Minecraft bears one of the most ubiquitous names in the world right now, being one of precious few things that can be immediately recognized by an eight- and 80-year-old alike. It’s no wonder, then, that it has become the first game in history to surpass one trillion views on YouTube.
YouTube recently launched a website in celebration of this achievement, hosting all kinds of different stats about Minecraft’s journey over the last 12 years. One of the first things you can do when you load the page is input the number of Minecraft videos you’ve watched in order to estimate roughly how much you contributed to that behemoth one trillion figure. We put in 50 as a random point of reference. Our contribution? 0.00000000005%. Really puts things into perspective, eh?
The site also notes that if every single view was equal to one second, one trillion views would amount to a whopping 30,000 years. Given that Minecraft has been around for 12 years, that means Minecraft YouTubers have collectively put out an average of 2,500 years of content per year, by that metric. For context, that’s a larger period of time than the entire Common Era – it’s pretty wild.
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There’s also a fascinating infographic examining the finer details of Minecraft’s growth, which highlights many of the major players who contributed to it. Anyone who has been following Minecraft since its early days will likely recognize many of the people listed here, from old-school Minecraft players like SeaNanners, of Machinima fame, to beloved, longstanding creators like Aphmau, who amassed 3.17 billion views in 2021 alone.
You can also adjust the filter to search for individual videos that popped off. We’re not sure about you, but we forgot just how many parodies of music videos the Minecraft community uploaded during those early years. These days, people are way more into speedruns.
Interestingly enough, Minecraft is only getting bigger. While most trends plateau at some point – particularly in tech and gaming – the data provided by YouTube indicates that Minecraft is a giant that just keeps growing.
“As our data shows, it took around eight years for this community to generate 500 billion views, but only another two or so to double that and hit one trillion,” the site reads. “What future heights they hit we can only guess at, but as with this milestone, it will be fun to watch it happen.”
If this achievement makes you want to reinstall Minecraft, be sure to check out our guides for the best mods in Minecraft and the best seeds in Minecraft to help you get started.
Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF.
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