Full name: Rubén Doblas Gundersen | Education: 3D modeling and animation, University of Madrid |
Date of birth: February 13, 1990 | Height: 5′ 8″ / 173cm |
Place of birth: Malaga, Spain | Weight: 165lb / 75 kg |
Current residence: Florida, United States | Estimated net worth: $7 million |
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Who Is Rubius?
About, History, and Net Worth
Rubius is a popular Spanish Norwegian youtube personality with immense popularity worldwide for his uniqueness.
If you want to find out more about his personal life, career, and how much money he can earn, then this is the place for you.
What Is Rubius Net Worth?
Rubius is a viral Youtube star from Spain who has gained a large following across social media platforms and made a brand out of himself.
Rubius net worth is estimated to be around 7 million dollars, and he can earn money through his Twitch channel, Youtube channels, and different sponsorships.
El Rubius has several sources of income, but this brings him the most money.
Twitch channel
El Rubius has 11.5 million subscribers on Twitch, making him the third most followed streamer on this platform.
His channel has more than 240 million views, and it is estimated he earned up to 8 million dollars from Twitch only during his career.
People enjoy his Fortnite stream, and he has excellent takes on different things, which makes people enjoy his talks.
He also introduced a special subscription button that allows viewers to get even more content for 5 dollars.
Youtube channel
El Rubius started his online career first on a Youtube channel, and he is still loyal to this platform and even has two channels for separate videos.
On his main channel, called ElrubiusOMG, he has more than 40 million subscribers, and this channel earns him around 2 million dollars per year which makes him one of the richest people on Youtube.
However, he also has another channel called Rubius Z with 11 million subscribers, and this is the place where he uploads things from his daily life or something we have already seen on Twitch, but this channel is also able to earn him around a million dollars per year.
Although his first channel was the most subscribed youtube channel in Spanish, once he gained worldwide fame, he started uploading mixed videos or adding Spanish subtitles to them.
Merch
Just like most other popular streamers, El Rubius also has his merch brand, and since he has a massive audience, he was able to sell out all of his products almost immediately.
El Rubius created hoodies and T-shirts, and he launches a new collection every few months, so his merch can earn him around 100 000 dollars per year.
Brand deals
Just like every Youtube star, El Rubio also has a large number of brand deals, and you have seen him promote different things during his Youtube career.
However, there are a few brands he works with on a regular basis, and Ubisoft Spain is probably his biggest sponsor which has been there from the beginning of his career.
He also works with Fanta, Sony Pictures and is an ambassador of Amazon Prime.
How Did El Rubius Start Streaming?
Rubén Doblas Gundersen, better known for his online alias El Rubius is from Spain, and he gained worldwide fame through his gaming videos and sketches.
He is very down-to-earth and relatable, so people were attracted to him naturally and allowed him to grow a huge platform.
A few years ago, his channel was the most subscribed Spanish-language channel, and since then, he has managed to grow his following to more than 40 million subscribers.
Although he is one of the Twitch streamers that have become popular for their exquisite gaming performances, he also likes sharing his life story and the problems he has experienced in life.
He had loved games since he was a small kid, and they were a way for him to escape reality; once he saw other people doing it, he decided to create his own Youtube channel in 2007.
In 2011, his channel took off, and he became one of the most popular YouTubers in the world, mainly because of his Skyrim series.
He decided to start creating even more videos, which led to his channel growing drastically, and he was the first Spanish creator to gain 10 million followers.
In 2016, El Rubius became the first guy to win the Youtuber of the year award at the awards organized in Palma de Mallorca.
A year later, he created a Twitch subscribed channel and started paying more attention to this platform which has helped him gain even more followers.
El Rubius’s net worth has grown drastically throughout the years, and he was able to become one of the most popular people on the internet.
What Is Rubius Like In Private Life?
El Rubius comes from a town called Malaga in Spain, and he was born to a Norwegian mother and a Spanish father.
Since their marriage didn’t last long, he moved with his mother to Bergen when he was 4 years old, but once her mother met her second husband, who was also Spanish, they decided to return to this country.
This is the reason why Ruben frequently says he is speaking Spanish but with a Bergen dialect.
He is very friendly, and since he frequently flies to Bergen, he likes to immerse in different cultures and finds it easy to make friends everywhere in the world.
From that moment on, he lived in Spain, and he realized he had a huge love for video games and comic books.
For that reason, he studied animation and 3D modeling in Madrid, and it is also the reason why he understands the gaming industry so well.
Once he realized he could make a living out of playing games, he was 100% sure that was the right career for him, and he started streaming and playing different games, but also writing his interactive book with a playable character.
He claims his career is one of the best things that has happened to him, and it led him to plenty of amazing things and people, including his best friend Miguel angel, who he has met online too.
Ruben has been in a relationship with a model Irina Isaia for 6 years.