“ | Welcome back KOPS, my name's Kwebbelkop and today... | ” |
―Jordi's intro |
“ | LET’SSS DO THIS! | ” |
―Jordi’s old catchphrase |
Jordi Maxim van den Bussche[1] (born: June 1, 1995 ),[3] better known online as Kwebbelkop (also known as Kwellapaap), is a Dutch[2] English-speaking YouTuber known for his gaming and reaction videos.
Personal life[]
Jordi was born on June 1, 1995, in the Netherlands to Brigittela and Ben.[4][5][6] In Jordi's childhood, Brigittela and Ben got divorced.[7] Jordi's father Ben passed away in February 2017.[8]
YouTube career[]
2008–2013: Creation of Kwebbelkop[]
Jordi made his channel Kwebbelkop in 2008 and uploading his first video on May 3, 2011.[9] Around 2013, Jordi started doing YouTube Full-Time.[10]
2014–2019: Robust[]
In 2014, Cody, and Aquib created a YouTube group called Robust.[11] Later on, Jelly joined the group, and Aquib left.[12] British YouTuber Josh (Slogo) met Jelly and Jordi at Gamescom 2014,[13] and would later join the group, then Cody left afterwards.[12] After Josh joined the trio, the trio became widely popular and even became members of PewDiePie's short-lived YouTube network, Revelmode.[14][15] In 2019, Kwebbelkop was eventually replaced by Crainer.[16][17] He mentioned in a later video that he left Robust due to mental health issues.[18]
2019–present: Solo career and post-Robust collaborations[]
Jordi filmed solo videos until he met Hassan in March 2020.[19][20] He and Hassan started to make gaming videos,[21][22][23] and then in July 2020, Jordi made an account for his friend Hassan named "Tiger".[24]
In 2021 Jordi and his team created the channel and V-Tuber character named Bloo, which is an AI-powered channel featuring gaming content.[25][26]
2024-present: Reuniting with Jelly[]
On September 8, 2024, five years after he left Robust, he reunited with Jelly, getting out of gaming retirement.[27] One week later, they reunited in person.[28]
Other endeavors[]
Aside from YouTube, Jordi co-invested in the Backbone controller accessory for iPhone,[29] as well as in cryptocurrency and NFTs.[30][31] He co-founded LaunchMyNFT, an NFT launchpad.[32] In 2023, he announced that he was developing a new video game titled Hellskate.[33] He is also developing AI content creation tools with his company, JVDBStudios.[34]
Pivot to AI[]
In December 2022, Jordi posted on his Twitter page that he wanted to clone himself in 2023 using AI.[35] After a couple of videos and many hate comments, in September 2023, he uploaded an apology video to his Youtube channel and Twitter page.[36] That video was also made using AI, but more realistic, and hinted at the end of Kwebbelkop AI before mentioning he was in the process of creating a better "Kwebbelkop 2.0 model" replacement.[25][37][38][39]
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: March 22, 2015
- 2 million subscribers: August 9, 2015
- 3 million subscribers: January 3, 2016
- 4 million subscribers: April 24, 2016
- 5 million subscribers: July 29, 2016
- 6 million subscribers: December 24, 2016
- 7 million subscribers: July 13, 2017
- 8 million subscribers: March 8, 2018
- 9 million subscribers: September 22, 2018
- 10 million subscribers: February 16, 2019
- 11 million subscribers: July 14, 2019
- 12 million subscribers: February 18, 2020
- 13 million subscribers: June 11, 2020
- 14 million subscribers: December 28, 2020
- 15 million subscribers: June 26, 2023
Video view milestones[]
- 1 billion views: March 22, 2016
- 2 billion views: January 10, 2017
- 3 billion views: February 18, 2018
- 4 billion views: April 30, 2019
- 5 billion views: February 2, 2020
- 6 billion views: January 10, 2021
Trivia[]
- Jordi call his fans "KOPS".[40]
- Jordi's favorite colors are green and orange.[41]
- "Kwebbelkop" is two Dutch words put together. It means talking hat or chattering box.[42]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.instagram.com/kwebbelkop/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://x.com/Kwebbelkop
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/kwebbelkop/p/BjfAe3ugp04/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoKJNTAAbA
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/kwebbelkop/p/CGXCa04ApEb/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/kwebbelkop/p/BQLmCrugFrh/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoKJNTAAbA&t=28
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5NVVhk89c
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opAEmtKN3eU
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoKJNTAAbA&t=968
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXvNQBnDknw&t=4s
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXvNQBnDknw&t=12s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6U0YK_lv4k&t=1446
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-35313190
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGlX0Yp9kSY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6nEYnAntg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR_TLXCffY4&t=3172
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdEqKWYhd48&t=115
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50815dr_S5k
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S81q6uCG7nc&t=255
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7lugGk2wU
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pep4tMatjY0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2fon1xNetg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@Tigeriscool/about
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 https://www.wired.com/story/kwebbelkop-youtube-ai-clone/
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1472279741323481089
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9j8wn4qZYCY
- ↑ https://youtu.be/VIyl-FoIt3s
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1321185911166652424
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@kwebbelkop/video/7427510107816201478
- ↑ https://x.com/weyuofficial/status/1448966917721628711
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1461280591165411332
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1666916870421659648
- ↑ https://www.jvdbstudios.com/
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1515227017251155968
- ↑ https://x.com/Kwebbelkop/status/1705475527522365695
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVAbb4fuamw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pgc5SUeX4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgBg1n_fGG8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@kwebbelkop/about
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/kwebbelkop/p/BJ6zkEYhe2k/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoKJNTAAbA&t=81s