" Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1990), known by his channels HolaSoyGerman and JuegaGerman, is a , comedian and writer. He has produced a variety of songs together with his band Ancud, all available on YouTube and . His book titled #ChupaElPerro was released in multiple stores in and on 28 April 2016. His channels are currently the , having a combined total of over 60.8 million subscribers. His main channel, HolaSoyGerman, is also the most subscribed -speaking YouTube channel. He was the first YouTuber to obtain two Diamond Play Buttons (for achieving 57 million subscribers on his two channels). He was also featured in the Spanish version of as Julian. "

" Garmendia was born on 25 April 1990 in , Chile. At the age of three, his father died in a on . Garmendia has an older brother named Diego from whom he lived separately during childhood until reuniting in . Germán and Diego call his mother "Super Mom" because she took care of them both. He was very interested in music from a young age, and when he was 13, he formed a band with his brother called Zudex. Garmendia uploaded his first YouTube video in 2011 after being encouraged by his friends.

In August 2014 and 2015, he won the "Icon of the Year" prize from MTV Millennial Awards 2014. He made a brief appearance in 2014 and made a longer appearance in the 2015 and 2016 versions due to how much he had accomplished during those years.

As of February 2018, his main YouTube channel has over 33 million subscribers, making it the fifth in the world and the most subscribed in the . "