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Mrwhosetheboss

Arun Rupesh Maini[a] (born (1995-10-24)24 October 1995), better known as Mrwhosetheboss, is an English YouTuber who is best known for his technology-related content.

Mrwhosetheboss
Personal information
Born
Arun Rupesh Maini

(1995-10-24) 24 October 1995 (age 29)
Nottingham, England, UK
EducationUniversity of Warwick (BEc)
OccupationYouTuber
Spouse
Dhrisha
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(m. 2024)​
Websitemrwhosetheboss.com
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2011–present
GenreTechnology
Subscribers
  • 20.1 million (Mrwhosetheboss)
  • 7.14 million (Mrwhosetheboss Plus)
Total views
  • 6.305 billion (Mrwhosetheboss)
  • 3.828 billion (Mrwhosetheboss Plus)
NetworkNight Media (2021–present)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2015,[1] 2021[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2018[3]
10,000,000 subscribers2022[4]
Last updated: 24 November 2024

Early life and education

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Arun Rupesh Maini[5][6] was born on 24 October 1995[7][8] in Nottingham, England[9][10] and is of Indian origin.[6] His mother is from India, and moved to the UK when she was 15.[11]: 1:18  Maini's father is from Leicester, England.[11]: 1:41  As a child, he attended two schools. On weekdays, he would attend a regular English school, and, on weekends, he would attend a Hindi school, in order to learn Hindi.[12] He was educated at the fee-paying Nottingham High School,[13] and then moved on to study economics at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.[14]

Career

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Maini originally began by creating video game related content. When he was 14 years old, Maini's brother gave him his first smartphone, a ZTE Blade. Maini "fell in love with it", made a video about the phone, and that video performed "much better than I expected". This caused Maini to turn his attention to creating videos about smartphones.[14][15]

During his time at university, Maini had an eight week internship at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, an accounting firm in London. Maini didn't find this very interesting, and often finished his jobs "really quickly", so would write down ideas for YouTube videos that he would record in the evenings. When he finished this internship, he was offered an entry-level job, that would earn a salary of £35,000. However, he turned down the job and opted to focus more on his YouTube career.[14]

The Mrwhosetheboss channel initially focused on videos about smartphones. However, as the channel gained a following, Maini extended his video topic to cover other types of technology, and has since also made other opinion-related technology videos.[14] In 2015, Maini uploaded his first viral video which was a tutorial on creating a makeshift 3D hologram projector by crafting a pyramid composed of reflective material and placing it on a smartphone screen.[16][17]

In May 2021, Maini signed with Night Media.[18] In September 2022, Maini released a video claiming that Samsung phones may have problems with swelling batteries after he found that his Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S6, and Samsung Galaxy S10 had all experienced the issue. Similar claims were corroborated in the video by YouTuber Marques Brownlee.[19][20]

In August 2024, after achieving a goal he set himself of overtaking Apple in YouTube subscribers, Maini, along with Matthew Perks, built a 2.054 metres (6.74 ft) replica of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which, on 29 August, achieved a Guinness World Record for the largest smartphone replica.[21][22]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 Streamy Awards Technology Won [23]
2022 Streamy Awards Technology Won [24]
2023 Streamy Awards Technology Nominated [25]
2024 Guinness World Records Largest smartphone replica Won [21]

Notes

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  1. ^ Pronounced /ˈærən ruːˈpɛʃ ˈmeɪni/; A-rən roo-PESH MAY-nee

References

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  1. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (9 October 2015). "100,000 SUBSCRIBERS....I'M IN TEARS GUYS :O :O :O" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (12 April 2021). "I'm literally lost for words.

    Started this channel less than a day ago, and we just hit 100,000 subscribers"     (Tweet). Retrieved 24 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (15 February 2018). "WE DID IT - The First UK Tech channel ever to hit 1 Million Subscribers - I'm so incredibly humbled by the support, and can't wait to show you what we have planned for the future 🙏" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (1 March 2022). "We did it. 10 MILLION. Dream come true. 🏆

    VERY Special video coming tomorrow - stay tuned"     (Tweet). Retrieved 24 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Fingas, Jon (27 September 2022). "YouTuber says Samsung may have a problem with swelling phone batteries". Engadget. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Indian-Origin YouTuber creates world's biggest iPhone: Mrwhosetheboss breaks record with 6.74-foot working replica". The Economic Times. 8 September 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (24 October 2017). "I know it's my birthday, but I just couldn't wait to make this video for ya: PIXEL 2 XL BATTERY LIFE - TESTED! 🔥" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh [@Mrwhosetheboss] (5 February 2022). "So I've just realised that this is what comes up if you google our channel...😂 It was meant to say "I'm Arun Maini, I'm a 26 year old economics graduate"" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Mrwhosetheboss Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED (Video). 26 October 2022. Event occurs at 0:59. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023 – via YouTube. I was born in a city called Nottingham in the UK.
  10. ^ "Mrwhosetheboss Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions". WIRED. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  11. ^ a b Maini, Arun Rupesh (5 August 2023). 60 facts about me | Mrwhosetheboss (Video). Mrwhosetheboss. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Mrwhosetheboss Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED (Video). 26 October 2022. Event occurs at 3:01. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023 – via YouTube. So, as I was growing up, I actually went to two different schools. I went to a normal English school, but then, during the weekends, I went to Hindi school, where I just spent the entire time learning the language.
  13. ^ Old Nottinghamians (28 April 2021). "#wordsofwisdom

    Arun Maini (ON 2007-2014)

    'to the people who want to do something but don't think they can, or don't know how to, just TRY. That sounds obvious, but taking that first step is your only shot. It won't come to you.

    Nottingham High School changed my life. I only appreciated being surrounded by intelligent and ambitious people once I'd left school. It got me used to being ok with not always winning, but also fuelled me to always try to.

    #nottshigh #alumni #education #motivation"    . Facebook. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d Silver, Jay (9 December 2021). "I turned down a finance job to become a YouTuber. Here's how I grew to 9 million subscribers and made my hobby into a career". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  15. ^ Tal, Rotem. "The Tech Influencer: Mrwhosetheboss". Guardio. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  16. ^ Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (2 August 2015). "Turn your smartphone into a hologram projector using everyday items". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  17. ^ Nasr, Reem (12 August 2015). "How to create a hologram projector on your phone". CNBC. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Tech Guru 'Mrwhosetheboss' Signs With Night Media (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  19. ^ Mundy, Jon (28 September 2022). "Samsung may have a swelling issue with older smartphone batteries". Trusted Reviews. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  20. ^ Feng, Sanji (28 September 2022). "知名 YouTuber 遭遇多台 Samsung 手機電池腫脹，廠方收回裝置後便無下文". Engadget (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  21. ^ a b Katz, Leslie (9 September 2024). "World's Biggest Working iPhone Stands 6.5 Feet And Weighs 400 Pounds". Forbes. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  22. ^ Punt, Dominic (6 September 2024). "Tech YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss builds world's largest scaled-up iPhone to break record". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  23. ^ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  24. ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. 4 December 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  25. ^ "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". Peoplemag. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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