DanTDM

Person · 14 cases · 2016–2025 · British gamer and YouTuber

How DanTDM spread

DanTDM built a YouTube audience with Minecraft videos, joined a gaming network, and expanded into books and live shows.

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Gaming 12 · Entertainment 2
2026201220142014201520168 yrsA Minecraft Movie · Carried it · Apr 4, 2025A Minecraft Movie First Teaser · Carried it · Sep 4, 2024Garten of Banban · Carried it · Mar 10, 2023DOORS · Carried it · Sep 17, 2022Stray · Carried it · Jul 19, 2022Among Us · Carried it · Sep 5, 2020Bloons TD 6 · Carried it · Feb 4, 2020Untitled Goose Game · Carried it · Sep 20, 2019Fortnite Battle Royale · Carried it · Dec 2, 2018Raft · Carried it · Jun 17, 2018Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · Carried it · Dec 9, 2017Bendy and the Ink Machine · Carried it · Apr 1, 2017Undertale · Kept it going · Dec 31, 2016Slither.io · Carried it · Apr 14, 2016Start2012First press2014Milestone2014Milestone2015New audience2016YouTubePressRetailInstagram

  1. 2012

    StartYouTube

    Middleton started TheDiamondMinecart, a YouTube channel focused on Minecraft. tubefilter.com

  2. 2014

    First pressApr 11 · Press

    BBC News reported that his Minecraft videos were attracting over 70 million monthly views, mostly from children. bbc.com

  3. 2014

    MilestoneAug · YouTube

    He joined Maker Studios' Polaris gaming network, with over 3.4 million subscribers already following his channel. tubefilter.com

  4. 2015

    MilestoneJul · YouTube

    His Minecraft videos received over 402 million views, making his channel YouTube's most viewed that month. theguardian.com

  5. 2016

    New audienceOct 6 · Retail

    He released the graphic novel Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal, extending his audience into books. publishersweekly.com

Among Us

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Among Us turns 6!Open

500M players

Fortnite Battle Royale

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66
Fortnite Battle Royale Launches September 26

$5B revenue

Slither.io

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Official Slither.io title artwork from the playable seed page.

67M players

DOORS

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DOORS RELEASES

6.9K sold

A Minecraft Movie

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66
the minecraft movie trailers but only when jack black says something from the game verbatim

$960.4M box office

Undertale

Kept it going

56
Undertale key art: the fallen human in a pool of light among golden flowers

5M sold

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

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Official screenshot of Getting Over It, showing the man in a pot climbing with a hammer.

3M sold

Stray

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Stray comes to PS4 and PS5 on July 19 as part of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium

63K concurrent players

Raft

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Raft by Redbeet Interactive

3M sold

Bloons TD 6

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50
Ninja Kiwi Announces Bloons TD 6 in Development

53.9K concurrent players

Untitled Goose Game

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Untitled Goose Game

1M sold

Bendy and the Ink Machine

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Bendy and the Ink Machine on Steam

12.3K Wikipedia views in a day

Garten of Banban

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Garten of Banban on Steam

1.4K concurrent players

A Minecraft Movie First Teaser

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A Minecraft Movie | Teaser

97.5M impressions

Picture: Julian Tysoe, CC BY 2.0, cropped