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Mrwhosetheboss

Arun Rupesh Maini[a] (born (1995-10-24)24 October 1995), better known as Mrwhosetheboss, is a British 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
EducationUniversity of Warwick (BEc)
OccupationYouTuber
Spouse
Dhrisha Maini
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(m. 2024)​
Websitemrwhosetheboss.com
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2011–present
GenreTechnology
Subscribers
  • 19.9 million (Mrwhosetheboss)
  • 7.14 million (Mrwhosetheboss Plus)
Total views
  • 6.213billion (Mrwhosetheboss)
  • 3.825 billion (Mrwhosetheboss Shorts)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2018
10,000,000 subscribers2022
Last updated: 16 October 2024

Early life and education

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Arun Rupesh Maini[1] was born on 24 October 1995[2][3] in Nottingham, England and is of Indian origin.[4][5] His mother is from India, and moved to the UK when she was 15.[6]: 1:18  Maini's father is from Leicester, England.[6]: 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.[7] He was educated at the fee-paying Nottingham High School; after completing his GCSEs,[8][9] he studied economics[10] at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.[11]

Career

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He started uploading video game content to YouTube. When he was 14 years old, his brother gave him his first smartphone, a ZTE Blade. Maini made a video about it, which did much better than he expected. From there, he turned his attention to creating videos about smartphones, which ultimately led to the trajectory of his channel.[11]

When Maini was studying at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, he was on an economics track. During the course of his studies, he had an internship at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, an accounting firm in London. He considered these eight weeks "rather mundane and boring". When there, Maini would often complete his work "really quickly" and begin jotting down ideas for new YouTube videos to be recorded that evening. At the conclusion of his internship with Price Waterhouse, Maini was offered an entry-level job that made a salary of about £35,000 (about $44,285). However, he turned down the job and opted for his career in YouTube.[11]

Maini initially focused on videos about smartphones, including smartphone reviews. However, as the channel's following expanded, he extended his video premises to covering laptops, cars, and even a vacuum cleaner. He has also made videos where he gives his opinions about topics such as manipulation of the media by tech companies and the metaverse.[11] 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. The video received coverage from The Daily Dot and CNBC.[12][13] The video is his second most viewed YouTube video, with his collaboration with youtuber MrBeast being the only video to have more views than his hologram projector video.

In May 2021, Maini signed up with Night Media.[14] 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.[15][16]

In August 2024, Maini achieved his goal of overtaking Apple in subscribers. Later that month, Maini achieved a Guinness World Record of building the largest scale replica of the latest iPhone model.[17]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 Streamy Awards Technology Won [18]
2022 Streamy Awards Technology Won [19]
2023 Streamy Awards Technology Nominated [20]
2024 Guinness World Records Largest scale replica

of an iPhone 88" display

Won [17]

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 (2 March 2022). Free Tech for EVERYONE (Video). Event occurs at 9:41. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via YouTube. My name's Arun. [...] My surname, Maini, and my middle name, Rupesh.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ @Mrwhosetheboss (7 October 2017). "Born and brought up. Indian origin, but that still makes me British :P" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/Nottinghamians/photos/a.209022749134760/3834681689902163/?type=3 [bare URL]
  10. ^ Maini, Arun Rupesh. "Mrwhosetheboss - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d Silver, Jay. "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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Tech Guru 'Mrwhosetheboss' Signs With Night Media (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ a b Maini, Arun (6 September 2024). "We built the biggest iPhone in the world". YouTube.
  18. ^ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  19. ^ "12th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. 4 December 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  20. ^ "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". Peoplemag. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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