Who are the best YouTube Gamers?

1. VanossGaming: Gaming is a significant genre on YouTube. There is a natural synergy between playing a video game yourself, and then watching others demonstrate their gaming prowess. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to find many gaming influencers on YouTube. You could argue that the most popular gamer of them all is PewDiePie – he made his name producing videos of him playing games and commenting on his play. But he has moved on since then. Few of his recent videos have a gaming focus. However, coming in at number 1 on my list is VanossGaming. VanossGaming is the gaming channel of 32-year-old Canadian, Evan Fong. Now, this involves him playing a game, usually with other YouTube gamers. The Canadian Press describes his typical video as showing.

2. Markiplier: Markiplier is run by Hawaiian-born Mark Fischbach, who is now a Californian. He favors the “Let’s Play” type of gaming video, where he uses the video to document his playthrough of a game. He prefers an exuberant and uncensored commentary style. He carries his exuberant, larger-than-life image through his videos. He sometimes appears as Wilfred Warfstache, complete with a pink mustache. He often dyes his hair. He prefers to play indie and horror games, for example, the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. Markiplier is known for presenting live charity streams. He is currently signed up to Polaris, a sub-network of Maker Studios.

3. DanTDM: Daniel Middleton (aka DanTDM) is an English YouTuber. Dan’s channel has evolved since he began it in 2012. In the beginning, he called it The Diamond Minecart (hence the TDM in the channel’s current name). At that point, his core audience was children aged 5 to 10. As the original name indicated, the bulk of his videos involved Dan playing various mods of Minecraft. He found that there was so much fan-generated content in Minecraft that he was able to make videos full-time, with sufficient variation to keep his young audience interested. He changed his channel in 2016, though, to incorporate a range of other games. He also recognized that his audience was growing up.