p>YouTuber? Dream has broken numerous records and gotten millions of views. But the person behind the avatar is still an unsolved mystery. Dream, with 16.4 million users on YouTube is one of the fastest growing YouTube channels. Even though he's been the subject of controversy but the Minecraft expert is still one of the most loyal and devoted fanbases on the internet. Visit Insider's website for more stories.
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p>Minecraft YouTuber? Dream has quickly risen to the top of the creator ladder and is now one of the fastest-growing YouTube channel's of 2020, and the second overall creator of the year according to the platform. The faceless green avatar with a knack for uncovering "Minecraft's" cavern-filled secrets has managed to gain more than 16 million subscribers in under two years. What exactly is it that is it that makes Dream so unique and popular when there have been thousands of content creators building worlds with Minecraft's characteristic blocks?
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p></p><h2><strong><strong>Who is Dream?</strong></strong></h2>Dream's identity and life are not yet known. The YouTuber? who prefers to keep his face secret, chose not to reveal his identity. The avatar he uses online is a simple, neon green image. The design is well-known and easily identifiable to the common "Minecraft" user.
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p>Mysticat, a YouTuber?, claims that Dream's branding is "unprofessional however that doesn't mean it∏s bad." Dream employs a Microsoft Paint drawn character that's fun and appealing to kids, which is Minecraft's core viewers."
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p>Dream started his YouTube channel in 2014, however it's not clear if he uploaded regularly until July of this year. In his first video, he deliberately "triggers" those watching by playing the game as poorly as he can. He does things like placing blocks on top of chests, killing sheep to get their wool and eating rotten flesh.
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p>After his first upload, Dream started posting content frequently. https://www.stockalicious.com/ Felix Kjellberg, known online as the wildly popular PewDiePie?, was playing "Minecraft" for his huge audience of more than 100 million followers at that point. Dream managed to find the way to modify Kjellberg's "world seed," meaning, the randomly generated world his "Minecraft" game created, using techniques he had learned from forums. The video was viewed by 200,000 viewers within two days. He then created three videos that received more than two million views each. The star of his career was born when Dream had 54,000 subscribers at the time of the end of July.
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p>Dream's channel would continue gain millions and thousands of subscribers over the coming months. But the second major breakthrough was in November 2019. Dream made a lot of videos that capitalized upon the current trend of "___ but it changes every time." The video he uploaded titled "Minecraft However, Item Drops are Random and Multiplied" ..." became viral, pulling in 32 million views and bringing the video 600,000 new subscribers.
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p>In the following year, Dream would upload fairly often, increasing his number of subscribers per month and millions of video views. His "Minecraft Speedrunner vs." series, where Dream would choose to complete the game while certain NPCs, or non-player characters, chased after him, or objectives needed to be accomplished was a huge hit. Dream would also begin working with GeorgeNotFound?, who was an acquaintance and a future participant on Dream's roleplaying website which he launched in May of 2020.
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p></p><h2><strong><strong>Dream has been accused of cheating in Minecraft</strong></strong></h2>Dream's channel was at its peak of subscriber growth, reaching 2.6 million subscribers in August 2020 and becoming the mainstay of the game. He had uploaded a speedrun of the 1.14 version of Minecraft in March of 2020, and 1.15 in June, so when version 1.16 version was released later in the year, he was forced to go with it. He finished his run in fifth place and was pleased with where he ended up on the leaderboard.
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p>Geosquare, the moderator of official speedrun forums, uploaded a YouTube video called "Did Dream fake his Speedruns ? Official Moderator Analysis" on December 11 20th, 2020. Geosquare and his co-workers Minecraft moderators had looked over the livestreams and concluded that Dream had recorded events that were likely to have occurred without the assistance of cheaters or mods. In a lengthy document of 29 pages, the mods reached the conclusion that the chances that Dream could have found the two things required to complete the game quickly was 1 in 1.75 trillion.
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p>In numerous videos and Twitter threads, Dream denied any wrongdoing. Dream posted his video on the 23rd of December discussing the claims. Dream shared a research study that he had done using Photoexcitation. It concluded that there was a 1 in 100 million chance of winning.
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p>The speedrunning mods later released a new five-page document discrediting Dream's study. Dream responded in an official tweet, stating that "this drama has caused stress for most of the Minecraft community, and a lot of it was due to my initial reaction to the drama, and I'm fully responsible for that."
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p></p><h2><strong><strong>Dream was targeted for harassment, including doxxing</strong></strong></h2>Dream fans were able to locate his home using a picture of his kitchen uploaded to his second account on January 1 2021. They also posted the information, also known as doxxing.
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p>In a Twitlonger on January 7 Dream addressed the incident as well as his ex-girlfriend, whom believes is spreading false allegations about him. He denied her claims and stated that he doesn't have any issues with YouTube. Dream also stated that his friends who appear on his videos do not receive an amount of his earnings.
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p></p><h2><strong><strong>How Dream conquers the YouTube algorithm</strong></strong></h2>The massive growth of Dream between 2019 and 2020 could be attributed to his understanding of the YouTube algorithm.
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p>He makes use of keywords in the right places and capitalizes on trends to create thumbnails that people will want to click. Similar to the genius of Jimmy Donaldson, the highly-popular Mr. Beast uses in his videos, Dream has figured out how to make it on YouTube.
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