DrLupo

Benjamin Lupo (born March 20, 1987), better known as DrLupo, is an American Twitch streamer and YouTuber who plays Fortnite: Battle Royale, Fall Guys, Among Us, Cyberpunk 2077, and Escape from Tarkov.

DrLupo
Personal information
BornBenjamin Lupo
(1987-03-20) March 20, 1987
NationalityAmerican
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Games
Teams played forRogue
Followers4.4 million
Total views152 million
Associated acts
Follower and view counts updated as of December 27, 2020.

Career

Lupo began his career streaming Destiny before transitioning to battle royale games such as H1Z1. His channel grew after he began playing Fortnite. He often streamed with Ninja, Myth and TimTheTatman.[1][2]

On October 20, 2018, Lupo broke the Fortnite world record for vehicle trick points with a score of 49,256,200 after operating the Quadcrasher.[3]

In 2018, he raised $600,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In 2019, he set a goal to raise at least $2 million for the hospital.[4] He ended up beating his goal raising $2.3 million.[5]

In December 2019, Lupo officially signed an exclusive deal with Twitch.[6]

Lupo began playing Escape from Tarkov in 2020. He described the game as "unlike any other game I think right now" and could be played in multiple ways.[7] He said the game was "an absolute blast".[8]

Lupo also plays Fall Guys and has been considered by some to be the best player in the world.[9][10]

Lupo also participated in an Among Us stream with table people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and other streaming stars like Pokimane, Disguised Toast, and Myth, as a get out the vote (GOTV) event.[11]

See also

References
  1. Galloway, Ryan (August 4, 2020). "Ninja teases possible reunion with DrLupo tomorrow". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Duwe, Scott (August 5, 2020). "Ninja just went live on Twitch playing Fortnite with DrLupo". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. "DrLupo Sets Fortnite Trick Points World Record With Quadcrasher". Twin Galaxies. October 21, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. Favis, Elise (December 16, 2019). "DrLupo aims to raise a record $2 million for St. Jude with livestream fundraiser". Washington Post. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. Hale, James (December 23, 2019). "DrLupo Raises Record $2.3 Million For St. Jude With 24-Hour BuildAgainstCancer Livestream". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. Stephen, Bijan (December 10, 2019). "Twitch just locked down top streamers DrLupo, TimTheTatman, and Lirik". The Verge.
  7. Kwilinksi, Darin (February 28, 2020). "Escape from Tarkov - The power and price of popularity". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  8. Amos, Andrew (January 6, 2020). "DrLupo explains why Escape from Tarkov is an "absolute blast" to play". Dexerto.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  9. O'Connor, James (August 21, 2020). "DrLupo Is The Best Fall Guys Player In The World". GameSpot. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  10. Thier, Dave (August 21, 2020). "Dr. Lupo, Amazingly, Turns Out To Be The #1 'Fall Guys' Player In The World". Forbes. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  11. Huddleston, Tom (October 21, 2020). "AOC's 'get out the vote' Twitch stream was one of the platform's biggest ever". CNBC. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
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