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49-496: Clay (born August 12, 1999), known online as Dream , is an American YouTuber , Twitch streamer , speedrunner , and singer primarily known for creating Minecraft content. Dream has been active online since 2014, but did not gain substantial popularity until 2019, with the release of his "Minecraft Manhunt" YouTube series. Dream also gained notability for his Minecraft speedruns ; however, several of his records were struck down due to evidence of cheating . Content created in
98-415: A 40-minute video on the controversy supporting the conclusions of the moderators, estimating the actual odds of being 1 in 20 sextillion (2 × 10). On May 30, 2021, in a written statement, Dream stated that he had in fact been using a "disallowed modification" that altered item drop probabilities, although he maintained that the addition of the modification was unintentional. According to him, this discrepancy
147-496: A face cam" to his Minecraft videos. Dream's face reveal prompted both positive and negative comments online. His face reveal video garnered over 21.9 million views and 2.5 million likes in less than a day. As of May 2024, the video has over 62.9 million views and over 4.6 million likes, making it the 13th-most-viewed video on Dream's YouTube channel. Due to backlash, Dream deleted the face reveal video in June 2023. As of September 2023,
196-527: A favorable view of him, while 22.1% expressed an unfavorable view. Dream and other members of the Dream SMP have given rise to a popular fandom. On January 1, 2021, Dream was doxxed . On January 7, 2021, Dream addressed the doxxing and denied accusations made against him by his ex-girlfriend. In June 2021, Dream was criticized for announcing that all revenue generated by his streams in June would go to charity, with critics claiming he did not stream for more than
245-529: A monthly Minecraft competition organized by Noxcrew. He won first in both the 8th and 11th MC Championships. In September 2020, during the 10th MC Championship, he played for charity and raised around $ 3,400. The Dream SMP has become very well-known. The primary attraction for fans, according to their feedback, is the roleplay aspect. Major events are loosely scripted in advance, while most other elements consist of improvisation , performed live on YouTube and Twitch . Cecilia D'Anastasio of Wired described
294-588: A player lost health in Minecraft . In December 2020, in place of their annual YouTube Rewind series, YouTube released a list of their top-trending videos and creators. On the U.S. list, YouTube ranked Dream's "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE" video as the number seven "Top Trending Video", and ranked Dream as the number two "Top Creator" and number one "Breakout Creator". A livestream by Dream on YouTube in November 2020 with about 700,000 peak viewers
343-467: A report, along with a 14-minute video to YouTube, analyzing six archived livestreams of speedrunning sessions by Dream from around the time of the record. The team concluded that the game had been modified to make the chance of obtaining certain items needed to complete the game higher than normal; they argued the odds of "anyone in the Minecraft speedrunning community would ever get luck comparable to Dream's"
392-970: A show starring Ryan Kaji, the then-seven-year-old host of the toy review and vlog channel Ryan's World , began airing on the Nick Jr. Channel ; later that year, NBC debuted A Little Late with Lilly Singh in its 1:35 am ET time slot. Singh's digital prominence was cited as a reason for her selection as host by then-NBC Entertainment co-chairman George Cheeks. In 2024, Canadian YouTuber Jasmeet Singh Raina , otherwise known as JusReign, released his half-hour comedy series titled Late Bloomer . In addition to expanding into other forms of media, several YouTubers have used their influence to raise money for charity or speak out on social issues . Notable examples include James Stephen "MrBeast" Donaldson and Mark Rober , who helped raise over $ 20 million with their Team Trees campaign, and Felipe Neto , who publicly criticized Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for his response to
441-778: A single day that month. Dream had streamed multiple times on different platforms during the month of June, including at least four streams on Discord , where he encouraged fans to subscribe and donate to his Twitch channel. On June 30, 2021, Dream announced that he had donated US$ 140,000 (US$ 90,000 from fan contributions and US$ 50,000 from the Dream Team) to The Trevor Project , an LGBT youth charity. In response to fellow YouTuber Technoblade 's cancer diagnosis, Dream donated US$ 21,409 to cancer research in late August 2021. Dream has since participated in many other cancer charity initiatives, organized with Technoblade's father, who goes by his online pseudonym Mr. Technodad. During his career,
490-544: A website in 1998. It ran as a print publication from 2002 to 2010 before converting to online-only. The magazine was founded as a quarterly in July 2002 and was owned by Josh Jackson, Nick Purdy, and Tim Regan-Porter. In October 2007, the magazine tried the " Radiohead " experiment, offering new and current subscribers the ability to pay what they wanted for a one-year subscription to Paste . The subscriber base increased by 28,000, but Paste president Tim Regan-Porter noted
539-480: Is "Minecraft Manhunt", a format where one player — usually Dream — attempts to complete a speedrun of Minecraft , while another player or team of players (the "hunters") attempts to kill the runner or thwart their progress. The first video in the series, titled "Beating Minecraft But My Friend Tries to Stop Me", was published on December 26, 2019. Further videos were published in the following years, featuring incrementally greater numbers of hunters. The final episode of
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#1732879826017588-510: Is a type of content creator and social media influencer who uploads or creates videos on the online video-sharing website YouTube , typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006, and subsequently appeared in the 2006 Time Person of the Year issue. Influential YouTubers are frequently described as microcelebrities . Since YouTube
637-400: Is unsubstantiated or complete hyperbole ." In a YouTube video, Dream maintained that the accusations of his cheating were untrue. In response to the report by speedrun.com , Dream commissioned a report by an anonymous statistician , who Dream claimed was an astrophysicist . They argued that the odds of a Minecraft speedrunner seeing luck comparable to Dream's was 1 in 10 million, instead of
686-427: Is widely conceived as a bottom-up social media video platform, microcelebrities do not appear to be involved with the established and commercial system of celebrity culture; rather, they appear self-governed and independent. This appearance, in turn, leads to YouTubers being seen as more relatable and authentic, also fostered by the direct connection between artist and viewer using the medium of YouTube. In 2014,
735-721: The COVID-19 pandemic . In 2020, Time named Neto and fellow YouTuber JoJo Siwa to its annual list of the world's 100 most influential people. Due to this level of influence, in 2013, University of Michigan associate professor Robert Hovden argued for the creation of a new index similar to the g-index and h-index to evaluate a person's output and impact on YouTube. YouTubers can earn revenue from Google AdSense . Additionally, they can supplement their income through affiliate links , merchandising , and 3rd party memberships using platforms such as Patreon . Popular channels have garnered corporate sponsors, who pay to be included in
784-474: The Dream SMP , Dream's invite-only survival multiplayer (SMP) Minecraft server that stars content creators engaged in roleplay , also attracted considerable attention, acclaim and a popular fandom . As of August 12, 2023, his seven YouTube channels have collectively reached over 43.51 million subscribers and over 3.66 billion views, and his two Twitch channels have collectively gained 7.37 million followers and 19.01 million views. YouTube awarded Dream
833-592: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reached out to him about a "threat made against his life". In early October 2020, Dream livestreamed himself speedrunning Minecraft , and submitted one of his times to speedrun.com . He was awarded with 5th place at the time in the " 1.16+ random seed glitchless " category. Accusations of Dream cheating in these speedruns first arose on October 16, when another Minecraft speedrunner, in now-deleted Twitter posts, reported seeing higher drop rates for key items in one of
882-485: The Streamy Award for Gaming in 2020 , 2021 , and 2023 . Dream created his YouTube account on February 8, 2014, under the username DreamTraps and started to upload content regularly in July 2019. The oldest accessible video on Dream's account involves him playing Minecraft poorly on purpose in order to "trigger" viewers. As of December 2022, the video has amassed 18 million views. In July 2019, Dream figured out
931-708: The University of Southern California surveyed 13–18-year-olds in the United States on whether ten YouTube celebrities or ten traditional celebrities were more influential; YouTube personalities took the first five spots of the ranking, with the YouTube duo Smosh ranking as most influential. The survey was repeated in 2015, and found six YouTubers on the first ranks, with KSI ranked as most influential. Several YouTubers and their influence were subjects for scientific studies, such as Zoella , and PewDiePie . Numerous studies in
980-508: The seed of a Minecraft world YouTuber PewDiePie was playing on by using reverse engineering techniques that Dream learned from online forums . In November 2019, Dream uploaded a viral video titled "Minecraft, But Item Drops Are Random And Multiplied..." that has amassed 49 million views as of January 2021. In January 2020, Dream uploaded a video in which he and another YouTuber, GeorgeNotFound , connected an Arduino board to an electric dog collar , which emitted an electric shock whenever
1029-453: The speedrun.com team's 1 in 7.5 trillion. Dot Esports said that the report did not exonerate him, and "at most" it suggested it was not impossible that he was lucky. The moderation team stood by their ruling and issued a rebuttal to Dream's report. In a Twitter post, Dream indicated that he would accept their decision without admitting fault. On February 4, 2021, Matt Parker , a YouTube personality and recreational mathematician , published
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#17328798260171078-823: The Dream SMP as a form of live theatre and as a " Machiavellian political drama." During January 2021, over 1 million people tuned into Dream SMP livestreams. On April 26, 2021, as a collaboration with Dream, fellow YouTuber MrBeast 's fast-food restaurant chain MrBeast Burger released the Dream Burger as a limited-time addition to its menu. On February 4, 2021, Dream released his first song, entitled "Roadtrip", in collaboration with PmBata, which garnered over 25 million views on YouTube. On May 20, 2021, Dream released his second song, entitled " Mask ", which garnered over 24.7 million views on YouTube. An animated music video for "Mask"
1127-543: The Partner Program, which allows channels that meet certain metrics (currently 1000 subscribers and 4000 public watch hours in the past year) to run ads on their videos and earn money doing so. The Partner Program allowed for the first time YouTube personalities to make a living from the platform. During the 2010s, the ability for YouTubers to achieve wealth and fame due to success on the platform increased dramatically. In December 2010, Business Insider estimated that
1176-567: The community had been through enough drama and that it was pointless." He also "didn't want to be the center of controversy for the hundredth time" and that he figured "it would be a story I would tell in a few years when no one really cared." In a 2021 interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla , Dream said that he regretted his initial reaction to the cheating scandal, saying that "I handled the situation horribly. When it originally came out, my response was, You guys are idiots, blah blah blah ." When asked by Padilla how he thought he should have handled
1225-606: The entire platform at once. When the ads were introduced in August 2006, YouTube CEO Chad Hurley rejected the idea of expanding into areas of advertising seen as less user-friendly at the time, saying, "We think there are better ways for people to engage with brands than forcing them to watch a commercial before seeing content. You could ask anyone on the net if they enjoy that experience and they'd probably say no." However, YouTube began running in-video ads in August 2007, with preroll ads introduced in 2008. In December 2007, YouTube launched
1274-452: The highest earner on YouTube during the previous year was Dane Boedigheimer , creator of the web series Annoying Orange , with an income of around $ 257,000. Five years later, Forbes released its first list of the highest-earning YouTube personalities, estimating top earner PewDiePie 's income during the previous fiscal year at $ 12 million, more than some popular actors such as Cameron Diaz or Gwyneth Paltrow . Forbes estimated that
1323-436: The hunters come out on top. But more often than not, Dream pulls just enough aces out of his sleeve to narrowly beat the hunters, and eventually the game." Gonzalo Cardona, writing for Ginx TV , noted that Minecraft Manhunt had "inspired cult -like montages by fans." Nathan Grayson , writing for Kotaku , said that Minecraft Manhunt had turned Dream "into a household name among Minecraft fans." In April 2020, shortly after
1372-503: The late 2010s found that YouTuber was the most desired career by children. YouTubers' influence has also extended beyond the platform. Some have ventured into mainstream forms of media, such as Liza Koshy , who, among other pursuits, hosted the revival of the Nickelodeon show Double Dare and starred in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It . In 2019, Ryan's Mystery Playdate ,
1421-550: The left-leaning news and opinion site Splinter , after the site closed down. It also purchased The A.V. Club , another former G/O Media property, in March 2024. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture ". Paste ' s initial focus was music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on adult album alternative , Americana and indie rock , along with independent film and books . Each issue originally included
1470-571: The magazine did not stem the losses. The crux cited for the financial troubles was the lack of advertiser spending. In 2009, Paste launched an hour-long TV pilot for Halogen TV called Pop Goes the Culture . On August 31, 2010, Paste suspended the print magazine, but continues publication as the online PasteMagazine.com. In November 2023, Paste magazine acquired two G/O Media properties—the US-based news and culture site Jezebel , along with
1519-497: The model was not sustainable; he hoped the new subscribers would renew the following year at the current rates and the increase in web traffic would attract additional subscribers and advertisers . Amidst an economic downturn, Paste began to suffer from lagging ad revenue , as did other magazine publishers in 2008 and 2009. On May 14, 2009, Paste editors announced a plan to save the magazine, by pleading to its readers, musicians and celebrities for contributions. Cost-cutting by
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1568-469: The opportunity to view exclusive content by clicking on the ad. The first such ad was for the Fox show Prison Break and solely appeared above videos on Paris Hilton's channel. At the time, the channel was operated by Warner Bros. Records and was cited as the first brand channel on the platform. Participatory video ads were designed to link specific promotions to specific channels rather than advertising on
1617-459: The release of Minecraft snapshot 20w17a , Dream and GeorgeNotFound created the Dream SMP, a private Survival Multiplayer (SMP) Minecraft server . Over time, other prominent Minecraft content creators outside of the "Dream Team" have been invited to the server, including TommyInnit , Technoblade , and Wilbur Soot . Throughout 2020, Dream was a prominent participant in MC Championship ,
1666-468: The right places, capitalizes on trends, and makes thumbnails that fans want to click on." Dream is a member of the "Dream Team", along with fellow YouTubers Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound . The group frequently collaborate to create new content. Dream also had a friendly rivalry with fellow Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade before his death, as they each had a contested recognition for the title of "best Minecraft player." Dream's most popular YouTube series
1715-577: The scandal, Dream said that "I should have shut off all my devices for a couple days and been like, OK, let me not react with emotion ." Having not revealed his face until 2022, Dream's real-life identity and many aspects of his personal life are unknown. He is an American, was born with the first name "Clay" on August 12, 1999, and, as of 2022, resides in Orlando, Florida , with fellow internet personalities GeorgeNotFound and Sapnap . Dream has spoken publicly about his diagnosis with ADHD . His anonymous avatar
1764-581: The series was published on February 26, 2022. Many of the Minecraft Manhunt videos have received tens of millions of views, with one of them ranking sixth in YouTube's Top Trending Videos of 2020. As of February 2022, the most-viewed in Dream's Minecraft Manhunt series has 108 million views. The series has received positive acclaim. Urian B. wrote in Tech Times that Minecraft Manhunt "requires not only mastery of
1813-435: The speedrunning attempts that Dream submitted. Dream responded on October 29 in now-deleted Twitter posts, arguing that he had no reason to cheat, that he did not possess the coding knowledge to raise drop rates, and that the data was cherry picked . On December 11, 2020, following a two-month investigation, speedrun.com ' s Minecraft verification team removed his submission from the leaderboards . The team published
1862-424: The tenth-highest earner that year was Rosanna Pansino at $ 2.5 million. That year, NME stated that " vlogging has become big business." The rapid influx of wealth within the YouTube community has led some to criticize YouTubers for focusing on earnings more than the creativity and connection with their fanbase that some claim was at the heart of the platform before expanded monetization. In August 2021, it
1911-406: The terrain but also the ability to think fast on your feet while different choices present themselves with only milliseconds of time for decision making. This is something that Dream is good at, split second decision making." Nicolas Perez from Paste described Minecraft Manhunt as "an experience that leaves me slack-jawed every time", stating that the format of Minecraft Manhunt "seems to guarantee
1960-539: The video has been restored. According to Time magazine , "Dream's anonymity has been one of the most alluring aspects of his persona online and that intrigue, paired with his vibrant personality, have helped him build a loyal following across social media platforms." In a 2021 interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla , Dream explained that although he never intended to remain anonymous, this aspect of his identity had become too important to his online persona for him to abandon at that time. YouTuber A YouTuber
2009-437: The videos. In 2018, Walmart , Nordstrom , and others sought YouTube stars as influencers . In the early days of YouTube, there was no way to monetize videos on the platform. Much of the site's content was homemade and produced by hobbyists with no plans for making money on the site. The first targeted advertising on the site came in the form of participatory video ads, which were videos in their own right that offered users
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2058-450: Was a result of a change to a client mod written for his YouTube channel. In his statement, he said that the item modifications were changed by the developer of the mod, and said that he was unaware of the addition until February 2021. After becoming aware of the addition, he deleted his video response to the speedrun.com moderators. Dream explained that he did not mention his discovery of the addition publicly back then because he "felt like
2107-421: Was at most 1 in 7.5 trillion. In response, Dream called the investigation clickbait and claimed that it was flawed enough that some members of speedrun.com ' s moderation team threatened to quit over it. Speedrun.com moderator Geosquare denied the accusation, saying: "All moderators voted unanimously in our decision and no one is threatening to leave in protest", and "From everything we know[,] that [claim]
2156-590: Was inspired by a picture his former girlfriend posted on Discord . He has a pet cat named Patches. On September 19, 2022, Dream stated that the next YouTube video he would upload would be him revealing his face to the public for the first time. He revealed his face in said YouTube video, titled "hi, I'm Dream.", thirteen days later, on October 2, 2022. Dream decided to do a face reveal because he wanted to meet up with friends, explore making new types of content, and do more work outside of his home. He also said that he would post "more IRL content" but does not "plan on adding
2205-594: Was released in June of the same year, though it was later deleted. The song and accompanying music video faced criticism for the content of the lyrics and animation, including a negative portrayal of prescription drugs. He depicted his own negative experience taking prescribed ADHD pills , referring to them in the work as " normal pills ". On August 19, 2021, Dream released his third song, entitled "Change My Clothes", in collaboration with American singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin , which garnered over 8.3 million views on YouTube. Dream's fourth song, titled "Until I End Up Dead",
2254-530: Was released on July 28, 2023, followed by its music video on August 9, 2023. A music video for "Kind of Love", the second track on To Whoever Wants to Hear , was released on August 31, 2023, the day before the EP's release. The EP debuted at number 173 on the Billboard 200 chart. Dream is considered to have a polarizing personality on the YouTube platform. A 2020 SurveyMonkey poll revealed that 59.7% of respondents held
2303-451: Was released through Mercury and Republic Records on June 23, 2023, after he had signed to Republic Records in December 2022. It was his first song to be released through a major label . On July 26, 2023, Dream announced that his debut EP To Whoever Wants to Hear would be released on September 1, 2023, and would have seven tracks. The second single from that EP, "Everest" with Yung Gravy ,
2352-722: Was reported Kevin Paffrath made $ 5 million in just the first 3 months of 2021 and his YouTube analytics showed he made "several million" in ad revenue within the prior 12 months. By 2021, YouTuber earnings had expanded even more, with Forbes estimating that the highest earner that year was MrBeast at $ 51 million. Paste (magazine) Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine , headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia , with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan , and owned by Paste Media Group. The magazine began as
2401-435: Was the 6th highest viewed gaming stream of all time as of January 2021. A December 2020 Polygon article stated that "2020 has been a tremendous year for Dream", describing him as "YouTube's biggest gaming channel of the moment." In a January 2021 article, Steven Asarch of Business Insider attributed Dream's growth during 2019 and 2020 "to his understanding of the YouTube algorithm", noting that "[h]e puts his keywords in
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