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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Alvarado.
Fernanfloo
Fernanfloo in 2022
Personal information
Born
Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado

(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 31)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known asFernanfloo
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genre(s)Let's Play
Comedy
Vlog
Animation
Subscribers47.4 million[1]
(1 June 2024)
Total views10.59 billion[1]
(1 June 2024)
Associated actsBambielR4
TheGrefg
iTownGamePlay
LuzuGames
Whatdafaqshow
BersGamer
Super Juan Z
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2015
10,000,000 subscribers2016
Twitch information
Channel
Followers3.4 million
Last updated: 7 June 2024 IMJ

Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado (born 7 July 1993), better known as Fernanfloo, is a Salvadoran gaming and comedy YouTuber. He has uploaded more than 544 videos, with over 10 billion total views. His channel has 47.6 million subscribers.[2] As of July 2023, his channel is the 48th-most-subscribed channel on YouTube, and the fourth most-subscribed Spanish-speaking channel behind El Reino Infantil, Badabun and JuegaGerman.[3] He is currently the most subscribed channel in El Salvador and Central America.[4]

Career

On 2 May 2011, he created his YouTube channel "Fernanfloo",[5] whose name is a combination of his names Fernando Flores.[6] At just 18 years of age, Fernanfloo began his YouTube career uploading video tutorials as well as short clips of action scenes with special effects. His first video was "Nightmare – Short Action Scene". Later on, he switched his content to gameplays of video games such as Call of Duty, God of War III and Mortal Kombat, gaining notoriety in the Spanish-speaking youtube scene.[citation needed]

In 2016 nose, Fernanfloo in partnership with BBTV launched an app titled The Fernanfloo Game,[7] which received 2.3 million downloads within its first week of release,[8] and it was positioned as number 1 in 17 countries within 24 hours.[9] In 2016 he was nominated for the MTV Millennial Awards, in the category of "Digital Icon of the Year".[10] In 2017 he was again nominated for the MTV Millennial Awards, in the "Miaw icon of the Year" and "Celebrity Challenge" categories.[11]

In 2017, Fernanfloo participated in the Ecuadorian film Dedicada a mi Ex, briefly playing as a waiter.[12] This film was released on 8 November 2019 in Ecuador and later was available on Netflix.[13][12] In August 2017, he announced the publication of his first book, a graphic novel titled Curly está en peligro.[14][15]

After a four-month hiatus, he uploaded a video entitled "Se Acabó" ("It's Over"), in which he stated that: "Things are really going to change. You will not see many videos as there have been during these seven years that you they have accompanied me throughout this journey".[16] Fernanfloo opted to create a Twitch channel to stream games, primarily Fortnite.[17] In May of the same year, he created another YouTube channel called "Fernan", which contains clips from his Twitch streams.[18]

Fernanfloo hosting Whatdafaqshow in January 2022

In January 2019, he announced his collaboration with game developer Capcom to have himself on the Resident Evil 2 remake, in a video titled "Soy un Zombie" (I'm a Zombie), Fernan relates that he went to Japan to have makeup done and his movements captured to be one of the many zombies in the game, later in that same video a trailer appears promoting the 1-Shot Demo.[19] In 2020 the developer BBTV announced the release of Fernanfloo Party,[9] game that was available at the end of the same year on iOS and Android.[20]

On 16 September 2021, the YouTuber Bambiel, known for his song titled "El Rap de Fernanfloo" ("Fernanfloo Rap"),[21] he collaborated with Fernanfloo for a rap song entirely dedicated to the haters. The music video accumulated more than 4 million visits and became number 2 in trends,[22] later on 24 September 2021, accumulated 10 million visits.[23] In January 2022, he appeared in a collaboration as host of Peruvian YouTuber Mox's "Whatdafaqshow" channel.[24][25][26]

Personal life

Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado[27][28][29] was born on 7 July 1993[30] in San Salvador,[31] El Salvador.[32] Fernanfloo has identified himself as agnostic.[33]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2015 MTV Millennial Awards Master Gamer Himself Nominated [34]
2016 Digital Icon of the Year Nominated [35]
Master Gamer Nominated
2017 MIAW Icon of the Year Nominated [36]
Celebrity Challenge Nominated
2019 Streamer of the Year Nominated [37]
2018 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Gamer Nominated [38]
Fans Choice Awards Editorial Won [39]
Influencers Nominated [40]
2021 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Gamer MVP Nominated [41]
ESLAND Awards Song of the Year "Para los haters" (with Bambiel) Nominated [42]
Best Trajectory Himself Won
2022 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Coolest Gamer Pending [43]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About Fernanfloo". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Fernanfloo YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics". SocialBlade.com. Social Blade. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Subscribers – Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". SocialBlade.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Top 250 YouTubers Channels in El Salvador – Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Fernanfloo, el eterno crack salvadoreño, celebró 10 años en YouTube | Noticias de El Salvador". Noticias de El Salvador – elsalvador.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Fernanfloo: cosas que no sabias de él". Lo nuevo de hoy (in Spanish). 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Fernanfloo Party Mobile Game Features a Latin America YouTuber". Player.One. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "New App From YouTube Star Fernanfloo Gets 2.3 Million Downloads In A Week". Tubefilter. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "BBTV launches new mobile game 'Fernanfloo Party', in partnership with influencer Fernanfloo". AnimationXpress. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Ellos son los nominados a los premios 'MTV MIAW 2016'". Revista Cosmopolitan (in Spanish). 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Premios MTV Miaw 2017: Lali Espósito, Maluma y J Balvin, entre los más nominados". infobae (in European Spanish). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b "La película ecuatoriana 'Dedicada a mi ex' ya está disponible en Netflix". GeekZilla (in Mexican Spanish). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  13. ^ Zambrano, Sandra (22 October 2019). "Enchufe TV estrenará su película 'Dedicada a mi ex' en Ecuador el 8 de noviembre". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. ^ "#LectoresEnRed. Fernanfloo: de YouTube a la novela gráfica". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Fernanfloo causó avalancha de niños en Panamá y revuelo en Twitter". La Prensa Gráfica (in European Spanish). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. ^ Redacción (6 April 2018). "YouTube Viral: Famoso youtuber 'Fernanfloo' revela razón de ausencia en su canal". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  17. ^ "¿Por qué los youtubers deciden abandonar?". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  18. ^ eSports, Movistar (24 January 2020). "¿Quién es Fernanfloo? El youtuber que ha ganado la puja por el pelo de TheGrefg". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Fernanfloo hace video de Resident Evil 2 para Capcom y fans enfurecen". TierraGamer (in Mexican Spanish). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  20. ^ Gregson-Wood, Stephen. "Fernanfloo Party is a casual game that's available now for iOS and Android, created in collaboration with the popular YouTuber". www.pocketgamer.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Fernanfloo dedica su último video a sus "haters"". elsalvadorgram (in Spanish). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  22. ^ Cediz, Ricardo (17 September 2021). "Fernanfloo responde a críticas de sus haters por primera vez en su video musical". Random (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Rap de Fernanfloo dedicado a sus críticos supera los 10 millones de reproducciones en YouTube". Diario El Salvador (in Spanish). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  24. ^ "¡¡¡Quéééé´!!! Fernanfloo 'regresa del retiro' para convertirse en el presentador de WDF! Show". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Fernanfloo sale de su retiro y se convierte en el nuevo presentador de "Whatdafaqshow"". El Blog (in Spanish). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  26. ^ Cronio, Redaccion (31 January 2022). "VIDEO: Fernanfloo sale de su retiro y se convierte en el nuevo presentador de "Whatdafaqshow"". Cronio (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Logan Paul: Who Are YouTube's Biggest Stars?". BBC News. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  28. ^ "Video: 'La Liendra' se reunió con 'Fernanfloo' en Bogotá y le entregó curioso regalo". Infobae (in European Spanish). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  29. ^ "FOTO. Fernanfloo el famoso "youtuber jubilado" sorprende con el pelo teñido de rubio cenizo". Noticias de El Salvador. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  30. ^ "Un youtuber con conducta muy peculiar | Noticias de Sierras Chicas". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  31. ^ "Fernanfloo da indicios de que podría estar preparando un video musical". Random (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  32. ^ ""El Salvador se va a convertir en una de las nuevas potencias a nivel mundial": Fernanfloo, influencer salvadoreño". Diario El Salvador (in Spanish). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  33. ^ "Fernanfloo cree en DIOS?? - Fernan Responde #9 (Parte 2)". Youtube.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  34. ^ "MTV Millennial Awards 2015 Nominations: Dulce María, CD9, Maluma Score MIAW Nods, Plus Full List!". Latin Times. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  35. ^ "MTV MIAW 2016 Full Nominations List: Maluma Leads, CD9, Nicky Jam, J Balvin Also Score Nods". Latin Times. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  36. ^ "MTV MIAW 2017 Nominations List: Maluma, J Balvin Lead Nods Of Millennial Awards". Latin Times. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  37. ^ "2019 MTV MIAW Nominees – Complete List". PlugTimes.com. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Kids' Choice Awards: Conoce a los nominados". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 29 July 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  39. ^ fchamx (30 April 2018). "Ganadores de los Fans Choice Awards 2018 | El Poder de los Fans". FANS CHOICE AWARDS® | Los Premios de los Fans | El Poder de los Fans (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  40. ^ fchamx (25 January 2018). "Lista oficial de Nominados a los Fans Choice Awards 2018". FANS CHOICE AWARDS® | Los Premios de los Fans | El Poder de los Fans (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  41. ^ "Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards México 2021: ¿Quiénes son y cómo votar por los pre-nominados?". Publimetro México (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  42. ^ eSports, Movistar (4 December 2021). "TheGrefg presenta ESLAND, los premios a la creación de contenido de España, Latinoamérica y Andorra". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  43. ^ "Kids Choice Awards México 2022. Lista de nominados y cómo votar". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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