YouTube has long become a massive video-sharing platform globally, and the growth of this platform has significantly contributed to the breakthrough of Esports. League of Legends, of course, is no exception, with Riot Games maximizing the media power of YouTube through music videos garnering hundreds of millions of views to attract players.
Not only the creator of League of Legends, but players ranging from amateur to professional and Esports organizations also have their own YouTube channels with diverse content. As the greatest League of Legends player in history, “Chairman” Faker is also the most successful professional player, being the first pro player to reach the milestone of 1 million subscribers just a few days ago.
Faker’s first video uploaded to his official YouTube channel was in 2017, and since then, highlights and funny moments from the “Demon King”‘s streams have been shared on this channel. At the beginning of this year, Faker only had 700,000 subscribers and it took him about half a year to reach the 1 million mark. Meanwhile, other famous players like Doublelift, Bjergsen, and Jankos are still trailing behind Faker in subscriber count.
One of the limitations of pro players is that their YouTube channel content tends to be quite monotonous, mostly featuring highlights from matches or streams, and at most, tutorials. Meanwhile, channels that focus on entertaining videos tend to attract many more subscribers, while pro players still have to train and have very little time to take care of their channels.
Therefore, Faker’s achievement of 1 million subscribers can be considered a record for professional players. Perhaps what people are most looking forward to after the “Demon King” achieves this milestone is when he will receive the YouTube Gold Play Button; who knows, we might get a clip of Faker unboxing his gold button soon.