Anna Cramling Hits 1 Million YouTube Subscribers

Swedish chess participant, superstar, and content material creator WFM Anna Cramling has joined YouTube’s unique One Million Subscribers’ Membership, turning into the eleventh to hit the milestone.

Chess content material creators have performed a pivotal function within the surge of chess curiosity lately, bringing tens of millions of latest chess lovers into the sport with their content material. Amongst these influencers is the 22-year-old from Sweden, who has emerged as one of many foremost figures within the area, boasting a large 424k Twitch followers.

This week she celebrated one other milestone when she hit a million subscribers on her charming YouTube channel. The electrifying second was captured dwell on her Twitch channel as she was screaming with pleasure “That is so insane!”

The coveted a million mark was first reached by Agadmator in 2021, a quantity that has since been surpassed by (at the least) 9 different YouTube channels. IM Levy Rozman‘s GothamChess surpassed Agadmator later the identical 12 months, and has now change into the most important with an unbelievable 4.93 million followers.

GM Hikaru Nakamura is the one different creator above two million followers, whereas Chess.com’s channel is at the moment third with 1.77 million subscribers.

Cramling celebrated the milestone with a video showcasing a few of her profession highlights.

22-year-old Cramling was born proper right into a chess household because the daughter of GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez and GM Pia Cramling, two legends of the sport, so it is no shock that she has change into a powerful participant as effectively.

She competed within the 2016 Chess Olympiad for the Swedish group, which completed twenty third out of 140 international locations, and obtained the WFM title in 2018 when her FIDE score jumped from 2043 to 2175. She started streaming on Twitch in February 2020 and has since gained 424k followers.

Whereas Anna has change into a chess superstar via her roles as a commentator, streamer, and content material creator, she does have aspirations to achieve a better degree in her profession. She competed on the Reykjavik Open in March, and within the Menorca Open in April, streaming her video games with commentary by her mom. 

Throughout an interview with Swedish TV in March, she talked about her success, and the way her mom reacted when she first began streaming.

“At first she was like ‘Anna, are you going to cease competing? Are you going to do movies about chess? What is going on on?’ It was so new for her. However now I believe she’s actually completely satisfied that I’m taking part in a lot chess. She is usually in my movies. I believe she likes that I’ve discovered my manner and may have chess as my occupation.”

She additionally talked about being a woman in a male-dominated sport.

“It is nonetheless fairly uncommon, however it has improved. After I was youthful, it was virtually like solely me and four-five different girls who had been competing in tournaments with 150-200 folks. There have been only a few of us. However after the pandemic, it has improved, though it is nonetheless not sufficient.”

Cramling’s hottest video, the place she performs a sure Norwegian five-time world champion, has greater than 13 million views. One other favourite with 12 million views is when her grandmaster mum performs a chess hustler in New York Metropolis.

Cramling will subsequent be in motion in Chess.com’s Youngsters vs Stars, a collection of matches between younger skills and your favourite stars. The occasion takes place on Could 21.