Minecraft | Community videos surpass 1 billion views on YouTube

YouTube announced that the content of Minecraft on its platform it reached a new unprecedented milestone of one trillion – or also one million million – views globally. And to celebrate, the platform created an animated 3D video set in a video game landscape, highlighting creators and key moments from the Minecraft community around the world.

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Since the first video related to the video game appeared in 2009, its creators and content have grown to become one of the largest communities and have been a fundamental part in the constant growth of the ecosystem. In 2020, Minecraft was both the most popular and most watched game live on YouTube and currently has more than 35,000 active creator channels, representing more than 150 countries and territories, within the community.

“I’ve been in the gaming industry for my entire career, it’s amazing to see how Minecraft has exploded since it first appeared. I remember working with SeaNanners at Machinima when he first tried out Minecraft and shared it on YouTube; The hunger for Minecraft content was impressive that in fact it continues to grow year after year in an astonishing way. Minecraft has been the most watched game for many years, and seeing it reach a trillion views is a feat that deserves applause. Congratulations to Mojang, Microsoft, and the YouTube gamer community! ”said Ryan Wyatt, Global Head of Gaming for YouTube.

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To commemorate the one trillion milestone, YouTube is celebrating in a number of ways. In addition to the animated video that reflects the history of Minecraft on the platform, it will also highlight its growing community by implementing an animated graphic in the logo on the YouTube home page for 24 hours, something that will only be available in some countries, and will feature curated playlists celebrating some of the title’s greatest creators and moments.

For its part, the YouTube Culture and Trends team has released a report that presents a data visualization of the main trends, creators and videos accompanied by a series of narratives that explore the global impact of creators who enjoy Minecraft on YouTube. For more information, visit the site here.

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YouTube has also partnered with Minecraft to launch the YouTube Creator Skin Pack that contains a selection of the best creators of the platform, focused on the title, as avatars for the game. The skin pack is free and will be available for download for one year on the Minecraft Marketplace. These avatars also appear in a new themed intro for an upcoming map, available December 21, in the Caves & Cliffs Update, featuring both the voice-over and authentic likeness of the creators. To see the official skin pack details, visit the Minecraft home page at this link.

Minecraft, a growing trend in Peru and the world

Since 2019, Minecraft-related videos generated more than 3 billion views globally on YouTube, of which 1.9 billion took place in 2021. These contents are characterized by their dynamism and this is reflected in the trend “Minecraft but …” on the platform, in which the creators manage to create new challenges such as incorporating a time limit, modifying objects, difficulty and the visual aspect, among others. In fact, between January and July 2021, there were more than 21,000 videos with this trend in the title.

In Peru, a prominent creator is ElioDt with more than 3.4 million subscribers since he opened his channel in 2014 and one of his videos reached the 14 million of views. Other Peruvian creators who are also setting trends with videos about Minecraft are ANTONIcra, ADRIP, The Gera, EscanorBlock Y It must.

Likewise, the content creators related to this video game became the most popular on YouTube in Peru during 2021: they were in the Top 10 Mikecrack (# 1 position), whose most viewed video is “WE GO from BUNKER NOOB to BUNKER PRO! ???????? WILL WE SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE of MINECRAFT!” with 75 million views. Followed by invictor (# 2), who reached 35 million views with his video “I BECOME SIREN HEAD in MINECRAFT ???? WAYS to TROLL the COMPASSES ????”, Then by Acenix at position # 4 and ElTrollino at position # 5.

There were also rising creators who generated content about Minecraft and who occupied the first positions of the Top 10 of Emerging Creators most viewed in Peru: MrDs4 it was placed in the position # 1 and in the position # 2 it is followed Bobicraft.

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