@@SparksXV I agree. I'd love to bring some international audiences to my content if I had the money to do it. However, it really only seems worth it when you are at the high levels of content creation like MrBeast. "More Expenses = More Expansion" for him, but for smaller creators "More Expenses = Crippling Debt".
Man thank God you discussed this, my nephew was addicted into watching Maizen and I couldn't understand why, his videos his humour everything was so cringe, now I know more about him.
I definitely find the content cringe, as with most Minecraft kids content. But I won't hold it against anyone who does watch them. I just find their TH-cam success fascinating.
that's interesting. I somehow never saw any ads for them. I did see a lot of copycat channels, and also because of researching for this video, my recommended tab has Maizen videos in it (very cringe). Would be a good short follow up if I could find the ads though!
@@FizzyBanger yeah they do have ads. Ive seen the Japanese version too. I mean its pretty obvious its a business at this point. And a very very evil one.
@Fizzy Banger if I were you and was looking for unbiased TH-cam for research, I would use incognito mode. Another advantage is that your recommendations aren't filled with cringe
1:30 Green is one of the closest colors to the center of visible light making it more eyes catching. (I learned this in phycology) so maybe that's why?
Yeah, I had a vague idea that Green was a color that could easily grab attention, and that's why Dream's branding is almost entirely that color. I just didn't have enough time to explore that fully.
Yellow is also a very good color to grab a viewer's attention. It's why every now and then I use yellow in this video for the subtitles. Very strong color that contrasts well on different backgrounds :)
That's really interesting. This channel is definitely super popular for younger audiences. I've heard a lot of people saying they found Maizen from knowing siblings or relatives who watch the channel. Glad you enjoyed the video though!
I haven’t gotten one of your videos recommended to me in a while, but your editing, production, and in general quality has skyrocketed. Nicely done and interesting subject! New sub 😄
Yeah, I'm really trying to move on from making videos with parkour as the background footage. They were easy to make, but this style is way more fun to watch.
I think that is definitely the one thing holding my channel back - upload consistency. I have a few video ideas that could fit within 3-5 minutes of length. An idea I've had was to make short videos (maybe even TH-cam Shorts?), then have these bigger videos uploaded sparsely in-between. I'll definitely take note of any video ideas you might have for me, that'll be greatly appreciated :)
I live in Japan, but these guys created a literal sensation a few years back. Whether or not if you were interested in Minecraft content, you couldn't avoid bumping into it. The moment you had a relative below the age of 12, you would eventually be blasted with the (rather obnoxious) audio of their videos. Me, being a slightly more mature person, never really got hooked to their videos; and started to hear about it less and less as my younger sister lost interest in their content. Never knew that they were doing so well not just inside but also outside of Japan though. Hearing that name in the intro gave me a slight sense of nostalgia. Was wondering how long it would take for you to point out the Japanese background! Nonetheless great video, glad I found it.
That's really interesting. It seemed to be very popular in Japan, based on the research I did. Hearing it firsthand from someone who lives there helps me understand Maizen better. Do you know anything about Maizen before they become a sensation there? It would be interesting to know how they first became popular in Japan. Glad you enjoyed the video, by the way! :)
Unfortunately I'm not sure as to how they managed to get popular in Japan, as by the time they came along I was already too old to be a part of their audience. Although one thing that I can say is that they have merchandise; which isn't very common for a gaming TH-camr in Japan. A decent portion of even the largest creators don't sell any merch, so Maizen was quite the oddball, especially when considering that children consist the vast majority of their audience. I also remember that they managed to pull in a surprising amount of teens and adults as well, since there was a somewhat large fanbase created on more "mature" websites like Twitter. That's pretty much all that I know, sorry that I couldn't be of much help.
sorry for my broken english I recall watching these guys back in 2015-2016 for there smash bros content. They would make fake "kid rages losing at a smash tourney" videos. There were very few smash bros content in youtube jp back then so it was impossible to not see there videos on the recommendation page on yt. They even collabed with Abadango, one of the strongest player in smash 4. Also , JJ's name use to be Zenichi. Zenichi was a term used in the jp smash community for top players. ex) "Zenichi Captain Falcon" would mean the best Captain falcon player in Japan. Having this term in the video title and description must've boosted there view counts. They hijacked the search result of "(insert smash bros character name) professional player" They shifted to a fully minecraft channel in 2017. I guess smash bros was irrelevant due to the lack of updates while minecraft having new content added each and every day with mods. Also, the biggest MC let's play by the youtuber Hikakin dropped his series which had 100+ episodes making an opportunity to gain new viewership. They started with usual survival let's plays the gradually moved on to one shot videos with mods or twists. Idk about them past late 2018 because i grew out this type of content. The only thing I noticed is that whoever is running the English maizen channel is likely not the original Mikey or JJ(Zenichi). English maizen has a different voice and accent. Maybe a staff of UUUM (network) is running the ENG channel. Honestly, I enjoyed this content along the minecraft troll channels when I was young. I left there videos on auto play and watched one after another just like any other kid who were addicted to youtube. I am glad to see someone make a video about them.
Just checked out one of their videos after this video ended, and boy, they sure are a kids channel. Also wasn't expecting the English dub of Mikey to sound like that. I was really expecting a voice that other green minecrafters may have
@@FizzyBanger yeah I believe so too I had forgotten that "Mikey" can also be a female name, so I was expecting a male voice, and tbh, a voice similar to Darwin from the amazing world of gumball (first thing I thought of) could've worked *if* Mikey was a boy
bro and the comments on them too 💀 some kid commented on one of maizen's videos and his channel was named ethan and someone replied "is this the ethan (last name) from school???" I died lmao
I've never actually seen one of their videos but I get advertised it constantly when searching for anything Minecraft related really, especially on a different account
@Fizzy Banger btw I don’t know if it’s just me, but maizen kind of reminds me of dantdm, popularmmos and Minecraft in 2016. They do a lot of mod review type videos and role playing/ storytelling which was very popular back in the day. It is very rare to see now, so I’m very surprised that that type of content is getting them millions of views. In terms of the characters themselves, they remind me of dantdm and the old TH-camrs. They are very calm and don’t shout into the microphone unlike most TH-camrs with content towards children. I really like that because it doesn’t scream “children content” as much as others do. I didn’t even notice that the content was towards children until I actually watched several of their videos. Also, most people probably don’t know this, but JJ actually has a different name in their Japanese channel. His name is zenichi and he probably changed it so that the English audience would be able to interact more easily.
I saw one of his advertisements on TH-cam, it only said “The” and nothing else. Well yes, it did have a thumbnail showcasing a raid in Minecraft, but no, no *The*
Another interesting bit of info is that during the beginning their videos were being run as ads, my friend got them 2 years ago and we went down this rabbithole. The channel used to be called MikeyTurtle
This video is very well done! Thank you for covering this topic :) My sister's been obsessed with Maizen ever since she found out about them, and considering I've always had to babysit her, I can say I've seen some stuff from them. I think this channel is actually ran by a corporation. I remember some of the videos she watched from them were different than the ones usually found on the Maizen channel, in a way that they were voiced by robots rather than real people, and had way different, and also less child-appropriate content. If 2 people indeed ran this channel, why would they have a completely different style of content, while producing the same types of videos? This is just my theory though, and I'm not sure if the videos I described can actually be found on the Maizen channel. If you want to, you can look more into it. I'm not exactly sure how deep this rabbit hole goes, but I also don't wanna find out, considering the things I've seen from this "other side of Maizen".
I think your sister may have stumbled upon the next wave of “ElsaGate” as there are some people posing as popular child friendly Minecraft TH-camrs and making the video and the thumbnails, not as “kid friendly” (if you know what I’m saying) to attract children who will wonder what these concepts are.
A TH-camr called “viprah” did a video where he took a deep dive into it hole where he talked about another pair of popular Minecraft TH-camrs called Nico & Cash where their avatars/skins were being milked and promoted with inappropriate thumbnails/titles by copycats. You should go watch the video, it’s called “The DARK Side of Minecraft Kids Content on TH-cam”
@@zg468It would indeed appear so. I've realized a few days after I posted the comment that the decoy channel wasn't owned by the original youtubers, so that was a mistake on my end.
It definitely gave me Steveee vibes when I initially saw the view spike on Socialblade. I actually compared Steveee with Maizen while doing the research, and Steveee honestly doesn't even come close to the Maizen channel in terms of viewership. Steveee had two massive view spikes then dropped off, while Maizen has consistent 100+ mill views per month. Quite incredible in my opinion.
Something you might not know is that Maizen (Believe I am spelling that wrong lol) bought a lot of ads. Which also is probably a reason the dubbed content did well.
I KNEW IT! IT'S A TRANSLATION! Sorry, it's just that my brother watches this channel, and I did my own research before this video was created. P.S. Great video!
@Fizzy Banger I do remember that the English channel had a different voice actor than their newer ones. JJ was more monotone, and Mikey was the same guy but with a higher voice. (Kinda like the Japanese one) If I find it, I'll link it. (I hope this is new) Edit: It might be unofficial, just a guy trying to profit of Maizen.
@@FizzyBanger Agreed, Even in the Country I live (Thailand) There are still a lot of people I do not know that creates Minecraft content and got popular
From Japan here, I can't believe the channel I was watching as a kid a couple years back are doing amazing outside from Japan! It's good to see the dormant Japaneses actually trying to go global here Good video btw
yeah back in early 2022 I remember whenever I searched for an english or spanish minecraft channel a maizen ad would always appear at the top of the search results
Ikr, I freaked out when I looked at Maizen's socialblade. Initially, I thought they pulled a "Steveee" and broke the algorithm in some new way ahahaha.
Suprisingly, I've seen the channel before. It was a video where JJ "Trolls" Mikey in a build battle competition with an auto build mod. Just one of those common trends. I watched the video, it was clearly for kids but it was pretty fun too.
My little brother actually watches these guys and I usually end up watching along with him. They know their content is for kids and they don't try to hid it but it's pretty harmless compared to all the elsagate videos out there making a resurgence. Also now that you mention they're japanese makes more sense since whenever I see them do stuff that involves text (like dragging items in their inventory) it would always appear in japanese which made me assumed they were using a Japanese mod. Also another thing I discovered that was interesting while watching with my little brother is that there's a lot of fake channels that try to pose as them but with text-to-speech or other stuff like that makes it come off as low quality content with over exaggerated editing (for kids).
Hey Fizzy just wondering, but do you edit your videos with adobe premiere pro and AE or just premiere? I think your videos are really well edited and I wanted to take some inspiration from your editing style.
I used the VidIQ chrome extension. Very good if you want to see stats like view graphs, or just things like what tags the video is using. I think Day 1 + 2 view counts can have some errors, just letting you know.
I thought Maizen was succesful because their videos are adverts. They are the sort of advert that appears at the top of your TH-cam reccommended. I'm surprised you didn't bring this up, but still a great video.
I'm Japanese and I was in the age range when they were blowing up back in 2016-2020 I remember watching their Fortnite content back in 2018 and I swear this channel has been bugging me for the past few months. They changed a lot and I thought it was a whole different channel. Thank you so much for talking about this.
But the thing I am suspicious about is their old channel had 2 million subscribers, while their new channel has over 3 million. Their Japanese channel was made in 2015, while their new channel was made much more recently. They gained nearly 4 million subscribers in a year while their Japanese channel gained less than 3 million subs in 7 years (2015-2022). Thats what I am confused about
I'd assume it's because there are more English viewers than Japanese viewers that would watch Maizen content. Plus, I'm not sure how long Maizen's Japanese channel took to make high performing videos.
Yeah, I've had some people send me examples of the ads on Twitter. Definitely interesting stuff for a possible follow-up video, but I wish I had found it sooner
I hate how people are making sh*t content and targeting kids, yet they get tons of money, subscribers, and views. Its not fair for the people on TH-cam who actually make good content but get no traction
Also, whenever I type up on yt something to do with Minecraft, Maizen was always the first answer. It turns out Maizen used yt ads to be recommended first. Just now, I typed up ‘Minecraft build’ on yt and a video titled ‘CHOOSE THE WRONG STAIR OR DIE’ was first. It was by, you guessed it, Maizen.
Great video but you forgot to mention that they buy youtube ads for their videos. They are the most commonly seen Minecraft youtuber to have their videos shown as ads. I'm sure this is a huge part of their growth.
I realised this beforehand because this channel tricks the algorithm in a weird way Four months ago my brother was in love with watching maizen because they had a roblox channel and my brother loved roblox But the peculiar thing is that when u watch one video It recommends hundreds of more videos from their channel
My 5 yr old brother always watches this channel. I was always confused when he would watch the Japanese and English videos and I wouldn't know what channel is the official one. Now I know they're both made by the same people
Japanese was the original, after English people found out that their content was good, english started to annoy them a little since Maizen can't speak English. Until they made a channel, lots of english people enjoyed it and they become successful on both channel. However right now Maizen (english) was more successful since the Japanese channel had lack of posts (wait for 2 weeks then one video, but they used to say they will be uploaded DAILY)
I know 2 minecraft channels which were both created in October 2022 the channels are called nico, and cash, they do videos together, and now average a combined total of 6 million views, and they’ve gained a total of 1.7M combined sub in their first 4 months (growing at 25K subs a day rn) can you please explain how these 2 people were able to become the fastest growing minecraft youtubers in 4 months
My brother watches Maizen all the time. I find it pretty enjoyable myself and watch it with him sometimes. What's interesting about the channel is that they hired new voice actors for their second video on their English channel and it has been that way since. The old voices of Mikey and JJ sound really weird as Mikey sounds like Mickey Mouse and JJ's voice isn't very interesting at all.
Yeah, I'd never watch the content myself, but I understand the appeal. And content on the main Maizen channel is better than what I've seen on other kids channels.
Hey Fizzy, it would be really nice if you make a video about Cash and Nico. Cash hits 800000 subscribers in 1 month or so, the same to Nico. They are growing so fast, it’s unbelievable. Does the youtube ads boosting so good or it’s because another factor ?
damn, I knew this would be the next way for any channel to become successful.....in my head... but because of my bad upload schedule....I jst never upload my next video so I can cover points like these....like intriguing and unexpected ones.......thats what happenes when you come up with lots of insane ideas but barely implement due to overthinking :/
This explains all the weird stuff i've seen around maizen, all the item names are japanese and another youtuber said they were messed up because they used voice actors, So, this is a dubbed channel!
I figured it out before this video was made. I went to their first video and their voices were different so I knew something was sus. Also their is proof because some of the stuff was Japanese like you said Fizzy Banger.(also if you are reading this comment keep up the good work you are almost at 100k!🎉
Yeah it’s actually a company behind this instead of a individual or group in this community post it says that they also hire other people to voice for the Japanese videos th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhGphbWG_GFoiWHa_RVBxirDEF25hyOiM
You your channel is pretty good and I see you are following the trends editing wise and it’s very cultivating also who you think is winning the Super Bowl I feel like the eagles got it (American football NFL)
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This was so interesting if only it didn't cost so much to dub your content
@@SparksXV I agree. I'd love to bring some international audiences to my content if I had the money to do it. However, it really only seems worth it when you are at the high levels of content creation like MrBeast. "More Expenses = More Expansion" for him, but for smaller creators "More Expenses = Crippling Debt".
very informative and well made👍
@@FizzyBanger yes I agree
I like this a lot!
Extremely well presented and edited, dude you have a bright future ahead of you, keep it up
hey since you liked this video do you mind checking out the most recent video on my channel and letting me know what you think!
that means a lot to me! I cannot wait to make more videos this year :)
@@FizzyBanger I think the same your videos are extremely well written, thought out and planned. I hope you good luck
@@cgplays9 Yeah he does, the only one who has no bright future is you
Man, you have come a long way, I remember when you only had a few thousand subs, love you videos
Glad to hear the channel still has some OGs watching my videos this early! Thanks for sticking around :)
Man thank God you discussed this, my nephew was addicted into watching Maizen and I couldn't understand why, his videos his humour everything was so cringe, now I know more about him.
I definitely find the content cringe, as with most Minecraft kids content. But I won't hold it against anyone who does watch them. I just find their TH-cam success fascinating.
isnt all kid content cringe?
let's hope he grows out of the cringe
@@upscale9109 he does content for kids. Kids like that type of content so he's probably going to continue. I mean look at how many views he gets
Fr my brother is watching it too
These guys also spend alot on ads. I keep seeing their ads when I look up minecraft and stuff
that's interesting. I somehow never saw any ads for them. I did see a lot of copycat channels, and also because of researching for this video, my recommended tab has Maizen videos in it (very cringe).
Would be a good short follow up if I could find the ads though!
@@FizzyBanger yeah they do have ads. Ive seen the Japanese version too. I mean its pretty obvious its a business at this point. And a very very evil one.
@@FizzyBanger Their first vids were promoted purely off ads they def still do I've seen them
@Fizzy Banger if I were you and was looking for unbiased TH-cam for research, I would use incognito mode. Another advantage is that your recommendations aren't filled with cringe
Fr
1:30 Green is one of the closest colors to the center of visible light making it more eyes catching. (I learned this in phycology) so maybe that's why?
I’d say that yellow is more eye catching
Yeah, I had a vague idea that Green was a color that could easily grab attention, and that's why Dream's branding is almost entirely that color. I just didn't have enough time to explore that fully.
Yellow is also a very good color to grab a viewer's attention. It's why every now and then I use yellow in this video for the subtitles. Very strong color that contrasts well on different backgrounds :)
I gotta say, this editing was absolutely insane and I do not think it could have been done any better. Give yourself a pat on the back :)
Hearing that means a lot. I always think I didn't edit enough for a video to be considered good. Perfectionism is a bad habit lol
My brother watches his videos, so I was waiting for someone to make a video on him! Enjoyed watching this vid, hope to see more.
That's really interesting. This channel is definitely super popular for younger audiences. I've heard a lot of people saying they found Maizen from knowing siblings or relatives who watch the channel. Glad you enjoyed the video though!
Oh my god! Same here!
I haven’t gotten one of your videos recommended to me in a while, but your editing, production, and in general quality has skyrocketed. Nicely done and interesting subject!
New sub 😄
Yeah, I'm really trying to move on from making videos with parkour as the background footage. They were easy to make, but this style is way more fun to watch.
@@FizzyBanger yeah it is. It feels deprecate from just like a typical commentary video and more like an in depth analysis, almost like a documentary.
I love all these types of videos, they are just so entertaining, Fizzy I hope you get the attention you deserve!
I hope so too! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid though :)
All of your videos are so good and underrated, I've watched them all and I can see that A LOT of work has been put into them! Keep up the great work
I think that is definitely the one thing holding my channel back - upload consistency. I have a few video ideas that could fit within 3-5 minutes of length. An idea I've had was to make short videos (maybe even TH-cam Shorts?), then have these bigger videos uploaded sparsely in-between.
I'll definitely take note of any video ideas you might have for me, that'll be greatly appreciated :)
I live in Japan, but these guys created a literal sensation a few years back. Whether or not if you were interested in Minecraft content, you couldn't avoid bumping into it. The moment you had a relative below the age of 12, you would eventually be blasted with the (rather obnoxious) audio of their videos.
Me, being a slightly more mature person, never really got hooked to their videos; and started to hear about it less and less as my younger sister lost interest in their content. Never knew that they were doing so well not just inside but also outside of Japan though. Hearing that name in the intro gave me a slight sense of nostalgia. Was wondering how long it would take for you to point out the Japanese background!
Nonetheless great video, glad I found it.
That's really interesting. It seemed to be very popular in Japan, based on the research I did. Hearing it firsthand from someone who lives there helps me understand Maizen better.
Do you know anything about Maizen before they become a sensation there? It would be interesting to know how they first became popular in Japan.
Glad you enjoyed the video, by the way! :)
Unfortunately I'm not sure as to how they managed to get popular in Japan, as by the time they came along I was already too old to be a part of their audience.
Although one thing that I can say is that they have merchandise; which isn't very common for a gaming TH-camr in Japan. A decent portion of even the largest creators don't sell any merch, so Maizen was quite the oddball, especially when considering that children consist the vast majority of their audience.
I also remember that they managed to pull in a surprising amount of teens and adults as well, since there was a somewhat large fanbase created on more "mature" websites like Twitter.
That's pretty much all that I know, sorry that I couldn't be of much help.
Nah fr I have. A little brother and all he FUCKING TALKS ABOUT IS Mikey and Jay jay
sorry for my broken english
I recall watching these guys back in 2015-2016 for there smash bros content. They would make fake "kid rages losing at a smash tourney" videos. There were very few smash bros content in youtube jp back then so it was impossible to not see there videos on the recommendation page on yt. They even collabed with Abadango, one of the strongest player in smash 4.
Also , JJ's name use to be Zenichi. Zenichi was a term used in the jp smash community for top players. ex) "Zenichi Captain Falcon" would mean the best Captain falcon player in Japan. Having this term in the video title and description must've boosted there view counts. They hijacked the search result of "(insert smash bros character name) professional player"
They shifted to a fully minecraft channel in 2017. I guess smash bros was irrelevant due to the lack of updates while minecraft having new content added each and every day with mods. Also, the biggest MC let's play by the youtuber Hikakin dropped his series which had 100+ episodes making an opportunity to gain new viewership. They started with usual survival let's plays the gradually moved on to one shot videos with mods or twists.
Idk about them past late 2018 because i grew out this type of content. The only thing I noticed is that whoever is running the English maizen channel is likely not the original Mikey or JJ(Zenichi). English maizen has a different voice and accent. Maybe a staff of UUUM (network) is running the ENG channel.
Honestly, I enjoyed this content along the minecraft troll channels when I was young. I left there videos on auto play and watched one after another just like any other kid who were addicted to youtube.
I am glad to see someone make a video about them.
@@jamesp4787 very interesting to hear
Just checked out one of their videos after this video ended, and boy, they sure are a kids channel. Also wasn't expecting the English dub of Mikey to sound like that. I was really expecting a voice that other green minecrafters may have
I believe Mikey has a female voice actor, from what I've read on the subreddit, but I'm not 100% sure.
@@FizzyBanger yeah I believe so too
I had forgotten that "Mikey" can also be a female name, so I was expecting a male voice, and tbh, a voice similar to Darwin from the amazing world of gumball (first thing I thought of) could've worked *if* Mikey was a boy
bro and the comments on them too 💀
some kid commented on one of maizen's videos and his channel was named ethan and someone replied "is this the ethan (last name) from school???" I died lmao
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@@lochiegriffiths4712 on the japanese channel mikey is also a female so makes sense
I've never actually seen one of their videos but I get advertised it constantly when searching for anything Minecraft related really, especially on a different account
@Fizzy Banger btw I don’t know if it’s just me, but maizen kind of reminds me of dantdm, popularmmos and Minecraft in 2016. They do a lot of mod review type videos and role playing/ storytelling which was very popular back in the day. It is very rare to see now, so I’m very surprised that that type of content is getting them millions of views.
In terms of the characters themselves, they remind me of dantdm and the old TH-camrs. They are very calm and don’t shout into the microphone unlike most TH-camrs with content towards children. I really like that because it doesn’t scream “children content” as much as others do. I didn’t even notice that the content was towards children until I actually watched several of their videos.
Also, most people probably don’t know this, but JJ actually has a different name in their Japanese channel. His name is zenichi and he probably changed it so that the English audience would be able to interact more easily.
I saw one of his advertisements on TH-cam, it only said “The” and nothing else. Well yes, it did have a thumbnail showcasing a raid in Minecraft, but no, no *The*
ahahaha, wow, I wish I saw those ads. Would've been hilarious to put that in the video.
Another interesting bit of info is that during the beginning their videos were being run as ads, my friend got them 2 years ago and we went down this rabbithole. The channel used to be called MikeyTurtle
Really good video fizzy! love the cinematics that looks fantastic
yoo, thanks dude!! I had a lot of fun recording the Minecraft gameplay for this one
Loved the idea, loved the editing :)
yoo guvoid
It's the funny penguin!
thanks dude! :)
i see him everywhere with the ads he puts out that may be how he also gets even more subs and views
same
This video is very well done! Thank you for covering this topic :)
My sister's been obsessed with Maizen ever since she found out about them, and considering I've always had to babysit her, I can say I've seen some stuff from them.
I think this channel is actually ran by a corporation. I remember some of the videos she watched from them were different than the ones usually found on the Maizen channel, in a way that they were voiced by robots rather than real people, and had way different, and also less child-appropriate content. If 2 people indeed ran this channel, why would they have a completely different style of content, while producing the same types of videos? This is just my theory though, and I'm not sure if the videos I described can actually be found on the Maizen channel. If you want to, you can look more into it. I'm not exactly sure how deep this rabbit hole goes, but I also don't wanna find out, considering the things I've seen from this "other side of Maizen".
I think your sister may have stumbled upon the next wave of “ElsaGate” as there are some people posing as popular child friendly Minecraft TH-camrs and making the video and the thumbnails, not as “kid friendly” (if you know what I’m saying) to attract children who will wonder what these concepts are.
A TH-camr called “viprah” did a video where he took a deep dive into it hole where he talked about another pair of popular Minecraft TH-camrs called Nico & Cash where their avatars/skins were being milked and promoted with inappropriate thumbnails/titles by copycats. You should go watch the video, it’s called “The DARK Side of Minecraft Kids Content on TH-cam”
@@zg468It would indeed appear so. I've realized a few days after I posted the comment that the decoy channel wasn't owned by the original youtubers, so that was a mistake on my end.
They took 100 Days on a volcanic island from me 😭. The upload dates are crazy
same things with Silver, a year ago he just exploded out of nowhere.
Love videos that cover small TH-cam things like this, great work
when I saw the title about another Chanel breaking the TH-cam algorithm, I thought "Fuck, its another steveee". definitely glad its not
It definitely gave me Steveee vibes when I initially saw the view spike on Socialblade.
I actually compared Steveee with Maizen while doing the research, and Steveee honestly doesn't even come close to the Maizen channel in terms of viewership.
Steveee had two massive view spikes then dropped off, while Maizen has consistent 100+ mill views per month. Quite incredible in my opinion.
This is a really good video, you've improved a lot - keep it up!
Something you might not know is that Maizen (Believe I am spelling that wrong lol) bought a lot of ads. Which also is probably a reason the dubbed content did well.
I KNEW IT! IT'S A TRANSLATION!
Sorry, it's just that my brother watches this channel, and I did my own research before this video was created.
P.S. Great video!
Ahh, glad to hear you did some research too! Did you find anything interesting?
@Fizzy Banger I do remember that the English channel had a different voice actor than their newer ones. JJ was more monotone, and Mikey was the same guy but with a higher voice. (Kinda like the Japanese one) If I find it, I'll link it. (I hope this is new)
Edit: It might be unofficial, just a guy trying to profit of Maizen.
Maizen also uses ads to get recommended to more viewers, like the ones you see on the home screen that links to one of his videos. Not a video one.
damn they are so much new channel popping up which I haven't heard of
yeah, the Minecraft TH-cam community is absolutely huge. It's almost impossible to know every creator within it, honestly.
@@FizzyBanger Agreed, Even in the Country I live (Thailand) There are still a lot of people I do not know that creates Minecraft content and got popular
hopefully soon you hit 100k!
Man maizen grew faster than any other youtubers in a year yet I still never heard of them
2022 ishowspeed in question:
From Japan here,
I can't believe the channel I was watching as a kid a couple years back are doing amazing outside from Japan!
It's good to see the dormant Japaneses actually trying to go global here
Good video btw
Extremely well-made video!
I remember seeing this channel's videos on adds everywhere
Can't believe they actually got 2 billion views in a year tho
its botted views
yeah back in early 2022 I remember whenever I searched for an english or spanish minecraft channel a maizen ad would always appear at the top of the search results
bro you are so underrated the algorithm needs to bless you, your vids are so good
one day! I'm sure it'll all work out :)
I've been around since 16k subs and the videos keep getting better and better
And they will continue to get better... :)
I actually know this channel because of how much my sister watches it. She wont stop watching that "Stairway To Heaven" one, or whatever its called.
Ahahah, I think I know which video you mean. At least the Maizen videos are innocent enough.
Korega meido in hebun da
@@লবণহানটারman jojo reference
@@FizzyBanger Yeah, only problem is now my Sister is asking me to make the "Automatic Stair" thing. I am absolutely terrible with commands. 💀
@@dantonfallen4570 lol, just use minecraft mods... its easy
how tf have I never heard of this lmao
LOL
It's funny how channels like this go under the radar despite pulling millions of view a day.
Ikr, I freaked out when I looked at Maizen's socialblade. Initially, I thought they pulled a "Steveee" and broke the algorithm in some new way ahahaha.
@@FizzyBanger Nah what they did makes Steveee look like child's play lol
Suprisingly, I've seen the channel before. It was a video where JJ "Trolls" Mikey in a build battle competition with an auto build mod. Just one of those common trends. I watched the video, it was clearly for kids but it was pretty fun too.
ive been waiting for commentary people to catch on to these guys
My little brother actually watches these guys and I usually end up watching along with him. They know their content is for kids and they don't try to hid it but it's pretty harmless compared to all the elsagate videos out there making a resurgence. Also now that you mention they're japanese makes more sense since whenever I see them do stuff that involves text (like dragging items in their inventory) it would always appear in japanese which made me assumed they were using a Japanese mod. Also another thing I discovered that was interesting while watching with my little brother is that there's a lot of fake channels that try to pose as them but with text-to-speech or other stuff like that makes it come off as low quality content with over exaggerated editing (for kids).
This video was epic! I always manage to find sketchy/weird channels, and have never seen this before, but I appreciate this explanation!
Glad that you found this video insightful! :)
@@FizzyBanger thx! :D
Hey Fizzy just wondering, but do you edit your videos with adobe premiere pro and AE or just premiere? I think your videos are really well edited and I wanted to take some inspiration from your editing style.
when i saw the thumbnail of this vid i thought you were talking abt a very good channel who put actual effort in their content but i was wrong
Wow man those numbers are insane, but I guess it makes sense that translated videos to english would do just as well if not better than the original
yeah, English is a way bigger audience to target compared to Japanese. Maizen made a big brain move.
I've honestly never heard of Maizen. I don't know how I miss someone that gets hundreds of millions of views per video but this isn't the first time.
Yeah, there are some really crazy channels out there that no one has ever heard of.
Because you're not 6 years old.
editing was amazing, the commentray was clear, and was an extremely entertaining to learn! keep up the good work!
Awesome video man, very well edited! I was wondering what did you use to see the views on the first few days of that MrBeast Arabic video?
I used the VidIQ chrome extension. Very good if you want to see stats like view graphs, or just things like what tags the video is using. I think Day 1 + 2 view counts can have some errors, just letting you know.
@@FizzyBanger Thank you
I have seen maiden from about 4 years ago. Their Japanese channel was so fun, but they changed a lot…
Dude edits so good
I thought Maizen was succesful because their videos are adverts. They are the sort of advert that appears at the top of your TH-cam reccommended. I'm surprised you didn't bring this up, but still a great video.
Yeah, I never found this because TH-cam doesn't serve me these ads. Will make a follow-up video soon though, because the ads are really interesting.
My brother is addicted to them, one of the most interesting things about it in my opinion is all the parodies or clones
I'm Japanese and I was in the age range when they were blowing up back in 2016-2020 I remember watching their Fortnite content back in 2018 and I swear this channel has been bugging me for the past few months. They changed a lot and I thought it was a whole different channel. Thank you so much for talking about this.
love your vid fizzy
Thank you so much!!
Ive seen ads of this guy lol
My sister watches Maizen actually, this video just came in my recommendation feed and i was interested to find out
But the thing I am suspicious about is their old channel had 2 million subscribers, while their new channel has over 3 million. Their Japanese channel was made in 2015, while their new channel was made much more recently. They gained nearly 4 million subscribers in a year while their Japanese channel gained less than 3 million subs in 7 years (2015-2022). Thats what I am confused about
I'd assume it's because there are more English viewers than Japanese viewers that would watch Maizen content. Plus, I'm not sure how long Maizen's Japanese channel took to make high performing videos.
That was really well made! Very well explained and super interesting!
They use ads, ALOT of youtube ads i’ve seen
Yeah, I've had some people send me examples of the ads on Twitter. Definitely interesting stuff for a possible follow-up video, but I wish I had found it sooner
1 LIKE?!?!?!?
I've been here since 40K subs hopefully u reach 100K subs
Great vid! Keep on the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Go 100k!
Finally I missed those videos
Thanks :)
In my opinion youtube needs to fix their moderation system, so channels like him and stevee as a matte of fact, will stop breaking the system
1:20 🤔 hmm...
Idk why but I've seen a ton of Maiden ads on TH-cam and it drives me insane I literally had to dislike one of the ads to stop them popping up
The thumbnails of their videos reminds me of the old Minecraft videos 😭 I miss those days
My younger sister watches this channel alot, it is fun to binge for me when I have nothing to do
I hate how people are making sh*t content and targeting kids, yet they get tons of money, subscribers, and views. Its not fair for the people on TH-cam who actually make good content but get no traction
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Amazing video as always
thank you that means a lot! :)
I am not a kid and yt still recommend it to be back in 2021.
Man, I was addicted back than and watch it even today!
Also, whenever I type up on yt something to do with Minecraft, Maizen was always the first answer. It turns out Maizen used yt ads to be recommended first. Just now, I typed up ‘Minecraft build’ on yt and a video titled ‘CHOOSE THE WRONG STAIR OR DIE’ was first. It was by, you guessed it, Maizen.
That is literally my skin without a mustache 😂
I remember seeing their first video as an ad, and they only had few subscribers. Now all of a sudden they have millions.
Great video but you forgot to mention that they buy youtube ads for their videos.
They are the most commonly seen Minecraft youtuber to have their videos shown as ads.
I'm sure this is a huge part of their growth.
I realised this beforehand because this channel tricks the algorithm in a weird way
Four months ago my brother was in love with watching maizen because they had a roblox channel and my brother loved roblox
But the peculiar thing is that when u watch one video
It recommends hundreds of more videos from their channel
I was actually subscribed to him for 2 years already and they are so cool
My 5 yr old brother always watches this channel. I was always confused when he would watch the Japanese and English videos and I wouldn't know what channel is the official one. Now I know they're both made by the same people
Japanese was the original, after English people found out that their content was good, english started to annoy them a little since Maizen can't speak English.
Until they made a channel, lots of english people enjoyed it and they become successful on both channel.
However right now Maizen (english) was more successful since the Japanese channel had lack of posts (wait for 2 weeks then one video, but they used to say they will be uploaded DAILY)
My little brother is obsessed with this channel, I knew that someone would make a video on it
I am a subscriber of Maizen, so happy to see this!
I know 2 minecraft channels which were both created in October 2022 the channels are called nico, and cash, they do videos together, and now average a combined total of 6 million views, and they’ve gained a total of 1.7M combined sub in their first 4 months (growing at 25K subs a day rn) can you please explain how these 2 people were able to become the fastest growing minecraft youtubers in 4 months
My brother watches Maizen all the time. I find it pretty enjoyable myself and watch it with him sometimes. What's interesting about the channel is that they hired new voice actors for their second video on their English channel and it has been that way since. The old voices of Mikey and JJ sound really weird as Mikey sounds like Mickey Mouse and JJ's voice isn't very interesting at all.
OR they just made ALOT of extra accounts and subscribed to themselves
now that would be impressive if they made millions of accounts lmao
omg, we are all Maizen. It all makes sense... :O
@@FizzyBanger haha imagine making millions of alt acc they will get banned if they do that
all of my younger siblings watch this channel lol
As a person who lives with kids who watch maizen I am surprised and impressed but personally don’t like kids content to much but still cool video
Yeah, I'd never watch the content myself, but I understand the appeal. And content on the main Maizen channel is better than what I've seen on other kids channels.
Hey Fizzy, it would be really nice if you make a video about Cash and Nico. Cash hits 800000 subscribers in 1 month or so, the same to Nico. They are growing so fast, it’s unbelievable. Does the youtube ads boosting so good or it’s because another factor ?
damn, I knew this would be the next way for any channel to become successful.....in my head... but because of my bad upload schedule....I jst never upload my next video so I can cover points like these....like intriguing and unexpected ones.......thats what happenes when you come up with lots of insane ideas but barely implement due to overthinking :/
Very cool and well edited video
maizen bought a lot of ads on youtube. thats a huge contributer to their sucess
This explains all the weird stuff i've seen around maizen, all the item names are japanese and another youtuber said they were messed up because they used voice actors, So, this is a dubbed channel!
Wow! This video is actually very understandable, and it's well edited! Keep it up my man! Everyone should give an applause!
I figured it out before this video was made. I went to their first video and their voices were different so I knew something was sus. Also their is proof because some of the stuff was Japanese like you said Fizzy Banger.(also if you are reading this comment keep up the good work you are almost at 100k!🎉
Yeah it’s actually a company behind this instead of a individual or group in this community post it says that they also hire other people to voice for the Japanese videos th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhGphbWG_GFoiWHa_RVBxirDEF25hyOiM
I love watching them. I think they are the best😊 along with u fizzy banger
Maizen was the first Minecraft channel I watched ever since I made this new account and I enjoyed their videos
I used to see lots of ads for them on my youtube homepage.
You your channel is pretty good and I see you are following the trends editing wise and it’s very cultivating also who you think is winning the Super Bowl I feel like the eagles got it (American football NFL)
I'm Australian. I have no idea about the super bowl lol
You use as much research as you can, and I think that’s a thing most TH-camrs don’t care about, but you care about your audience and research! ❤️
I mean...
They are quite smart for that move (I think).
Translating videos to expand internationally is definitely a big brain move. But MrBeast is proof of "More Expenses = More Expansion".
Don't forget that maizen along with Mikey have a fan made Kamen rider series as a Minecraft animation
Fizzy Banger, you are an actual genius
I'm hearting this comment, because it boosted my ego lol. Seriously tho, it means a lot to me that you think that.