Sapnap (YouTuber)
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| Born | Nicholas (Nick) March 1, 2001 Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber, Twitch streamer | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | sapnap | |||||||||||||||||
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| Also known as | Sapnap, PandasCanPVP | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2019-present | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Gaming | |||||||||||||||||
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| Contents are in | English | |||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Armstrong (born 1 March 2001), better known online as Sapnap or Nick, is an American internet personality, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his Minecraft-related videos and livestreams, including various Minecraft challenge videos and collaborations with the Dream Team (a group including himself, Dream and GeorgeNotFound).[1][2] As of August 2023, Armstrong's three YouTube channels have collectively reached over 5.6 million subscribers[lower-alpha 4] and over 160.7 million views.[lower-alpha 5]
Career[edit]
YouTube career[edit]
He uploaded his first video on the October 29, 2019. He is best known for his collaborations with YouTubers Dream, GeorgeNotFound and BadBoyHalo.[1][6] Armstrong typically uploads videos consisting of him playing Minecraft, although has branched out into other categories. An example includes Armstrong "stealing" MrBeast's Tesla, later being warned to return it.[7][8]
He has regularly participated in videos uploaded by Dream such as in the Minecraft Manhunt series and other challenge videos.[1] His most notable video is "Minecraft, But We Are All Colorblind", which sits at over 24 million views and was his first YouTube video to achieve 10 million views.[1] In early 2020, Armstrong joined the Dream SMP, a roleplay-focused Minecraft server run by eponymous YouTuber Dream.
Armstrong was apart of Dream's face reveal and the subsequent photos of the Dream Team together after much anticipation.[9] Additionally, on June 9, 2023, he was involved in a Dream video announcing the reversal of his face reveal, which Dream said "after face revealing and removing [his] mask, [he] regretted the attention and hate, and [is] walking it back."[10]
Twitch career[edit]
Armstrong streams Minecraft on his "Sapnap" Twitch account. He plays a variety of other games n his other Twitch account, "sapnaplive", including Valorant and Chess. Additionally, he has played in several PogChamps, an online chess tournament.[11][12] He regularly engages in NRG Valorant competitions.
He started streaming on Twitch in February 2020 and uploads entire livestreams onto the SapnapVods YouTube channel.[1] Similarly, the SapnapLIVE channel curates shortened videos from within his live content.
Joining NRG Esports[edit]
On October 28, 2022, Armstrong joined NRG Esports, regarded by Forbes as one of the "Most Valuable Esports Companies of 2022", as a content creator and co-owner.[13][14] He is a co-owner alongside Mark Mastrov and Andy Miller.[15] NRG teased Armstrong's eventual announcement, saying the company had “one of the biggest creator announcements ever.”[16]
Move to Kick[edit]
Armstrong left Twitch to join Kick (service) in an announcement on August 09, 2023, sparking various reactions from fellow content creators and fans.[17][18] In the announcement video, Sapnap was in his streaming room where his LED light, which had a Twitch logo next to his name, kept falling over. He then decides to throw out the light and install a new one, which had the Kick logo next to his name.[19]
Content creator Tubbo was a notable critic and highlighted controversies with the Kick platform.[20][21] In a statement through his private Twitter account, Armstrong revealed that it is a "non exclusive deal" and that "I am still going to be streaming on Twitch".[22] Similarly, fans expressed concern over audience fragmentation and ethics.[23] Others praised Armstrong for the endeavor, such as Dream and Kick themselves.[24][25] LazarBeam also congratulated Armstrong on the deal.[26]
Podcast[edit]
Armstrong co-hosts a podcast with Karl Jacobs and GeorgeNotFound, briefly reaching No. 1 on Spotify in America in 2021.[27][28] His podcast has featured a variety of guests including content creators like Valkyrae and Hasan Piker, television stars like Josh Peck and Joe Gatto, and content stars like MrBeast and Mark Cuban.[29] The podcast was featured on-stage at Vidcon 2023.[30]
Achievements and Tournaments[edit]
Armstrong won the $100,000 Squid Craft 2 tournament, a Minecraft competition of 200 content creators competing in a series of mini-games in a similar style to Squid Game.[31][32] The previous 2022 Squid Craft tournament attracted a peak of 2.2 million viewers and was exclusively for Spanish content creators in which he did not participate.[33]
Personal life[edit]
Nicholas Armstrong was born on the 1 March 2001 and is from Houston, Texas.[34][1] He was going to college for computer science before dropping out.[35] His ethnicity includes half Greek.[1][36] His step-mother is Filipino.[37][1] He currently lives with Dream and GeorgeNotFound in Florida.[38][unreliable source?]
Filmography[edit]
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
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| 2023 | "Until I End Up Dead" | Dream | Extra | [39] |
| "Everest" | DreamYung Gravy | Himself | [40] |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
4.68 million (Sapnap)
0.855 million (SapnapLIVE)
0.0941 million (SapnapVods) - ↑ Views, broken down by channel:
133.35 million (Sapnap)
27.02 million (SapnapLIVE)
0.372 million (SapnapVods) - ↑ Followers, broken down by channel:
- 3.3 million (Sapnap)
- 1.4 million (sapnaplive)
- ↑ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
- ↑ Views, broken down by channel:
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Selway, Jake (20 March 2020). "Sapnap Grows In Massive Popularity Following Recently Released Videos". Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ Stachurski, Sophie (February 28, 2021). "The Great Revival: The Rise of Minecraft YouTube". The Georgetown Voice. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sapnap's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sapnap LIVE's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sapnap VODs's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ Krishnamurthy, Chaitra (March 5, 2022). "GeorgeNotFound and Sapnap's Instagram photoshoot sends fans into a tizzy". HITC. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Ghoshal, Shivaditya (December 23, 2022). ""I'll Call The Cops" - MrBeast Warns Sapnap To Return His Tesla, As The Minecraft YouTuber Steals It Along With..." EssentiallySports. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ I Stole MrBeast's Tesla, retrieved August 12, 2023
- ↑ Dupre, Elyse (October 3, 2022). "Minecraft YouTuber Dream Reveals His Face for the First Time". Yahoo Entertainment. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Tolentino, Daysia (June 12, 2023). "Minecraft content creator Dream, who was previously anonymous, deletes face reveal". NBC News. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Pinhata, Pedro (July 31, 2023). "Better Than 'Hikiru,' Tyler1 Wins Alongside Squeex, Sapnap, Jarvis". Chess.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Michael, Cale (July 27, 2021). "Ludwig, Mr. Beast, Rubius, and IAmCristinini headline PogChamps 4's $100,000 lineup". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Eudaly, Zack (October 29, 2022). "Sapnap officially joins NRG as co-owner". Sportskeeda. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Knight, Brett (May 6, 2022). "The Most Valuable Esports Companies 2022". Forbes. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Fairfax, Zackerie (October 29, 2022). "Minecraft YouTuber Sapnap joins NRG as content creator & co-owner". Dexerto. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Polhamus, Blaine (October 28, 2022). "Sapnap joins NRG as co-owner and content creator". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Horetski, Dylan (August 9, 2023). "Sapnap moves to Kick from Twitch despite having 3 million followers". Dexerto. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Tubbo & Ranboo put Sapnap on blast for taking Kick deal". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ↑ Arias, Jackie (August 10, 2023). "Sapnap is Moving to Kick". Game Rant. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Shrivastava, Aarnesh (August 10, 2023). "Tubbo blasts Sapnap for joining Kick". Sportskeeda. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Koca, Elif (August 10, 2023). "Tubbo Lashes Out At Sapnap For Bringing His Young & Vulnerable…". EarlyGame. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Armstrong, Nicholas (Sapnap) (August 9, 2023). "Sapnap Kick". Pastebin. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Santlani, Suraj (August 9, 2023). "Twitch streamer Sapnap moving to Kick | Why do fans think it's a bad idea?". Spiel Times. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ McDougall, Frank (2023-08-10). "Minecraft Content Creators Criticize Sapnap's Move to Kick Platform". Game Is Hard. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ↑ Clark, Candice (2023-08-09). "Sapnap Joins Livestreaming Platform Kick, Twitter Reacts". Fagen Wasanni Technologies. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ↑ Shrivastava, Aarnesh (August 9, 2023). "Minecraft icon Sapnap shocks the online community by signing with Kick, Dream, Punz, and more react". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Nolan, Emma (September 30, 2021). "Joe Rogan dethroned on Spotify chart by new gaming podcast with Sapnap and Karl Jacobs". Newsweek. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Hale, James (October 4, 2021). "Karl Jacobs And Sapnap's New Podcast Knocked 'The Joe Rogan Experience' Out Of First Place On Spotify". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Fay, Kacee (November 21, 2022). "Who is Sapnap? Everything to know about the NRG co-owner and Minecraft star". Dotesports. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Karl Jacobs, Sapnap, and GeorgeNotFound are going live at VidCon 2023". Tubefilter. February 17, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Richik (March 5, 2023). "Sapnap wins $100,000 Squid Craft 2 tournament". Sportskeeda. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Iyer, Ravi (March 6, 2023). "Squid Craft 2 viewership recap — records, popular streamers, shared audience with esports". Streamscharts. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Sapnap triumphs over 200 participants in Squid Craft 2 tournament". JustGamers. March 6, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ↑ Sapnap [@sapnap] (April 13, 2020). "Texas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Richman, Olivia (2022-04-18). "Who is Sapnap, the Minecraft streamer and musician?". WIN.gg. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ↑ Sapnap [@sapnap] (February 27, 2020). "I really really like Mediterranean food but maybe that's because I'm half Greek" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Sapnap [@sapnapalt]. "My stepmom is full Filipino !" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Missing or empty |date= (help)
- ↑ David, Anmol. ""Bunch a besties": Minecraft star Dream shares his roommate experience with GeorgeNotFound and Sapnap". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ↑ Dream: Until I End Up Dead (Music), June 23, 2023, retrieved August 12, 2023
- ↑ Dream, Yung Gravy - Everest (Official Music Video), retrieved August 12, 2023
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