AuronPlay

About

Raúl Álvarez Genes (Spanish: [raˈul ˈalβaɾeθ ˈxenes], born 5 November 1988), better known as AuronPlay (Spanish: [awɾomˈplej]) or simply Auron, is a Spanish YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and comedian.
As of February 2023, AuronPlay’s YouTube channel has over 4 billion total video views, and he is the fourth most-subscribed YouTuber from Spain, with over 29.1 million subscribers. He is also among the most popular streamers on Twitch, operating the fourth most-followed Twitch channel in the world with 17 million followers on the platform, according to analytics company Social Blade.

Raúl Álvarez Genes was born 5 November 1988 in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. Prior to his career as a YouTuber, Álvarez worked at a graphic arts and bookbinding company for nine years starting at the age of sixteen, Raúl decided to quit in 2013, when he was starting to earn more money with YouTube than with his other work.

Álvarez created his YouTube channel in 2006. His online alias, AuronPlay, derives from the name of Auron, a character in the video game Final Fantasy X. In his first videos, he uploaded videos covering his face with a mask, although he later stopped doing so. Some…