DanTDM

DanTDM

DanTDM in 2014
Personal information
Born Daniel Middleton
(1991-11-08) 8 November 1991
Aldershot, England
Residence Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Occupation Video game commentator
Spouse(s) Jemma Middleton (m. 2013)
YouTube information
Pseudonym DanTDM
Channel TheDiamondMinecart, MoreTDM
Years active 2012–present
Genre Minecraft, gaming
Subscribers 16 million
(August 2017)
Total views 10.7 billion
(August 2017)
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 9 August 2017.

Daniel Middleton (born 8 November 1991), better known through his online pseudonym DanTDM (formerly The Diamond Minecart), is an English YouTube personality and professional gamer. His online video channels have covered many video games, mainly the popular game Minecraft. As of August 2017, his channel has over 10.7 billion views and 16 million subscribers, and has been listed among the top YouTube channels in the United Kingdom.[5] In 2014, Business Insider estimated Middleton's annual income to be somewhere between $213,000 and $2.15 million.[6] In July 2015, his channel was listed as one of the most popular YouTubers in the world by viewership.[7] He has earned several Kids' Choice Awards as well as set Guinness World Records for his gaming and presenting.

Biography

Middleton was born on 8 November 1991 in Aldershot, England as the elder of two siblings.[8] His parents divorced when he was a child.[8] He attended Northampton University[9] and started a YouTube channel in 2010 dedicated to Pokémon while at university, in which he called himself "PokemanDanLv45".[10]

In 2012, Middleton created The Diamond Minecart, a gaming channel whose audience consists of mostly children ages 5–10.[9] He changed his YouTube channel name to TheDiamondMinecart // DanTDM, and then, on 12 December 2016, to just DanTDM.[11][lower-alpha 1] He produces videos out of his home studio in Wellingborough.[9] In an interview with The Big Issue, Middleton describes his process in making videos: he gets up around 9am and starts working on the video an hour later. He checks for Minecraft updates, edits the videos in the afternoon, and uploads the finished product at 8:30pm, after which, he checks for comments. He said "There isn’t another game where free content comes out every day made by fans, and some of it is mind blowing." On weekends, he prepares videos in advance. In addition to Let's Play videos, he makes mini films that involve original characters.[12]

Middleton has been a regular guest at the Insomnia gaming festivals.[13][14] He was also featured twice on CBBC's Technobabble, where he commented on several videogames,[15][16] and once on ITV's Lorraine, where he talked about being a YouTuber.[17]

He released a graphic novel called DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal on 6 October 2016.[18] The graphic novel features characters from his YouTube shows including: DanTDM and his dog Grim, the scientist Dr. Trayaurus, evil lab boss Denton and sidekick Fin.[19][20][21] He was a featured guest at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and went on a book tour that included parts of the UK and a visit to New York City.[18][22][23][24] In 2017, he has gone on another tour to the United States to 21 venues.[25]

His online video channel had focussed primarily on the popular game Minecraft, but as of 2016, he has allocated part of his channel to playing other video games, such as Roblox and Tomodachi Life.[26]

Personal life

In June 2013, when his channel exceeded 100,000 subscribers, he posted a video showing his real-life self for the first time, thanking the fans, and announcing plans to create video blogs about his real life.[1] The channel was called MoreTDM in 2014, in which he posts videos about his daily "non-Minecraft" life.[27]

Middleton married his girlfriend Jemma on 17 March 2013;[28] she also enjoys Minecraft: "we spend a lot of time gaming together, and I bounce ideas off her as well".[12]

Awards

Books

Notes

  1. ↑ Although DanTDM's channel name has changed, the channel still lists itself as TheDiamondMinecart within its URL

References

  1. 1 2 TDM Vlogs – 100,000 Subscribers, IRL & Events!. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ The Diamond Minecart // DanTDM (17 September 2014). YouTube's Golden Award! – TheDiamondMinecart. Retrieved 11 February 2016 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ TheDiamondMinecart: DanTDM (28 March 2016). "10 Million Subscribers!!!!". Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ TheDiamondMinecart: DanTDM (30 July 2016). "Our Diamond Play Button!!!!". Retrieved 30 July 2016 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Top 100 YouTubers in United Kingdom Filtered by Subscribers". socialblade.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Jacobs, Harrison (10 March 2014). "The Richest YouTube Stars". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Dredge, Stuart. "The Diamond Minecart becomes most popular YouTube channel". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Draw My Life - TheDiamondMinecart | 1,000,000 Subscriber Special". YouTube. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Dan Middleton's Minecraft videos a global hit". BBC News. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "PokemanDanLv45". youtube.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  11. ↑ DanTDM (12 December 2016). "I'M CHANGING MY NAME...". Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via YouTube.
  12. 1 2 Lobb, Adrian (22 May 2014). "Diamond Minecraft interview: "I have more YouTube subscribers than the BBC"". The Big Issue. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Eccleston, Ben (18 April 2014). "Look: Ricoh Arena hosting huge Insomnia computer games festival". coventrytelegraph.net. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Insomnia57 at the NEC Birmingham REVIEW". tamworthherald.co.uk. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Minecraft tips and tricks - CBBC Technobabble. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ Dan Middleton's Top Gaming Hints and Tips on CBBC Technobabble. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "The Diamond Minecart's Photos - The Diamond Minecart". facebook.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  18. 1 2 Merrell, Andrew (5 October 2016). "Bet you've not heard of the biggest star at literature festival?". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  19. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (15 October 2016). "Minecraft, books, panto... and pugs! YouTube star DanTDM opens up". Retrieved 1 November 2016 – via The Guardian.
  20. ↑ "YouTube's Dan the Diamond Minecart inks book deal - The Bookseller". thebookseller.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Staff (3 August 2016). "The On-Sale Calendar October 2016 Children's Books". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  22. ↑ Merrell, Andrew (11 October 2016). "Hundreds rush Cheltenham Literature Festival tent to reach DanTDM". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  23. ↑ "Take 'Minecraft' to the Next (Reading) Level With DanTDM's New Graphic Novel - GeekDad". geekdad.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  24. ↑ DanTDM [@dantdm] (25 October 2016). "MY BOOK IN THE U.S. & MINI U.S. BOOK TOUR!!!: youtu.be/DsURl099Cog?a via @YouTube" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  25. ↑ "Live Nation takes YouTuber DanTDM on US tour - IQ Magazine: Live Music Business News". iq-mag.net. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  26. ↑ "Minecraft, books, panto... and pugs! YouTube star DanTDM opens up".
  27. ↑ MoreTDM. "MoreTDM". YouTube. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  28. ↑ DanTDM [@DiamondMinecart] (17 March 2016). "Today is mine & Jem's 3 year Wedding Anniversary!! 💕💎😁" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 March 2016 – via Twitter.
  29. ↑ Doultrey, Stephen (9 September 2015). "Minecraft and Rocket League records smashed at Legends of Gaming event in London". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  30. ↑ "YouTube stars including Dan TDM smash Rocket League record at Insomnia gaming festival". guinnessworldrecords.com. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  31. ↑ "Youtuber Dan TDM enters Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition for Minecraft channel". guinnessworldrecords.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  32. ↑ "2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards". 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  33. ↑ "2016 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards – UK Favourite Tipster". 2016 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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