Joey Graceffa

He was a contestant on the 22nd and 24th seasons of The Amazing Race, and has appeared in a handful of short films as well as creating and hosting Escape the Night, a partially-scripted web series, distributed by YouTube via its paid-subscription service YouTube Premium.

He appears in all four of the seasons with several other YouTubers, including Liza Koshy, Shane Dawson, Colleen Ballinger, and Rosanna Pansino.

Graceffa was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the son of Debbie O'Connor and Joe Graceffa.

He has two siblings, an older sister named Nicole and a younger half brother named Jett who has autism, through his mom and his stepfather, Bob.

Graceffa endured hardships with his mother when she resorted to alcohol to cope with troubles in her life.

These started when Graceffa was around 12 years old.

Joseph Michael Graceffa Jr. (born May 16, 1991) is an American YouTuber, vlogger, actor, author, and producer.

He runs four active YouTube channels, all named after him.

His main channel is dedicated to vlogging, while the second features video gaming content.

The third is for daily vlogs, and the fourth is a react channel.

His channels have a combined total of more than 2.9 billion views.

In 2007, at age 16, Graceffa began uploading videos to the YouTube channel WinterSpringPro, with his high school friend Brittany Joyal.

According to his book In Real Life, he graduated from Marlborough High School in 2009.

He had originally applied to Emerson College but was rejected.

Graceffa enrolled at Fitchburg State College intending to major in film, but left after one year.

In 2009, he started posting videos on his own channel, called, Joey Graceffa.

Throughout 2012 to 2014, Graceffa was in various BlackBoxTV short films.

In 2013, he joined the StyleHaul YouTube network.

Graceffa posts regular vlogs on his channel.

As of April 2022, he has gained over 9.4 million subscribers and more than 2.1 billion total views on his main YouTube channel alone.

On a second YouTube channel focusing on his gaming, he has more than 2.6 million subscribers and over 620 million views, for a total of over 2.6 billion views.

He also has more than 3.9 million Twitter followers and more than 5.5 million Instagram followers.

In 2013, Graceffa and fellow YouTube personality Meghan Camarena were contestants on The Amazing Race 22.

The two made it to the tenth leg before being eliminated.

Graceffa told an interviewer that "There were a lot of bad times but it was definitely good overall. It was an Amazing experience, and I'd love to do it again."

The two later teamed up again to compete in The Amazing Race: All-Stars.

In October, 2013, Graceffa filmed a video about his car being towed.

Comedian Nate Clark filmed a response video that was viewed more than 4 million times.

In late 2013 and early 2014, Graceffa starred in his own web series titled Storytellers.

The project was funded by Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns that Graceffa ran himself.

He was also a part of the Fine Brothers online series MyMusic throughout 2013 and 2014.

In 2014, Graceffa starred in his own short film titled Eon.

The same year Graceffa also starred in Ethereal alongside Joey Pollari.

Graceffa was nominated for two awards at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards.

He won "Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series" at the 2014 Streamy Awards for his portrayal of Hunter Crowley in Storytellers.

Graceffa was named by Common Sense Media as one of "10 YouTube Stars Your Kids Love".

In March 2015, Graceffa starred in an episode of the CONtv reality television project Fight of the Living Dead, created by fellow YouTube personality Justine Ezarik.

On May 16, 2015, Graceffa released a song with an accompanying music video titled "Don't Wait".

It is an unconventional fantasy fairytale story featuring goblins, a witch, and a prince.

They raised over $140,000 and $30,000, respectively, though reports continue into 2018 that some of the project backers have not received their perks or rewards for backing the project.