United States
CG5, the stage name of Chase Rettberg, is a US-based musician who built a multi-million subscriber YouTube presence by writing and releasing original songs tied to popular video games and animated series.
Total Followers +4.1%
16.6M
Across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Primary Platform
YouTube
10.7M followers · 64% of audience
Engagement
3.7%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $12K–$28K / IG post
| Window | YouTube | TikTok | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +101K +0.9% | +795 +0.1% | +554K +10.9% | +656K |
| Last 30 days | +101K +0.9% | +5K +0.7% | +573K +11.2% | +679K |
| Last 90 days | +415K +3.9% | +38K +4.7% | +560K +11.0% | +1M |
| Last 365 days | +415K +3.9% | +38K +4.7% | +560K +11.0% | +1M |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devsisters Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Mar 2026 | — |
| Honkai: Star Rail Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2024 | — |
CG5, the stage name of Chase Rettberg, is a US-based musician who built a multi-million subscriber YouTube presence by writing and releasing original songs tied to popular video games and animated series. His format is distinctive: polished, emotionally resonant pop tracks paired with custom animations that let him inhabit characters from properties like Among Us, Genshin Impact, and, more recently, The Amazing Digital Circus — a fast-growing web animation series whose character-focused song arcs (Pomni, Jax, Caine) have driven significant recent engagement. His YouTube bio — "hi i make songs about games and sometimes life" — undersells a catalog that spans genre-fluid pop production, comedy parody, and sincere character studies, all anchored to gaming and internet culture.
His audience skews male and young-adult, concentrated heavily in English-speaking markets, with engagement rates running well above category norms — a signal that his fanbase treats his releases as events rather than passive content. Sponsorships from Honkai: Star Rail and Devsisters reflect a tight gaming-brand alignment that makes him a natural fit for mobile and PC game campaigns targeting gen-Z and millennial players. With TikTok follower growth accelerating sharply, CG5 appears to be successfully extending his reach beyond YouTube's established fanbase, positioning him as a durable crossover act between gaming culture and mainstream music streaming.
Cg5 sits squarely at the intersection of gaming and music entertainment, producing original animated songs tied to popular game franchises (Genshin Impact, Super Mario Galaxy, Among Us) and cult animation properties (The Amazing Digital Circus), making him a natural fit for gaming publishers, anime-adjacent entertainment platforms, and music streaming services. His audience is predominantly English-language and concentrated across the US and anglophone markets (UK, Canada, Australia), giving sponsors efficient reach into a high-value Western demographic with minimal geographic dilution. Content cadence is high — active daily or near-daily across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok — and engagement runs well above the category median on every platform, suggesting an audience that actively participates rather than passively scrolls; TikTok growth is notably accelerating. Confirmed brand deals with Honkai: Star Rail and Devsisters validate his pull with mobile and PC gaming publishers and establish a clear track record of integrating sponsor messaging into a music-driven format. The animation-focused catalog also opens the door to collectible merchandise brands, streaming entertainment platforms, and entertainment IP campaigns. Brands in the casual-to-mid-core gaming segment or youth-oriented entertainment would find both the niche alignment and the engagement quality compelling.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Cg5's tier (Mega, 16.6M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Cg5 has released animated songs dedicated to multiple characters from The Amazing Digital Circus, including 'Lover Without A Heart (Ode to CAINE)' in collaboration with Pomni, and 'Not Supposed To Love Me (Ode to JAX).' The show's intensely passionate fanbase has made these some of his most-discussed recent releases, helping push strong engagement across his platforms.
'I Don't Like You' is one of Cg5's more personal original releases and received a full official music video — a departure from his usual format of game-inspired animated tracks. It was pushed heavily as a lead single and became a centerpiece of his broader album campaign across Instagram and TikTok.
'FLY' is Cg5's original song inspired by Super Mario Galaxy, released in his signature animated music video format. The track continues his pattern of writing melodic, emotionally driven songs rooted in the atmosphere of beloved Nintendo games rather than just sampling their soundtracks.
Yes, Cg5 created content tied to Genshin Impact's summer storyline, reflected in his heavy use of hashtags like #teyvatsummerfairytale and #genshinsummeradventure. His style of lore-faithful, melodic game songs maps naturally onto Genshin's richly built world and extremely vocal fanbase.
Cg5 has created content tied to Quackity, the creator known for running the QSMP Minecraft server, with Quackity consistently appearing among Cg5's most-used hashtags. This fits his broader pattern of writing music inspired by specific creator-driven gaming communities and events, not just mainstream game titles.
Yes, Cg5 partnered with Honkai: Star Rail for sponsored content on YouTube in 2024. The deal is a natural fit given the strong overlap between Honkai's anime-adjacent fandom and Cg5's audience of gaming and animated-content fans.
Cg5 worked with Devsisters — the Korean studio behind the Cookie Run franchise — on sponsored YouTube content in early 2026. His reach among casual and mobile gaming fans makes him an effective partner for game studios targeting younger, digitally-native audiences.
Cg5 promoted a full album with a dedicated presave campaign, listing October 16 as the release date across his Instagram and TikTok bios. The project includes original tracks like 'I Don't Like You' and 'FANATIC,' signaling a push beyond his single-driven game-song catalog toward a broader musical identity.
'Cg5' is his online stage alias rather than a spelled-out word or public acronym he has formally explained. He also maintains an alternate Instagram under the handle @ceegeefive, which phonetically reads out the same name, suggesting it is a stylized abbreviation of a personal name rather than a random handle.
'Masquerade Party' is one of the most recognized Among Us songs in Cg5's catalog and continues to appear in his content tags and references years after its release. Cg5 built a significant portion of his early audience on game-inspired music during Among Us's peak, and tracks from that era remain some of his most enduring.
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