Joey Graceffa

His main channel is dedicated to vlogging, while the second features video gaming content. The third is for daily vlogs, and the fourth is a react channel. His channels have a combined total of more than 2.9 billion views. He was a contestant on the 22nd and 24th seasons of The Amazing Race, and has appeared in a handful of short films as well as creating and hosting Escape the Night, an immersive reality web series, distributed by YouTube via its paid-subscription service YouTube Premium. He appears in all four of the seasons with several other YouTubers, including Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, Justine Ezarik, Lele Pons, Matthew Patrick, and Rosanna Pansino.

• Name — Joey Graceffa • Birth Name — Joseph Michael Graceffa Jr. • Born — 16 May 1991 • Birthplace — Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — * YouTuber • actor • author • producer • Youtube Handle — JoeyGraceffa • Youtube Display Name — Joey Graceffa • Youtube Handle2 — JoeyGraceffaGames • Youtube Display Name2 — Joey Graceffa Games • Youtube Years Active — 2007–present • Youtube Genre — * Vlogging • gaming • how-to • DIY • Youtube Subscribers — * 9.39 million (main) • 2.81 million (gaming) • Youtube Views — * 2.1 billion (main) • 705.5 million (gaming) • Stats Update — November 4, 2023

Graceffa was born on May 16, 1991, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the son of Irish-American Debbie O'Connor and Italian-American Joseph Graceffa Sr. He has two siblings, an older sister named Nicole and a younger half-brother named Jett, who has autism, through his mother and his stepfather, Bob. Graceffa endured hardships with his mother when she resorted to alcohol to cope with troubles in her life. These started when Graceffa was around 12 years old. According to his book In Real Life, he graduated from Marlborough High School in 2009. He had originally applied to Emerson College but was rejected. Graceffa enrolled at Fitchburg State College intending to major in film but left after one year.

In 2007, at age 16, Graceffa began uploading videos to the WinterSpringPro YouTube channel, with his high school friend Brittany Joyal. In 2009, he started posting videos on his own channel, called, Joey Graceffa. In 2013, he joined the StyleHaul YouTube network. Graceffa posts regular vlogs on his channel. As of April 2022, he has gained over 9.4 million subscribers and more than 2.1 billion total views on his main YouTube channel alone. On a second YouTube channel focusing on his gaming, he has more than 2.6 million subscribers and over 620 million views, for a total of over 2.6 billion views. He also has more than 3.9 million Twitter followers and more than 5.5 million Instagram followers. In 2013, Graceffa and fellow YouTube personality Meghan Camarena were contestants on The Amazing Race 22. The two made it to the tenth leg before being eliminated. Graceffa told an interviewer that "There were a lot of bad times but it was definitely good overall. It was an amazing experience, and I'd love to do it again." The two later teamed up again to compete in The Amazing Race: All-Stars. In October 2013, Graceffa filmed a video about his car being towed. Comedian Nate Clark filmed a response video that was viewed more than 4 million times.

• Illustration — Graceffa at Vidcon in 2014 In late 2013 and early 2014, Graceffa starred in his own web series titled Storytellers. The project was funded by Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns that Graceffa ran himself. They raised over $140,000 and $30,000, respectively, though reports continue into 2018 that some of the project backers have not received their perks or rewards for backing the project. In 2014, Graceffa starred in his own short film titled Eon. The same year Graceffa also starred in Ethereal alongside Joey Pollari. Throughout 2012 to 2014, Graceffa was in various BlackBoxTV short films. He was also a part of the Fine Brothers online series MyMusic throughout 2013 and 2014. Graceffa was nominated for two awards at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards. He won "Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series" at the 2014 Streamy Awards for his portrayal of Hunter Crowley in Storytellers. Graceffa was named by Common Sense Media as one of "10 YouTube Stars Your Kids Love". In March 2015, Graceffa starred in an episode of the CONtv reality television project Fight of the Living Dead, created by fellow YouTube personality Justine Ezarik. On May 16, 2015, Graceffa released a song with an accompanying music video titled "Don't Wait". It is an unconventional fantasy fairytale story featuring goblins, a witch, and a prince. The video ends with Graceffa, dressed as a prince, kissing his male co-star, Daniel Preda. By October 2016, it had received more than 24 million views. Graceffa confirmed on YouTube on May 18, 2015, that he is gay. Graceffa stated that the reason he waited so long to come out online was because "there was a lot of hesitation to come out online because of growing up in my town: It wasn't acceptable to be gay; it was looked down upon." He also went on to state that after coming out, "I definitely feel more open and free with who I am, and I think that's inspired a lot of other people to also do the same and have come out to their friends and family." On May 19, 2015, Graceffa released a memoir titled In Real Life: My Journey to a Pixelated World, published by Keywords Press. In the book, he discusses being bullied and feeling lonely in school, his mother's alcoholism, his younger brother's autism, the beginnings of his YouTube career and his road to self-acceptance, among other topics. His book was a New York Times Best Seller on the "celebrities" list in July 2015 and the cover was updated to acknowledge this achievement.

Graceffa is gay and was in a relationship with Daniel Preda from 2014 to 2020. On August 8, 2024, Graceffa announced he had been diagnosed with skin cancer.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — Huge on the Tube — Himself — Episode: "Joey Graceffa" • 2015 — Influencer Journeys — Himself • 2013–2014 — The Amazing Race — Himself — Season 22 (11 episodes), Season 24 (4 episodes) • 2025 — Escape the Night: The Lost Tapes — The Savant: as well as director and showrunner — Miniseries on Tubi: continuation and conclusion of original webseries

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2012–2014 — BlackBoxTV — Various — 4 episodes • 2013–2014 — MyMusic — Vampire Temp — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2013 — Storytellers — Hunter Crowley — Main role; 6 episodes Also executive producer, writer, and co-creator • 2015 — Fight of the Living Dead — Himself — Episode: "Pilot" • 2016 — Children of Eden — Ash — Short film; also served as writer and producer • 2016–2019 — Escape the Night — The Savant/Himself — Host; YouTube Premium series • 2017 — Haters Back Off — Himself — Episode: "my 1rst bae" • 2018 — Spellslingers — Himself — Episode: "Day[9] vs. Joey Graceffa"

• Panem's Best (2012) • Good Songs (2014) • Cheese Is Creamy (2015) • Kingdom (2019)

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album — Ref. Reference • UK D/L Downloads — UK Indie • "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (solo or duet with Luke Conard) — 2012 — — — — — rowspan="7" Non-album singles • "Kiss You" (solo or duet with Luke Conard) — 2013 — — — — • "Anna Sun" — — — — • "Story of My Life" (with Luke Conard) — — — — • "Collar Full" — 2014 — — — — • "Silver Lining" — — — — • "Don't Wait" — 2015 — 64 — 7 • "Kingdom" — 2018 — — — — — Kingdom • "—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released to that country.