Grandayy is a Maltese YouTuber and music producer known for his production of memes, covers of songs using the noteblock system in the video gameMinecraft and other comedic content. He currently has over 2.5 million subscribers on his main channel "Grandayy". He also has a second channel called “grande1899” with over 700,000 subscribers. He has been associated with other meme-centric YouTubers such as Dolan Dark and FlyingKitty. Grandayy has been endorsed by various YouTubers such as PewDiePie and VoiceoverPete. As of May 2020, he is the most subscribed YouTuber from Malta. As of 2020, his main channel had over 500 million views.
Career
Grandayy graduated as a doctor, but has been focused on YouTube since 2011. He posted his first videos in 2007 under his original channel grande1899. In 2011, he posted multiple Minecraft note block song covers. On July 2, 2014, Grandayy created his second account. On March 18, 2015, he posted the first meme to his Grandayy account, a meme using clips from the movie Interstellar. On November 1, 2016 he posted his We Are Number One meme on his Grandayy account, which was a mashup of the song from LazyTown and Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. This caused an increase in popularity. His popularity grew exponentially eventually becoming the top subscribed Maltese YouTuber. On August 7, 2018, he became the first Maltese YouTuber to reach one million subscribers. Grandayy suggested the concept of "Minecraft Monday" and convinced Keemstar, a YouTube gossipreporter, to host the event. The event included PewDiePie and James Charles. Grandayy has been an outspoken opponent of Article 13 which could make major online platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Google and Facebook legally responsible for uploaded content from users. Grandayy believes the law could "kill the internet" warning that all broadcasters could face censorship from automated bots. He said "the sad thing is that us YouTubers have no lobby groups or unions that can fight for us and speak to politicians directly for us. Most politicians have no idea about the troubles YouTubers face with copyright, or what type of content the typical YouTuber even produces". Grandayy, along with Dolan Dark, has been considered "two of the most prolific creators of memes over the last decade".
