The Story of Minecraft

a YouTuber's Experience with Minecraft

1. How many subscriptions does Ali-A have for his YouTube channel?

Over 5 million subscribers on his main channel and over a million on his second channel

2) How many years have he been doing this?

He's been uploading to YouTube for over 5 years

3) Why did he start playing Minecraft?

His fan base kept asking him to make YouTube videos on Minecraft so he done it

4) What does he say he is trying to do with his content?

Balance both Call of Duty and Minecraft videos and try merge them together

5) Describe his average working day

Wakes up between 12-2pm, turn on setup and start computer, then get ready and by 3-4pm, makes 3 videos a day. 2 videos on mine-craft channel then another video of cod channel. makes 1st video for 7 then next for 10pm then final video 1am. 

6) Why might we watch YouTubers?

Viewers like watching YouTubers to get ideas and their point of view of how they take the challenge, whilst supporting the creators

7) What is Twitch and what is the average time spent on it by a viewer?

Twitch is a live streaming service which allows viewers to watch people play video games in live time. Average viewer spends 4 hours.

8) How much do you estimate that Ali-A earns in a year? Go to socialblade.com to check your answer.

Roughly $2.5million

9) How much was Minecraft purchased for? 2.5 billion

10) What are 3 reasons behind Microsoft’s purchase?

a) Money 

b) To expand to all of the different devices 

c) New audience to Microsoft 

11) How might this affect the game? 

Oversee the development in the future, offers more support and infrastructure so mine-craft can be made bigger and better in the future,

12) What is Minecraft’s biggest asset?

The community