In a generation where our primary source of content consumption is the internet, it's difficult to stand out. And yet, Mark Edward Fischbach has been doing it for almost a decade, and he's not showing any signs of stopping. Let's dig into Markiplier's net worth in 2022.
Markiplier's net worth in 2022 (Estimate): $35 million
Markiplier's net worth in 2022 is $35 million. This is according to numerous outlets, including Celebrity Net Worth.
Mark Edward Fischbach was born on June 28, 1989, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Cliffton, was a German American who served in the U.S. Army for 23 years. Cliffton had met Fischbach's mother, Sunok, while he was stationed in Korea. After Fischbach was born, the couple moved to Cincinnati and then to Milford, Ohio, where he and older brother Tom grew up. The young Fischbach attended Milford High School, where he played trumpet as part of the school's marching band. He later enrolled at the University of Cincinnati for a degree in biomedical engineering.
2012 was an especially tough year for the then-22-year-old student. In an interview with Forbes, Fischbach explained that he created a YouTube account to have an emotional outlet:
“I'd had a bad breakup, I was fired, I had a tumor in my adrenal gland. It was a series of unfortunate events. As I was recovering, I was so desperate to have something that was under my control.”
Under the online pseudonym Markiplier, Fischbach's subscriber count grew quickly to hundreds of thousands. He'd found his niche: playing and commentating on survival horror and indie games. One of his most memorable playthroughs is that of Five Nights at Freddy's. Since he posted the video on August 13, 2014, it has racked up almost 102 million views.
At that point, he had to consider taking a leap of faith. For most of the YouTube community, Los Angeles was where you could truly grow as a creator. In a 2016 interview with Variety, he said, “Pretty much all the opportunities I was getting were out [in LA].”
Fischbach was a few semesters away from graduating, but he had to make a decision that would define his future: Finish his last two semesters, or move to Los Angeles and pursue YouTube on a full-time basis?
In the end, he moved, and the rest is history.
He continued posting videos on a regular basis. He got millions of views, and his subscriber count got higher and higher. It seemed like an endless cycle. By the end of August 2015, Markiplier was on track for 10 million subscribers. Moreover, Fischbach and fellow YouTubers Daniel Kyre, Ryan Magee, and Matt Watson also banded together and created content under the channel Cyndago. After Kyre tragically passed away, Cyndago disbanded and Fischbach temporarily took several weeks of hiatus.
After coming back in October 2015, the endless cycle of content creation and a growing audience continued on. It was working seamlessly — at least, that's what everyone thought. However, in 2017, Fischbach announced that he was taking a hiatus once again, this time for a month-long period. He later opened up about his experience with burnout in an interview with Polygon:
“You can scale a business, but you can’t scale a person. When you’re doing the same grind for six years, it will get anybody down. I wasn’t upset with how much work I was doing, but I was upset with doing so much work and I wasn’t proud of what I was making. I had to take a step back and reevaluate what I was doing and where I was coming from.”
Outside making videos, Markiplier has participated in charity campaigns and fundraisers, many of them through live streams. The 32-year-old is additionally known to support several social causes. Although he never explicitly endorsed a specific political party, Fischbach has expressed his support for stricter gun control and universal health care. He is also an ally of the LGBT rights movement and publicly condemned the murder of George Floyd.
Aside from YouTube, the Hawaii native also ventured into creating content in the form of podcasts. In fact, he recently launched a new one, Go! My Favorite Sports Team. He's also released a fashion brand called Cloak along with fellow YouTuber Sean McLoughlin, more commonly known as Jacksepticeye. The company, which focuses on athleisure for gamers, has since put out a number of collections including an official Five Nights at Freddy's set.
While several YouTube creators who rose to popularity in the mid-2010s have struggled to keep their audience engaged over the past few years, Markiplier's YouTube career is still going strong. In fact, he continues to be one of YouTube's top content creators, sitting at 32.1 million subscribers.
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