# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:07.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-jacobs"
name: "Karl Jacobs"
slug: "karl-jacobs"
description: "Karl Thomas Jacobs, formerly known as his prior pseudonym GamerBoyKarl, is an American YouTuber, author, writer, and producer. He rose to prominence as a member of MrBeast's on-screen cast and then developed his own videos, primarily Minecraft content. Jacobs is the creator of the anthology series Tales from the SMP set in the Dream SMP, which was adapted into a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was also a co-host of the Banter podcast with fellow YouTubers Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound."
tagline: "American Twitch streamer and YouTuber (born 1998)"
image: "https://www.famousbirthdays.com/thumbnails/jacobs-karl-medium.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "YouTubers"
  slug: "youtubers"
profileType:
  name: "YouTuber"
  slug: "youtuber"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076"
birthDate: "1998-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.1
  momentum:             21.55091277890466
  historical:           14.544896
  currentAttention:     18.84
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   215
  country:  194
  category: 32
totalFollowers: 6970000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KarlJacobs_"
    handle:    "KarlJacobs_"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/karljacobs/"
    handle:    "karljacobs"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@karlojacobs"
    handle:    "karlojacobs"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12033184/"
    handle:    "nm12033184"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/karljacobs"
    handle:    "karljacobs"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYrcFGGs_nke1MggS8Jvqg"
    handle:    "@karl"
    followers: 6970000
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B2"
    title: "کارل جیکوبز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1"
    title: "קארל ג'ייקובס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Джейкобс, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105070859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5131522"
    title: "Karl Jacobs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill