Daithi De Nogla

David Nagle, better known as Daithi De Nogla (or simply Nogla), is an Irish YouTuber known for making Let's Play videos of video games. He has been described as one of Ireland's top YouTubers.

Daithi De Nogla
Personal information
BornDavid Nagle
County Limerick, Ireland
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Websitenogla.shop
Years active2012–present
GenreLets Play
Subscribers7.3 million[1]
Total views1.2 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Updated: 15 October 2021

Early life and education

Nogla was born in County Limerick, Ireland. He studied early childhood care and education at the Institute of Technology, Tralee, before dropping out to work on his YouTube channel full-time. In 2014, during his time studying at Tralee, Nogla reached a million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[2][3][4]

Internet career

Nogla began his YouTube channel in 2012, making Let's Play videos of video games.[2][3][5] He has been called one of Ireland's top or most successful YouTubers by The Times,[6] The Irish Times,[5] Irish Independent,[7] and Irish Examiner.[8] Previously he had the second most popular YouTube channel in Ireland.[3][4] As of October 2021, he has the third most subscribed channel in Ireland.[9]

In 2020, Nogla headed one of ten official YouTube gaming squads composed of online content creators to compete in the game Call of Duty: Warzone. The tournament's prize of $100,000 was donated to the Call of Duty Endowment in honour of Military Appreciation Month.[10]

Personal life

Nogla lives in a bungalow he bought in County Limerick. He frequently travels to Los Angeles to do business, and to meet his YouTube friends and fiancé,[2][7][8] with whom he has a daughter who was born in 2019.[11]

References
  1. "About Daithi De Nogla". YouTube.
  2. Deegan, Gordon (13 August 2018). "Limerick to LA for YouTube prodigy Dáithí De Nogla". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. Newenham, Pamela (26 February 2015). "How to make money from YouTube videos". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. Fegan, Joyce (9 July 2018). "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. Freyne, Patrick (27 April 2015). "'Video is the internet': meet the young Irish YouTubers". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. Lennox, Graeme (26 November 2017). "Brave new world of the blockheads". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. Deegan, Gordan (15 September 2017). "YouTube channel a €1m hit for Daithi". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. Deegan, Gordon (15 September 2017). "Irish YouTuber earns more than €1m". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. "Top 100 YouTubers Channels in Ireland". Social Blade.
  10. Hale, James (29 May 2020). "YouTube Squads Up Dozens Of Creators—Including Typical Gamer, Daithi De Nogla, CouRage—For Charity 'Warzone' Tournament". Tubefilter. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. @DaithiDeNogla (19 October 2020). "I'm nervous to announce this, we have waited quite a while. But feel now is the right time to say that Aliyah & I are parents. I'm grateful for her, our baby and God. It was a big journey. Our baby was born last year and I'm happy to say that all is well, thank God & God bless 🙏🏻" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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