Are YouTubers artists? Daniel Middleton's channel took off while he worked at a supermarket. Now he is one of the most successful people on social media.
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The shy pupil who took the internet by storm
Are YouTubers artists? Daniel Middleton's channel took off while he worked at a supermarket. Now he is one of the most successful people on social media.
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Daniel Middleton is one of the most successful YouTubers on the planet. Some months, his videos are watched up to 400 million times. Today, his DanTDM channel has an incredibleAmazing or unbelievable. 27.7 million subscribers. But as a boy he was very shy.
He started his first channel when he was a student at Nottingham UniversityWhen people leave school, they can go to university to study more and get a degree. . It was all about Pokemon. Later, when he was working in a supermarket, he moved on to Minecraft.
A lot of YouTubers are shy, he says. But they are also very creative. "YouTube helped me to come out of my shell."
After seven months on YouTube, talking over videos of himself playing games, he had 10,000 subscribers. It was enough to leave his job and start working as a YouTuber instead.
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His channel grew and grew. By 2019 he was worth £25m.
Today, Middleton has been in films, live shows and even written a graphic novelA type of book containing art and words. A long comic. .
He also suffered from depressionLow mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months. during the pandemic. He decided to tell his followers about it, and is happy that he did so. Lots of people told him that his videos helped them through hard times.
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Are YouTubers artists?
Yes! YouTube is one of the most popular websites in the world. If famous artists like Van Gogh or Picasso were alive today, they would probably use YouTube.
No! Artists create beautiful paintings or incredible movies. Daniel Middleton's videos are fun to watch, but they are not art.
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Incredible - Amazing or unbelievable.
University - When people leave school, they can go to university to study more and get a degree.
Graphic novel - A type of book containing art and words. A long comic.
Depression - Low mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months.
The shy pupil who took the internet by storm
Minecraft goldmine: DanTDM's videos have had more than 18.5 billion views. Glossary
Incredible - Amazing or unbelievable.
University - When people leave school, they can go to university to study more and get a degree.
Graphic novel - A type of book containing art and words. A long comic.
Depression - Low mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months.