Markiplier’s Mission After “The Edge of Sleep” is Only Beginning
The Edge of Sleep, starring Mark Fischbach, released to Amazon Prime Video this October to immediate success on the platform’s charts. However, as he has recently revealed in a Reddit thread, there is still much to do.
Fischbach, widely known online by his YouTube username Markiplier, recently revealed a series adaptation of the podcast he stars in, The Edge of Sleep, would be releasing in mid-October. However, as the video implied and promotion (or, lack thereof) would soon show, the series’ success was to be built on its own terms. To this end, Fischbach uploaded a video to his YouTube channel urging his subscriber base to make noise and watch The Edge of Sleep on release, soaring it into the top 10 charts on the platform. Fischbach went on to mention Iron Lung, the film adaptation had directed of David Szymanski’s game of the same name, would have “doors [opened]” as a result of this goal being hit.
Loyal fans of the Markiplier channel scrambled leading up to October 15th, making sure to get the series’ viewership as high as they possibly could while making as much noise about the show as Fischbach had instructed. Fellow creators would even come out with their own ways of helping his campaign, one of whom being the popular commentator Charlie White Jr, also known as Cr1TiKaL. Not long after the release of the series (and subsequent fan propulsion into the platform’s charts), he would come back to upload another video on the matter, and discuss the terms with multiple fans on the r/Markiplier subreddit.
Make no mistake, this is not Mark Fischbach’s frustration with the performance of The Edge of Sleep. The YouTuber’s loyal and passionate fanbase propelling the show past the top 10 into the top FIVE shows on the platform after release disproves this. This is Fischbach at his most passionate, at a point in time where he is confident in the doors the series can open. If The Edge of Sleep performing this well so far will open doors for Iron Lung‘s release, just imagine what the subsequent success of Iron Lung could mean for Fischbach going forward, as well as what it could mean for YouTubers in Hollywood going forward as a whole. This is not a sign to lose steam, it’s a sign to keep making noise, as everything the community has done thus far is only getting the film closer to a full release.
The Edge of Sleep follows Dave (Mark Fischbach) as an insomniac night watchman with a history of somniphobia among other mental health issues. When he finds one morning that everyone who fell asleep the prior night perished while unconscious, he teams up with some current and ex-friends to survive the coming days and get to the root of the phenomenon, all without falling asleep.
The Edge of Sleep is now streaming on Prime Video.