Damián Kuc

Damián Kuc
Bornc. 1996
Resistencia
OccupationsYouTuber, podcaster, comedian, businessman
Instagram information
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Years active2013–present
Followers486 thousand (2025)
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Display nameDamián
Years active2010–present
Followers463
YouTube information
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Years active2018–present
Genretrue crime
Subscribers2.26 million (2025)
Views460.67 million (2025)

Damián Kuc (born c. 1996) is an Argentine YouTuber, podcaster, comedian and businessman. He became known for publishing true crime stories on his YouTube channel Historias Innecesarias.

Early life

Damián was born in c. 1996,[1] in Resistencia. According to him, he was a shy kid and has always used the internet extensively, spending a lot of time with computer games[2] and following Argentine YouTubers and comedians, including El Bananero, Marito Baracus, Paulina Cocina, Navaja Crimen, Ramita and Rada. He also watched several Argentine TV series, including Pura Química and Caiga Quien Caiga.[3] He was prone to having hyperfocus on several subjects, including ornamental plants and arachnids.[4] He has also smoked weed since the 5th year of the secondary school.[5] He has studied social communication and criminalistics for a year, but gave up on both graduations.[6]

YouTube career

After quiting college, Damián briefly worked as a cashier and with family cotillion.[7] He then enrolled in a stand-up comedy course and started performing. He created his Instagram channel to become known in the stand-up scene. His first video was about his dog, Minerva.[3] He then began publishing stories he read on Wikipedia, often accompanied by his dog. He changed the focus of his videos when he heard about the Tita and Rhodesia case on Ingame, Santiago Maratea's questions and answers Instagram series,[1] and posted his original research on his Stories.[2] From there on, he created a series called Historias Innecesarias, where he published 15 second videos about curiosities.[3] The YouTuber Paulina Cocina convinced him to upload his videos on YouTube, and he transferred his channel to the platform[2] on 26 November 2018.[8] He began posting videos exclusively for YouTube in January 2019.[2]

His main focus were videos about criminal cases and criminals in Argentina, including the AMIA bombing, Cromañón nightclub fire, Ramallo massacre, Schoklender case, García Belsunce case, the murder of Solange Grabenheimer, the Puccio family, Malevo Ferreyra and Robledo Puch. He has also published videos about international crimes, including about the Manson family, Patty Hearst, the Peaky Blinders and the Catholic Church sexual abuse cases.[8] According to him, the video that he had researched the most was about Raúl Barragán.[2]

Damián became one of the most successful Argentine YouTubers. In June 2022, his channel had more than 1.5 million subscribers and 238 million views.[8] His channel became specially popular during the COVID-19 pandemic and after his appearance on the radio program Últimos Cartuchos, where he got several followers on his Instagram account.[9] His most viewed video was about the Bank Rio robbery. He was not only popular in Argentina, but also in other Spanish-speaking countries, such as Paraguay.[10]

His first videos were uploaded every Sunday and were three minutes long on average, but he began producing true crime documentaries, that ranged between 10 and 30 minutes, with some being more than 40 minutes long. He also published Historias Innecesarias Express, a series of short trivias, and Hobbies Innecesarios, about his hobbies.[1][2][8]

On 25 November 2020, Damián tweeted he didn't want to make a video about death of Diego Maradona, as he was "more interested on the economy of Rwanda". After his tweet, some of his viewers tried to cancel him and he received a wave of offenses.[11] In June 2021, he made a series of videos on Instagram about an expedition he made at Monte Constanza Natural Reserve to release an anaconda. He ended up being bitten by the snake.[12][13]

Damián has expressed his wishes to end his channel several times,[14] and in January 2023 he announced on Facebook he would not upload videos anymore. According to him, he decided to stop because the routine had worn him out.[15][16] He further said he would still be active on the internet and announced a new podcast.[17] He produced more than 300 videos up until the end of his channel.[1] On 3 December, he uploaded the last video on his channel, a special episode about the full story of Pity Álvarez.[7] His channel is currently active.

In 2025, he and Paz Varales were part of an opened talk on the 11th MóvilFest.[18]

Other projects

Damián appeared once a month on FiloNews, every 15 days on Últimos Cartuchos and occasionally on History Channel.[19] He was the voice actor for Revista Anfibias' podcasts, including Basta Chicos: La vida de Ricardo Fort, La One: La Vida de Moria Casan and one chapter of Reality Fiction deticated to Guido Süller.[7][20] He also co-hosted, together with Paula Echevarría, the live music program Picnic en el Piso Doce.[21]

After closing his YouTube channel, Damián changed his hyperfocus to fungus and started microdosing psilocybin and attending to teraphy to treat his anxiety and depression. In September 2023, he and Leandro Di Giovanni co-founded the mushroom burger restaurant Chizpa on Palermo, Buenos Aires.[4]

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 Coscu Army Awards YouTuber of the Year Won [22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Santullo, Rodolfo (13 June 2020). "Damián Kuc, el investigador detrás del fenómeno documental Historias innecesarias". La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ruggia, Bianca (9 April 2021). "Damián Kuc: historias innecesarias". SerArgentino.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Damián Kuc: "De la habitación de mi hermana con una notebook a trabajar con editores"". Vida y Salud (in Spanish). 16 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b Panessi, Hernán (11 April 2024). "Damián Kuc y sus Hamburguesas de Hongos: 'Sé Que Es Re Palermitano, Pero Yo Soy Chaqueño, Así Que Soy Inmune'". El Planteo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  5. ^ Panessi, Hernán (12 January 2023). "Damián Kuc: Historias Innecesarias, Adolescencia Fumona y Persecuciones Policiales". El Planteo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Masacre de Napalpí: Impactante Documental de Damián Kuc". Revolutionary Communist Party (in Spanish). 17 July 2025. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Veliz, Brenda Petrone (8 December 2023). "Entrevista a Damián Kuc: desde Historias Innecesarias hasta los pódcast de Moria Casán y de Ricardo Fort". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "Damian Kuc, el chaqueño tímido que empezó a hacerse conocido gracias a su perra Minerva". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 18 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  9. ^ Espada, Agustín (19 May 2021). "Damián Kuc, una historia necesaria". NEA HOY (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Damián Kuc, el creador de "Historias innecesarias": Hago el contenido que yo quiero ver en YouTube". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Piden "cancelar" a un youtuber por burlarse de la muerte de Diego Maradona". MDZ Online (in Spanish). 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Damián Kuc contó que fue mordido por una anaconda". Aire Digital (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  13. ^ "El youtuber Damián Kuc mostró cómo le quedó la piernas tras ser atacado por una anaconda". La Nación (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Damián Kuc anunció que dejará de hacer sus conocidas Historias Innecesarias". Medios y Estrategias (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Damián Kuc le puso fin a "Historias Innecesarias"". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  16. ^ "El caso de DAMIAN KUC – El regreso a YOUTUBE – Para NADA Normal EP01". M.News. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  17. ^ "El chaqueño Damián Kuc anunció su retiro de las "Historias Innecesarias"". Diario Chaco (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Llega "Narrativa Móvil" al MovilFest, un conversatorio con Damián Kuc y Paz Varales". Cadena del Sol (in Spanish). 25 July 2025. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  19. ^ Yannoulas, Mario (24 July 2020). "Damián Kuc: "El algoritmo de YouTube puede ser muy cruel"". Página 12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Damián Kuc". Eter (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  21. ^ "Quién es Damián Kuc: el creador de contenidos digitales furor en YouTube". La Arena (in Spanish). 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Elchaqueño Damián Kuc fue elegido Youtuber del año en los Coscu Army Awards". Diario TAG. 24 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
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