IN MALTA SORTED BY SUBSCRIBERS". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  6. Debono, Fiona (2018-08-30). "'My only interest is to make people laugh'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  7. Demarco, Joanna (2018-02-14). "From graduating as a doctor, to working as a full-time Youtuber". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  8. Hello (2018-08-14). "'It Still Feels Unreal': First Maltese YouTuber To Reach A Million Subscribers Opens Up About Choosing Memes Over A Medical Degree". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. Hernandez, Patricia (2019-08-01). "Minecraft is having a big comeback in 2019". Polygon. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  10. Vella, Matthew (2019-03-23). "Malta's biggest Youtuber's impassioned plea on why EU copyright law 'could kill Internet'". Malta Today. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  11. Alexander, Julia (2019-03-17). "YouTube creators are still trying to fight back against European copyright vote". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  12. Rosenblatt, Kalhan (2019-12-25). "How social media has changed in the past decade, according to its influencers". NBCNews. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
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