Minecraft breaks a memorable record: It is the first game ever to reach a total of one trillion views on YouTube. That’s 1,000 billion or a million million, written out 1,000,000,000,000! An almost unbelievable number for an extraordinary game.
In line with this, YouTube published its own Websitededicated to the data behind stellar success. A particularly interesting fact that emerges from this: Minecraft just keeps growing! After it took around eight years to generate 500 billion views, YouTubers only needed around two years to crack the one trillion threshold.
Do you want to hear something relaxed besides playing? In the GameStar podcast, we take a detailed look at the Minecraft phenomenon:
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No wonder, but remarkable
Very few players should be surprised that the block sandbox of all things reaches this milestone first. Minecraft is that most successful video game of all time and sold around 238 million copies over the years. Almost a quarter of a billion owners, of whom, together with Game Pass subscribers, around 140 million actively play each month.
Minecraft not only defined and shaped the popular survival genre, it also brought an entire generation of younger gamers to the PC and consoles. And, as is well known, they like to watch funny videos of their favorite games.
Along with Fortnite, Minecraft is one of the most popular games among children and adolescents. And even progressive teachers found ways to teach the next generation early on get excited about teaching with Minecraft.
Knowing that interest in gaming has exploded in recent years, a trillion Minecraft views are no real surprise. But they are definitely noteworthy. And also noteworthy is the fact that Minecraft is still developing 12 years after its release:
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Minecraft: Trailer for Update 1.18 shows the new features in a funny way
Wide range of content
A graphic from YouTube shows how the content of Minecraft has been composed and changed over the years. Accordingly, animation and creative videos in particular developed more and more over time. But role-playing and survival gameplay also play an important role.
The graphic shows what topics Minecraft videos have covered over the years.
YouTubers always stand out for their creative ideas. Most recently, for example, a content creator created a gigantic oreo cookie in Minecraft by investing two weeks of life and tens of thousands of blocks.
