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'''Daniel Robert "Dan" Middleton''' (born November 8, 1991 [age 34]), better known as [[DanTDM (channel)|'''DanTDM''']] (short for "DanielTheDiamondMinecart"), is the main protagonist in the ''Custom Mod Adventures'' and ''Minecraft Hardcore'' series. He is from the [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjpzNnButL8AhXEnGoFHbREA1AQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUnited_Kingdom&usg=AOvVaw1KQ_7amueB_0QnPJ7DAtfB UK]. He used to record daily but as of now he records videos every week or so. He currently has 29.2 million subscribers, and over 20 billion total channel views. He's married to [[Jemma Middleton]] and has 2 kids, [[Asher Middleton]], and [[Miles Middleton]]. Dan currently has his own show; "Challenge DanTDM". It is aired on [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjKpZf3vtX8AhVeg4kEHd6nDSIQFnoECDUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSky_Kids_(TV_channel)&usg=AOvVaw0OTxfe2sEh1a2_K4uuaANy Sky Kids].


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== Early Life ==
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Daniel Middleton was born on November 8th, 1991 in Aldershot, England. He was the elder of 2 siblings. His parents divorced when he was just a child. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2D9Y6lSFkw</ref> He attended the University of Northampton where he studied music production. Prior to his career as a YouTuber and author, he worked at Tesco, telling the BBC in 2017 "When I earned enough money off YouTube to match it [wage at Tesco] my wife persuaded me to do it."


'''Daniel Middleton''' (born November 8, 1991) is an English personality and professional gamer who goes by the handle '''The Diamond Minecart '''or '''DanTDM. '''His online video channels have covered video games, especially [[Minecraft]]. As of August 2017, he has over 10 billion views and 16 million subscribers. He has been listed as among the top 25 YouTube channels in the United Kingdom. In 2014, Business Insider estimated Middleton's annual income was between $213,000 and $2.15 million. In July 2015, his channel was listed as one of the most popular YouTubers in the world by viewership, gaining nearly 400 million views in that month alone. He has earned several Kids' Choice Awards as well as set Guinness World Records for his gaming and presenting.
Middleton married his girlfriend, Jemma (b. 9 April 1992), in March 2013. Their first son, Asher, was born on the 5th of January, 2020, and their second son, Miles, was born on the 22nd of November, 2022. Daniel has openly discussed his struggles with mental health, including severe depression during the COVID-19 lockdown isolation and experiences related to postnatal depression following the birth of his kids. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ2AMRiRDZg</ref>


On the 6th of September, 2023, Middleton posted on his Twitter and Instagram about the unexpected death of his dog, Ellie. On 7 September 2023, he posted on YouTube a video titled "goodbye ellie".


== Characters ==
*[[Dr Trayaurus]]: Dan's childish and pesky scientist Villager friend. He is mostly seen in Mod Showcases and Custom Mod Adventures helping Dan out.
*[[Grim]]: Dan's skeleton-wolf companion, in most of his Custom Mod Adventure often goes with Dan on adventures. He was killed by accident when Trayaurus put him in his prototype duplicate machine that accidentally turned him into bones. However, Trayaurus soon built a machine that could revive Grim from the dead. The machine worked; however, it left him as a skeleton-wolf hybrid. Whenever he dies, he immediately respawns. Grim can never truly be gone now.
*[[Melbot]]: Dr. Trayaurus and Dan's robot assistant and secretary for the lab. She helps Dan and Dr. Trayaurus with any help that they need. She hasn't appeared in Dan's lab videos recently and it is unknown what has happened to her.
*[[Craig the Mailman]]: a character who occasionally delivers crafting ingredients. He is meant for comedy in Dan's lab series. He seems mildly insane. He often says "HEEEEEEEEHHHHHH!" and often picks up random items and uses them, such as a banjo.
*[[McDuck]]: a chicken which extremely rarely appears in the videos. Its last appearance was in TRAYAURUS' OPERATION.
*[[Denton]]: Introduced in the Mutant Bugs Mod. He got fired and is now portrayed as somewhat of a villain in the Secret Agent mod, the Robot Supersuit mod, and at Insomnia 53 where Dan made a live Custom Mod Adventure titled TRAYAURUS GETS KIDNAPPED, the 2014 and 2015 Dr Trayaurus' Christmas Countdown, and an live Custom Mod Adventure titled GREAT LONDON ROBBERY!! during MineCon 2015. He is the villain of the channel and is very evil and pesky, and now appears extremely rarely on Dan's videos. However, he made a return in Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal. He had also appeared in On Tour and Creates A Big Scene.
*[[Terrance (Pig)|Terrance]]: A pig who lives in Trayaurus' Lab in the PC world of Minecraft. He wears a saddle and loves carrots. He appears rarely in Dan's Mod Showcase Videos and Custom Mod Adventures, usually as a form of transport.
*Iron Man: An Iron Golem who lives in Dan's Xbox Survival Series. The first Iron Golem to be spawned was Iron Man.
*Eve: Dan's assistant in the theatre show, On Tour. She is addicted to her phone and loves taking selfies. Her second appearance was on the YouTube Red series, DanTDM Creates A Big Scene.
*protecc: An Iron Golem who lives in Dan's Hardcore Survival series. He was the iron golem who spawned on top of the Villager Vending Machine and accidentally named by Dan. His name was based on the [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/he-protec-but-he-also-attac meme].
*atacc: An Iron Golem who also lived in Dan´s Hardcore Survival series. He is protecting the Villager Vending Machine together with his good friend protect. He died while Dan was at his AFK Fish Farm together with protecc. Since this Dan said he would kill any Monster that comes near his House/Village. (Dan also build a shrine with a Music box in which he plays in honour of both of them)
*[[Skinny Life|Skinny]]: DanTDM's favourite cat from his Hardcore series. She dies after getting hit by Dan's trusty bow, "Le Shoot." Skinny had a Husband, a son, and two daughters.


BIOGRAPHY
=== Minor Characters ===
*Boris: A minor character who stole Dan's dog Casper and got jailed in Dan's Xbox Survival series.
*Rosalie: Dan's wife in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. She died in Season 3, alongside with Craig.
*Nikki: Dan's second wife and current wife as of marriage in Episode 223 in The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
*Craig: Dan's son in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. He died in Season 3, alongside with Rosalie.
*Toby: Dan's son in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play as of Episode 224 and named he was named Toby in Episode 225. He also had appeared in the announcement video of Dan's new rebooted Minecraft series, Minecraft Misadventures telling Dan to fix all the mess he has made.
*Far: Dan's farmer clone in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
*Ralph The Piggycorn: Introduced in the 2014 Christmas countdown series and is used to compete in a race of presents.
*Fin: An elf who was Dan's first present in the 2014 Christmas countdown, which turned out to be a robot made by Denton to stop Christmas.
*Trayaurus' Mom: Introduced in TRAYAURUS AND THE WITCH and didn't appeared in videos for a while until Minecraft | WIZARD TRAINING SCHOOL!! | Custom Mod Adventure and Minecraft | TRAYAURUS' MOM MOVES IN!! | Custom Mod Adventure.
*Rosa: Dan's NPC fiance before she died in The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
*Nicki: Toby's wife in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack survival Let's Play. This was discovered as of Episode 246 when Dan was looking at Toby's info list.
*Luna and Jason, his two best friends in the Minecraft High School series.
*GranTDM, Dan's grandmother in one of his custom mod adventures.
*The Watcher: A mysterious character from The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. He/She/It has been referenced only through a book found in Episode 5. It is believed that The Watcher is actually the wraith found in The Diamond Dimensions.
== Books ==
=== DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal ===
''Main Article: [[DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal]]''


Dan was born on November 8th, 1991 in Aldershot, England, United Kingdom as the oldest of two siblings. His parents divorced when he was a child. He attended The University of Northampton and started a channel in 2010 dedicated to the Pokemon while in he's in university, which he called himself PokemanDanLv45.
'''''Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal''''' is Dan's first debut graphic novel set in the ''Minecraft'' franchise, and features characters that have appeared in his videos for all ages.


In 2012, Dan created a YouTube channel named The Diamond Minecart, a gaming channel whose audience consists of mostly children aged from 5-10. Due to an increasing amount of fake channels by the same name of his, Dan changed his channel name to TheDiamondMinecart//DanTDM. But on December 12, 2016, he decided to change his channel name again to just DanTDM. He then said that he thinks the new name was better than the older one because it was "awfully long". He produces videos out of his home studio in Wellingborough. In an interview with The Big Issue, Dan describes his process in making videos: he gets up around 9:00 AM and starts working on a video an hour later. He checks for Minecraft updates, edits the videos in the afternoon, and uploads the finished product at 8:30 PM, after which he checks for comments. He said "There isn't another game where free content comes out everyday made by fans, some of it is mind blowing". On weekends, he prepares videos in advance. In addition to Let's Play videos, he also makes mini movies that involves original characters.
'''''[https://dantdm.fandom.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780062574305 ISBN]'''''


Dan has uploaded a total of more than 2,500 videos and is still increasing daily. He is known for his daily reviews as well as several Let's Play series including The Diamond Dimensions, a modpack put together by Dan himself as well as Minecraft Xbox One, where he attempted to build a giant kingdom in survival, Crazy Craft, started by Thinknoodles (Justin) and played by Thnxcya (James), Dan and Thinknoodles, which is the newest collab series since Pixelmon, etc. He also makes vlogs, that he uploads occasionally on his second channel, MoreTDM (which is now inactive.) He also does videos featuring his pesky villager friend Dr. Trayaurus, which Trayaurus is shown doing his pesky tasks (ie. sending Dan to prehistoric ages, shrinking Dan to a small size and making him go inside to inspect a chicken). He started a Mini Challenge series where he and Dr. Trayaurus competed against each other in "Dr. Trayaurus' Challenge Colosseum". He also started Custom Mod Adventures, where Dan uses the mod and makes a story out of it. Dan is married to Jemma Middleton and they used to do videos together (e.g Husband vs. Wife Survival and Husband vs. Wife mini-games). Dan and Jemma also own three pugs, Ellie, Darcie and Peggy. So far, it's only known that Ellie is two years old and Darcie is one year old. Peggy's age is unknown but it is believed she is around 5 or 6. Dan has also fostered multiple pugs until they gained owners.
=== Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do ===
''Main Article: [[Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do]]''


He is a regular guest at Insomnia gaming festival, where he appeared on the big stages in editions 49, 52 and 53. Dan won two Kid's Choice Awards in 2015 and 2016 and most likely for 2017 for the UK Tipster Award and also won an Bonca Award for the British Gamer Award, and also was an award presenter the Bafta Game Awards 2015, and he also holds a world record in Rocket League for scoring the most goals in 'rookie' mode on 2v2 multiplayer and a world record for the most views for a dedicated Minecraft video channel. He was featured twice on CBBC's Technobabble where he commented on several video games, and once on ITV's Lorraine. Dan also broke his hand on September 28, 2015. On November 3, 2016, he announced that we will voice the character "Cy" in the new Netflix exclusive series, Skylanders Academy. His character will also become a playable one in the new game, Skylanders Imaginators.
'''''Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do''''' is a book/diary where you could write anything. It is also filled with puzzles and acitivities. You could also make your own experiments.


He released a graphic novel called: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal on October 6, 2016. The graphic novel features characters from his channel including Grim the skeleton dog, Dr. Trayaurus, evil lab boss Denton and sidekick Fin. His book made it up to 2nd in bestseller in the US charts and made it up to 1st for several weeks in the UK charts. He was a featured guest at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and has planned a book tour that included parts in the UK and a visit to New York City.
'''''[https://dantdm.fandom.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781409171188 ISBN]'''''


In 2017, Dan had gone to another tour to the United States for 21 venues. He also has a YouTube Red Series known as DanTDM Creates a Big Scene. DanTDM Creates a Big Scene follows DanTDM and his group of animated friends as they battle to keep their live show on the road. Each episode catches their behind-the-scenes exploits as they learn skills, overcome challenges and face impossible odds. Along the way, they find that putting on an epic show isn't as easy as it looks.
== Subscriber Milestones ==
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This is a list of every subscriber milestone Dan has reached on his channel. It includes the dates.
*'''1 Million Subscribers: December 7th, 2013'''
*'''2 Million Subscribers: April 5th, 2014'''
*'''3 Million Subscribers: July 21st, 2014'''
*'''4 Million Subscribers: October 25th, 2014'''
*'''5 Million Subscribers: February 7th, 2015'''
*'''6 Million Subscribers: April 27th, 2015'''
*'''7 Million Subscribers: July 11th, 2015'''
*'''8 Million Subscribers: September 23, 2015'''
*'''9 Million Subscribers: January 2nd, 2016'''
*'''10 Million Subscribers: March 25th, 2016'''
*'''11 Million Subscribers: June 4th, 2016'''
*'''12 Million Subscribers: August 5th, 2016'''
*'''13 Million Subscribers: November 15th, 2016'''
*'''14 Million Subscribers: January 30th, 2017'''
*'''15 Million Subscribers: May 15th, 2017'''
*'''16 Million Subscribers: August 8th, 2017'''
*'''17 Million Subscribers: December 19th, 2017'''
*'''18 Million Subscribers: February 25th, 2018'''
*'''19 Million Subscribers: May 30th, 2018'''
*'''20 Million Subscribers: August 18th, 2018'''
*'''21 Million Subscribers: January 22nd, 2019'''
*'''22 Million Subscribers: August 19th, 2019'''
*'''23 Million Subscribers: May 18th, 2020'''
*'''24 million subscribers: October 28, 2020'''
*'''25 million subscribers: April 4, 2021'''
*'''26 million subscribers: January 31, 2022'''
*'''27 million subscribers: June 10, 2023'''
*'''28 million subscribers: October 4, 2023'''
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== Trivia ==
*Dan's overall views are currently over 20 billion views. This makes his channel the most viewed gaming YouTube channel.
*For a very long time, people thought that Dan’s middle name was Andrew, but later it was revealed to be Robert.
*Dan has written a song called “Mirror, Sailboat” for a video, and currently uses it as his channel outro.
*Dan has known how to play the guitar since he was 15 or 16.
*Dan really hates the dab, as proven in “I Couldn’t Sleep So I made This Video..” and “The Dab Must Be Stopped”.
*Dan created ''The Dab Police ''to encourage people to stop dabbing. This has lead to Dan having a minor meme status.
*Dan’s ''Dab Police ''uniform consists of a white T-Shirt with a police badge drawn using a marker pen on the left chest, which has the word “Police” written in a rectangle.
*Dan loves eating chocolate cake while drinking tea.
*Dan has severe arachnophobia (the fear of spiders).
*Dan is a big fan of an animated series, which happens to be Cartoon Network’s ''Adventure Time''.
*Dan is also a massive fan of ''The Walking Dead''.
*Dan’s favorite animatronic from the ''Five Nights at Freddy’s ''game series may possibly be Freddy Fazbear (and his variations).
*Dan uploaded a video of him playing Surgeon Simulator titled “His Eyes Fell Out!!!”. The video got age-restricted for 24 hours. Dan took down the original video and re-uploaded the video again, with some minor changes. Luckily, it wasn’t age-restricted anymore.
*Even though Dan’s trademark color is blue, his favorite color seems to be pink. This is referenced a few times, as shown by how he wants to pick anything that is pink-colored.
*Dan has two alter-ego: Fake DanTDM and [[DannyDarko]].
*Dan made an appearance in YouTube Rewind 2017.
*Dan collaborated in an advertisement for Nintendo, which showed him playing a Super Mario Maker 2 Course.
*Dan had written a song called 'Spacedog' on January 24, 2024 where he often uses it as his background track for his live streams.
*On May 16, 2024, DanTDM tweeted out that he had went to the hospital to get his appendix removed because he had appendicitis.<ref>https://twitter.com/dantdm/status/1791158445908939086</ref>
*DanTDM was invited to the new Minecraft Movie set, showing behind the scenes footage.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h4RB4n2pexk</ref>
*DanTDM has his own radio show on Classic FM where he would showcase video game music series such as Minecraft, Pokémon, etc. It would be hosted until Easter.
*On March 30, 2025, DanTDM announced that he was going to be in the new Minecraft Movie.<ref>https://x.com/dantdm/status/1906422949349097623</ref>
*On April 10, 2025, DanTDM had made another announcement where he appeared in the new Black Mirror series. The episode is called "USS Callister: Into Infinity"<ref>https://x.com/dantdm/status/1910383485912834252</ref>


== See Also ==
(''Note: We have both links for Daniel Middleton and DanTDM here, DanTDM is the [[Minecraft]] form and Daniel Middleton is his IRL Form'')
* [[Daniel Middleton/Appearances]]
* [[Daniel Middleton/Gallery]]
* [[Daniel Middleton/Games Played]]
* [[Daniel Middleton/Series]]
*[[Daniel Middleton/Inventory]]
*[[Daniel Middleton/Merchandise]]
*[[Daniel Middleton/Events]]


PERSONAL LIFE
== References ==
 
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In June 2013, when his channel exceeded 100,000 subscribers, he posted a video showing his real life self for the first time, thanking the fans and announcing plans to create video blogs about his real life. The channel was called MoreTDM, in which he posts videos about his daily "Non-Minecraft" life.
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Dan married his girlfriend Jemma on March 17, 2013, who also plays Minecraft. When the channel exceeded one million subscribers on December 10 2013, Dan uploaded a Draw My Life video, explaining many personal things about himself.
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HAIR
 
Dan is most notable because of his hair which most people define it as "crazy". Dan continuously likes to dye his hair a number of colours, some of these colours include Blonde, Turquoise, Light Blue and Pink. Dan has mentioned that "when I was younger I dyed my hair like every colour of the rainbow."
 
BROWN
 
The brown hair is the hair which he was born with. In his earlier videos you can see Dan with this hair.
 
BROWN to BLONDE
 
The first hair colour change was when's Dan dyed his hair blonde on December 9th 2015, he dyed his hair blonde so that he could get the desired blue hair he wanted. After dying his hair blonde, he said that he liked the hair blonde but this colour only lasted a day as he had to put blue dye over it to make it blue.
 
BLONDE to TURQUOISE
 
The next hair colour took place a day after he dyed his hair to blonde on December 10th 2015. Dan meant to dye his hair blue but it turned turquoise instead.
 
TURQUOISE to LIGHT BLUE
 
Dan dyed his hair light blue on December 18th 2015. This time, to ensure blue and not turquoise, Dan mixed purple and blue dye together.
 
LIGHT BLUE to DARK BLUE
 
This hair colour change was the first and only time that Dan went to a salon to get his hair dyed instead of doing it himself. This hair colour change took place on March 2nd 2016. During this time, Dan also changed his hair style to more of a brushed over look.
 
DARK BLUE to NAVY BLUE
 
This hair change took place on March 16, 2017 but Dan uploaded the video on the hair 3 days later on Match 19, 2017. In the video he talks about how horrible and messed up his hair is, so he says that he is gonna get his hair fix in 45 minutes. So in within those 45 minutes Dan uses Photoshop to see what he kind of hair he could put and see if he can pull it off. After his hair appontment, he came back with hair which was dyed navy blue and he now goes for a new hair style where he swooshes his hair up more.
 
NAVY BLUE to PURPLE
 
Dan posted a like goal on Twitter saying that if he hit the goal of 3,000 likes he would mix pink dye with blue dye and dye his hair whatever colour he made. To his surprise, he hit the like goal and 15 minutes later his hair was purple! This change took place on July 29th 2017.
 
PURPLE to BLONDE
 
On August 26, 2017 Dan uploaded a video stating that he wanted to re-dye his hair pink and blue as last time he didn't achieve what he was going for. This time he dyed his hair blonde by a professional and then tried to dye his hair pink and blue on his own.
 
BLONDE to PINK and BLUE
 
On August 26, 2017 he uploaded a video where he dyed his hair blonde by a professional. After his hair was dyed blonde, he dyed his hair pink and blue again just as he did on July 29 2017, but as this time he dyed his hair blonde before putting the pink and blue on. Then, he finally achieved the look he was going for.
 
 
 
TATTOOS
 
Even though Dan has a young fan base of kids who consideres Dan as a good role model to them, this doesn't stop him from leading his life in whatever direction he wants to and getting tattoos. As of now he has a total of 8 known tattoos. According to Dan he think tattoos are a form of art and aren't for everyone, but he personally loves them.
 
ENDERMAN TATTOO
 
This tattoo took about 4.5 hours to do. This minecraft tattoo consists of a Minecraft Enderman holding a red Play Button. The tattoo is made in a water colour style. Dan uploaded the video about the tattoo on his second channel MoreTDM on September 7th, 2015.
 
WITHER SKELETON and GHAST TATTOO
 
Dan did not make a video about the tattoo but he made a tweet about the tattoo on May 30, 2017. This tattoo is an extension to the his previous tattoo. Along side the Enderman now there is a Ghast and a Wither Skeleton holding a diamond in a background which looks like the Nether.
 
FLOWER OF LIFE TATTOO (SEMPITERNAL - BRING ME THE HORIZON ALBUM FLOWER DESIGN)
 
On December 6th, 2016 Dan made a tweet showcasing another extension to his Minecraft tattoos. This tattoo consists of a flower design which the band Bring Me The Horizon used on their fourth studio album Sempiternal. He most likely made the tattoo because Bring Me The Horizon is one of his favourite band. The day after on December 7th, 2016 he uploaded the video on the tattoo.
 
D.E.P TATTOO
 
Dan go this tattoo at a place called Authentink Studion while he was at Sydney by a women named Sarah. He tweeted about it on January 21, 2017. On the same day, he uploaded the video about the tattoo. The tattoo consists of a pug with a hat which says D.E.P, which is the initials of his 3 pugs, Darcie, Ellie and Peggy.
 
SPACE TATTOO
 
On April 19, 2017, Dan made tweet showcasing a tattoo next to his D.E.P pug tattoo. This tattoo consists of a UFO, a couple of stars and a crescent moon. Dan did not upload a video on this tattoo but he rather tweeted about it on Twitter. The tattoo was done for Dan by a man named Chris who was working at the KingsAveTattoo in New York City.
 
SKELETON TATTOO
 
Most of Dan's fans don't know that Dan have this tattoo. This tattoo was not revealed in a video on YouTube or from a tweet on Twitter, and if you try searching about this on Google, this would also be almost impossible to find as you have to scroll countless amounts of pages to find this. But if you scroll on Instagram for a bit, you will stumble upon a Instagram video which Dan uploaded on June 4, 2017 showcasing what seems to be a skeleton with a crown.
 
 
 
DOGS
 
Dan has gotten many dogs. These are a few notable ones.
 
Grim: A skeleton dog in his Mod Showcases.
Casper: A dog that was almost turned into food by Boris in Xbox.
Minor Dogs named Oliver and Olivia: Dan's other dogs in Xbox.
Hunter and Lexi: His dogs from Minecraft PE.
Dog: Name of Dan's dog in his modded survival. Sadly died since Dan didn't have time to heal him.
Unnamed dog: This dog is from his Diamond Dimension series he used in the Twilight forest to explore a labyrinth. Dan sadly killed him by accident while trying to kill another mob.
Widget: Dan's dog in whitelisted pixel core server (an ended series) which he got as reward.
Darcie and Ellie: His dogs in real life, otherwise known as "the pugs".
Hugo. A pug Dan and Jemma had fostered until he got an owner.
Dennis: A dog Dan has in the Diamond Dimensions modpack survival Let's Play.
Peggy: A third pug Dan and Jemma found wandering in the snow and rescued it. Jemma replied to a fan on Twitter when they asked what the pug's name was and she replied, 'Her name is Peggy.' Peggy also has a condition called syringomyelia, where her skull is too small and fluids press on her spine.

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Daniel Robert "Dan" Middleton (born November 8, 1991 [age 34]), better known as DanTDM (short for "DanielTheDiamondMinecart"), is the main protagonist in the Custom Mod Adventures and Minecraft Hardcore series. He is from the UK. He used to record daily but as of now he records videos every week or so. He currently has 29.2 million subscribers, and over 20 billion total channel views. He's married to Jemma Middleton and has 2 kids, Asher Middleton, and Miles Middleton. Dan currently has his own show; "Challenge DanTDM". It is aired on Sky Kids.

Early Life

Daniel Middleton was born on November 8th, 1991 in Aldershot, England. He was the elder of 2 siblings. His parents divorced when he was just a child. [1] He attended the University of Northampton where he studied music production. Prior to his career as a YouTuber and author, he worked at Tesco, telling the BBC in 2017 "When I earned enough money off YouTube to match it [wage at Tesco] my wife persuaded me to do it."

Middleton married his girlfriend, Jemma (b. 9 April 1992), in March 2013. Their first son, Asher, was born on the 5th of January, 2020, and their second son, Miles, was born on the 22nd of November, 2022. Daniel has openly discussed his struggles with mental health, including severe depression during the COVID-19 lockdown isolation and experiences related to postnatal depression following the birth of his kids. [2]

On the 6th of September, 2023, Middleton posted on his Twitter and Instagram about the unexpected death of his dog, Ellie. On 7 September 2023, he posted on YouTube a video titled "goodbye ellie".

Characters

  • Dr Trayaurus: Dan's childish and pesky scientist Villager friend. He is mostly seen in Mod Showcases and Custom Mod Adventures helping Dan out.
  • Grim: Dan's skeleton-wolf companion, in most of his Custom Mod Adventure often goes with Dan on adventures. He was killed by accident when Trayaurus put him in his prototype duplicate machine that accidentally turned him into bones. However, Trayaurus soon built a machine that could revive Grim from the dead. The machine worked; however, it left him as a skeleton-wolf hybrid. Whenever he dies, he immediately respawns. Grim can never truly be gone now.
  • Melbot: Dr. Trayaurus and Dan's robot assistant and secretary for the lab. She helps Dan and Dr. Trayaurus with any help that they need. She hasn't appeared in Dan's lab videos recently and it is unknown what has happened to her.
  • Craig the Mailman: a character who occasionally delivers crafting ingredients. He is meant for comedy in Dan's lab series. He seems mildly insane. He often says "HEEEEEEEEHHHHHH!" and often picks up random items and uses them, such as a banjo.
  • McDuck: a chicken which extremely rarely appears in the videos. Its last appearance was in TRAYAURUS' OPERATION.
  • Denton: Introduced in the Mutant Bugs Mod. He got fired and is now portrayed as somewhat of a villain in the Secret Agent mod, the Robot Supersuit mod, and at Insomnia 53 where Dan made a live Custom Mod Adventure titled TRAYAURUS GETS KIDNAPPED, the 2014 and 2015 Dr Trayaurus' Christmas Countdown, and an live Custom Mod Adventure titled GREAT LONDON ROBBERY!! during MineCon 2015. He is the villain of the channel and is very evil and pesky, and now appears extremely rarely on Dan's videos. However, he made a return in Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal. He had also appeared in On Tour and Creates A Big Scene.
  • Terrance: A pig who lives in Trayaurus' Lab in the PC world of Minecraft. He wears a saddle and loves carrots. He appears rarely in Dan's Mod Showcase Videos and Custom Mod Adventures, usually as a form of transport.
  • Iron Man: An Iron Golem who lives in Dan's Xbox Survival Series. The first Iron Golem to be spawned was Iron Man.
  • Eve: Dan's assistant in the theatre show, On Tour. She is addicted to her phone and loves taking selfies. Her second appearance was on the YouTube Red series, DanTDM Creates A Big Scene.
  • protecc: An Iron Golem who lives in Dan's Hardcore Survival series. He was the iron golem who spawned on top of the Villager Vending Machine and accidentally named by Dan. His name was based on the meme.
  • atacc: An Iron Golem who also lived in Dan´s Hardcore Survival series. He is protecting the Villager Vending Machine together with his good friend protect. He died while Dan was at his AFK Fish Farm together with protecc. Since this Dan said he would kill any Monster that comes near his House/Village. (Dan also build a shrine with a Music box in which he plays in honour of both of them)
  • Skinny: DanTDM's favourite cat from his Hardcore series. She dies after getting hit by Dan's trusty bow, "Le Shoot." Skinny had a Husband, a son, and two daughters.

Minor Characters

  • Boris: A minor character who stole Dan's dog Casper and got jailed in Dan's Xbox Survival series.
  • Rosalie: Dan's wife in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. She died in Season 3, alongside with Craig.
  • Nikki: Dan's second wife and current wife as of marriage in Episode 223 in The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
  • Craig: Dan's son in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. He died in Season 3, alongside with Rosalie.
  • Toby: Dan's son in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play as of Episode 224 and named he was named Toby in Episode 225. He also had appeared in the announcement video of Dan's new rebooted Minecraft series, Minecraft Misadventures telling Dan to fix all the mess he has made.
  • Far: Dan's farmer clone in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
  • Ralph The Piggycorn: Introduced in the 2014 Christmas countdown series and is used to compete in a race of presents.
  • Fin: An elf who was Dan's first present in the 2014 Christmas countdown, which turned out to be a robot made by Denton to stop Christmas.
  • Trayaurus' Mom: Introduced in TRAYAURUS AND THE WITCH and didn't appeared in videos for a while until Minecraft | WIZARD TRAINING SCHOOL!! | Custom Mod Adventure and Minecraft | TRAYAURUS' MOM MOVES IN!! | Custom Mod Adventure.
  • Rosa: Dan's NPC fiance before she died in The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play.
  • Nicki: Toby's wife in the Diamond Dimensions Modpack survival Let's Play. This was discovered as of Episode 246 when Dan was looking at Toby's info list.
  • Luna and Jason, his two best friends in the Minecraft High School series.
  • GranTDM, Dan's grandmother in one of his custom mod adventures.
  • The Watcher: A mysterious character from The Diamond Dimensions Modpack Survival Let's Play. He/She/It has been referenced only through a book found in Episode 5. It is believed that The Watcher is actually the wraith found in The Diamond Dimensions.

Books

DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal

Main Article: DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal

Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal is Dan's first debut graphic novel set in the Minecraft franchise, and features characters that have appeared in his videos for all ages.

ISBN

Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do

Main Article: Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do

Official DanTDM 2017 Diary and Activity Book: Lots of Things to Make and Do is a book/diary where you could write anything. It is also filled with puzzles and acitivities. You could also make your own experiments.

ISBN

Subscriber Milestones

This is a list of every subscriber milestone Dan has reached on his channel. It includes the dates.

  • 1 Million Subscribers: December 7th, 2013
  • 2 Million Subscribers: April 5th, 2014
  • 3 Million Subscribers: July 21st, 2014
  • 4 Million Subscribers: October 25th, 2014
  • 5 Million Subscribers: February 7th, 2015
  • 6 Million Subscribers: April 27th, 2015
  • 7 Million Subscribers: July 11th, 2015
  • 8 Million Subscribers: September 23, 2015
  • 9 Million Subscribers: January 2nd, 2016
  • 10 Million Subscribers: March 25th, 2016
  • 11 Million Subscribers: June 4th, 2016
  • 12 Million Subscribers: August 5th, 2016
  • 13 Million Subscribers: November 15th, 2016
  • 14 Million Subscribers: January 30th, 2017
  • 15 Million Subscribers: May 15th, 2017
  • 16 Million Subscribers: August 8th, 2017
  • 17 Million Subscribers: December 19th, 2017
  • 18 Million Subscribers: February 25th, 2018
  • 19 Million Subscribers: May 30th, 2018
  • 20 Million Subscribers: August 18th, 2018
  • 21 Million Subscribers: January 22nd, 2019
  • 22 Million Subscribers: August 19th, 2019
  • 23 Million Subscribers: May 18th, 2020
  • 24 million subscribers: October 28, 2020
  • 25 million subscribers: April 4, 2021
  • 26 million subscribers: January 31, 2022
  • 27 million subscribers: June 10, 2023
  • 28 million subscribers: October 4, 2023

Trivia

  • Dan's overall views are currently over 20 billion views. This makes his channel the most viewed gaming YouTube channel.
  • For a very long time, people thought that Dan’s middle name was Andrew, but later it was revealed to be Robert.
  • Dan has written a song called “Mirror, Sailboat” for a video, and currently uses it as his channel outro.
  • Dan has known how to play the guitar since he was 15 or 16.
  • Dan really hates the dab, as proven in “I Couldn’t Sleep So I made This Video..” and “The Dab Must Be Stopped”.
  • Dan created The Dab Police to encourage people to stop dabbing. This has lead to Dan having a minor meme status.
  • Dan’s Dab Police uniform consists of a white T-Shirt with a police badge drawn using a marker pen on the left chest, which has the word “Police” written in a rectangle.
  • Dan loves eating chocolate cake while drinking tea.
  • Dan has severe arachnophobia (the fear of spiders).
  • Dan is a big fan of an animated series, which happens to be Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time.
  • Dan is also a massive fan of The Walking Dead.
  • Dan’s favorite animatronic from the Five Nights at Freddy’s game series may possibly be Freddy Fazbear (and his variations).
  • Dan uploaded a video of him playing Surgeon Simulator titled “His Eyes Fell Out!!!”. The video got age-restricted for 24 hours. Dan took down the original video and re-uploaded the video again, with some minor changes. Luckily, it wasn’t age-restricted anymore.
  • Even though Dan’s trademark color is blue, his favorite color seems to be pink. This is referenced a few times, as shown by how he wants to pick anything that is pink-colored.
  • Dan has two alter-ego: Fake DanTDM and DannyDarko.
  • Dan made an appearance in YouTube Rewind 2017.
  • Dan collaborated in an advertisement for Nintendo, which showed him playing a Super Mario Maker 2 Course.
  • Dan had written a song called 'Spacedog' on January 24, 2024 where he often uses it as his background track for his live streams.
  • On May 16, 2024, DanTDM tweeted out that he had went to the hospital to get his appendix removed because he had appendicitis.[3]
  • DanTDM was invited to the new Minecraft Movie set, showing behind the scenes footage.[4]
  • DanTDM has his own radio show on Classic FM where he would showcase video game music series such as Minecraft, Pokémon, etc. It would be hosted until Easter.
  • On March 30, 2025, DanTDM announced that he was going to be in the new Minecraft Movie.[5]
  • On April 10, 2025, DanTDM had made another announcement where he appeared in the new Black Mirror series. The episode is called "USS Callister: Into Infinity"[6]

See Also

(Note: We have both links for Daniel Middleton and DanTDM here, DanTDM is the Minecraft form and Daniel Middleton is his IRL Form)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2D9Y6lSFkw
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ2AMRiRDZg
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/dantdm/status/1791158445908939086
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h4RB4n2pexk
  5. ↑ https://x.com/dantdm/status/1906422949349097623
  6. ↑ https://x.com/dantdm/status/1910383485912834252
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