Nogla

David Nagle (born 6 July 1992), professionally known by his online name Nogla (formerly Daithi De Nogla), is an Irish YouTuber known for making Let's Play videos. He has been described as one of Ireland's top YouTubers.

Nogla
Nagle in 2023
Personal information
Born
David Nagle

(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992
County Limerick, Ireland
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genres
Subscribers7.38 million[1]
Total views1.42 billion[1]
Websitenogla.shop
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 3 Jul 2023

Early life and education

Nogla was born in County Limerick, Ireland. As a child, he would play videogames on his brothers' gaming consoles, later getting his own Nintendo 64 at the age of 16.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

Internet career

Nogla began his YouTube channel in 2012, making Let's Play videos of video games.[3][4][6] He has been called one of Ireland's top or most successful YouTubers by The Times,[7] The Irish Times,[6] Irish Independent,[8] and Irish Examiner.[9] Previously he had the second most popular YouTube channel in Ireland.[4][5] As of October 2021, he has the third most subscribed channel in Ireland.[10] His content features himself playing games with a group of online friends and content creators, colloquially known as the "Vanoss Crew", with its "leader" being fellow YouTuber VanossGaming.[2]

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.[11] Nogla officially rebranded his channel from Daithi De Nogla to just Nogla on Christmas Day in 2021.[12]

In 2022, Nogla cameoed on Alpha Betas, a show created by Chris Bruno and David Howard Lee, and stars his friends Vanoss, Wildcat, BasicallyIdoWrk, and Terroriser. He voiced a zombie boss named "Nogla Zombie" in the fictional game "Left 4 Head." The show also has cameos from CouRageJD, Jordan Fisher, DrLupo, and 2 other friends of Nogla, Moo Snuckel and Mr. Sark.

Personal life

Nogla is Roman Catholic. Nogla lives in a bungalow he bought in County Limerick, and frequently travels to Los Angeles for his YouTube work.[3][8][9] He and his fiancé have a daughter who was born in 2019.[13]

References
  1. "About Nogla". YouTube.
  2. "Cover Story: Dominant gamers". Business Post. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. Deegan, Gordon (13 August 2018). "Limerick to LA for YouTube prodigy Dáithí De Nogla". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. Newenham, Pamela (26 February 2015). "How to make money from YouTube videos". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. Fegan, Joyce (9 July 2018). "From beauty vloggers to Minecraft: Ireland's top YouTube earners". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. Freyne, Patrick (27 April 2015). "'Video is the internet': meet the young Irish YouTubers". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. Lennox, Graeme (26 November 2017). "Brave new world of the blockheads". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. Deegan, Gordan (15 September 2017). "YouTube channel a €1m hit for Daithi". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. Deegan, Gordon (15 September 2017). "Irish YouTuber earns more than €1m". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. "Top 100 YouTubers Channels in Ireland". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014.
  11. Hale, James (29 May 2020). "YouTube Squads Up Dozens Of Creators—Including Typical Gamer, Daithi De Nogla, CouRage—For Charity 'Warzone' Tournament". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. Daithi De Nogla (25 December 2021). I have never changed this ever on my Youtube channel. Retrieved 13 May 2022 – via YouTube.
  13. Daithi De Nogla [@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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