On the occasion of The Minecraft Movie premiering today, here are some of the best YouTubers to help introduce your child to the intensely popular game.

Minecraft Primer

• Sandbox game w/ Creative & Survival Mode
• Released in 2011 by Mojang; sold to Microsoft in 2014
• 300 million copies sold
• 170 million monthly users
• As of Friday, April 4th, Deadline reported that the Minecraft Movie has amassed $10.6 million from its first day of previews, with most weekend projects hovering at $75 million.

StampyCat is a classic introduction to the Minecraft community

• His character of StampyCat weaved an incredible world inside of Minecraft, building beautiful structures alongside his fans, who were often featured in his “Love Garden.” 
• He’s a great influence on beginner gamers, teaching them the mechanics and possibilities of the game while always keeping a positive attitude.
• If you start near the beginning of his Minecraft life, it’s fun to follow the long-form story he created inside of “Stampy’s Lovely World.”
• He has published StampyCat novels and has been working on other interests, so he only uploads one video a week now. But you can show these to your kids with no potential side effects except they’ll likely develop a British accent.

Macro manages high energy without the jolt

• Marco explains some of the more mature games like Overwatch (but also Fortnite and Super Mario Party) “for noobs” – a useful series if your child wants to play something you’re not familiar with.
• His livestreams are also primarily family-friendly (with the exception of early streams). He and his friends are good models for light-hearted joking that doesn’t venture into the kinds of pranks that you’ll find when watching PrestonPlayz and SSundee.
• He doesn’t use the superfast editing style (for the most part).

Shark‘s main channel is mostly helpful

Dialogues: Pranks, Clickbait

• His main channel, which was renamed Shark from his original “09sharkboy,” mostly does show interesting ways to play Minecraft. When he’s by himself, he brings us through pretty entertaining hacks and teaches coding inside the game.
• The problem is that every second or third video is pranking or trolling his friends, so watch those closely or make a playlist they can watch. 
• If I was better at Minecraft, I could see myself learning about the game from him, and I know my kids have picked up their controllers to try things out while watching Shark’s channel. He often gets into how to add coding and where to find codes to enhance your game, which I always appreciate. 
• His screengrabs move very quickly, and that can get annoying, but it matches his style: breakneck nerdery inside of the game.

Even more straightforwardly cool Minecraft YouTubers

Skip the Tutorial delivers on its promise to be a solid, straightforward Minecraft channel (yet still fun!).

Shiloh & Bros model good behavior in games, starting on TIkTok and now hired by huge companies to play “real life” versions of games. They seem loud at first but it’s their style, and they’re funny while showing how to be a good teammate.

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