Daniel Andrew Middleton

TheDiamondMinecart
YouTube channel ( Let's Play )
language	English
founding	July 14, 2012
channels	DanTDM
Subscribers	over 22,000,000
Calls	over 14,000,000,000
Videos	over 3,000

Daniel Andrew Middleton (born November 8, 1991 in Aldershot ) is a British web video producer and Let's Player who uploads videos to his YouTube channel under the name The Diamond Minecart or DanTDM . His channel mainly focuses on the computer game Minecraft . He has over 19 million subscribers (June 2018) and is one of the largest-reaching YouTubers in England. In 2014, his income was estimated between $ 213,000 and $ 2.15 million. In July 2015, his channel was added to the list of the most famous YouTubers in the world.

biography

Middleton was born on November 8, 1991 in Aldershot , England. He has a brother and his parents separated when he was a child. His father was a soldier. He attended Northampton University and started a YouTube channel specializing in Pokémon . He called himself PokemanDanLv45 ".

In 2012 he created TheDiamondMinecart, a Let's Play channel aimed at younger viewers. In the meantime he has changed his name to DanTDM . He's making his home videos from Wellingborough. In an interview with The Big Issue , he describes his daily routine as follows: He gets up around 9:00 a.m. and starts recording his video around 10:00 a.m. In the afternoon he looks for the latest Minecraft updates and then cuts the video, which he then publishes at 8:30 p.m. Then he looks at the comments. He said: “There is no other game where new content is released by fans every day and some of it is incredible.” For the weekend, he is preparing special videos about his made-up characters. He also has a vlog channel where he posts videos about his private life.

Middleton is a regular at the Insomnia Festival . He's also been to the BBC's Technobabble twice , commenting on several video games, and once on ITV's Lorraine, where he talked about what it's like to be a YouTuber.

Middleton married his girlfriend Jemma on March 17, 2013; she also plays Minecraft.

Awards

• Guinness World Records "Gamers Edition" as the person who scored the most goals in the 'rookie' level in Rocket League .
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Most Subscribed YouTube Channels in United Kingdom - WatchinToday .
2. ↑ Top 100 YouTubers in United Kingdom Filtered by Subscribers - Socialblade YouTube Stats - YouTube Statistics . In: socialblade.com . Retrieved March 28, 2016.
3. ^ Harrison Jacobs: The Richest YouTube Stars - Business Insider . In: Business Insider . March 10, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
4. ^ Stuart Dredge: The Diamond Minecart becomes most popular YouTube channel . In: the Guardian . Retrieved February 11, 2016.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} The Diamond Minecart: Draw My Life - TheDiamondMinecart | 1,000,000 Subscriber Special . YouTube . December 10, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Dan Middleton's Minecraft videos a global hit . In: BBC News . April 11, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
7. ^ ^{A b} Adrian Lobb: Diamond Minecraft interview: “I have more YouTube subscribers than the BBC” . In: The Big Issue . May 22, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
8. ↑ MoreTDM: MoreTDM . Retrieved October 17, 2015.
9. ↑ Minecraft tips and tricks - CBBC Technobabble. Retrieved November 1, 2015 . 
10. ^ Dan Middleton's Top Gaming Hints and Tips on CBBC Technobabble. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
11. ↑ The Diamond Minecart's Photos - The Diamond Minecart - Facebook . In: facebook.com . Retrieved February 11, 2016.
12. ↑ DanTDM: My third wedding anniversary. Accessed May 2, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Stephen Doultrey: Minecraft and Rocket League records smashed at Legends of Gaming event in London . In: Guinness World Records . September 9, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2015.
14. ↑ 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . In: 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . Archived from the original on May 2, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
15. ↑ 2016 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - UK Favorite Tipster . In: 2016 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2016.