Arkensik
Aruj Bardhan (born 11 April 2004), better known as "Arkensik", is an American YouTuber. Arkensik first registered his main account on YouTube in 2017 and built a following posting gaming-commentary videos of the Grand Theft Auto video game series. In 2020, he focused his content on the popular video game Fortnite Battle Royale. As of April 2022, he has over 4.5 million views and 25,000 subscribers on his main channel. He was recently interviewed about his successes and failures about his YouTube career.[1]
Arkensik gained popularity after his content regarding the popular account merging feature on the video game Fortnite Battle Royale surpassed over 3,000,000 views on his channel. He is best known for his commentary videos on the feature where the content creator goes over information and other news regarding the topic. In 2019, his channel was at risk after a copyright lawsuit over his most popular video. As of April 2022, his channel has seen a surplus of viewers since the lawsuit and the claims against Arkensik have been dropped.
YouTube career
Arkensik registered his first account under the name "Aruj Bardhan" in 2013. He registered his current account under the name "MinerTubeYT" in early 2017, where he uploaded videos on the video game Grand Theft Auto V from the basement of his parents' house in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. In an interview in 2021, he stated how his parents only found out about his YouTube channel after he earned his first paycheck through ad revenue from his videos.
Arkensik's rise to fame started with his most popular video originally reaching 1,000,000 views in the first 3 weeks of its initial upload date. His channel, which was already at just over 1,000 subscribers, spiked up to 9,000 subscribers after he released the video. [2] Archived 2020-06-25 at the Wayback Machine.
Personal life
Aruj Bardhan was born on 11 April 2004. His father, Jai, is from Kolkata, India and his mother, Savita, is from Kochi, India. Raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, he was educated at Spring-Ford Area School District. Arkensik is also an open supporter of the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia 76ers, and Philadelphia Union.
High school career
Aruj Bardhan attended Spring-Ford Area School District, located in Royersford, Pennsylvania. As a junior in 2021, he joined the Track and field team and participated in events like Shot put. As a senior, he participated in other events like Discus throw and Javelin throw, placing 6th place in discus throw at Spring-Ford vs Perkiomen Valley HS, held at Perkiomen Valley School District.[3].
Bardhan committed to Pennsylvania State University on April 2, 2022. He also received merit scholarships from numerous schools.
Income and wealth
In 2021, Arkensik's earnings were estimated by Statsmash as being over $20,000. In an interview on a local podcast, Arkensik confirmed he has made "a lot of money" from ad revenue and other business ventures on the internet. Later in 2021, it was confirmed that Arkensik was working at Bob Evans Restaurants in Oaks, Pennsylvania, as a front of the house Waiting staff.
Charity work
In 2020, Arkensik raised over $5,000 on an online fundraising stream for Team Trees.
References
https://splashbakery.biz/hot-topic/interview-with-arkensik-the-gamer-and-musician/ https://passionistsisters.org/epic-games-confirms-account-merging-is-coming-back-fortnite-account-merging/ https://pa.milesplit.com/venues/22712/spring-ford-hs
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