Gronkh

Erik Range also known as Gronkh is a German game play commentator and entrepreneur. He is known for his Let's Play series of various popular games. Gronkh is one of the most popular German-speaking video game commentators on YouTube. As of January 2014, Erik Range's main YouTube channel, Gronkh, has over 2.5 million subscribers and 900 million video views. It is currently the most subscribed German-speaking channel on YouTube.

Biography
Erik Range is the co-founder and managing partner of PlayMassive GmbH, which operates playmassive.edu, a german MMORPG portal. Additionally Gronkh runs the site Gronkh.de.

Erik currently lives in Cologne, Germany.

YouTube
Gronkh is famous for his Let's Plays of Minecraft and other video games. He is not only the leading Let's Player in Germany but also helped to popularize Minecraft in his home country. His Minecraft series currently has over 1000 episodes.

Gronkh
Gronkh is Range's main channel. It is the most subscribed German-speaking channel on YouTube. It features various gameplay commentaries of video games such as Minecraft, which are his most popular series. The channel was created on March 12, 2006 and as of January 2014, it has over 2.5 million subscribers and over 912 million video views.

Superhomies
Superhomies is Range's travel channel. He runs the channel with his friend Rahmel. In these Die Superhomies videos, Erik and Rahmel travel to various interesting places. Another feature is Let's Eat, featuring the duo eating unique foods from the places they've been to. The channel was created on June 3rd, 2011.

Outside YouTube
Erik Range first gained notoriety in the game environment as a guide for Bard characters of the online role playing game Meridian 59, where he first appeared under the pseudonym "Gronkh", which he still uses today. Range himself explained the origin of his pseudonym, often jokingly referred to as portmanteau of the name "Gregor Onkh". Since January 2009 he has been managing partner of Play Massive GmbH (which he co-founded), a site about computer games.

Additionally Gronkh runs the site Gronkh.de.