Mark Edward Fischbach is an American YouTuber who goes by the name of Markiplier. He started his YouTube channel in 2012 after he left college where he was studying biomedical engineering as it was too stressful for him. He does sensationalized and explicit commentary while playing video games which he films for his channel and does not believe in censoring the words he uses. Markiplier is also a politically active individual who has expressed his views on gun violence, arms control and supports the LGBTQ rights movement. He is left leaning and has started a number of philanthropic ventures. He rose to fame quite fast after he joined YouTube and did playthroughs of indie and horror games and started popular series like Five Nights at Freddy or Minecraft and so on. he has amassed around a staggering 24 million subscribers and a total of 11 billion views on his videos.
