David Cánovas Martínez (Spanish: [daˈβið ˈkanoβas maɾˈtineθ], born 24 April 1997), better known as TheGrefg or simply Grefg, is a Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer. With 18.2 million subscribers, he has one of the most-subscribed Spanish YouTube channels,[4] and is among the most-followed Twitch channels with over 11.8 million followers on that platform.
TheGrefg used to hold the Guinness World Record for the most concurrent viewers for a Twitch stream after achieving a peak concurrent viewership of 2,468,668 during the live presentation of his Fortnite outfit on 11 January 2021.[5] This record was broken by Ibai Llanos in 2022 when a total of 3.3 million viewers arrived during La Velada del año 2.[6]
David Cánovas Martínez[7] was born on 24 April 1997,[8] in Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain,[9] according to several interviews, he began to be interested in the subject of video games since he was a child,[7] he started his YouTube channel on 30 January 2012,[10] when he was 14 years old.[11]
In 2018 he moved to Andorra to pay less taxes.[12][7] In January 2020, Epic Games announced that a TheGrefg-based cosmetic outfit would be added to Fortnite alongside other real-life personalities associated with the game, such as Ninja and Loserfruit.[13] In October 2020, Forbes Spain included Cánovas as the sixth top influencer in Spain for the year,[14][15] In April 2021, was again included on a cover of the magazine Forbes.[16][17]
He will fight at La Velada del Año V against Westcol, which will be held on 26 July 2025 at Estadio La Cartuja in Sevilla.[18]
Martínez has written three books; The first book titled "Rescate en White Angel (The G-Squad)” was released in 2017,[19] the second, titled “Los secretos de YouTube” was released in 2018,[11] and the third book titled "Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre esports” made in collaboration with Goorgo and MethodzSick and released on 4 June 2019, tells the “secrets to succeed in e-Sports”.[20]
To date, he has released three songs. The first one, titled "Gracias a ti” was to celebrate his 4 million subscribers. Again, to celebrate 10 million subscribers, he released a song in collaboration with Zarcort and Piter-G. Lastly, to present his Minecraft series Calvaland released a song titled the same.[21] Martínez was one of the presenters along with Willyrex and El Rubius of the program Top Gamers Academy,[22] In January 2022, he held the ESLAND Awards ceremony,[23] in which several Spanish-speaking content creators would receive their recognition.[24][25]
Since 2021 he is the owner of Grefito SLU, a real estate company in Escaldes.[26] An 80-year woman received an eviction denunciation from Grefito, the company lost the trial,[27] and the building was put on sale.[28][29]
In 2018 he started a relationship with Gemma Gallardo,[30] but they split up in the summer of 2022.[31] Then he dated with Sofía Fitness.[32]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Spanish Influencer | Nominated | [33] |
| 2019 | The Game Awards | Content Creator of the Year | Nominated | [34] |
| 2021 | Esports Awards | Streamer of the Year | Nominated | [35] |
| The Game Awards | Content Creator of the Year | Nominated | [36] |
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