DanTDM

Daniel Robert Middleton, better known as DanTDM, is an English YouTuber, video game commentator and author. He is primarily known for his Let's Play gaming videos, but has also ventured into vlogging. Middleton's YouTube channel, which he started in 2012, has amassed over 29 million subscribers and 20 billion views as of 2025, making him one of the most popular content creators on the platform. Based in UK, DanTDM is best known as family-friendly gaming creator, with a combined following of roughly 35M across 3 tracked platforms.

DanTDM built an audience by posting consistently in the gaming space and turning one format into a habit for fans. Youtube is the biggest home for that audience today at about 29M followers, and growth on the other platforms followed the same content being cut for each feed. Exact milestone dates vary between sources, so treat the timeline here as an outline rather than an official record.

Expect gaming content: the recurring formats that made the channel recognisable, collaborations with other creators in the same niche, and short-form cuts made for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Posting in English keeps the core audience in UK, while subtitles and visual formats pull in viewers worldwide.

Like most creators at this scale, DanTDM earns through platform revenue, sponsorships and brand partnerships, with merchandise or own-brand products layered on top. Public deal terms are rarely disclosed, so we list only ventures that have been reported publicly and avoid guessing at contract values.

Published net-worth figures for DanTDM come from third-party estimate sites, not audited accounts, and they disagree with each other by a wide margin. What can be said with confidence is that a following of about 35M supports meaningful income from Youtube alone, before brand work and business ventures. We do not publish a single number we cannot source.