AuronPlay
Personal information
Born
Raúl Álvarez Genes

(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988
Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Other namesAuron
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers29.2 million[1]
Total views4.05 billion[1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2015
10,000,000 subscribers2018
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Followers15.7 million
Last updated: 3 May 2023

Raúl Álvarez Genes (Spanish: [raˈul ˈalβaɾeθ ˈxenes], born 5 November 1988), better known as AuronPlay or simply Auron, is a Spanish YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and comedian.

As of February 2023, AuronPlay's YouTube channel has over 4 billion total video views, and he is the fourth most-subscribed YouTuber from Spain, with over 29.2 million subscribers. He is also among the most popular streamers on Twitch, operating the second most-followed Twitch channel in the world with over 14.7 million followers on the platform, according to analytics company Social Blade.[2]

Early life

Raúl Álvarez Genes[3] was born 5 November 1988 in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.[4][5] Prior to his career as a YouTuber, Álvarez worked at a graphic arts and bookbinding company for nine years starting at the age of sixteen,[6] Raúl decided to quit in 2013, when he was starting to earn more money with YouTube than with his other work.[7]

Career

Álvarez created his YouTube channel in 2006.[6] His online alias, AuronPlay, derives from the name of Auron, a character in the video game Final Fantasy X. In his first videos, he uploaded videos covering his face with a mask, although he later stopped doing so.[8] Some media such as Marca, WATmag or Movistar have cited that the video uploaded on October 21, 2009 titled "Mis aficiones" (My hobbies) is the oldest on his channel, although that is not his first video and there is older content that he has since deleted.[9][10][11] In 2012, its popularity began to grow with the "video-reviews".[12] In a 2015 interview with Risto Mejide, he explained that he began making YouTube videos as a hobby, intending to commentate internet videos to "transform them into something funny."[13][14]

In January 2018 he uploaded his most popular video to date entitled "El niño más pesado de YouTube" (YouTube's most annoying kid).[15] During 2020 his video upload frequency decreased, until November of that year, the month in which he published the last video from his AuronPlay channel,[16] after which he left his main channel to dedicate himself fully to his secondary channel and his Twitch channel.[17] Álvarez started a Twitch channel in September 2019,[18] where he broadcasts gaming and social content.[19] In November 2021 he became the second biggest streamer on Twitch, surpassed only by Ninja,[20] it is currently the second most followed channel on Twitch.[21]

In May 2020, he began participating in a Grand Theft Auto V server of the roleplay genre called Spain RP, where he played the role of Gustabo, along with other streamers. He and his fellow series members announced in August that they would stop playing on that server, which closed on September 3 of the same year.26 Subsequently, he created a new server called Infamous RP, which opened on September 15.[22][23]

In September 2020, he was watching random wedding-related videos on one of his live streams; In one of these videos, a child could be seen showing his buttocks to the person who recorded the video.[24] The platform decided to suspend his Twitch account for a period of 24 minutes[25] and caused a shower of memes that he shared on his social networks. The platform did not give exact explanations of why they banned him, however some media like Dexerto or Flooxer assumed it was due to that video.[24][26] In April 2021, he participated in Marbella Vice, a server with the same theme as the roleplay created by Ibai Llanos and CooLifeGame on April 11, 2021, which was one of the most watched events on Twitch.[27]

According to the Streams Charts, Álvarez was recognized as one of the most popular Spanish-speaking streamers on Twitch.[28]

Other works

Álvarez has published several autobiographical books,[29][30] the first of which he presented at the 2016 Madrid Book Fair.[31] With Spanish YouTuber Wismichu, Álvarez performed live shows under the production company YouPlanet: the first was in 2015 at the Cervantes Theater, Málaga,[32] The second was that same year at the Teatro de la Laboral, Gijon[33] and the third was in 2016 at the Teatro Afundación, Vigo.[34]

During 2018, he conducted various interviews with different youtubers and streamers for the Flooxer brand, which belongs to Atresmedia; among them: Lolito,[35] and Ibai Llanos.[36] In 2020, for the same platform he presented the series Ritmo Cardíaco, which consisted of "making a guest nervous", its first episode with the participation of Hamza Zaidi was uploaded together on its main channel and on Flooxer on March 15, 2020.[37]

In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Álvarez donated seven thousand masks to the Institut Català de la Salut, part of the Catalan health system.[38][39] At the end of the same year, he made a live broadcast in order to raise funds for the Spanish Federation of Food Banks; the broadcast received approximately € 101,000, surpassing the original goal of € 80,000..[40][41] In December of the same year, he put a line of masks called Auron Mask on sale.[42]

Personal life

Since 2013, Raúl has been in a relationship with Spanish streamer Sara Moledo, also known by the alias Bjean and Biyín.[43][44] The couple ended their relationship in July 2015 as he mentioned in an interview,[45] and returned three months later. In February 2021, the couple announced the end of their relationship through Twitch.[46][47] In June 2021, the couple confirmed that they had resumed their relationship.[48] Álvarez currently lives in Andorra.[49][50]

Public image

GQ Spain has described Álvarez as "the precursor to the vlogger world in Spain" and "a successful youtuber in Spain in 2020".[51] In 2016, 20 minutos described Álvarez as "one of the most successful YouTubers of Spain" and "one of the most experienced figures in online video production".[52] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Álvarez on their list of the 100 best influencers in Spain of the year.[53][54] In a June 2019 Twitter correspondence, El Salvador president Nayib Bukele named Álvarez the country's "minister of YouTube" by "presidential decree".[7][55][56]

Controversies

Hashtag against Gran Hermano VIP

In 2015, he had made a video in which he criticized the third edition of the Spanish version of the program Gran Hermano VIP;[57][58][59] at the end of this video, the youtuber promoted the hashtag #GranHermanoVIH,[57] a play on words between the name of the program and the acronym for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).[59] A large number of people criticized the youtuber on social networks,[57] including the reality's official Twitter account, which responded by appealing to the way in which the influencer criticized the program and suggested give his salary to the fight against VIH.[58] He finally had to retract his words.[59] The name of the hashtag was later changed to #GHVIPesBASURA, as it became the number one trend on Twitter globally on the night of January 16, 2015.[58]

Telephone prank to logging company

Auron, together with YouTuber Wismichu, uploaded a video in 2016 in which he made several telephone jokes to different Spanish logging companies.[60][61][62] The owner of one of the companies that had received the calls (resident in Córdoba, Andalusia) denounced the YouTubers to the Spanish police, as reported by Canal Sur Televisión. He also assured that a large number of calls began to arrive, coming from their subscribers.[60][62] AuronPlay and Wismichu, for their part, defended themselves against the accusations, pointing out that their video did not show any phone number[61] and that they had not made calls to people from Córdoba, but to people from Galicia and Catalonia, and that they had permission to publish the calls they made.[60][62]

Complaint by Josep Maria Bartomeu

In 2017, due to the resignation of player Neymar from Fútbol Club Barcelona, the fans of this football club began to criticize the president of the team at that time, Josep Maria Bartomeu,[63] AuronPlay began to joke about the situation on social networks, referring to Bartomeu as "Nobita" (appealing to the physical similarity between Bartomeu and Nobita Nobi, character of Doraemon)[64] in the publications in which he made these jokes.[65]

In October 2018, he was notified of a criminal complaint made by president Bartomeu to the Spanish Police for "making comments against Fútbol Club Barcelona, the player and president."[66] The Spanish justice finally decided to reject Bartomeu's complaint[65][67] and Bartomeu subsequently decided to reconcile with AuronPlay in December 2019 at the Camp Nou.[64][68]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2021 MTV Millennial Awards Streamer of the Year Won [69]
Kids' Choice Awards Mexico Gamer MVP Won [70]
11th Streamy Awards Livestreamer Nominated [71]
ESLAND Awards Streamer of the Year Nominated [72]

Works

  • 2015: De lo peor, lo mejor: los consejos de Auron. Grupo Planeta
  • 2016: AuronPlay, el libro. Grupo Planeta
  • 2016: El juego del hater. Ediciones Martínez Roca

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "auronplay's Twitch Stats Summary Profile". Social Blade.
  3. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (2 August 2020). "Top 10 most watched streamers on Twitch in July". ESPN. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Auronplay, el 'gamberro' más simpático cumple 32 años" [Auronplay, the friendliest "hooligan", turns 32 years old]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Tosas, Gina (26 February 2015). "En Youtube no se premia la calidad" [Quality is not rewarded on Youtube]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 Siccardi, Xiana (23 February 2018). "Auronplay, el currante de un taller de imprenta al que hoy siguen más de 7 millones de personas" [Auronplay, the printing shop worker who is today followed by more than 7 million people]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 "AuronPlay y su hilarante historia como ministro de El Salvador". ABC (in Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Pastoriza, María (29 September 2019). "Reaccionando al éxito: la historia de AuronPlay en YouTube" [Reacting to success: the story of AuronPlay on YouTube]. Dexerto (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Auronplay, el 'gamberro' más simpático cumple 32 años". Marca (in Spanish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Sebastián, Víctor (24 October 2018). "AuronPlay vs. Musical.ly/TikToK: Cuando los nativos digitales no se acuerdan de sus inicios". WATmag (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. ↑ Merino, Álex (3 December 2019). "La primera vez de: Auronplay". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Auronplay sigue la estela de El Rubius y acudirá 'Al rincón' de Risto". Qué! (in Spanish). 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "El 'youtuber' Auronplay, a Risto: "Encuentro mierda en internet"" ["Youtuber" Auronplay, to Risto: "I find shit on the internet"]. El Huffington Post (in Spanish). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  14. ↑ Gonzalez, Lucia (7 October 2015). "Risto Mejide frente al 'Risto' de los youtubers" [Risto Mejide opposite the "Risto" of YouTubers]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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  19. ↑ "Los 3 españoles que brillan en el TOP10 canales de Twitch" [The 3 Spaniards that shine in the TOP10 Twitch channels]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 October 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "AuronPlay ya es el segundo streamer más seguido del mundo". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  21. ↑ Garcia, Francisco (22 November 2021). "Top 20 streamers con más seguidores en Twitch: actualizado en noviembre 2021". Dexerto. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  22. ↑ Romero, Damián (31 August 2020). "Infames RP, el nuevo server de GTA V Roleplay de AuronPlay, Perxitaa y Reborn". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  23. ↑ Daza, Álvaro García (27 August 2020). "Infames RP enseña su último tráiler anunciando nuevas profesiones". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  24. 1 2 García, Francisco (25 September 2020). "Auronplay ha sido baneado de Twitch temporalmente". Dexerto. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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  27. ↑ "¿Qué es 'Marbella Vice'?". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  28. ↑ "AMLO: One of the Spanish-speaking world's most popular streamers". Mexico News Daily. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  29. ↑ Garrido, Manu (4 July 2016). "Hablamos con AuronPlay, Dalas Review y Rush Smith sobre sus libros" [We talk with AuronPlay, Dalas Review and Rush Smith about their books]. Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  30. ↑ "Auronplay cuenta en un vídeo cómo era su vida antes de ser youtuber" [Auronplay recounts what life was like before being a YouTuber in a video]. El País (in Spanish). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  31. ↑ Llanos Martínez, Héctor (5 June 2016). "Oído en la firma de un 'youtuber' en la Feria del Libro de Madrid" [Heard at the book signing of a "YouTuber" at the Madrid Book Fair]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  32. ↑ Sotorrío, Regina (26 September 2015). "AuronPlay y Wismichu: de Youtube al escenario del Cervantes" [AuronPlay and Wismichu: from Youtube onto the stage of Cervantes]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  33. ↑ "Los "youtubers" Auronplay y Wismichu llenan el teatro de Laboral". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  34. ↑ "AuronPlay arranca risas en Vigo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  35. ↑ "Auronplay entrevista a Lolito Fernández: "Los videojuegos me ayudaron a dejar de fumar 'cigarritos de la risa'"". Neox Games (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  36. ↑ Sebastián, Víctor (2 November 2018). "AuronPlay entrevista a Ibai en Flooxer: "Podría ganar más dinero haciendo otras cosas"". WATmag (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  37. ↑ "AuronPlay "pone nervioso" a Miquel Montoro en 'Ritmo Cardiaco': "Las pilotes nunca serán lo mismo"". FlooxerNow (in Spanish). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  38. ↑ "Auron Play dona 7.000 mascarillas a los hospitales catalanes contra el coronavirus" [Auron Play donates 7,000 masks to Catalan hospitals against the coronavirus]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  39. ↑ "Simón pide ayuda a los 'influencers' ¿Son un buen modelo?¿Quiénes son los más seguidos? ¿Son responsables?" [Simón asks for help from "influencers". Are they good role models? Who has the most followers? Are they responsible?]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  40. ↑ Rodríguez, Paula (24 December 2020). "AuronPlay recauda más de 100.000 € para los bancos de alimentos españoles en un streaming solidario" [AuronPlay raises more than €100,000 for Spanish food banks in a charity stream]. Flooxer Now! (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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  43. ↑ "Auronplay y Biyin anuncian su ruptura en un directo en Twitch" [Auronplay and Biyin announce their breakup in a Twitch livestream]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  44. ↑ "Bjean, la novia de Auronplay y ¿futura streamer?" [Bjean, Auronplay's girlfriend and a future streamer?]. Flooxer Now! (in Spanish). Atresmedia. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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  47. ↑ "Así confirmaron Auronplay y Biyin su ruptura". KienyKe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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  50. ↑ del Corral, Pedro (31 January 2021). "¿Cuánto ganan Ibai Llanos, AuronPlay y El Rubius, los 'streamers' de moda?" [How much do Ibai Llanos, AuronPlay and El Rubius, the fashionable "streamers", make?]. La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  51. ↑ López, David (21 January 2021). "AuronPlay tiene las sudaderas y camisetas que definen a un hombre de éxito en 2020" [AuronPlay has the sweatshirts and t-shirts that define a successful man in 2020]. GQ España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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  53. ↑ "Los 100 mejores influencers 2020" [Top 100 Influencers 2020]. Forbes España (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  54. ↑ "María Pombo o Auronplay, la lista de Forbes con los mejores 'influencers'" [María Pombo or Auronplay, the Forbes list of the top "influencers"]. Marca (in Spanish). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  55. ↑ "Famoso youtuber habló sobre lo que piensa de "la gente de El Salvador" y los cibernautas reaccionaron" [Famous YouTuber said what he thinks about "the people of El Salvador" and netizens reacted]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  56. ↑ "El presidente de El Salvador nombra "por decreto" al español AuronPlay "ministro de Youtube"" [The president of El Salvador appoints "by degree" the Spaniard AuronPlay as "minister of Youtube"]. eldiario.es (in European Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  57. 1 2 3 Gámez, Jaime Galisteo; Babón, Carla (16 January 2015). "Auronplay saca el lado más hipócrita de Gran Hermano Vip". Blasting News (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  58. 1 2 3 Casado, D. (16 January 2015). ""Gran Hermano VIP es basura", tema del momento pese a que arrasó en audiencia" ["Gran Hermano VIP is trash", the topic of the moment despite its success with the audience]. ABC (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  59. 1 2 3 ""La resistencia" desbarra al bromear sin tacto sobre el VIH". ABC (in Spanish). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  60. 1 2 3 "Un empresario andaluz denuncia a Auronplay y Wismichu por haberle 'arruinado el negocio'" [An Andalusian businessman accuse Auronplay and Wismichu of "ruining his business"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  61. 1 2 "La broma teléfonica de Wismichu y Auronplay que está arruinando a las madereras". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  62. 1 2 3 Cantó, Pablo (2 September 2016). "Varias empresas madereras denuncian acoso telefónico tras la broma de dos youtubers" [Various lumber companies report telephone harassment after prank by two YouTubers]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  63. ↑ "Bartomeu denuncia a AuronPlay por decirle "Nobita, vamos a por ti"" [Bartomeu accuses Auronplay of telling him "Nobita, we're coming for you"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  64. 1 2 del Rio, Alex (19 December 2019). "Auronplay y Bartomeu firman la paz posando con un muñeco de Nobita" [Auronplay and Bartomeu make peace by posing with a Nobita doll]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  65. 1 2 "Josep María Bartomeu denuncia al youtuber AuronPlay por llamarle 'Nobita'". Marca (in Spanish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  66. ↑ Plunkett, Luke (5 September 2019). "YouTuber Reported To Police For Saying Powerful Soccer Executive Looks Like A Doraemon Character". Kotaku. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  67. ↑ Munday, Billy (4 September 2019). "YouTuber AuronPlay reveals how he was reported to police by Josep Maria Bartomeu". Marca English. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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  69. ↑ "Premian a lo mejor de la cultura pop en los Premios MTV MIAW" [Best of pop culture honored at MTV MIAW Awards] (in Spanish). EFE. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  70. ↑ Betancourt, Oswaldo (29 June 2021). "Kids Choice Awards México 2021 revela lista de pre nominados y cómo votar por ellos" (in Spanish). Canal 5. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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