Fernanfloo

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Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado (born 7 July 1993), better known as Fernanfloo, is a Salvadoran gaming and comedy YouTuber. He has uploaded more than 571 videos, with over 10 billion total views. His channel has 50 million subscribers.[1] As of June 2025, his channel is the 87th-most-subscribed channel on YouTube, and the fifth most-subscribed Spanish-speaking channel behind El Reino Infantil, Mikecrack, JuegaGerman and Juan de Dios Pantoja.[2] It is currently the second-most subscribed channel in El Salvador and Central America, behind only Alfredo Larin, another Salvadoran YouTuber.[3]

Born
Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado

(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 32)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Occupations
Spouse
Mar Sofía Escobar Hernández
(m. 2025)
Channel
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Fernanfloo in 2022
Born
Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado

(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 32)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Occupations
Spouse
Mar Sofía Escobar Hernández
(m. 2025)
Twitch information
Channel
Followers3.5 million
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genres
Subscribers50 million
Views11 billion
Last updated: 22 June 2025
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Career

On 2 May 2011, he created his YouTube channel "Fernanfloo",[4] whose name is a combination of his names Fernando Flores.[5] At just 18 years of age, Fernanfloo began his YouTube career uploading video tutorials as well as short clips of action scenes with special effects. His first video was "Nightmare – Short Action Scene". Later on, he switched his content to gameplays of video games such as Call of Duty, God of War III and Mortal Kombat, gaining notoriety in the Spanish-speaking YouTube scene.[citation needed]

In 2016 nose, Fernanfloo in partnership with BBTV launched an app titled The Fernanfloo Game,[6] which received 2.3 million downloads within its first week of release,[7] and it was positioned as number 1 in 17 countries within 24 hours.[8] In 2016 he was nominated for the MTV Millennial Awards, in the category of "Digital Icon of the Year".[9] In 2017 he was again nominated for the MTV Millennial Awards, in the "Miaw icon of the Year" and "Celebrity Challenge" categories.[10]

In 2017, Fernanfloo participated in the Ecuadorian film Dedicada a mi Ex, briefly playing as a waiter.[11] This film was released on 8 November 2019 in Ecuador and later was available on Netflix.[12][11] In August 2017, he announced the publication of his first book, a graphic novel titled Curly está en peligro.[13][14]

After a four-month hiatus, he uploaded a video entitled "Se Acabó" ("It's Over"), in which he stated that: "Things are really going to change. You will not see many videos as there have been during these seven years that you they have accompanied me throughout this journey".[15] Fernanfloo opted to create a Twitch channel to stream games, primarily Fortnite.[16] In May of the same year, he created another YouTube channel called "Fernan", which contains clips from his Twitch streams.[17]

Fernanfloo hosting Whatdafaqshow in January 2022

In January 2019, he announced his collaboration with game developer Capcom to have himself on the Resident Evil 2 remake, in a video titled "Soy un Zombie" (I'm a Zombie), Fernan relates that he went to Japan to have makeup done and his movements captured to be one of the many zombies in the game, later in that same video a trailer appears promoting the 1-Shot Demo.[18] In 2020 the developer BBTV announced the release of Fernanfloo Party,[8] game that was available at the end of the same year on iOS and Android.[19]

On 16 September 2021, the YouTuber Bambiel, known for his song titled "El Rap de Fernanfloo" ("Fernanfloo Rap"),[20] he collaborated with Fernanfloo for a rap song entirely dedicated to the haters. The music video accumulated more than 4 million visits and became number 2 in trends,[21] later on 24 September 2021, accumulated 10 million visits.[22] In January 2022, he appeared in a collaboration as host of Peruvian YouTuber Mox's "Whatdafaqshow" channel.[23][24][25]

Personal life

Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado[26][27][28] was born on 7 July 1993[29] in San Salvador,[30] El Salvador.[31] Fernanfloo has identified himself as agnostic.[32]

On 12 April 2025, Fernanfloo held his civil wedding with influencer Mar Sofia, who was already his girlfriend at the time.[33] On May 11, Fernanfloo confirmed the death of his pet Curly, an iconic dog among his followers who appeared in his old videos.[34] On June 19, Fernanfloo announced that he would become a father, after his girlfriend became pregnant with their first child.[35]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2015 MTV Millennial Awards Master Gamer Himself Nominated [36]
2016 Digital Icon of the Year Nominated [37]
Master Gamer Nominated
2017 MIAW Icon of the Year Nominated [38]
Celebrity Challenge Nominated
2019 Streamer of the Year Nominated [39]
2018 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Gamer Nominated [40]
Fans Choice Awards Editorial Won [41]
Influencers Nominated [42]
2021 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Gamer MVP Nominated [43]
ESLAND Awards Song of the Year "Para los haters" (with Bambiel) Nominated [44]
Best Trajectory Himself Won
2022 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Coolest Gamer Pending [45]
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