Rank 2 – T1 Faker
Who is Faker? Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is probably the most well-known LoL pro in the world. He was born in 1996 in Korea and joined Team T1 in 2013. He has remained loyal to them since then.
With T1, he has already become a world champion three times and has won numerous national titles. It’s no wonder that he was portrayed as a LoL god by Riot Games at Worlds 2019.
Faker is so famous that there is even talk in Korea about a law change so he can play LoL longer.
What kind of videos about LoL does he show? Several times a week, videos are uploaded to Faker’s channel. These are usually stream highlights or even complete matches that he has previously played live.
Occasionally, there are also commercials or behind-the-scenes videos that provide insights into the team or Faker’s daily life.
What is impressive about Faker is that he has been in the professional LoL business for over 8 years. According to the page Games of Legends, Faker is said to have participated in 740 professional matches. Only the Korean Deft has more appearances with 765 than Faker. The third is also a Korean, RooKie, with 695 games.
These are his stats:
- Faker has 1.34 million subscribers on his channel
- His 1,137 videos have been viewed a total of 215 million times
- 18 of his videos have more than 1.5 million views
Besides YouTube, he is mainly active on Twitch. There, Faker has 3.3 million followers and streams several times a week.
This is the most popular video: With 4.6 million views, a video from April 2019 is the most viewed on his channel. In it, he fights in a 1v1 against identical champions with viewers. In the comments, the format is well-received because many want to challenge their idol Faker, and some were even close to getting a kill.
