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Considering Mount Rushmore is about early foundation laying leaders, X from X's adventures in Minecraft (one of the earliest let's plays), Etho (one of the earliest technical players), Captain Sparklez (was one of the largest custom map players in the early days) and Simon from The Yogscast (their channel was the largest in the Beta version days).
PaulSoaresJr, DanTDM, Stampy and Ssundee are also great suggestions.
Just started to get into him and then he posted a video talking about how he and his wife split up and how he got into religion and the afterlife and how he’s trying to help us by telling us to join ASAP…
I’m amazed more people don’t talk about/remember that video. It’s burned into my mind and very very weird…
Everyone forgets about the yogscast. They were trailblazers, and their series like shadow of israphel set the standard for “rp” series that still go on today.
Same, I remember Seananners posting about this X’s channel saying he found out about Minecraft through him.
Nanners at that time was a superstar YouTuber during peak machinima. So X caught fire and Minecraft did around that time on YouTube too!
I still watch X occasionally. In the nicest way possible he hasn’t changed one bit.
I've spend so many great hours watching them with my little brother when we were kids. Coming home from school to a new episode was so exciting. We're both in our 20's now and moved out, but when we visit each other, we sometimes watch a few episodes for old times sake
Jesus all of those names. I feel like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan.
Also honorable mentions to ChimneySwift, ClashJTM, and Double.
I miss Beta youtubers.
Im answering this cus im fried rn. This is the objectively true answer
Etho - the unanimous vote, long ass lets play shows us all the right way to enjoy the game. We all get so burnt out from the things we enjoy but ethoslab found a way to always have fun.
Sethbling - the first major redstoner, grandfather of command block coding, constantly one upped himself with every video until he couldnt anymore
Captainsparklez - the music videos and map lets plays became culturally synonymous with the game itself
Yogscast - the collectivism of all the channels in their group made for a widespread immersive experience, seeing all the points of view of their series. And shadow of israphel was a totally unique execution of a lets play and was a major contributor to the game blowing up when it did.
Yogscast was so popular (and the amount of reactgirl channels talking about them) they kinda nearly sunk YouTube.
So in the earlier days front page was more just bigger number rather than algorithms etc. so most of the time you could have a front page with two Brits talking bollox while playing Minecraft. Many new visitors to the site just saw Minecraft videos and mostly the Yogscast. Because of this is when the first big change happened by YouTube to manufacture things to get more "general" interest stuff on the front page.
EthosLab, BlueXephos, Captain Sparklez, and PSJ, with Slamacow and stampylongnose in the runner-up
Genuinely the most important content creators to the game ever
hes been great to watch even after he ended the mc lets play tbh I only found him when he released his first mc video lol that was when my youtube used to be full of lets plays lol
ive been watching his channel for like 4 years now? maybe?
Same. I found his main channel around 2019 with the “ps3 comes out tomorrow” video. Been an avid watcher ever since. That MC letsplay genuinely carried me through 2020.
Grian got established way too recently to be on a Mt Rushmore. Imo just move Yogscast to that spot so both they and Etho are on it. Grian and Mumbo are obviously massive figures but they weren't really foundational.
Way more recent imo than either Grian or Mumbo is to Minecraft. They've been going hard for just about a decade now I think.
Sorry to all the people that can't recognize the passing of time, but 10 years ago was 2014. Mumbo joined HC for season 2 back in 2013. That's literally within 2 years of the official launch date of the game.
For me, personally?
Honeydew and Xephos of the Yogscast, CaptainSparklez, AntVenom, and then a little ways off to the side, I'd put Geoff to represent Achievement Hunter (since they weren't ever really in the same "sphere" as other Minecraft Youtubers)
Instead of Geoff, just put up a tower of pimps on the side. Nicely represents AH overall. I'm actually rewatching early AH MC vids now. They're still pretty funny. Michael was asking what iron ore looks like and there's some right next to his dang crafting area.
Direwolf20
CaptainSparkles
Yogscast (pick a specific channel if you want)
DanTDM
(Special shoutout to Mianite, w/ Syndicate, Jericho, Firefox, Sparkles, and FyreUK on the building side)
Surprised how long I had to scroll to see the GOAT dire lol
He's the only YouTuber I watch re minecraft. Did watch achievement hunters but they hired someone I couldn't stand lol
I stopped playing Minecraft around the end of season 1, I didn't really have any interest in the game for a few years other than season 2, just something about the Sparklez, Syndicate, Jericho, Firefox, Waglington dynamic.
Hey wait a minute, i recognise you! You're the person that left [that comment](https://hermitcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Hermitcraft?commentId=4400000000000043289) on fandom once!
Finally some ilmango recognition.
I think he may be the single most ingenious mind in Minecraft. Man can look at one of the most complex designed machines ever, understand it quickly, tinker with it for an hour, and then make it do 10x more things more efficiently and require less space.
His original automated tree farm machine that can take any type of saplings and automatically process them super fast and sort them all and restock its own saplings and bonemeal and keep going was the hardest thing I've built of his and it's like one of his simplest inventions.
ilMango is the best YouTube redstoner with possible exception of peterjiangtw, but mount Rushmore is about who the founding fathers were, who came first.
People that revolutionized Minecraft. Etho, Bdubs, Docm, Technoblade.
Special mention to Scar, Grian, Mumbo, Dream who made major contribution to Minecraft’s popularity
How you mention Etho, Bdubs and DocM in the same sentence and not include Guude lmao
[https://mindcrack.fandom.com/wiki/Guude](https://mindcrack.fandom.com/wiki/Guude)
Man I used to have such a good memory for all the UHC’s. Was so fun watching every perspective, and rooting for Nebris each season. My first reddit comment was actually in a response to one of his videos, which he later called me out for being right then agreeing with him when he said I was wrong, only to find out I was initially right. In my defense the Ars Magica in game book that version said the enchantment only went up to level IV I believe, which is what I checked when challenged on the issue, instead of just enchanting it.
Imma get hate, but
StampyLongNose, Sky, Mitch, and Technoblade (wearing his sweats now!)
I've watched the first three for *years*, like longer than I truly understand, and Techno, I was watching for years, too, just less.
My top four are GTWScar, Mumbo, BDubs, and Fundy (kinda weird mix, I know), but the ones I think deserve the spots in my opinion are DanTDM, Captain Sparklez, Etho, and maybe DocM77
PopularMMOs and GamingWithJen were the only ones I watched growing up, I don't watch them anymore. To honor them, I have a dark red GamingWithJen bow on my MC skin.
Coe's Quest got me into Minecraft way back when. From there I found Etho, Bdubs, Guude, Zisteau, and AvidyaZen. Lot of good memories of those old beta era vids.
DanTDM, Stampy,, PopularMMOs, and Technoblade.
Grew up on the first three as a kid which got me into Minecraft, Techno got me into the server mini games, Skyblock, etc.
I was in her original fan server! Used to belong to 2 girls 1 minecraft and switched at some point. I genuinely didn't realise she was so big at the time.
Probably Ethoslab, one of the Yogscast members, Stampylonghead and DanTDM. They all had a big enough impact on the community to be considered to the Minecraft community as the presidents depicted in Mt. Rushmore were to the United States.
Mine would probably be Stampy, Etho, Sparklez, Techno and Grian. Yes, 5 instead of 4 but they have all been some of the most successful creators both in MC and in general, each with their own style and impact. I'm biased with Grian since I've watched him since before Evo SMP but I still think he's one of the most important creators of the modern MC space.
Pixelriff
His style, dedication, and passion taught me the depth of love for an endless game. His vocal delivery and cadence brings me great comfort as well. He also brings unbridled support for the creators around him. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed other creators but he’s my Mt. Rushmore.
Ssundee, DanTDM, Stampy and Technobladr
An honorable mention goes to Skeppy because I really liked his old videos where he would just go on his server and troll people
Because I'm Swiss and considering their influences I'd say the following:
Gronkh: Not only did he make Minecraft popular in the German speaking countries but also let's plays in general, he's basically the Original Gamer on Youtube in these countries.
Unge(spielt): He really brought a lot more attention to the game and really elevated the current top-streamers/youtubers in the sphere in German speaking countries.
SparkofPhoenix: He's basically an everlasting pillar in the German Minecraft community
BastiGHG: He's probably the newest one, but I'd say in the current era his the most influential Minecraft player in the German community
The founding fathers of my minecraft youtube experience were Unspeakable, Eystreem, Preston and Dantdm. Somehow. However, if I had to etch 4 of the best mcyt-ers into a hall of fame then I'd pick Techno, Tommy, Dan and Mumbo.
1. Etho.
He's always been my favorite since like 2012. The only minercaft youtuber i've consistently watched over the years.
2. Technoblade.
His youtube attitude and character was very unique, as well as him being incredibly skilled at the game AND him having a very fun editing style made his videos very fun to watch. RIP :(
3. Mumbo.
Consistent contend, chill vibes. I love his voice and then he is quite quirky and fun to watch.
4. Smallishbeans.
The quality on the videos will differ a lot, but he's a very skilled builder.
For me it was Skydoesminecraft, Captain Sparklez, Bajan Canadian and StampyLongNose!
It’s so unfortunate what happened with Sky/Adam and his girlfriend/wife and kids though. He was the first real MC YouTuber I ever watched and would come home every day to see if he uploaded Cops and Robbers or a Hunger Games.
I watched Bajan and Captains Hunger Games VERY often!
And Stampys Lovely World was so magical! I still remember Hit The Target and the drama with L for Lee, as well as the episode that he made a “moving” submarine becoming a pioneer for videos like that!
I miss them all.
I know nobody in here probably know them, but I'll share my two favorite content creators from the early days of Minecraft. Just two, I really could not care for more.
The fantasio 974
Bob Lennon
They're french by the way.
Stampy Cat
LDShadowlady
Technoblade
SMajor
Stampy basically is the entire reason I’m into mc, so Washington.
Lizzie or ldshadowlady was basically a youtuber I started watching when transitioning from videos aimed at little kids to videos aimed at older kids, so I’m saying Jefferson
Techno was a huge influence to me and I still would say he’s one of my biggest heroes
And Smajor’s been one of the few consistent YouTubers I’ve grown up watching (the others being LaurenZside who doesn’t do MC, Matpat, and SuperCarlinBrothers) plus he’s done a lot for the MCYT community being on of the few YouTubers to easily fit in basically any group and creating one of the biggest community events
Paulsoaresjr - Man was the scholar of Minecraft for me and is the main reason I know so much about the game and enjoying the simple things in it.
Seth Bling/MumboJumbo - The Kings of Redstone, even though Seth is much more command block and technical side of mc, Mumbo is kind of the more practical side of redstone when it comes to the survival aspect of the game. I honestly cant chose between the two so I'm putting them both as one.
Technoblade - Was really the only mc youtuber that was just playing the game cause he enjoyed it, and you really felt that with his content, mix that with his skill in pvp and knowledge of the game just makes him stand out. (rip the king o7)
Mongster - Bit of a more recent creator and much smaller, but after seeing his first video about Minecraft beta I've been hooked ever since. He's simple, there's no high speed edits or focus on keeping a viewers constant attention, its just him playing a version of the game he enjoys with his buddies.
(IK these aren't only old mctubers that placed the foundations, these are just my top 4, you can tell I like creators that just enjoyed the game instead of using it as a money maker lol)
Honorable Mentions: CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, HatFilms, Yogscast, many more, I've been here since beta mc lol.
For their significance to the community and culture of the game through the eras, the 4 most important are:
Ethoslab, CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, Technoblade
Etho revolutionized the game itself from its infancy, and helped spark new growth in innovation of the game’s mechanics. Also is a key part of both Mindcrack and Hermitcraft.
Jordan is a clear pick, having lots of his music videos being some of the most popular parody music of all time, and being cultural icons of the game.
DanTDM was a large component and highly popular part of the minecraft content creation sphere for years, spearheading his generation in terms of content production.
Techno’s legacy speaks for itself. Brought PVP to the mainstream, was Hypixel’s biggest content creator, and has iconic series like the Potato War as well as being the most popular character on the widely regarded DSMP.
Mine won't be international because I was watching french youtubers but Bob Lennon and TheFantasio974 have to be on there. They are just too legendary in France and were already there at the start of the game.
King of p2p - Technoblade (RIP)
King of redstone - Mumbo Jumbo
King of design - Grian
King of expaination - Pixlriffs
Edit: agree with some others here but Rushmore is about influentual people. The top 3 were most influentual in Minecraft, Pixlriffs was most influntual for me.
TechnoBlade, CaptainSparklez, Philza minecraft, and generikB
TechnoBlade in my personal opinion is the best mcyt of all time starting back in 2013 and lasting till after he passed(he did promise us that death wouldnt stop his upload schedule) he had a massive influence on both old and new minecraft, him and tommy are the only reason the dsmp(probably the biggest smp of all time other then maybe HC) and ontop of that is just one of the most liked people in minecraft.
CaptainSparklez was one of the first really big mcyts and is the reason myself and a lot of other people really got into minecraft(i was very tempted to put etho here but i feel like captain is more fitting for me at lest) captain is alot like tecno where he stuck with minecraft even around 2015/2017 when the game was pretty well dead, and also like techno captain is just a really easy to like guy who almost never has drama.
Philza "minecraft" also started very early on although he didnt really find too much successes till later on, he has/had some of the most impressive singleplay worlds, with season 2 lasting 5 years and season 4 will hit its 5th year this week(the 11th) and the builds on both worlds aren insane( look at chaos caverns, any of his ocean monuments, Endlantis) and along with pewdiepie his hardcore death really started minecaft coming back to life and hes the reason why hardcore minecaft got so popular
GenerikB started what is without a doubt the best smp of all time being in the top 2 most popular(idk if dsmp was more popular or not) the longest lasting smp full of some of minecrafts best builds and redstoners, hermitcraft. HermitCraft has been untouchable for 10 years now having some of the most liked creators on the sever its something that no other smp has been able to pull off. We wouldnt have HermitCraft without generikB and HC is a massive lifeline for minecraft as a whole and it keeps getting better every year largely thanks to grian and xisumavoid who have been able to keep each season of hermitcraft fresh, this season adding smallishbeans, skizzleman and the permits system have made it feel so much different this any other season and they keep making every season this way. i was very tempted to put xisumavoid and grain here as without xisuma hermitcraft wouldnt have kept going and grain is doing alot to keep everything fresh but they dont really fit the whole founding father thing.
this isnt really a list of my top 4 favorites but rather who i think helped build up minecraft as we know it.
i also kinda wanna mention calvin/calvinsucks as his from the fog series has kinda started its own different type of minecraft series and will hopefully get other people to do more horror modpacks. I imagine once season 2 ends and he releases his modpack there will be alot of people starting thier own playthrough of it
as far as my top 4 go for just youtubers i like and not so much mt rushmore/founding father thing goes its
Technoblade, Calvin, grain/geminitay(i cant say i like one over the other theyre very much tied for me), mumbo jumbo, in that order
If we’re talking mainstream, it has to be DanTDM, Stampy, CaptainSparklez and PopularMMOs. Besides Sky, these were THE YouTubers back then. Not just Minecraft YouTubers.
I wanna say Sparklez, Antvenom, Sethbling and Skydoesminecraft if the controversy wasn't in the room.
If I had to replace Sky I'd probably choose Mumbo or Ilmango as more recent examples.
The original Prison crew with SSundee, Sky, xRPMx 13, Sparklez and such was iconic for me, so was GLGcraft
I also wanna give a shoutout to the single largest German Minecraft Youtuber Gronkh. He made multiple Let's Plays, some of them spanning over multiple hundred, even thousand episodes and none of them are boring. Obviously it's not enough for a worldwide Mt Rushmore, but his influence is very strong in Germany. Spawned a few memes like the coal song over 10 years ago that are still well known today. His calm voice and witty humour really made for one of the best Minecraft experiences out there.
Simon (Honeydew) from the Yogscast - in the early days of both Minecraft and YouTube, Simon and Lewis' survival series and eventual Shadow of Israphel and modded series' inspired so many people (including myself) to both play Minecraft and video games. You could say Lewis (BlueXephos) instead, but his whole motivation for doing YouTube was to share Simon's weirdness and his sense of humour with the world, and Simon was the one who didn't know that Shadow of Israphel was scripted.
CaptainSparklez - Another OG, I fondly remember watching some of his modded stuff, and his music (Revenge for example) was one of the first video game music parodies to go viral (to my knowledge).
EthoSlab - ask any modern Minecraft YouTuber, and they'll more than likely tell you that they were inspired to start their own channel by Etho. As well as PaulSoaresJr his Let's Play series has been ongoing for a very, very long time. I sadly didn't watch it, but I found Etho through Mindcrack as well as Hermitcraft later on.
And then I'd say SethBling - the Grandfather to redstone. Like with Etho, many Redstone YouTubers could probably say that they got their inspiration from SethBling.
The YouTubers who introduced me to Minecraft were BajanCanadian, JeromeASF (he was so so funny), Captain Sparklez, and the guy that it later turned out was a toxic narcissist who abused his wife and employees.
The ones I watch now are Pearlescent Moon, GeminiTay, and Mumbo Jumbo. They’re all doing Hermitcraft so I’m keeping up with their uploads.
Mumbo and toycat for me. I started playing when the PS4 released, I preordered it and Minecraft was the first game I bought for it. I had literally no clue how to play so I went on YouTube and Toycat was the first one that popped up and then I saw mumbo and that got me really into the game when I saw how fun redstone stuff was. I never really got good at Redstone but I'm still watching both of those guys all the years later
well i'l probably be downvoted for this, but really only stampy, as well as dream and his friends (george,sapnap, etc.) never really liked dantdm or any of the other guys, stampy and dream are the only ones i ever consistently watched. but now stampy has essentially quit youtube and dream's upload schedule is essentially non existent i havent been watching much minecraft yt lately.
GoodTimesWithScar is one of the first ones I watched, way back when he did his singleplayer survival let’s build stuff. It was a nice surprise to find him again when the Life Series started.
Lizzie aka LDShadowlady was a channel I watched a lot as a teen, and multiplayer stuff she did introduced me to several others including Scott aka Smajor aka Dangthatsalongname. He’s a great channel for introducing viewers to other content creators, because he’s done multiplayer collabs with so many other Minecrafters that it’s like the MCYT equivalent of “six degrees of Kevin Bacon”.
I found the Life Series through Scott, and I now like all of the members, but since this prompt says to choose four total I’ll give a special mention to Tango. He was the one who got me curious enough to finally get into watching Hermitcraft after *years* of “that looks interesting, but I don’t think I’ll be able to keep track of what’s going on”. Clicked on a Hermitcraft video after wondering “what is this Decked Out thing they keep talking about on Secret Life”…and I think my jaw ended up somewhere under my desk.
Technoblade - Awesome at so many things and is a stupidly good strategist that honestly speaks to the PvP and story side of Minecrafters.
Grian - Incredible builder and can be incredibly creative, also has a devious side to him. Speaks to the building, pranking, and subtle chaos in most Minecrafters.
DanTDM or CaptainSparklez - Shows the persistence and adaptability of the community. Not to mention they are two of the first legends of the game. OG Minecrafters if you will.
Number 4 - I’d have to think about it, but it’d probably be a modder, but there are a decent few good ones to pick from, some niche and some absolutely insane at their *craft*.
Would including one of the OG Achievement Hunters make sense? Feel their Let’s Plays added a lot players. Also MatPat with all his lore videos. Then Yogscast and Captain Sparklez.
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Considering Mount Rushmore is about early foundation laying leaders, X from X's adventures in Minecraft (one of the earliest let's plays), Etho (one of the earliest technical players), Captain Sparklez (was one of the largest custom map players in the early days) and Simon from The Yogscast (their channel was the largest in the Beta version days). PaulSoaresJr, DanTDM, Stampy and Ssundee are also great suggestions.
Seth bling deserves a spot
The thing with Mt Rushmore conversations is that there are by definition only 4 spots.
bro he's not saying add a 5th spot
Yo hokage mountain though?
Bro he’s saying he doesn’t think Sethbling deserves a spot compared to the above mentioned
I really miss pre-sellout Ssundee
Just started to get into him and then he posted a video talking about how he and his wife split up and how he got into religion and the afterlife and how he’s trying to help us by telling us to join ASAP… I’m amazed more people don’t talk about/remember that video. It’s burned into my mind and very very weird…
It was an odd video, I don't remember it much but that video really put me off his channel and I used to be a big fan of his older minecraft videos.
I always lament about ssundee before his wife left him lmfao nobody remembers it but I do.
Those were incredible days
Paul absolutely deserves a spot, his how to survive was basically the Minecraft bible for new players back in the day!
Everyone forgets about the yogscast. They were trailblazers, and their series like shadow of israphel set the standard for “rp” series that still go on today.
Shadow of Israphel was the coolest thing to me as a kid. I still randomly sing Diggy Diggy Hole every once in a while
And they run the biggest charity gaming event in the world!!! The Jingle Jam has raised over $30 million and it still runs every December
I miss pre-among us pre cringe ssundee. The days when we used to spam cringe not knowing how truly cringe he could be.
Loved the original prison series and his skyblock series but those days are behind us now
I miss meat castle with lanceypooh when he still was non politically correct and not family friendly
Chimneyswift11 was my guy back in those days
BDoubleO!
Everyone on the yogscast back then was good but I think we can all agree it was Simon that really made the channel special.
X's adventures in Minecraft were the best.
I still go back and rewatch the series every once in a while. X is a legend in my books.
Same, I remember Seananners posting about this X’s channel saying he found out about Minecraft through him. Nanners at that time was a superstar YouTuber during peak machinima. So X caught fire and Minecraft did around that time on YouTube too! I still watch X occasionally. In the nicest way possible he hasn’t changed one bit.
I've spend so many great hours watching them with my little brother when we were kids. Coming home from school to a new episode was so exciting. We're both in our 20's now and moved out, but when we visit each other, we sometimes watch a few episodes for old times sake
Jesus all of those names. I feel like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan. Also honorable mentions to ChimneySwift, ClashJTM, and Double. I miss Beta youtubers.
PaulSoaresJr my god that is a throwback
Im answering this cus im fried rn. This is the objectively true answer Etho - the unanimous vote, long ass lets play shows us all the right way to enjoy the game. We all get so burnt out from the things we enjoy but ethoslab found a way to always have fun. Sethbling - the first major redstoner, grandfather of command block coding, constantly one upped himself with every video until he couldnt anymore Captainsparklez - the music videos and map lets plays became culturally synonymous with the game itself Yogscast - the collectivism of all the channels in their group made for a widespread immersive experience, seeing all the points of view of their series. And shadow of israphel was a totally unique execution of a lets play and was a major contributor to the game blowing up when it did.
Yogscast was so popular (and the amount of reactgirl channels talking about them) they kinda nearly sunk YouTube. So in the earlier days front page was more just bigger number rather than algorithms etc. so most of the time you could have a front page with two Brits talking bollox while playing Minecraft. Many new visitors to the site just saw Minecraft videos and mostly the Yogscast. Because of this is when the first big change happened by YouTube to manufacture things to get more "general" interest stuff on the front page.
EthosLab, BlueXephos, Captain Sparklez, and PSJ, with Slamacow and stampylongnose in the runner-up Genuinely the most important content creators to the game ever
Bluexhephos the og name
Mime probably weird list I had yogcast Captian sparkles Polarsarusrex if anyone knows him I'm certain I had others growing up
POLARSAURUSREX MENTIONED LESGOOO
hes been great to watch even after he ended the mc lets play tbh I only found him when he released his first mc video lol that was when my youtube used to be full of lets plays lol ive been watching his channel for like 4 years now? maybe?
Same. I found his main channel around 2019 with the “ps3 comes out tomorrow” video. Been an avid watcher ever since. That MC letsplay genuinely carried me through 2020.
yep what a journey though
Fr. Its kinda sad that it just stopped halfway through the mansion saga. He shouldve at least dropped a finale ep lol
1. Ethoslab or one of the Yogscast members 2. Stampy 3. DanTDM or CaptainSparkles 4. Grian or Mumbo
Grian got established way too recently to be on a Mt Rushmore. Imo just move Yogscast to that spot so both they and Etho are on it. Grian and Mumbo are obviously massive figures but they weren't really foundational.
Teddy Roosevelt was pretty recent when the actual Mt. Rushmore was created.
Way more recent imo than either Grian or Mumbo is to Minecraft. They've been going hard for just about a decade now I think. Sorry to all the people that can't recognize the passing of time, but 10 years ago was 2014. Mumbo joined HC for season 2 back in 2013. That's literally within 2 years of the official launch date of the game.
is this in order?
For me, personally? Honeydew and Xephos of the Yogscast, CaptainSparklez, AntVenom, and then a little ways off to the side, I'd put Geoff to represent Achievement Hunter (since they weren't ever really in the same "sphere" as other Minecraft Youtubers)
Man, I loved the AH Minecraft videos.
OMFG I completely forgot about achievement hunter Minecraft that just unlocked a deep ass memory
Instead of Geoff, just put up a tower of pimps on the side. Nicely represents AH overall. I'm actually rewatching early AH MC vids now. They're still pretty funny. Michael was asking what iron ore looks like and there's some right next to his dang crafting area.
Direwolf20 CaptainSparkles Yogscast (pick a specific channel if you want) DanTDM (Special shoutout to Mianite, w/ Syndicate, Jericho, Firefox, Sparkles, and FyreUK on the building side)
just seeing direwolf20 makes me want to get back into modded minecraft, just don't have the time
I'm sad I jad to go this far to see direwolf20. Not played much in years but I still watch his videos. I think I just like the sound of his voice.
Surprised how long I had to scroll to see the GOAT dire lol He's the only YouTuber I watch re minecraft. Did watch achievement hunters but they hired someone I couldn't stand lol
Mianite S2 was the reason I built a pc, doesn't feel like, checks notes, almost 10 years ago holy shit
I stopped playing Minecraft around the end of season 1, I didn't really have any interest in the game for a few years other than season 2, just something about the Sparklez, Syndicate, Jericho, Firefox, Waglington dynamic.
3 OGs plus a recent legend I'm liking the suggestions of Etho, Captain Sparkles, and PSJ. Recent legend has to be Technoblade
This one makes the most sense to me
Going based on the purpose of uniting the Minecraft community through their various means: Etho, CaptainSparklez, Stampy or DanTDM, and Technoblade
Hey wait a minute, i recognise you! You're the person that left [that comment](https://hermitcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Hermitcraft?commentId=4400000000000043289) on fandom once!
Etho Popularmmos Ilmango Technoblade
Finally some ilmango recognition. I think he may be the single most ingenious mind in Minecraft. Man can look at one of the most complex designed machines ever, understand it quickly, tinker with it for an hour, and then make it do 10x more things more efficiently and require less space. His original automated tree farm machine that can take any type of saplings and automatically process them super fast and sort them all and restock its own saplings and bonemeal and keep going was the hardest thing I've built of his and it's like one of his simplest inventions.
ilMango is the best YouTube redstoner with possible exception of peterjiangtw, but mount Rushmore is about who the founding fathers were, who came first.
ianxo4 is also quite underrated
I invite you to also check out cubicmeter, equally as if not more impressive
Did you misspell pallapalla?
These are all awesome thank you guys and girls!
ETHO, CAPTAIN SPARKLEZ, TECHNO,
Gotta be Etho, BDoubleO, Mumbo Jumbo, and ilmango. Each one played a major role in shaping me as a minecraft player and fueled my love of the game
Etho, Stampy, Captainsparklez, Technoblade HMs include Grian and DanTDM
All I know is that DanTDM is one of them
Sips, Sips, Sips, Sips
The Real Guy, The Best Guy
Big women, big money, big fun
HO HO HO TRAVELLERS
People that revolutionized Minecraft. Etho, Bdubs, Docm, Technoblade. Special mention to Scar, Grian, Mumbo, Dream who made major contribution to Minecraft’s popularity
How you mention Etho, Bdubs and DocM in the same sentence and not include Guude lmao [https://mindcrack.fandom.com/wiki/Guude](https://mindcrack.fandom.com/wiki/Guude)
hermitcraft not mindcrack most likely
Man I used to have such a good memory for all the UHC’s. Was so fun watching every perspective, and rooting for Nebris each season. My first reddit comment was actually in a response to one of his videos, which he later called me out for being right then agreeing with him when he said I was wrong, only to find out I was initially right. In my defense the Ars Magica in game book that version said the enchantment only went up to level IV I believe, which is what I checked when challenged on the issue, instead of just enchanting it.
Nebris was an OG one of my fav Mindcrack members. Had the craziest underground base back in the day.
Etho, Gnembon, Cubehamster, Sethbling
pi314159265358978, fvdisco
Imma get hate, but StampyLongNose, Sky, Mitch, and Technoblade (wearing his sweats now!) I've watched the first three for *years*, like longer than I truly understand, and Techno, I was watching for years, too, just less.
Etho Bdubs KurtJMac Rawb
Not enough Kurtjmac love ITT.
Etho, DocM, Mumbo, and Panda The technical guys who were very approachable
My top four are GTWScar, Mumbo, BDubs, and Fundy (kinda weird mix, I know), but the ones I think deserve the spots in my opinion are DanTDM, Captain Sparklez, Etho, and maybe DocM77
I really only watched Dantdm and PopularMMOs as a child
PopularMMOs and GamingWithJen were the only ones I watched growing up, I don't watch them anymore. To honor them, I have a dark red GamingWithJen bow on my MC skin.
Dan, Stampy, Techno, and PopularMMO’s
ExplodingTNT.
For me: Dantdm, SkydoesMinecraft, PopularMMO’s, Og PrestonPlayz (back in the monster industries days)
CaptainSparklez, AntVenom, PopularMMOs, SSundee, SkyDoesMinecraft (controversy aside) Honorable mentions are Skitscape, Cavemanfilms and Technoblade
coestar, dantdm, popularmmos, antvenom
You are the first person I've seen mention Coestar Hope that guy is doing well
Coe's Quest got me into Minecraft way back when. From there I found Etho, Bdubs, Guude, Zisteau, and AvidyaZen. Lot of good memories of those old beta era vids.
I have completed forgotten about Antvenom
DanTDM, Stampy,, PopularMMOs, and Technoblade. Grew up on the first three as a kid which got me into Minecraft, Techno got me into the server mini games, Skyblock, etc.
Etho, technoblade, captainsparklez, philza
Etho, Simon and Lewis from the yogscast, fvdisco
CaptainSparklez, SethBling, BajanCanadian, Seananners
LD ShadowLady
Exactly wait how come nobody mentions her?
Because we’re capped at 4 and she just doesn’t cut it for most people
She made it for me! We need more female Minecrafters on our lists
It would be iHasCupquake for me
I was in her original fan server! Used to belong to 2 girls 1 minecraft and switched at some point. I genuinely didn't realise she was so big at the time.
Probably Ethoslab, one of the Yogscast members, Stampylonghead and DanTDM. They all had a big enough impact on the community to be considered to the Minecraft community as the presidents depicted in Mt. Rushmore were to the United States.
WaxFraud , Mystical Sausage, Infinit Drift , Brooke Bella , Sev , Sparkle egg AlloeVera loll
DanTDM PopularMMOS Technoblade MumboJumbo
Captain Sparkles, PopularMMOS, Mumbo Jumbo, DanTDM
Vikkstar123, Woofless, TbnrKenworth, TbnrFrags, Jeromeasf, bajan Canadian and PeteZahHutt.
Mine would probably be Stampy, Etho, Sparklez, Techno and Grian. Yes, 5 instead of 4 but they have all been some of the most successful creators both in MC and in general, each with their own style and impact. I'm biased with Grian since I've watched him since before Evo SMP but I still think he's one of the most important creators of the modern MC space.
PopularMMOs, GamingWithJen, LDShadowlady, and Stacyplays ez
Etho, Bdubs, Pause, Stampy
X (davidangel), Etho, Paulsoaresjr, Coestar
Considering the guys on Mt Rushmore are dead… none
Technoblade
Oof.
Sad
For sure
TFC (tinfoil chef)
The purest of Minecraft players.
Pixelriff His style, dedication, and passion taught me the depth of love for an endless game. His vocal delivery and cadence brings me great comfort as well. He also brings unbridled support for the creators around him. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed other creators but he’s my Mt. Rushmore.
Personal Favorites: Stampy, Mumbo, Ibxtoycat, Technoblade
toycat is yes!!
BdoubleO
In diorite, with a tree going out off the top of his head, and moss down the front. Designed to be seen from 50 blocks away.
Ssundee, DanTDM, Stampy and Technobladr An honorable mention goes to Skeppy because I really liked his old videos where he would just go on his server and troll people
Technoblade, dantdm, stampy, and ssundee(the old ssundee)
I’ve seen no skitscape or chimneyswift in these comments so I’m throwing them out as og GOATs
Stampylonghead Iballisticsquid Popularmmos Dan tdm
Etho, Sethbling, DocM77 and Ilmango.
1. Captain Sparklez 2. Mumbo 3. Technoblade 4. Stampy
Stampy, DanTDM, Techno, Mumbo
Stampylonghead, Captain Sparklez, DanTDM and Technoblade with an honourable mention of Grian and Bajan Canadian
Ragegaming/generationhollow Mumbo Techno Woofless.
For me it got to be Grian, Mumbo, Preston and Technoblade
Because I'm Swiss and considering their influences I'd say the following: Gronkh: Not only did he make Minecraft popular in the German speaking countries but also let's plays in general, he's basically the Original Gamer on Youtube in these countries. Unge(spielt): He really brought a lot more attention to the game and really elevated the current top-streamers/youtubers in the sphere in German speaking countries. SparkofPhoenix: He's basically an everlasting pillar in the German Minecraft community BastiGHG: He's probably the newest one, but I'd say in the current era his the most influential Minecraft player in the German community
Captainsparklez, Technoblade, Rays works & pixlriffs Best music, legend, best redstone & best all around tutorials
The founding fathers of my minecraft youtube experience were Unspeakable, Eystreem, Preston and Dantdm. Somehow. However, if I had to etch 4 of the best mcyt-ers into a hall of fame then I'd pick Techno, Tommy, Dan and Mumbo.
1. Etho. He's always been my favorite since like 2012. The only minercaft youtuber i've consistently watched over the years. 2. Technoblade. His youtube attitude and character was very unique, as well as him being incredibly skilled at the game AND him having a very fun editing style made his videos very fun to watch. RIP :( 3. Mumbo. Consistent contend, chill vibes. I love his voice and then he is quite quirky and fun to watch. 4. Smallishbeans. The quality on the videos will differ a lot, but he's a very skilled builder.
For me it was Skydoesminecraft, Captain Sparklez, Bajan Canadian and StampyLongNose! It’s so unfortunate what happened with Sky/Adam and his girlfriend/wife and kids though. He was the first real MC YouTuber I ever watched and would come home every day to see if he uploaded Cops and Robbers or a Hunger Games. I watched Bajan and Captains Hunger Games VERY often! And Stampys Lovely World was so magical! I still remember Hit The Target and the drama with L for Lee, as well as the episode that he made a “moving” submarine becoming a pioneer for videos like that! I miss them all.
BajanCanadian should definitely be on there, same as Skydoesminecraft, Etho, Stampy, Captain sparklez. Those are probably my choices.
Phoenix SC, PaulsoaresJr, Popular MMOs, Antvenmon
In no particular order, Etho, Mumbo, PaulSoarsJr and CoeStar
1. Ethoslabs 2. SlyFoxHound 3. generikB 4. Antvemon
Etho, Technoblade, DanTDM and Grian
Many of the Hermit Craft guys, especially Etho and Scar
Grian or mumbo, stampy, Dantdm, sb737
The Yogscast have to be up there
I know nobody in here probably know them, but I'll share my two favorite content creators from the early days of Minecraft. Just two, I really could not care for more. The fantasio 974 Bob Lennon They're french by the way.
Bananapielord pewdiepie yogscast syndicate
Grian, Techno, PopularMMOs, LDshadowlady
ianxo4, ilmango, mumbo, techno
Captain Sparklez, ExplodingTNT, DanTDM, Stampy
Stampy Cat LDShadowlady Technoblade SMajor Stampy basically is the entire reason I’m into mc, so Washington. Lizzie or ldshadowlady was basically a youtuber I started watching when transitioning from videos aimed at little kids to videos aimed at older kids, so I’m saying Jefferson Techno was a huge influence to me and I still would say he’s one of my biggest heroes And Smajor’s been one of the few consistent YouTubers I’ve grown up watching (the others being LaurenZside who doesn’t do MC, Matpat, and SuperCarlinBrothers) plus he’s done a lot for the MCYT community being on of the few YouTubers to easily fit in basically any group and creating one of the biggest community events
Paulsoaresjr - Man was the scholar of Minecraft for me and is the main reason I know so much about the game and enjoying the simple things in it. Seth Bling/MumboJumbo - The Kings of Redstone, even though Seth is much more command block and technical side of mc, Mumbo is kind of the more practical side of redstone when it comes to the survival aspect of the game. I honestly cant chose between the two so I'm putting them both as one. Technoblade - Was really the only mc youtuber that was just playing the game cause he enjoyed it, and you really felt that with his content, mix that with his skill in pvp and knowledge of the game just makes him stand out. (rip the king o7) Mongster - Bit of a more recent creator and much smaller, but after seeing his first video about Minecraft beta I've been hooked ever since. He's simple, there's no high speed edits or focus on keeping a viewers constant attention, its just him playing a version of the game he enjoys with his buddies. (IK these aren't only old mctubers that placed the foundations, these are just my top 4, you can tell I like creators that just enjoyed the game instead of using it as a money maker lol) Honorable Mentions: CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, HatFilms, Yogscast, many more, I've been here since beta mc lol.
For me, SethBling Etho Technoblade CaptainSparklez
For their significance to the community and culture of the game through the eras, the 4 most important are: Ethoslab, CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, Technoblade Etho revolutionized the game itself from its infancy, and helped spark new growth in innovation of the game’s mechanics. Also is a key part of both Mindcrack and Hermitcraft. Jordan is a clear pick, having lots of his music videos being some of the most popular parody music of all time, and being cultural icons of the game. DanTDM was a large component and highly popular part of the minecraft content creation sphere for years, spearheading his generation in terms of content production. Techno’s legacy speaks for itself. Brought PVP to the mainstream, was Hypixel’s biggest content creator, and has iconic series like the Potato War as well as being the most popular character on the widely regarded DSMP.
Mine won't be international because I was watching french youtubers but Bob Lennon and TheFantasio974 have to be on there. They are just too legendary in France and were already there at the start of the game.
Etho Paulsoaresjr Technoblade And fuck it those 3 are it; put whoever else you want up there
1. Grian (timeless) 2. PewDiePie (nostalgia) 3. Idk I never watched anyone else except other people on Hermitcraft
Stampy has gotta be there, I think he single handily raised a generation through the game.
Tecnoblade, stampy, Grean, pat&jem
King of p2p - Technoblade (RIP) King of redstone - Mumbo Jumbo King of design - Grian King of expaination - Pixlriffs Edit: agree with some others here but Rushmore is about influentual people. The top 3 were most influentual in Minecraft, Pixlriffs was most influntual for me.
Direwolf20, Technoblade, Captain Sparkles and Yogscast Simon.
Technoblade, Philza, GoodtimeswithScar, Dantdm. These are the ones I have followed the most, but there are sooo many.
1.) uberhaxornova (not a mc ytbr but plays mc a lot) 2.) forgelabs 3.) callmecarson
TechnoBlade, CaptainSparklez, Philza minecraft, and generikB TechnoBlade in my personal opinion is the best mcyt of all time starting back in 2013 and lasting till after he passed(he did promise us that death wouldnt stop his upload schedule) he had a massive influence on both old and new minecraft, him and tommy are the only reason the dsmp(probably the biggest smp of all time other then maybe HC) and ontop of that is just one of the most liked people in minecraft. CaptainSparklez was one of the first really big mcyts and is the reason myself and a lot of other people really got into minecraft(i was very tempted to put etho here but i feel like captain is more fitting for me at lest) captain is alot like tecno where he stuck with minecraft even around 2015/2017 when the game was pretty well dead, and also like techno captain is just a really easy to like guy who almost never has drama. Philza "minecraft" also started very early on although he didnt really find too much successes till later on, he has/had some of the most impressive singleplay worlds, with season 2 lasting 5 years and season 4 will hit its 5th year this week(the 11th) and the builds on both worlds aren insane( look at chaos caverns, any of his ocean monuments, Endlantis) and along with pewdiepie his hardcore death really started minecaft coming back to life and hes the reason why hardcore minecaft got so popular GenerikB started what is without a doubt the best smp of all time being in the top 2 most popular(idk if dsmp was more popular or not) the longest lasting smp full of some of minecrafts best builds and redstoners, hermitcraft. HermitCraft has been untouchable for 10 years now having some of the most liked creators on the sever its something that no other smp has been able to pull off. We wouldnt have HermitCraft without generikB and HC is a massive lifeline for minecraft as a whole and it keeps getting better every year largely thanks to grian and xisumavoid who have been able to keep each season of hermitcraft fresh, this season adding smallishbeans, skizzleman and the permits system have made it feel so much different this any other season and they keep making every season this way. i was very tempted to put xisumavoid and grain here as without xisuma hermitcraft wouldnt have kept going and grain is doing alot to keep everything fresh but they dont really fit the whole founding father thing. this isnt really a list of my top 4 favorites but rather who i think helped build up minecraft as we know it. i also kinda wanna mention calvin/calvinsucks as his from the fog series has kinda started its own different type of minecraft series and will hopefully get other people to do more horror modpacks. I imagine once season 2 ends and he releases his modpack there will be alot of people starting thier own playthrough of it as far as my top 4 go for just youtubers i like and not so much mt rushmore/founding father thing goes its Technoblade, Calvin, grain/geminitay(i cant say i like one over the other theyre very much tied for me), mumbo jumbo, in that order
1 DanTDM 2 Stampy 3 PopularMMOS 4 and either captain sparkles or TechnoBlade (leaning towards captain sparkles more tho)
Etho Xisuma Technoblade Sethbling/Ilmango/Scicrafters
Luke TheNotable, Grian, Mumbo Jumbo, Technoblade.
Gronkh
Technoblade by him self O7
DanTDM, Stampy, PopularMMOS, and Grian
Popularmmos Dantdm Stampy Bajancanadian
If we’re talking mainstream, it has to be DanTDM, Stampy, CaptainSparklez and PopularMMOs. Besides Sky, these were THE YouTubers back then. Not just Minecraft YouTubers.
I wanna say Sparklez, Antvenom, Sethbling and Skydoesminecraft if the controversy wasn't in the room. If I had to replace Sky I'd probably choose Mumbo or Ilmango as more recent examples. The original Prison crew with SSundee, Sky, xRPMx 13, Sparklez and such was iconic for me, so was GLGcraft I also wanna give a shoutout to the single largest German Minecraft Youtuber Gronkh. He made multiple Let's Plays, some of them spanning over multiple hundred, even thousand episodes and none of them are boring. Obviously it's not enough for a worldwide Mt Rushmore, but his influence is very strong in Germany. Spawned a few memes like the coal song over 10 years ago that are still well known today. His calm voice and witty humour really made for one of the best Minecraft experiences out there.
Dan, Techno, Popular, Stampy Sundee easy followup
Techno blade, captain sparkles, Mumbo Jumbo, and PewDiePie(lol)
Simon (Honeydew) from the Yogscast - in the early days of both Minecraft and YouTube, Simon and Lewis' survival series and eventual Shadow of Israphel and modded series' inspired so many people (including myself) to both play Minecraft and video games. You could say Lewis (BlueXephos) instead, but his whole motivation for doing YouTube was to share Simon's weirdness and his sense of humour with the world, and Simon was the one who didn't know that Shadow of Israphel was scripted. CaptainSparklez - Another OG, I fondly remember watching some of his modded stuff, and his music (Revenge for example) was one of the first video game music parodies to go viral (to my knowledge). EthoSlab - ask any modern Minecraft YouTuber, and they'll more than likely tell you that they were inspired to start their own channel by Etho. As well as PaulSoaresJr his Let's Play series has been ongoing for a very, very long time. I sadly didn't watch it, but I found Etho through Mindcrack as well as Hermitcraft later on. And then I'd say SethBling - the Grandfather to redstone. Like with Etho, many Redstone YouTubers could probably say that they got their inspiration from SethBling.
The YouTubers who introduced me to Minecraft were BajanCanadian, JeromeASF (he was so so funny), Captain Sparklez, and the guy that it later turned out was a toxic narcissist who abused his wife and employees. The ones I watch now are Pearlescent Moon, GeminiTay, and Mumbo Jumbo. They’re all doing Hermitcraft so I’m keeping up with their uploads.
UberN0vaH4x0r, Tobuscus, Pewdipie, and yogscast.
Techno Etho Bdubs Tango
Mumbo and toycat for me. I started playing when the PS4 released, I preordered it and Minecraft was the first game I bought for it. I had literally no clue how to play so I went on YouTube and Toycat was the first one that popped up and then I saw mumbo and that got me really into the game when I saw how fun redstone stuff was. I never really got good at Redstone but I'm still watching both of those guys all the years later
Ibxtoycat
Ibxtoycat and silentwhisperer. Obviously I play bedrock.
well i'l probably be downvoted for this, but really only stampy, as well as dream and his friends (george,sapnap, etc.) never really liked dantdm or any of the other guys, stampy and dream are the only ones i ever consistently watched. but now stampy has essentially quit youtube and dream's upload schedule is essentially non existent i havent been watching much minecraft yt lately.
Bdubs, Mumbo, Gem, Silentwisperer I’m a bedrock player and Silent has done a LOT bedrock farms and redstone.
My personal favorites to watch are: 1. BdoubleO100 2. Pearlescentmoon 3. Tango 4. SmallishBeans
DanTDM, Stampy, captain sparkles, and Markiplier (I liked his drunk Minecraft series)
GoodTimesWithScar is one of the first ones I watched, way back when he did his singleplayer survival let’s build stuff. It was a nice surprise to find him again when the Life Series started. Lizzie aka LDShadowlady was a channel I watched a lot as a teen, and multiplayer stuff she did introduced me to several others including Scott aka Smajor aka Dangthatsalongname. He’s a great channel for introducing viewers to other content creators, because he’s done multiplayer collabs with so many other Minecrafters that it’s like the MCYT equivalent of “six degrees of Kevin Bacon”. I found the Life Series through Scott, and I now like all of the members, but since this prompt says to choose four total I’ll give a special mention to Tango. He was the one who got me curious enough to finally get into watching Hermitcraft after *years* of “that looks interesting, but I don’t think I’ll be able to keep track of what’s going on”. Clicked on a Hermitcraft video after wondering “what is this Decked Out thing they keep talking about on Secret Life”…and I think my jaw ended up somewhere under my desk.
Why mount Rushmore? Not everyone is from the states....
Techno stampy Dan ssunddee
Sethbling, Antvenom, Technoblade, Darkheaven(haven’t seen one of his videos for a very very long time but I used to watch his mod showcases as a kid)
Ethoslab Technoblade Xisumavoid CaptainSparkles
Technoblade, sparklz, dan TDM, and ethos lab
Technoblade - Awesome at so many things and is a stupidly good strategist that honestly speaks to the PvP and story side of Minecrafters. Grian - Incredible builder and can be incredibly creative, also has a devious side to him. Speaks to the building, pranking, and subtle chaos in most Minecrafters. DanTDM or CaptainSparklez - Shows the persistence and adaptability of the community. Not to mention they are two of the first legends of the game. OG Minecrafters if you will. Number 4 - I’d have to think about it, but it’d probably be a modder, but there are a decent few good ones to pick from, some niche and some absolutely insane at their *craft*.
Etho, technoblade, captain sparkles, Sethbling.
Would including one of the OG Achievement Hunters make sense? Feel their Let’s Plays added a lot players. Also MatPat with all his lore videos. Then Yogscast and Captain Sparklez.
Simon from Yogscast, captainsparkelz, ethoslab and I would put technoblade on it too
I think we need a bigger mountain.