KreekCraft
File:KreekCraftAppearance.png
Personal information
Born
Forrest Waldron

(1997-01-28) January 28, 1997 (age 27)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known as
  • Kreek
  • StarCode_RealKreek
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genres
  • Gaming
  • Variety
Subscribers
  • 5.06 millions (main channel)
  • 6.24 millions (combined)[a][1]
Total views
  • 1.26 billions (main channel)
  • 2 billions (combined)[b][1]
100,000 subscribers2017, 2020
1,000,000 subscribers2020

Forrest Waldron[2][3] (or Forrest Starling, born January 28, 1997), better known as KreekCraft (/ˈkrkrɑːft/; or simply Kreek, also known as StarCode_RealKreek), is an American YouTuber who is known for playing Roblox, including two popular games in that times, Jailbreak and Piggy, and He also streams Fortnite. KreekCraft is well known for his friendly rivalry with MyUsernamesThis and TanqR.

Waldron was born in Jacksonville on January 28, 1997.[3][4] He born with a cataract in his left eye. He started streaming on Twitch as "X1borg" in 2013, before stopping streaming in the same year. On April 9, 2014, Waldron registered his YouTube channel as "KreekCraft". In 2016, KreekCraft started streaming on his channel. He also started his second channel, "Kreeky,"[5] also known as "Kreek – Fortnite," in November to post skits and memes on Roblox, but he started posting skits in 2018, due to the consequence of his Fortnite stream. On May 21, 2017, his channel reached 100,000 subscribers, on July 9 of the same year, He released his first Roblox video, which marked a turning point of Waldron. In December 2019, Waldron went to Washington, D.C. to meet with COPPA members to discuss YouTube and COPPA's plans. Which he appeared on C-SPAN. On March 31, 2020, He reached 1 millions subscribers. On March 1, 2022, Waldron announced that his third channel, "KreekCraft Shorts," had been created. On this channel, he posted highlights from his live streams in the main channel.[5] After April 1, 2022, "KreekCraft Reacts" was created to react to the April Fool's Day video, where he posted about Roblox and TikTok reactions on this channel.

Career

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YouTube

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KreekCraft created his YouTube account on April 9, 2014.[6] and he uploaded his first video, titled, "Minecraft BOXES Mod - Cardboard Boxes & UPS! (Minecraft v1.6.4 Mod Spotlight)." Waldron posted his first non-Minecraft video, titled "Kreek and Co Play Garry's Mod! Ep. 01 "BobbleHeads," on April 19, and he posted Minecraft videos primarily until 2015. He shifted to other games such as Fallout, Terraria, and more. In 2016, Waldron started streaming on his channel.

On July 9, 2016, Waldron posted the first Roblox video, which was titled "Roblox Gameplay | Phantom Forces Beta #1 | Saving Private Cindy!", marking a turning point for both Waldron and his "KreekCraft" channel. His subscribers rose from 6 thousand to 150 thousand in just over a year. Around this time, he soon started uploading videos and streaming almost daily, he also played Phantom Forces primarily. After trying Roblox's popular game at that time, Jailbreak, he realized he enjoyed it, and later focused on that game as the main game, which he played on his channel from 2017 to 2020. Occasionally, he posted other Roblox games, such as Mad City.

In mid-April 2020, he reversed to Piggy, which was made by Minitoon. At that time, this game was popular. His first Piggy video was released on April 11, making him reach 2 million subscribers in less than two months. Throughout 2020, his channel covered Roblox events videos, and he acquired 3 million subscribers in March 2021, in October 2021, He shifted from Piggy to other games, and KreekCraft started posting Roblox hackers and myth videos in January 2022, along with Roblox news and commentaries, which allowed him to gain millions of views.

Kreeky

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KreekCraft Shorts

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KreekCraft Reacts

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Biography

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Notes

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  1. ^ Waldron's subscribers come from:
    • KreekCraft (5.06 millions)
    • Kreeky (0.61 millions)
    • KreekCraft Shorts (0.305 millions)
    • KreekCraft Reacts (0.27 millions)
  2. ^ Waldron's views come from:
    • KreekCraft (1.26 billions)
    • Kreeky (79 millions)
    • KreekCraft Shorts (52 millions)
    • KreekCraft Reacts (15 millions)

References

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  1. ^ a b "About KreekCraft". YouTube.
  2. ^ https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/kreekcraft-gaming-interview/
  3. ^ a b "Forrest Waldron - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  4. ^ DRAW MY LIFE - KreekCraft on YouTube
  5. ^ a b "Who is KreekCraft". Sportskeeda. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  6. ^ KreekCraft. "About". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.