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Arkunir

Florian (born August 25, 2002), known online as Arkunir, is a French Twitter user, streamer, and Internet phenomenon.

Arkunir
Born
Florian

(2002-08-25) August 25, 2002 (age 22)
Occupation(s)Twitch streamer, Twitter user, community manager
Years active2020-present
Known forRatioed Elon Musk 2 times in 2022

He achieved notoriety in November 2022 after he received twice as many likes as Elon Musk on Twitter by replying to his tweets.

Online presence

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On July 17, 2021, he offered to make a video in which he travels the world on Google Maps if he received a response from French President Emmanuel Macron.[1][2] On July 20, 2021, he received his answer in a tweet: "Banco". He ratioed Emmanuel Macron's tweet,[3] replying, "Merci monsieur le président! But ratio now".[4] He garnered 77,000 likes versus 38,000 likes for Emmanuel Macron.[5]

The stream began on September 24, 2021.[6] During the 126-hour stream, he raised 47,500 euros for the Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis[7] and covered 24,000 kilometers.[8] On September 30, 2021, Emmanuel Macron congratulated him in a private message.[9]

In January 2022, his Twitter account was the only account followed by the official Twitter account.[5]

In June 2022, he challenged Burger King to let him sell his own burger. The community manager of the Burger King France account responded, asking for 100,000 retweets on his tweet.[10] On September 13, 2022, Burger King launched the Arkunir Burger.[11] Marketing was discontinued on September 26, 2022.

On November 7, 2022,[12] he ratioed a tweet from Elon Musk, then-recent CEO of Twitter.[13] In the tweet, Elon Musk writes: "What do you call someone who is a master provocateur?"[14] Arkunir replied, "I don't know, but call it ratio". A few hours later, Elon Musk deleted his tweet[15] after his tweet got 82,400 likes against Arkunir's 83,400 likes.[13]

The next day, he ratioed it again with this tweet: "Where are you going? Get a ratio again and don't delete this time" in response to his tweet: "Twitter is the worst, but also the best".[16] His tweet got over 600,000 likes and over 70,000 retweets, compared with 491,000 likes and 42,000 retweets for Elon Musk.[17] Multiple institutional Twitter accounts (such as the Eiffel Tower Twitter account, Prime Video France, Domino's Pizza France) applauded his feat.[17]

On March 12, 2023, he proposed that his subscribers become shareholders in Angers SCO,[18] in order to buy the club.[19]

In July 2023, MrBeast launched a Twitter challenge to get the most likes under his tweet in 48 hours to collect all his Twitter revenue for August 2023. With a single point, Arkunir manages to get the most likes with almost 500K likes.[20] In a separate tweet, he mentioned donating everything he earns to the charity 30 millions d'amis.[21] The foundation congratulated him on his achievement.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Qui est Arkunir, le streamer à qui Emmanuel Macron a répondu (et qui a validé son défi sur Google Maps)". L'Obs (in French). 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "Appuyé par Macron, ce streamer se lance un défi un peu dingue sur Google Maps". Le HuffPost (in French). 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ "Insolite. Un streameur se lance un défi et interpelle Macron, le président lui répond". www.lalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  4. ^ "Après McFly et Carlito, Emmanuel Macron lance un défi à un autre internaute". Vanity Fair (in French). 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. ^ a b "Le compte officiel de Twitter ne suit qu'un seul compte, et il est français". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  6. ^ "Il fait le tour du monde sur Street View et récolte plus de 40 000€ de dons". Dexerto.fr (in French). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  7. ^ "Grâce à son tour du monde sur Google Maps, il récolte 47.500 euros pour "30 millions d'amis"". Le HuffPost (in French). 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  8. ^ "Un streamer fait le tour du monde sur Google Maps pour 30 millions d'amis". www.alouette.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  9. ^ "Qui est "Arkunir", un Français de 19 ans qui a mis Twitter à genoux ?". Konbini - Musique, cinéma, sport, food, news : le meilleur de la pop culture (in French). 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  10. ^ "Ce supporter très connu de l'OL donne son nom à un burger de Burger King qui cartonne". actu.fr (in French). 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  11. ^ Mouv', Team (2022-09-14). "Arkunir nous raconte l'histoire folle du burger à son nom, en rupture de stock chez Burger King". Mouv' (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  12. ^ "Twitter : le Français Arkunir bat Elon Musk dans une "guerre de ratio"". www.rtl.fr (in French). 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  13. ^ a b "Le streameur français Arkunir bat Elon Musk à son propre jeu sur Twitter". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  14. ^ RPB (2022-11-09). "Qui est Arkunir, ce français de 20 ans plus fort qu'Elon Musk sur Twitter". Presse-citron (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  15. ^ Mouv', Team (2022-11-08). "Elon Musk est vexé, Arkunir l'a ratio sur Twitter". Mouv' (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  16. ^ "Ce Français arrive à battre Elon Musk sur sa propre plateforme (et déchaîne les foules)". Le HuffPost (in French). 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  17. ^ a b Mukherjee, Shreyan (2022-11-09). ""Eiffel Tower is celebrating" - Twitter users react as Elon Musk gets ratio'd by French streamer Arkunir". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  18. ^ "Ligue 1 : quand Arkunir et Twitter se mettent à rêver d'un rachat du SCO d'Angers". LEFIGARO (in French). 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  19. ^ L'internaute Arkunir propose à ses followers de racheter le club de foot d'Angers (in French), retrieved 2023-07-14
  20. ^ Mukherjee, Shreyan (2023-07-17). "Who is Arkunir? Popular French content creator wins MrBeast's competition and bags his Twitter revenue". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  21. ^ "Après avoir "ratio" Elon Musk, Arkunir mobilise encore le Web français face au youtubeur MrBeast". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  22. ^ à 18h34, Par Le Parisien Le 17 juillet 2023 (2023-07-17). "Twitter : le Français Arkunir remporte un défi mondial et promet de verser ses gains à la Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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