100 Fun Facts About Markiplier

What is Markiplier's real name?

Mark Edward Fischbach has said he wanted to put himself 'onto the screen 100%', so the excitable Markiplier of the videos is meant to be the real person, not a character.

In which city was Markiplier born?

Honolulu, Hawaii was only his birthplace: his father served in the US military, and Mark grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he went to school and first began making videos.

From which country did the family of Markiplier's mother flee during a war in the 1950s?

North Korea is where the family's story starts: his mother's grandmother sent her sons south during the war, and Mark travelled to the peninsula with his mother to retrace it for a 2022 documentary.

What did Markiplier study at the University of Cincinnati?

Biomedical engineering lost out to YouTube: he was two semesters from graduating when he decided the channel would grow faster if he worked on it full-time.

Which two long-time collaborators did Markiplier meet in sixth grade and freshman year of college?

Wade Barnes and Bob Muyskens, his friend since about sixth grade and his freshman-year roommate, later went on the road with him as part of his 2017 live stage show.

Which medical problem in 2012 pushed Markiplier to 'do something else' with his life?

An adrenal tumor the size of a fist was found just after an emergency appendectomy, in a spell when he had also lost his job and been thrown out by his mother; in hospital he decided to change course.

What did a 2022 earnings ranking name as the main reason Markiplier's income had nearly doubled?

Merchandise sales did it: the T-shirts, hoodies and other items sold as Unus Annus came to its end grossed $13.7 million, a windfall from a channel built to be deleted.

What was the first game Markiplier played in a Let's Play series?

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a 2010 survival-horror game, set the tone for everything after: scary indie games became the thing his channel was known for.

Why did Markiplier abandon his first YouTube channel in 2012 and start again on a second one?

An AdSense problem meant he could not earn money from his videos, so he left behind a channel that had already reached about 94,000 subscribers and rebuilt his audience from nothing.

Markiplier's main channel, started in April 2012, originally went by which name, still seen in its web address?

markiplierGAME was his second attempt at a channel, opened weeks after the first; he later shortened the name to plain Markiplier, but the old one lives on in the channel's link.

In early 2014 Markiplier moved to which city for business opportunities?

Los Angeles was where 'pretty much all the opportunities' he was getting came from, he said, and it was already home base for many of YouTube's biggest names.

After Unus Annus ended, what did Markiplier warn fans not to do with the channel's videos?

Re-upload them and you risked a takedown notice, he told viewers: the channel was built to vanish, and he and his co-host worked to keep copies off the internet.

Which late-night host did Markiplier visit in 2015 after a backlash over Let's Play jokes?

Jimmy Kimmel had joked that he could not see why anyone would watch other people play video games; after an angry backlash he had Markiplier on his show, opening with 'I come in peace'.

Which talent agency did Markiplier sign with in November 2016?

William Morris Endeavor signed him just as he was saying he wanted to push into music and acting, 'more traditional media stuff'; a live stage show followed in 2017.

What was the name of Markiplier's 2017 live tour across the US and Europe?

You're Welcome put Markiplier and four YouTube friends on stage for an interactive improv show, with the audience helping to steer each night.

In January 2018 Markiplier began making exclusive Twitch content through a deal with the digital network of which entertainment giant?

Disney had folded Maker Studios, the YouTube network he belonged to, into its Disney Digital Network, and the multi-year Twitch deal covered him and three other creators.

How many possible endings does the interactive special A Heist with Markiplier have?

Released in October 2019 as his first YouTube Original, it casts the viewer and Mark as two burglars.

Which company co-produced A Heist with Markiplier and In Space with Markiplier?

Rooster Teeth made both interactive specials with him; the second came out after YouTube had wound down its originals unit, as one of the shows it had already promised to finish.

How long did Markiplier say his daily-video channel with a co-host would run before it was deleted?

One year was the whole point, and the name said so: Unus Annus is Latin for it, and the channel posted every day for twelve months before being wiped for good.

Which YouTuber co-founded Unus Annus with Markiplier?

Ethan Nestor, known online as CrankGameplays, had already shared a stage with him on a 2017 improv tour, two years before the pair launched the channel together.

Unus Annus signed off in November 2020 with what kind of farewell?

A livestream, 12 hours long, counted the channel down to its last second; the two hosts then deleted it, more than four million subscribers and all, as they had always said they would.

Which business magazine ranked Markiplier the No. 1 influencer in gaming in 2017?

Forbes put him at the head of its gaming list just five years after he started his channel while in debt, in a year when he had lost his job and landed in hospital.

In the podcast drama The Edge of Sleep, Markiplier plays a night watchman who discovers what?

Everyone who fell asleep has died, so he and a handful of survivors have to stay awake while they hunt for the cause; the audio drama was later remade for television.

Which Crazy, Stupid, Love actor co-stars with Markiplier in the TV version of The Edge of Sleep?

Lio Tipton, credited at the time as Analeigh Tipton, was cast in 2021 alongside Eve Harlow of The 100; the finished series then waited three years for a release.

What is the name of the podcast Markiplier hosts with Barnes and Muyskens?

Distractible grew out of the long gaming livestreams the three friends used to do together, boiled down to about an hour of stories and riffing; it went straight to No. 1 in May 2021.

With which friend does Markiplier co-host a comedy podcast about sports?

Tyler Scheid brings the enthusiasm and Markiplier the ignorance on Go! My Favorite Sports Team, which the pair launched in February 2022 as a companion to the chat podcast he hosts with two other friends.

In Space with Markiplier was nominated for Outstanding Interactive Media at which awards?

The Children's and Family Emmys were holding their first ceremony, in December 2022; Markiplier went, then called the night 'extremely underwhelming' because reporters there ignored him.

Which indie horror game by David Szymanski did Markiplier adapt into a 2026 film?

Iron Lung's creator David Szymanski worked closely with him on the film, helping with the story and visiting the set, because, Markiplier said, 'it was his universe that I was playing in'.

Who co-stars with Markiplier in his 2026 horror film?

Caroline Rose Kaplan, seen in The Plot Against America, was announced as his co-star when the film was unveiled in April 2023, almost three years before it reached cinemas.

Markiplier's gory 2026 horror film prompted fans to queue at trucks parked outside cinemas to do what?

Give blood: with more fake blood on screen than any film before it, he said real donations were his 'intention', and some cinemas teamed up with donation centres to chase a world record.

Which Hollywood representation firm did Markiplier sign with in March 2023?

United Talent Agency signed him just as he had a fully filmed television series, The Edge of Sleep, ready to be offered around to broadcasters and streaming services.

Most of Markiplier's charity fundraising honors his father, who died of what in 2008?

Lung cancer took his father in 2008, so much of the money from his marathon gaming streams goes to cancer charities; he sets a target and plays on until it is met.

What was the name of the charity calendar Markiplier sold in 2018 for the Cancer Research Institute?

Tasteful Nudes was his way of marking 20 million subscribers; the calendar raised about half a million dollars, and the joke later grew into a charity OnlyFans page.

Markiplier appears in a trailer for which augmented-reality Five Nights at Freddy's mobile game?

Special Delivery sets the animatronics loose in the player's own surroundings, and in the trailer he plays a salesman for the service that sends them to your door.

Markiplier launched the clothing line Cloak in 2018 with which fellow YouTuber?

Seán McLoughlin is the Irish gamer better known as Jacksepticeye; the pair pitched Cloak as high-end athleisure made by gamers, for gamers, who they felt fashion brands ignored.

Markiplier's OnlyFans proceeds were split between the World Food Programme and which hospital?

Cincinnati Children's is his hometown hospital, long supported by his fans; the other half went to feeding people because, he joked, 'if you're going to quench your thirst' it may as well do some good.

Which challenge did Markiplier set his fans before he would launch a fundraising OnlyFans page in 2022?

Top the podcast charts with both of his shows, he said; fans managed it within about three days, faster than he expected, so he added a second task, watching his family documentary.

What happened to OnlyFans when Markiplier launched his charity page there in December 2022?

The site crashed under the rush of visitors, and he answered the outage with a short post of his own: '…really guys?'

Markiplier uploaded his first Five Nights at Freddy's video how soon after the game's release?

The August 13, 2014 video has over 127 million views, his most-watched Let's Play.

By which title is Markiplier jokingly known among fans of the Five Nights at Freddy's games?

King of FNaF is a title he gave himself, and it stuck: his 2014 playthrough was the first sight of the game for millions, and he has played every entry since.

Why did Markiplier turn down an appearance in the 2023 Five Nights at Freddy's film?

A clash with his own shoot ruled him out, a twist given that in 2020 he had talked of badly wanting a serious role in the adaptation.

Which of these YouTube collaborators became Markiplier's video editor?

LixianTV explained how he got the job in a video of his own, 'How I became Markiplier's Editor'; the two had first worked together as fellow YouTubers.

Markiplier's older brother Tom created which long-running webcomic?

Twokinds has been running since 2003, which put Mark's older brother, a digital artist, online more than eight years before Mark posted his first video.

Whom did Markiplier marry on September 20, 2025?

Amy Nelson had been his partner for ten years; the couple kept the wedding quiet and shared the photos only a couple of weeks later, captioned '10 years and counting'.

Markiplier's golden retriever shares her name with which Five Nights at Freddy's animatronic?

Chica the dog is a golden retriever; the Chica of the games is one of the homicidal animatronics that stalk a night security guard around a pizzeria.

Markiplier ranked third among YouTube's 2021 top earners; who came first?

MrBeast topped the list with a record $54 million for 2021; Markiplier's $38 million would have been enough to place him among the world's hundred highest-paid celebrities.

Markiplier took a hiatus in June 2018 to mourn which relative?

His step-niece Miranda Cracraft, 19, had died in a car accident; the fundraiser he set up for her funeral had a $15,000 goal, and fans gave almost $75,000 within two days.

Cyndago, whose members shared a house with Markiplier in 2015, was Matt Watson and which two friends?

Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee had moved across the country from South Carolina after Markiplier took their comedy group under his wing; Cyndago came to an end when Kyre died in September 2015.

As of August 2026, roughly how many subscribers does the Markiplier channel have?

39 million, near enough: the channel stood at just over 38.8 million that month, having reached 20 million in March 2018, a milestone he marked with a charity calendar.

Which QCode label, launched with The Edge of Sleep, later produced Markiplier's chat podcast?

Wood Elf was set up to pair online creators with scripted audio, which is how a gaming YouTuber came to star in its first release, a thriller; his chat podcast with two old friends followed.

Markiplier's 2026 horror film out-earned a documentary about which public figure on its opening weekend?

Melania Trump's documentary took around $7 million that weekend, well behind the takings of Markiplier's self-financed film.

What do viewers do with Markiplier in his 2017 interactive video, the forerunner of his later YouTube Original specials?

Go on a date is the whole premise: released on Valentine's Day, the video lets viewers steer the evening toward one of ten endings.

Which animals does Markiplier voice in a deep-voiced comedy video that has drawn more than 365 million views?

Cats star in MEOW, where a filter puts Markiplier's mouth on their faces as he narrates. The dog and cow versions, WOOF and MOO, each passed 100 million views too.

Which hit 2015 indie game did Markiplier stop playing partway through, saying fan demands had spoiled his fun?

Undertale divided its own fans over the correct way to play, and Markiplier shelved his first playthrough rather than keep fielding their instructions.

Which Latin phrase was the motto of Unus Annus, the channel where Markiplier posted a new video every day?

Memento mori, 'remember, you will die', fit a channel themed around the inevitability of death, one that finally erased itself and left nothing to rewatch.

Whose show did Markiplier's new podcast with two longtime friends knock off the top of Spotify's US chart in 2021?

Joe Rogan's Spotify-exclusive show was overtaken within days of the first episode, even though only about 58% of Markiplier's audience used Spotify.

Markiplier's 2026 horror film claimed the record for most fake blood, a mark previously held by which 2013 horror film?

Evil Dead earned its bloody reputation with a climactic downpour of fake blood, but Markiplier worked out that his own film went through roughly 80,000 gallons.

Which Hollywood comedy star and his son Sammy joined Markiplier in 2015 to play Five Nights at Freddy's 4?

Jack Black was promoting his family horror film Goosebumps, which made a jump-scare game with Markiplier a fitting stop on the press tour.

By what affectionate nickname do Markiplier's fans know his mother, Sunok Frank, who has appeared in his videos?

Momiplier has painted her son's nails on camera and even joined him to play horror games.

Which hit social deduction game's meeting screen turns up in the interactive sci-fi special In Space with Markiplier?

Among Us lends the special its Emergency Meeting screen, and the game's ejection animation was likewise referenced in a trailer for the cartoon Snoopy in Space.

Which Twitch streamer joined Markiplier's clothing brand Cloak in 2020 as a partner and its creative director?

Pokimane, whose real name is Imane Anys, came aboard two years after the gamer-focused label launched in October 2018.

Markiplier was affiliated with Revelmode, a creator network launched in 2016 by which fellow YouTube megastar?

PewDiePie set up Revelmode to make original series, games and charity projects with gaming creators, and Markiplier joined its holiday fundraising stream that December.

Markiplier appeared in a supporting role in a 2015 feature film named after which YouTube comedy channel?

Smosh: The Movie packed its supporting cast with online stars, and Markiplier shared the bill with Jenna Marbles and Grace Helbig.

In Markiplier's 2026 horror film, what kind of vessel must his convict character pilot through an ocean of blood?

A submarine with its porthole sealed shut leaves him steering blind, able to see outside only through still images taken by a crude camera.

What kind of building do Markiplier and the viewer break into at the start of A Heist with Markiplier?

A museum vault holds the ancient box they are after, and grabbing it trips the alarm that sends the story down its many branches.

In the interactive special In Space with Markiplier, which role does the viewer play aboard the doomed starship?

The captain makes every decision while Markiplier plays the head engineer, the man who designed the vessel and gives the opening tour.

In a memorable Unus Annus video, Markiplier and his co-host tested whether a chicken could be cooked using only what?

Slaps were counted to see how many it would take, one of many stunts on a channel that also tried lighting an indoor fire to make s'mores.

On the channel Unus Annus, Markiplier and his co-host wore suits in which pair of colors?

Black and white marked the two personas they played: the co-host wore black as Unus, while Markiplier wore white as Annus.

At Milford High School in Ohio, the shy teenage Markiplier was best known for belonging to which school group?

The marching band was about the only thing classmates knew him for, he has said, recalling a shy kid with a very small group of friends.

Markiplier was among the streamers paired with celebrities for a 2018 charity Pro-Am at E3 in which game?

Fortnite's maker Epic Games matched 50 streamers with 50 celebrities for the event, with the prize money donated to the players' chosen charities.

Which late-night host had Markiplier on his NBC show as a guest in November 2019?

Seth Meyers had him on Late Night in the same episode as actor Taron Egerton, one of the bookings that carried Markiplier beyond internet fame.

Markiplier revealed in 2026 that he had bought an 8.5 percent stake in which struggling camera maker?

GoPro's new backer says he loves using its cameras and thought the company undervalued; the purchase was reported to make him its largest single shareholder.

How did Markiplier's fans help his self-released 2026 horror film grow beyond its planned 60 independent theaters?

Asking local cinemas to book it worked so well that the Cinemark, AMC and Regal chains signed on, and the film opened in more than 4,000 theaters worldwide.

Where did Markiplier print the DVDs and Blu-rays of his 2026 horror film instead of hiring a manufacturer?

In his own home is where the discs were made, and he kept the same grip online: YouTube let him act as his own aggregator for the digital release.

Which prolific video game voice actor plays David in Markiplier's 2026 horror film?

Troy Baker heads a supporting cast that also includes extra voices from the streamer Valkyrae and the actor Rahul Kohli.

What is the first name of the convict Markiplier plays in his 2026 horror film, jailed for destroying a space station?

Simon is promised his freedom in exchange for completing the mission, though he soon learns he is not the first pilot to be sent down.

In Markiplier's 2026 horror film, what name is given to the event that made the stars and habitable planets vanish?

The Quiet Rapture spared only the few people who happened to be aboard space stations and starships, leaving nothing but lifeless planets behind.

In one storyline of A Heist with Markiplier, the stolen ancient box is revealed to be the world's oldest what?

Picnic basket it is, and the viewer must then choose between the two ancient sandwiches packed inside: peanut butter and jelly, or tuna.

Which Texas city hosted filming for A Heist with Markiplier, its space sequel and Markiplier's 2026 horror film?

Austin was already hosting the horror shoot when the film was announced in April 2023, and Markiplier declared filming complete just eight days later.

During a 2019 livestream of A Heist with Markiplier, YouTube banned hundreds of fans' accounts for spamming what?

Paddle emotes, one red and one green, were how paying members voted on each choice, so eager voters were treated as spammers until the accounts were reinstated.

Which YouTuber joins Matthew Patrick and Chance Morris in the main cast of A Heist with Markiplier?

Rosanna Pansino, known for hosting the baking series Nerdy Nummies, was one of three internet personalities given major roles in the special.

Which charity received $422,000 from a 2017 Markiplier livestream built around tabletop games like Jenga?

Save the Children saw fans blow past the stream's initial $200,000 goal, at an event Markiplier had billed as bigger than anything his channel had done before.

What is the name of the spaceship that suffers a multiverse-warping crisis in In Space with Markiplier?

Invincible II is a sequel in its own right: the best ending has the viewer waking aboard the original Invincible, now working as it should.

In the cartoon Villainous, Markiplier voices a lab-made creature with a flower on its head that resembles which animal?

A bear, and an immortal one: the flower sprouting from its head wilts and grows with the character's emotions and closes when it falls asleep.

On which streaming service did the TV version of The Edge of Sleep, starring Markiplier, first appear in October 2024?

Prime Video carried it only after every broadcaster and streamer approached had passed, yet the six-part series still broke into the service's Top 10.

Markiplier plays a member of the title gang in the music video Cool Patrol, a song by which comedy band?

Ninja Sex Party stocked the video with fellow YouTubers, and Markiplier also made a silent cameo as a news reporter in the band's video for 6969.

Which long-running British gaming ceremony named Markiplier its Best Streamer/Broadcaster in 2017?

Golden Joystick Awards have been handed out since 1983, which makes them the longest-running video game awards decided by the public.

Which online video ceremony named Markiplier its top Gamer in 2022 and honored In Space with Markiplier too?

Streamy Awards voters gave him the Gamer prize and the Scripted Series award on the same night, the latter for his interactive space comedy.

Markiplier gave to a 2020 legal fund defending which collaborative horror-fiction site from a Russian trademark claim?

SCP Foundation supporters raised $140,000 against an initial goal of $50,000, and in 2021 Russia's competition regulator ruled against the man who had filed the trademark.

Before gaming took over, what did Markiplier first intend his channel to feature, with himself playing every character?

Comedy sketches were the plan, along with action videos, but he began recording himself playing games just as that trend was taking off.

The first part of In Space with Markiplier was released in April 2022 on which milestone day for his channel?

Its 10th anniversary doubled as the premiere date, with the concluding second part held back until four weeks later.

Which 2023 Hollywood walkout delayed Markiplier's self-financed horror film, since he belongs to the union involved?

The SAG-AFTRA strike paused the project after Markiplier revealed in July 2023 that he was a member of the actors' union, even on a film he was paying for himself.

What does the Markiplier mode cheat do in the game he later turned into a film?

The cheat covers textures with his face, and a second code in the same game switches on a rave mode with colorful lights.

Which video game composer wrote his first film soundtrack for Markiplier's 2026 horror film?

Andrew Hulshult was first named in a joke tweet by the game's creator about a made-up film version, two months before the real one was announced.

The debut episode of the podcast Markiplier hosts with two longtime friends was devoted to which everyday topic?

Hair was picked, Markiplier explained, to prove that the topic itself hardly matters; what counts is where the three of them take it.

Markiplier was a special guest star in 2018 on which comedian's short-lived weekly Netflix show?

Joel McHale's weekly show premiered that February and was canceled in August, a month after the episode featuring Markiplier and Lou Diamond Phillips.

What is the first name of the night security guard Markiplier plays in both versions of The Edge of Sleep?

Dave Torres has suffered night terrors and hallucinations since childhood, the result of a sleep disorder called parasomnia.

Markiplier celebrated his eight millionth subscriber from a helicopter over which city, as part of a resort campaign?

Las Vegas was the backdrop because the flight doubled as a campaign for the Bellagio, one of the occasional brand deals he took when they suited his fans.

Markiplier's 2026 horror film earned a Best First Feature nomination at the Chainsaw Awards of which horror magazine?

Fangoria put him on a first-feature shortlist that also included Kane Parsons for Backrooms and Bryan Fuller for Dust Bunny.

Which musical group's Songify remix of Markiplier became the song Space Is Cool, with more than 30 million views?

The Gregory Brothers, who post as Schmoyoho, specialize in auto-tuning recorded speech into songs, and they have given Markiplier two such remixes.