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YouTube has at all times been vacation spot for gaming content material, and this yr is not any completely different as the 2 of the highest ten movies involving gaming. However, the highest video of the yr is a somber but stunning story a few gaming creator’s farewell.
Gaming creators are represented throughout the Top Creators and Breakout Creators lists — with the tribute video to creator Technoblade, “so long nerds” taking the No. 1 trending video of 2022. I inform ya. It was laborious to look at.
Dream’s Face Reveal ranked third on the checklist. Dream’s face reveal, “hi, I’m Dream” really set a document because the most-viewed face reveal on YouTube. Additionally, gaming creator CoryxKenshin is listed as No. 9 on the Top Creators checklist of 2022 and Minecraft creator dayta is No. 7 on the Breakout Creators of 2022 checklist.
Looking again on 2022, this was one other banner yr for YouTube Gaming that noticed new streamers be a part of YouTube completely, up to date product choices (Gifted Memberships, Live Redirect, Clips to Shorts, plus extra), and a serious celebration of all issues gaming with the interactive “YouTube: Game On” occasion.
Also on the developments entrance this yr, YouTube broke down the Speedrunning pattern on this yr’s “A YouTube Speedrun Of Speedruns” information video, whereas fashionable 2022 recreation Elden Ring had one of many greatest launches in YouTube historical past, garnering 3.4 billion video views within the first 60 days of the sport’s launch.
Next yr, with YouTube’s new international head of gaming Leo Olebe on the helm, YouTube Gaming is seeking to develop the gaming ecosystem on the worldwide platform whereas serving the wants and celebrating the YouTube Gaming group of creators, followers and companions.
U.S. trending movies
Technoblade: so lengthy nerds. The prime video of the yr earned 87 million views, but it surely’s a tragic story a few Minecraft creator.
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Dream: hello, I’m Dream. A creator reveals himself for the primary time.
NFL: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar & 50 Cent FULL Pepsi SB LVI Halftime Show
MrBeast: I Built Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory!
Mark Rober: Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb Payback
Jaiden Animations: Being Not Straight
Kane Pixels: The Backrooms (Found Footage)
The Try Guys: what occurred.
First We Feast: Millie Bobby Brown Needs a Milkshake
Ratings are based mostly on in-country views of movies uploaded in 2022, excluding Shorts, music movies, trailers, and kids’s movies. One video per creator. Source: Google information, 2022.
U.S. prime creators
MrBeast (114M subs)
NichLmao (18.7M subs)
Airrack (10.7M subs)
Ryan Trahan (11.1M subs)
Isaiah Photo (8M subs)
Brent Rivera (22.3M subs)
Dan Rhodes (18.8M subs)
Luke Davidson (9.31M subs)
CoryxKenshin (15M subs)
Ian Boggs (8.07M subs)
Based on in-country subscribers gained in 2022, excluding artists, manufacturers, media corporations, and kids’s content material. One channel per creator. Source: Google information, 2022.
Breakout creators
NichLmao (18.7 subs)
Airrack (10.7M subs)
Jooj Natu ENG (6.03M subs)
Shangerdanger (4.03M subs)
David The Baker (2.47M subs)
Kat (5.2M subs)
Dayta (4.39M subs)
Devin Caherly Shorts (3.61M subs)
MDMotivator (4.17M subs)
Charles Brockman III (TheOnly CB3) (2.41M subs)
Based on in-country subscribers gained in 2022, excluding artists, manufacturers, media corporations, and kids’s content material. Only channels with +200% YoY progress in 2021 in comparison with subs gained in 2021 (tripling in measurement). One channel per creator. Source: Google information, 2022.
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