

XREAL released their game Fortress Fury in May 2015, which received over 1.5 million downloads within its first month of launch. Maron started a mobile gaming company called XREAL with Howard Marks, co-founder and former CEO of Activision and co-founder of Acclaim Games and StartEngine. In June 2016, he made an appearance in the sixth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode. Maron was featured in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

His newest channels are Jordan Lifts, featuring him lifting weights in his home gym, and SparkleShorts, containing small shots from various videos from the CaptainSparklez YouTube and Twitch channels. Maron's next channel is Jordan Games, where he uploads gameplay videos that would be irrelevant on his main channel. As a result, Maron created a new channel called Jordan Reacts on August 11, 2018, where he continued to upload Reddit reaction videos, and refocused on making Minecraft videos for his main channel. These reaction videos gained popularity, but, in the end Maron decided they were not what his core audience enjoyed. In early 2017, Maron began to upload videos featuring his reactions to top Reddit posts to his main channel. Maron later created "Fortnite Cinema", a channel which featured short films created in the game Fortnite Battle Royale. On February 9, 2017, Maron created a dedicated channel for personal vlogs. On March 27, 2016, he created Maron Music, a music promotion channel where he would share other artists' music, as well as his own original music. On May 15, 2015, he created a channel called CaptainSparklez 2, where he uploaded unedited Twitch live streams and videos and other content he felt did not belong on his main channel. In September 2013, CaptainSparklez reached 1 billion video views, becoming the fifth solo YouTube gaming channel to reach the milestone behind PewDiePie, SkyDoesMinecraft, UberHaxorNova and TobyGames. Nearly two years later in April 2012, the CaptainSparklez channel reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube. He created a new channel named CaptainSparklez on July 20, 2010, and left PDTS inactive. When PDTS began to become more popular, Maron decided he wanted a less vulgar name. On February 9, 2010, he created his first channel titled ProsDONTtalkSHIT (PDTS) where he primarily uploaded gameplay videos of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Four of his channels are currently active.

Maron owns a total of eleven YouTube channels. In December 2011, he made YouTube his full-time job. After the first quarter of his sophomore year, he dropped out. He then decided to switch his major to computer science midway through his freshman year, based on his interest in video games. Maron then went to the University of California, Santa Barbara as a chemical engineering major. He attended Santa Barbara High School, beginning in ninth grade. At four years old, he and his mother moved to Santa Barbara. Maron was born in Los Angeles, California. Since 2016, Maron has also operated an electronic music label. He proceeded to create the channel Jordan Reacts, where he continued to upload Reddit reaction videos, and refocused on making Minecraft videos for his main channel. Maron ultimately decided they were not what his core audience enjoyed watching. This led to a temporary decrease in Minecraft-related content. On his other channels, Maron also uploads reaction videos and gameplay of various other games including Fortnite and Trials Fusion.īeginning in early 2017, Maron uploaded videos featuring his reactions and commentary to various communities on Reddit. Other notable Minecraft music videos include his Fallen Kingdom tetralogy and "TNT". Maron has produced several Minecraft-themed songs and music videos, most notably "Revenge", a parody of " DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher, featuring vocals from himself and TryHardNinja. As of September 2022, his 11 YouTube channels have collectively earned over 13.77 million subscribers and 4.48 billion video views, and his main channel is the 281st most-subscribed channel on YouTube with over 11.3 million subscribers. Maron is primarily known for playing the video game Minecraft, which is featured on his main channel, CaptainSparklez, and the channel CaptainSparklez 2. Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992), also known by his online alias CaptainSparklez, is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, gamer, and electronic musician.
