1. Joey Graceffa was a contestant on the 22nd and 24th seasons of The Amazing Race, and has appeared in a handful of short films as well as creating and hosting Escape the Night, an immersive reality web series, distributed by YouTube via its paid-subscription service YouTube Premium.
Joey Graceffa appears in all four of the seasons with several other YouTubers, including Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, Justine Ezarik, Matthew Patrick, and Rosanna Pansino.
Joey Graceffa has two siblings, an older sister named Nicole and a younger half-brother named Jett, who has autism, through his mother and his stepfather, Bob.
Joey Graceffa endured hardships with his mother when she resorted to alcohol to cope with troubles in her life.
Joey Graceffa had originally applied to Emerson College but was rejected.
Joey Graceffa enrolled at Fitchburg State College intending to major in film, but left after one year.
In 2007, at age 16, Joey Graceffa began uploading videos to the YouTube channel WinterSpringPro, with his high school friend Brittany Joyal.
In October 2013, Joey Graceffa filmed a video about his car being towed.
In late 2013 and early 2014, Joey Graceffa starred in his own web series titled Storytellers.
In 2014, Joey Graceffa starred in his own short film titled Eon.
Joey Graceffa was a part of the Fine Brothers online series MyMusic throughout 2013 and 2014.
Joey Graceffa was nominated for two awards at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards.
Joey Graceffa won "Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series" at the 2014 Streamy Awards for his portrayal of Hunter Crowley in Storytellers.
Joey Graceffa was named by Common Sense Media as one of "10 YouTube Stars Your Kids Love".
In March 2015, Joey Graceffa starred in an episode of the CONtv reality television project Fight of the Living Dead, created by fellow YouTube personality Justine Ezarik.
On May 16,2015, Joey Graceffa released a song with an accompanying music video titled "Don't Wait".
The video ends with Joey Graceffa, dressed as a prince, kissing his male co-star, Daniel Preda.
Joey Graceffa confirmed on YouTube on May 18,2015, that he is gay.
On May 19,2015, Joey Graceffa released a memoir titled In Real Life: My Journey to a Pixelated World, published by Keywords Press.
Joey Graceffa's book was a New York Times Best Seller on the "celebrities" list in July 2015 and the cover was updated to acknowledge this achievement.
On June 22,2017, Joey Graceffa started, starred, and uploaded the first episode his YouTube Premium web series Escape the Night season 2.
On June 21,2018, Joey Graceffa released the first episode of the third series of Escape The Night, starring Joey Graceffa, Nikita Dragun, Teala Dunn, Safiya Nygaard, Manny MUA, Roi Wassabi, Rosanna Pansino, JC Caylen, Matthew Patrick, and Colleen Ballinger.
On July 11,2019, Joey Graceffa released the first episode of the fourth season of Escape The Night, starring Joey Graceffa, Rosanna Pansino, Alex Wassabi, Timothy DeLaGhetto, DeStorm Power, Justine Ezarik, Tana Mongeau, Colleen Ballinger, Gabbie Hanna, Bretman Rock, Nikita Dragun, Matthew Patrick, and Liza Koshy.
Joey Graceffa's book was a New York Times Best Seller on the "Young Adult Hardcover" list in the week of October 23,2016.
On January 6,2017, Joey Graceffa announced that he would be playing an extra in the full-length feature film, The Space Between Us.
Joey Graceffa is gay and was in a relationship with Daniel Preda from 2014 to 2020.