Creator Gear We Couldn't Verify: Jacksepticeye, KSI, Markiplier

“What mic/camera/PC does [creator] use” is one of the most-searched questions about all three of these creators, and after actually checking the sites that answer it, we couldn’t verify a single current claim for any of them from a real source. Rather than publish three separate thin pages that all reach the same conclusion, this page covers all three honestly in one place.

Why these three are grouped together

Every creator we’ve covered in this series gets checked the same way: look for a real primary source — the creator’s own statement, a sponsor’s confirmation, a builder’s post — before repeating a “gear list” claim as fact. For Jacksepticeye, KSI, and Markiplier, that process turned up nothing we could verify. That’s different from creators elsewhere in this series (see CoryxKenshin, PewDiePie) where at least one detail traces to something real. Grouping these three together is more honest than stretching “we found nothing” into three separate SEO-shaped pages.

Jacksepticeye

Every specific claim we could find — for microphone, camera, or PC — came from gear-list sites with no citation, no timestamp, and no quote attached. Several of these claims directly contradict each other, which is normal for this category of unresearched content, but one detail stood out specifically: at least one gear claim we checked is identical, word for word, to a claim made elsewhere about a completely different creator. That’s about as clear a signal as you can get that the content was templated rather than researched — the same block of text plugged in under a different name.

Jacksepticeye has published setup-tour-style videos over the years, including a 2019 “Office Setup Tour” on his own channel — a real, findable primary source. We didn’t review that footage frame-by-frame to identify specific current products for this piece; if you want a firsthand answer rather than a secondhand guess, his own channel is the right place to look, not a gear-list site.

KSI

The most commonly repeated microphone claim is a Rode NT-USB, but no site making that claim cites an actual source — no video, no interview, no statement from KSI himself. Camera claims in circulation appear to trace back to discussion from around 2016–2017 describing how he made videos at that time; we couldn’t independently confirm the original source of even that claim, and found nothing about his current setup.

Practical tip: When a “gear list” claim traces back to an old, vaguely-cited source, check how old it actually is before treating it as current — creators with long-running channels typically upgrade their setup multiple times over a decade, even if nobody’s written an updated gear list since.

Markiplier

Across the gear-list sites that claim to answer this, we found contradictory, unsourced claims for every major item:

• Microphone — variously claimed as a Shure SM7B, a BEACN Mic, a Shure KSM44A, an Electro-Voice RE20, or a Rode NT1/Procaster, depending on which site you check. None cite a source.
• Camera — variously claimed as a Sony a7 III, a Sony A7R II, a Canon 70D, a Canon EOS R5, a Canon G7X III, or just a Logitech webcam. Again, no source cited by any of them.
• PC and other gear — specs and peripherals are claimed with similar confidence and similarly zero sourcing.

We didn’t find a Markiplier interview, official setup-tour video, or verified social post confirming any of these specific models. That doesn’t mean none of the claims happen to be right — it means none of them are verifiable as things currently stand.

How to actually verify a creator’s gear yourself

If you’re trying to answer this kind of question for a creator not covered in this series, the checklist we use is straightforward:

1. Look for the creator’s own setup-tour or “how I make my videos” style video and check the timestamp yourself, rather than trusting a third-party description of it.
2. Check official sponsor or manufacturer accounts for a tagged partnership post — a real sponsorship is usually confirmed on the sponsor’s own channel, not just claimed by a fan site.
3. Be skeptical of any “gear list” page that names a specific model with no citation — no link, no timestamp, no quote.
4. Watch for identical wording repeated across different creators’ pages — it’s one of the clearest signs a page was templated rather than researched.

Build a similar-tier setup yourself

If your actual goal is picking gear rather than settling a trivia question, our own guides get you to real, current recommendations: best budget microphones for streamers, best webcams for streaming, and our streaming PC setup guide.

How this compares across creators

Gear changes over time and isn't always confirmed directly by the creator — see the notes column for sourcing, and treat unconfirmed entries as a starting point, not a guarantee of current gear.

Key mistakes to avoid

1. Trusting a “gear list” site’s specific model claim without checking whether it cites anything at all.
2. Assuming a years-old claim describes a creator’s current setup — channels active for a decade or more go through many equipment changes.
3. Treating identical wording across different creators’ pages as a coincidence rather than a sign of templated content.
4. Buying a specific product purely on the strength of an unconfirmed “this creator uses it” claim.

Conclusion

For Jacksepticeye, KSI, and Markiplier, the honest answer to “what gear do they use” is that we couldn’t verify it — not because we didn’t look, but because nothing in circulation traces to a real source. If you’re shopping rather than fact-checking, our own streaming gear guides will get you to real, current recommendations faster than chasing an unverified name.

Frequently Asked Questions

What microphone or camera does Jacksepticeye use?

We couldn't confirm either from a real source. Multiple gear-list sites make confident, contradictory claims with no citations — and at least one specific claim we checked is identical, word for word, to a claim made about a completely different creator, which strongly suggests templated content rather than research into Jacksepticeye specifically. He's published setup-tour videos on his own channel, including a 2019 'Office Setup Tour' — that's a better primary source than a gear-list site, though we didn't review it frame-by-frame to pull exact product models for this piece.

What microphone does KSI use?

The most commonly repeated claim is a Rode NT-USB, but no site making that claim cites an actual source — no video, no interview, no statement from KSI himself. We couldn't independently verify it.

What camera does KSI use?

Camera claims in circulation appear to trace back to discussion from around 2016–2017 describing how he made videos at that time — nearly a decade removed from his current content. We couldn't independently confirm the original source of that claim, and found no source confirming his current camera setup.

So what microphone does Markiplier actually use?

We genuinely don't know, and we don't think anyone publishing a confident answer to this does either — sites making specific claims (a Shure SM7B, a BEACN Mic, a Shure KSM44A, an Electro-Voice RE20, and others have all been claimed) cite no actual source: no video timestamp, no interview quote, no tweet. We couldn't find a Markiplier interview, AMA, or setup-tour video confirming a specific model either.

Why are these three creators grouped on one page instead of getting their own?

Because, unlike some other creators we've covered in this series, nothing about their current gear could be independently verified from a real source — no confirmed sponsorship, no creator-confirmed post, nothing. Padding that into three separate thin pages saying essentially the same thing didn't seem like a genuine improvement over one honest page that says it plainly.