Jessica Bravura (born October 16, 1989), known online as Aphmau, is an American

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mainly known for her content related to ''

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'' (2011). She primarily publishes family-friendly role-playing and story-telling content, with some of her videos being part of long-running series. As of 2025, she is one of the most popular ''Minecraft'' YouTubers, with over 23 million subscribers and 25.7 billion views.

Career

Bravura started creating ''

'' content for

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in 2012. She primarily publishes family-friendly role-playing and story-telling content, with her videos varying in style; some of her videos are part of long-running series. She also uploads

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gameplay videos. Bravura's popularity on YouTube initially started slow, though began to substantially increase starting around 2020 and 2021. In July of that year, Bravura appeared on

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's weekly top creators chart for the first time, with an estimated 61.8 million views that week. When she appeared on the chart again in March 2021, her weekly views were 131.2 million. In July 2019, Bravura created a production company for her videos, Catface, which is based in

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. The company also manages Bravura's merchandise line, MeeMeows, which manufactures plush toys of her ''Minecraft'' avatar, as well as clothing and accessories. In June 2021, Bravura signed a deal with talent-management company

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, who at the time also represented popular creators like

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and

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. At the time, it was estimated Bravura's channel was receiving over 500 million views per month. In December of that year when ''Minecraft''-related content on YouTube reached over one trillion total views, it was reported that Bravura's content made up more views than any other ''Minecraft'' YouTuber. At the time, her ''Minecraft'' videos had over 3.17 billion views combined. She has been noted as an example of ''Minecraft'' being particularly welcoming for female content creators on YouTube. By July 2024, Bravura's channel had over 21 million subscribers, becoming one of the most popular ''Minecraft'' content creators.

Filmography

Accolades

Personal life

Bravura was born on October 16, 1989, in

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. She and her husband, Jason, have four kids.

References

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