Ranboo (born November 2, 2003) is an American

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and

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primarily known for their ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

'' content. They gained popularity after their inclusion in the

Dream SMP The Dream SMP (sometimes referred to as DSMP; formerly as the Dream Team SMP) was an invite-only survival multiplayer (SMP) ''Minecraft'' Minecraft server, server. YouTubers Dream (YouTuber), Dream and GeorgeNotFound created a roleplay with ''Mi ...

and competing in

MC Championship MC Championship (MCC) is a ''Minecraft'' tournament organised by YouTuber Scott Major (known online as Smajor1995 or Dangthatsalongname) and ''Minecraft'' collective Noxcrew. Ten teams of four compete in a series of ''Minecraft'' minigames. The ...

. As of September 2024, they have 4.4 million followers and over 100 thousand subscribers on Twitch, making them the 57th most-followed Twitch streamer overall and the 12th most-subscribed Twitch streamer overall.

Career

YouTube

Ranboo created their account on January 30, 2020. They uploaded their first video on August 13, 2020 titled 'I decided to play skywars, it was a nightmare'. They upload a wide range of videos, with their most popular videos being

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Livestreaming

Ranboo reportedly began livestreaming a month after their first video went public and gained following after fellow streamer Punz raided their streams with over 5,000 viewers. Ranboo streams a variety of games, including real life streams. Ranboo joined the

after planning to run for president of L'Manberg despite not being on the server. They gained recognition from the owner of the server,

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, and received an invite to the SMP.

Misfits Gaming

In 2022, Ranboo joined

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as part of its content creator section. On February 8, 2024, Ranboo announced they were no longer with Misfits Gaming.

Other ventures

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comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

ARG created by Ranboo in 2023. It was livestreamed on Twitch and has almost four hours of content to be watched. The series later was nominated at the

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The Sorry Boys

In 2023, Ranboo, along with fellow Twitch streamers and YouTubers

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, Slimecicle, and

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, started a new comedy group YouTube channel called The Sorry Boys. The channel mainly posted sketch comedy group vlog content. The group officially went on an indefinite hiatus in March 2024 due to fellow content creator, Shubble, alleging abuse and other questionable behaviours by Wilbur Soot towards her during their relationship. In 2025, Ranboo had a cameo in the Game Changer episode "Crowd Control". In the episode, contestants

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and Josh Johnson did crowd work with audience members wearing shirts with prompts on them. Ultimately, they were never called on at any point.

Personal life

Ranboo was born on November 2, 2003, in the

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, California. Ranboo has stated their sexuality is unlabeled, but they also accept being described as

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

. Ranboo uses they/them pronouns. Ranboo wears a mask to cover their identity.

Charity

On February 20, 2021, Ranboo hosted a

subathon On March 14, 2021, American Online streamer, livestreamer Ludwig Ahgren began continuously livestreaming on Twitch (service), Twitch. The livestream ended on April 13, 2021, after 31 days. A subathon is a type of Live streaming, livestream in ...

for

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. They reportedly raised over $100,000. In June 2022, Ranboo participated in a ''Minecraft'' charity tournament held by

called ''MCC Pride'' with several other online creators. The event managed to raise over $145,000 for

Awards and nominations

References

{{Reflist Living people American gaming YouTubers Minecraft YouTubers American Twitch (service) streamers YouTube channels launched in 2020 2003 births YouTubers from California