Willyrex
{{Short description|Spanish YouTuber, author (born 1993)}}
{{family name hatnote|Díaz|Ibáñez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Willyrex
| image =
| birth_name = Guillermo Díaz Ibáñez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|5|9}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| partner = Cristina
| children =
| occupation = {{Hlist | YouTube personality | author}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| genre = {{Hlist | Gameplay | vlog}}
| channel_handle = Willyrex
| channel_handle2 = TheWillyrex
| subscribers = 18.3 million (TheWillyrex){{Cite web|title=About TheWillyrex|url=https://www.youtube.com/TheWillyrex/about|website=YouTube}}
17.1 million (Willyrex)
| subscriber_date = 13 October 2024
| views = 7.1 billion (TheWillyrex){{Cite web|title=About TheWillyrex|url=https://www.youtube.com/TheWillyrex/about|website=YouTube}}
5.2 billion (Willyrex)
| view_date = 13 October 2024
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| gold_button = yes
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| diamond_year = 2017
| language = Spanish
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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|2017|11}}, his YouTube channel TheWillyrex has over 12 million subscribers and 4.35 billion views, making it the 3rd most subscribed channel in Spain{{cite web |url=https://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-spain-es-channels |title=YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Spain Channels List – Top by Subscribers |work=Vidstats |access-date=23 November 2017 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111004814/https://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-spain-es-channels |archive-date=11 January 2018}} and the 75th most subscribed channel in the world.{{cite web |url=http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels |title=YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Channels List – Top by Subscribers |work=Vidstats |access-date=23 November 2017 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227185133/http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels |archive-date=27 December 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.{{cite news |last=Fernandez |first=Juanma |date=17 June 2013 |title=Willyrex: "Me despertaba cada día una hora antes, preparaba mi vídeo y me iba a clase" |url=https://www.abc.es/sociedad/20130617/abci-willyrex-despertaba-video-clase-201306142136.html |newspaper=ABC |language=es |access-date=22 November 2017 |publisher=Diario ABC, S.L.}}
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.
Diaz began studying a degree in Business Administration but left school a few months after starting to focus full-time on YouTube.
In 2014 he moved to Los Angeles then in early 2016 he moved to Andorra.{{Cite web|last=DiariAndorra|date=14 February 2016|title=Dos 'youtubers' amb 20 milions de seguidors s'instal·len a Andor|url=https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2016/02/14/dos_youtubers_amb_milions_seguidors_instal_len_andorra_94504_1125.html|access-date=2021-04-12|website=DiariAndorra.ad|language=ca}}{{cite news |last=Reche |first=Cristian |date=27 August 2017 |title=Los negocios de los youtubers fuera de cámara |url=https://www.economiadigital.es/directivos-y-empresas/los-youtubers-tienen-estos-negocios-fuera-de-camara_505206_102.html |newspaper=Economía Digital |language=es |location=Barcelona |publisher=Grupo ED}}
On 21 August 2019, he announced he will marry his girlfriend Cristina.{{cite news |url=https://www.antena3.com/noticias/virales/youtuber-willyrex-anuncia-que-casa-novia_201908215d5d6eb70cf29f7bb64c6a1d.html |title=El 'youtuber' Willyrex anuncia que se casa con su novia |work=Antena 3 Noticias |date=21 August 2019 |access-date=21 August 2019 |location=Madrid |publisher=Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A.}}{{cite news |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3738993/0/youtuber-willyrex-pide-matrimonio-novia-cristina-ella-dice-si/ |title=El youtuber Willyrex le pide matrimonio a su novia Cristina |date=21 August 2019 |access-date=21 August 2019 |newspaper=20 Minutos |language=es}} On 3 August 2020, Willyrex announced that the couple were expecting their first child.{{cite web|url=https://as.com/tikitakas/2020/08/03/portada/1596473404_848093.html|title=El youtuber Willyrex anuncia que va a ser padre con su novia Cristina|language=es|first=Manu|last=Gutiérrez|date=3 August 2020|access-date=4 August 2020}} In December of that same year, his YouTube channel was temporarily deleted.{{cite news |last1=eSports |first1=Movistar |title=YouTube borra el canal de Willyrex por sorpresa |url=https://esports.as.com/bonus/influencers/youtube-borra-canal-willyrex_0_1420057981.html#:~:text=La%20plataforma%20de%20Google%20ha,ha%20sido%20eliminada%20su%20existencia. |access-date=19 October 2022 |work=Movistar eSports |date=17 December 2020 |language=es}}
Books
Along with fellow YouTuber Vegetta777, he has published a saga of books titled Wigetta.{{cite news |last=Palazón |first=Joseto |date=20 March 2015 |title=De 'youtubers' a escritores: Vegetta y Willyrex publican un libro inspirado en los videojuegos |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2410186/0/de-youtubers-a-escritores/vegetta-willyrex-libro/inspirado-videojuego/ |newspaper=20 Minutos |language=es |publisher=20 Minutos Editora, S.L. |access-date=13 March 2018}}{{cite news |last=Plaza |first=J.M. |date=30 May 2017 |title=El imparable éxito de los 'youtuber' |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/literatura/2017/05/30/592c7622268e3eb23c8b46d8.html |newspaper=El Mundo |language=es |location=Madrid |access-date=13 March 2018}}
Games
Willyrex and fellow YouTubers Vegetta777 and sTaXx created a mobile game for Microsoft, Android and iOS called Karmarun,{{cite web |url=https://microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/karmarun/9nblggh189df |title=KarmaRun |work=Microsoft.com |publisher=U-Play Online |year=2014 |access-date=7 May 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/karmarun/id946011498 |title=KarmaRun |work=Apple.com |publisher=iTunes |agency=Apple Store |year=2014 |access-date=7 May 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uplayonline.karmarun |title=KarmaRun |work=Google Play |publisher=Android |year=2014 |access-date=7 May 2018}} which has been downloaded over 2 million times.
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