Willyrex

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Ibáñez.

Guillermo Díaz Ibáñez, better known as Willyrex (born 9 May 1993), is a Spanish YouTube personality and author. He has two YouTube channels: Willyrex and TheWillyrex. As of November 2017^[update], his YouTube channel TheWillyrex has over 12 million subscribers and 4.35 billion views, making it the 3rd most subscribed channel in Spain^[5] and the 75th most subscribed channel in the world.^[6]

Willyrex
Personal information
Born	Guillermo Díaz Ibáñez (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31) Madrid, Spain
Occupations	YouTube personality author
Partner	Cristina
YouTube information
Channels	Willyrex TheWillyrex
Location	Andorra[1]
Years active	2011–present
Genres	Gameplay vlog
Subscribers	18.3 million (TheWillyrex)[2] 17.1 million (Willyrex)[3] (13 October 2024)
Total views	7.1 billion (TheWillyrex)[4] 5.2 billion (Willyrex)[3] (13 October 2024)
Contents are in	Spanish
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers 10,000,000 subscribers 2017

Biography

Guillermo Díaz, better known by his YouTube name Willyrex, is a Spanish YouTube personality and author. He has two YouTube channels: Willyrex and TheWillyrex.

As of November 2017, his YouTube channel TheWillyrex has over 12 million subscribers and 4.35 billion views, making it the 3rd most subscribed channel in Spain and the 75th most subscribed channel in the world. According to Diaz, he originally started his YouTube channel to share gameplays with his friends.^[7]

Diaz has said that he created his YouTube name, Willyrex, as a messenger screen name when he was about 11 years old- years before starting his YouTube channel. He chose willy, because it is a nickname for the English equivalent of his first name, William. He chose rex because it was Latin for the word king.^[7]

Diaz began studying a degree in Business Administration but left school a few months after starting to focus full-time on YouTube.^[7]

In 2014 he moved to Los Angeles then in early 2016 he moved to Andorra.^[8][9]

On 21 August 2019, he announced he will marry his girlfriend Cristina.^[10][11] On 3 August 2020, Willyrex announced that the couple were expecting their first child.^[12] In December of that same year, his YouTube channel was temporarily deleted.^[13]

Books

Along with fellow YouTuber Vegetta777, he has published a saga of books titled Wigetta.^[14][15]

Games

Willyrex and fellow YouTubers Vegetta777 and sTaXx created a mobile game for Microsoft, Android and iOS called Karmarun,^[16][17][18] which has been downloaded over 2 million times.^[14]

References

1. "De El Rubius a Willyrex y Vegetta: diez 'youtubers' que han 'huido' a Andorra". El Español (in Spanish). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
2. "About TheWillyrex". YouTube.
3. "About Willyrex". YouTube.
4. "About TheWillyrex". YouTube.
5. "YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Spain Channels List – Top by Subscribers". Vidstats. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Channels List – Top by Subscribers". Vidstats. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. Fernandez, Juanma (17 June 2013). "Willyrex: "Me despertaba cada día una hora antes, preparaba mi vídeo y me iba a clase"". ABC (in Spanish). Diario ABC, S.L. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
8. DiariAndorra (14 February 2016). "Dos 'youtubers' amb 20 milions de seguidors s'instal·len a Andor". DiariAndorra.ad (in Catalan). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
9. Reche, Cristian (27 August 2017). "Los negocios de los youtubers fuera de cámara". Economía Digital (in Spanish). Barcelona: Grupo ED.
10. "El 'youtuber' Willyrex anuncia que se casa con su novia". Antena 3 Noticias. Madrid: Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
11. "El youtuber Willyrex le pide matrimonio a su novia Cristina". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
12. Gutiérrez, Manu (3 August 2020). "El youtuber Willyrex anuncia que va a ser padre con su novia Cristina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
13. eSports, Movistar (17 December 2020). "YouTube borra el canal de Willyrex por sorpresa". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
14. Palazón, Joseto (20 March 2015). "De 'youtubers' a escritores: Vegetta y Willyrex publican un libro inspirado en los videojuegos". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 20 Minutos Editora, S.L. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
15. Plaza, J.M. (30 May 2017). "El imparable éxito de los 'youtuber'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
16. "KarmaRun". Microsoft.com. U-Play Online. 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
17. "KarmaRun". Apple.com. iTunes. Apple Store. 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
18. "KarmaRun". Google Play. Android. 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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