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p>Adults and children alike aren't just playing Minecraft in their millions: they're watching YouTube? videos made using Minecraft and they are receiving billions of views.

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p>Octoly, an online video provider has released a report that aims to quantify this. It states that Minecraft videos were viewed 30.8 billion times in June 2014. Only 183 million of those views came from Mojang the publisher of Mojang.

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p>This is almost three times the number of views for Grand Theft Auto videos. Octoly estimates that Grand Theft Auto was the second most-watched gaming brand on YouTube? with more than 12 billion views. It was ahead of Call of Duty (10.2 Billion), Angry Birds (6 Billion) and Halo (4.8 Billion).

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p>According to the company, Minecraft videos have been watched an additional 16 billion times since June, bringing its total to 47.4 billion views. https://www.easylanguageexchange.com/members/calljudo55/activity/2336354/ "In June our Octoly360 system found 81,000 separate YouTube? creators talking about Minecraft," explained Octoly. "Today there are nearly twice the number of creator channels that have Minecraft videos than there were in June." Octoly explained.

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p>Minecraft being so far ahead of rival brands will not be a shock to anyone who's been keeping track of the game and/or the evolution of YouTube? over the last few years.

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p>In a chart of the top 100 YouTube? channels in September 2014, which was published by industry site Tubefilter, using data from analytics firm OpenSlate?, the kid-friendly Minecraft channel Stampy was the third largest channel in the world with 189.6 million views during the month.

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p>Popular channels that featured a heavy or complete Minecraft focus were also popular in September, including Vegetta (8th in the world with 164 million views in September) as well as The Diamond Minecart (10th spot with 161.8 million views).).

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p>Mojang has been assisting its YouTube? community since the beginning of Minecraft. They have avoided disputes over copyright with video creators and have a non-judgmental approach to the content of their videos.

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p>"We have lots of people who make their living making videos about Minecraft. Vu Bui Mojang's chief operating officer, told the Guardian that the economics of Minecraft are incredible.

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p>"That does not mean anything to anyone and I would say that it actually adds to Minecraft it is to witness people who are incredibly skilled at doing things. We've basically outsourced YouTube? videos to a global community of millions of people and what they come up with is more innovative than anything we could ever create by ourselves."

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p>YouTube? is one of the main reasons Minecraft is so popular in 2014. It's also a significant reason behind Microsoft's decision to purchase Mojang at $2.5bn.

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p>Microsoft isn't just purchasing a game that has sold over 54 million copies across mobile, console and computer platforms. It's also buying one of the biggest television brands in the world. https://controlc.com/dc2a0b37 Despite its immense popularity on the internet, it's not on traditional television.

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