Angry Joe

Jose Antonio Vargas (born June 18, 1984) is an American media commentator and YouTuber.^[2] He is notable for his portrayal of Angry Joe, the titular host of his media review-oriented YouTube channel AngryJoeShow.^[3]

Angry Joe
Vargas at E3 2015
Personal information
Born	Jose Antonio Vargas (1984-06-18) June 18, 1984 (age 41) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	YouTuber
Website	angryjoeshow.com/ajsa
YouTube information
Channels	AngryJoeShow
Years active	2008–present
Genres	Let's Play comedy film/video game reviews reactions vlog
Subscribers	3.27 million
Views	1.7 billion
Network	Channel Awesome (2009–2018)[1]
Associated acts	Doug Walker Boogie2988 Eddie Mack
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2012 1,000,000 subscribers 2013
Last updated: July 5, 2025

YouTube

Vargas launched his YouTube channel AngryJoeShow on October 4, 2008, with the video "Shit that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers".^[4] The show features Vargas' character "AngryJoe" reviewing a video game with a scale from 1–10. These reviews typically use sketch comedy and clips from his streams on Twitch. The channel was well received by the YouTube community;^[5] as of April 2021, it has accrued over one billion views and amassed more than 3.2 million subscribers.^[6] In addition to game reviews, Vargas produces movie reviews on his channel. He and his channel have received mention in media covering YouTube,^[3][5] most notably for Vargas' opposition to copyright overreach on YouTube.^{[7][8][9][10]} His interest in copyright on YouTube stemmed from an incident in which Nintendo of America filed a copyright claim on a video of Joe playing Mario Party 10.^[11][7][12]

Vargas was affiliated with Blistered Thumbs of the media production company Channel Awesome until April 2018. His departure was due to the then-ongoing controversy regarding Channel Awesome and many of its former producers, many of whom Vargas had previously known and affiliated with in the past.^[1]

In April 2018, a Kickstarter project to create a board game featuring miniature-sized figures of licensed characters from the Street Fighter series of video games (in collaboration with Jasco Games) was launched by Vargas.^[2][13] The project's Kickstarter campaign raised $400,000 on its first day, an event which in turn attracted media coverage.^[14][15] In January 2021, Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game began shipping to those that backed the Kickstarter project. Vargas worked in another collaboration with Jasco Games on Mortal Kombat: The Miniatures Game based on the license of the same name.^[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	The Game Awards	Trending Gamer	AngryJoeShow	Nominated	[17]