Jaiden Animations

American YouTuber and animator (born 1997)

  • YouTuber
  • animator
Websitejaidenanimations.comYouTube informationChannel
  • JaidenAnimations
LocationSherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Years active2014–presentGenres
  • Comedy
  • animation
  • storytelling
  • gaming
Subscribers
  • 12.5 million (JaidenAnimations)
  • 968 thousand (Jaiden)
  • 158 thousand (JaidenVODS)
  • 95.5 thousand (jaiden but short)
  • 485 thousand (WILDCARD)
[1]Total views
  • 2.4 billion (JaidenAnimations)
  • 31.1 million (Jaiden)
  • 3 million (JaidenVODS)
  • 0 (jaiden but short)
  • 11.4 million (WILDCARD)
[1]NetworkChannel FrederatorAssociated acts
  • TheOdd1sOut
  • Domics
  • Alpharad
  • RubberRoss
  • Egoraptor
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers2016
1,000,000 subscribers2016
10,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: April 20, 2024

Jaiden Dittfach[2][3][4] (born September 27, 1997), known online as Jaiden Animations, is an American YouTuber and animator, known for her story-time animations. Her videos explore a variety of topics, spanning from her experiences to personal stories. She now primarily creates videos centered around video game stories.

As of April 2024, Jaiden Animations's main YouTube channel has amassed over 12 million subscribers and 2.4 billion views. Nominated for a total of six Streamy Awards, she won in the Animated category at the 10th Streamy Awards in 2020.[5][6][7]

YouTube career

Prior to working on her own channel, Dittfach worked with other YouTubers on their channels,[8] including iHasCupquake.[9]

Eponymous channel

Dittfach created her YouTube channel in 2014, when she was 16 years old.[8][10] In 2016 and 2017, Dittfach's channel started trending on the website, becoming more prominent to bigger audiences.[11][12][13]

Dittfach mainly uploads animated YouTube videos that tell stories about her personal life.[11][14][15] The videos sometimes discuss subjects such as toxic relationships, body positivity, anxiety, and depression.[11][10] She also creates videos centered on her travels and video games, such as Pokémon.[8][16][17][18]

On June 1, 2021, her YouTube channel reached 10 million subscribers.[19][20] She received a nomination in the Animated category for the 11th Streamy Awards in December 2021.[21] In 2022, she signed with the Creative Artists Agency.[22] YouTube ranked the video among their list of the "top trending videos" of 2022, as it reached over 17 million views by the end of the year.[23]

Collaborations and other appearances

With fellow YouTuber TheOdd1sOut, Dittfach is a part of the "Animation Squad," a group of animators who frequently create videos together.[24] Her channel is managed by the Channel Frederator multi-channel network.[25][26]

Dittfach (right) at VidCon with TheOdd1sOut (left), Domics (2nd from right), and other YouTube animators

In December 2017, Dittfach appeared in YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017, the first YouTube Rewind installment to include YouTube animators.[27] In September 2018, she received a nomination in the Animated category for the 8th Streamy Awards.[28] In YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind,[29] she made an animation featuring PewDiePie's chair.[30][31]

In March 2019, Dittfach participated in an airsoft gun tournament organized by YouTuber MrBeast and sponsored by game developer Electronic Arts. The event, organized in order to promote the release of Apex Legends, featured 36 players, all of which were prominent YouTube influencers.[32]

In January 2021, Dittfach appeared on YIAY Time: The Game Show, a YouTube Original comedy program hosted by Jack Douglass ("jacksfilms").[33]

She also frequently appears on the improv game show Scribble Showdown with TheOdd1sOut, Domics, RubberRoss, Egoraptor, and Emirichu.[34]

In 2023, she joined forces with Alpharad to create WILD/CARD, a channel dedicated to bringing attention to the smaller content creators that the two of them considered friends. This collaboration included gsmVoiD, Weegee Plays, Giwi, SunflowerSmith, Captain Kidd, and Fyrus.[35]

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Dittfach published a video encouraging people to donate to Bird Gardens of Naples, a non-profit bird sanctuary in Florida, via a GoFundMe campaign. Within nine weeks, the campaign had raised over $22,000.[36] Dittfach was also among many social media figures who donated to the Team Trees fundraiser in 2019.[37] For World Health Day in April 2020, Dittfach participated in #HopeFromHome, a charity livestream initiated by fellow YouTuber Jacksepticeye that raised over $260,000 for COVID-19 relief.[38][7][39]

In October 2021, Dittfach participated in a charity tournament for the video game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl hosted by YouTuber Alpharad and Coney of the esports organization Panda Global, playing as the character CatDog. In her campaign, she raised over $73,000 after uploading a now-deleted video asking for donations to help choose CatDog as the character she wished to play for the tournament.[40][41]

Personal life

Jaiden Dittfach[2][3][4] was born on September 27, 1997.[42] In 2016, she stated in a video that she resides in Arizona.[43] In another video, posted in 2018, she stated that she moved to California.[44]

On March 20, 2022, in her video titled "Being Not Straight", she publicly came out as aroace, meaning aromantic and asexual.[45][46][47] In December 2022, she purchased a $4.8 million home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California with fellow YouTuber Alpharad.[48]

On the 29th of March, 2024, in the description of her video, "Pokemon sent me to Japan!", Jaiden confirmed she had been diagnosed with ADHD,[49] which she had prior discussed as a possibility[citation needed].

Filmography

Animation

Voice acting

  • 2018: YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind as herself

Reality shows

Discography

  • 2018: "Empty" (with Boyinaband)[a]
  • 2021: "Rise Above" (with Rainych)
  • 2022: "Rise Above (English Version)" (with Rainych and Illberg)
  • 2022: "Rise Above (Japanese Version)" (with Rainych and Illberg)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref(s).
2018 Streamy Awards Overall Award – Animated Nominated [28]
2020 Streamy Awards Subject Award – Animated Won [5]
2021 Streamy Awards Subject Award – Animated Nominated [21]
2022 Streamy Awards Subject Award – Animated Nominated [51]
2023 Streamy Awards Subject Award – Animated Nominated [52]
Individual Award – VTuber Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ The music video for "Empty" has been made private.[50]

References

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  2. ^ a b Spurlin, Brittany (September 1, 2023). "XDefiant to be Featured in YouTube's World's Greatest Gaming Tournament". Ubisoft. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Jennings, Maddy (March 11, 2019). "Mental Health Panel at VidCon London 2019". TenEighty. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Padilla, Daniel Anthony; Dittfach, Jaiden (July 24, 2021). I spent a day with JAIDEN ANIMATIONS (Video). Event occurs at 10:01. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ a b Del Rosario, Alexandra (December 13, 2020). "The 2020 YouTube Streamy Awards Winners List: Charli D'Amelio, Will Smith & Sarah Cooper Among Honorees". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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  7. ^ a b WOW! Unlimited Media (November 20, 2020). "WOW! Unlimited Media's Channel Frederator Network Announces Live Game Show Cartoon Punch" (Press release). Retrieved June 25, 2021 – via Globe Newswire.
  8. ^ a b c bin Iqbal, Faisal (December 26, 2019). "Slice of Life Animation". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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  10. ^ a b Abid, Ameera (June 13, 2020). "What We Are Watching Today: Jaiden Animations". Arab News. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Barua, Deeparghya Dutta (December 20, 2018). "YouTube animation on the rise". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  12. ^ Mo, Alesya (December 1, 2018). "Así es la segunda generación de animadores que ha llegado para salvar Youtube" [This is the second generation of animators that has arrived to save YouTube]. The Wat Mag (in Spanish). Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  13. ^ Chang, Parrish (February 20, 2020). "Animation Makes the Dreams Work". The Advocate. Mt. Hood Community College. With creators such as Swoozie, Domics, and TheOdd1sOut, the genre began to slowly expand to many others creators such as Jaiden Animations, Lillymations, Emiirichu, Daidus, Eroldstory, SomethingelseYT, Odd1sOut and many others
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  15. ^ Field, Matthew (December 5, 2019). "'Hazbin Hotel' and YouTube's animation renaissance". GO! & Express. East London and King William's Town, South Africa. Retrieved June 25, 2021. Jaiden Animations and TheOdd1sOut are probably two of the biggest channels in this group but there are plenty of others
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  17. ^ "Hard Mode: How a Webcomic Spawned Pokémon's Most Infamous Challenge". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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  19. ^ "Jaiden Animations". Social Blade. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  20. ^ Jaiden Animations [@JaidenAnimation] (June 6, 2021). "Thanks for 10 mill btw : ) And thank you so much to my team, they've helped me stay excited & motivated doing videos and I'm the most inspired I've ever been, all thanks to them ❤️ Thank you for all the support everyone!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ a b Spangler, Todd (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  22. ^ Gutelle, Sam (November 11, 2022). "CAA signs Jaiden Animations (Exclusive)". Tubefilter News. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Barr, Kyle (December 1, 2022). "Google Shows Off the 10 Most-Watched YouTube Vids for 2022". Gizmodo. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  24. ^ "New 'Can't Catch Harry' Card Game from Odd 1s Out Surpasses Quarter Million Dollars as Campaign Enters Final Days on Kickstarter". Business Insider (Press release). PR Newswire. November 2, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  25. ^ "Frederator Ups Kenneth Ash to Networks Director, Makes Key Hires". Animation Magazine. September 13, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  26. ^ Hale, James Loke (October 1, 2018). "Channel Frederator Network Announces $1 Million Creative Fund To Support Its 3,000+ Members' Projects". Tubefilter. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  27. ^ Fennimore, Jack (December 6, 2017). "YouTube Rewind 2017: Here's What People Think of It". Heavy.com. Retrieved December 16, 2018. They were especially excited to see their favorite creators featured in the video, including notable animators on YouTube who were previously not featured in the annual video like Jaiden Animations and Rebecca Parham.
  28. ^ a b Lukarcanin, Emina (September 25, 2018). "David Dobrik Leads 2018 Streamy Awards With 6 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  29. ^ Fogel, Stefanie (December 7, 2018). "YouTube Rewind 2018 Video Features a Lot of 'Fortnite'". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  30. ^ Fennimore, Jack (December 6, 2018). "YouTube Rewind 2018: Here's What People Think of It". Heavy.com. Retrieved December 15, 2018. That being said, it appears there was a small reference to PewDiePie made by Jaiden Animations, or at least his chair.
  31. ^ "PewDiePie May Not Have Made it to YouTube Rewind 2018 But His Chair Did". News18. December 8, 2018. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  32. ^ Hale, James (March 13, 2019). "MrBeast Drops Video Of Real Life 'Apex Legends' Competition Starring 39 YouTubers Competing For $200,000 And Sponsored By EA". Tubefilter. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  33. ^ Weiss, Geoff (January 5, 2021). "Jack Douglass Teams With YouTube To Turn Hit 'YIAY' Series Into Live Game Show". Tubefilter. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  34. ^ Fitzgerald, Claire (June 21, 2020). "Scribble Showdown Tour Rescheduled for 2021". Ten Eighty Magazine. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  35. ^ Alpharad and Jaiden play Prop Hunt, retrieved January 22, 2024
  36. ^ Conley, Lisa (June 21, 2019). "YouTuber helps Bird Gardens of Naples spread its wings". Naples Daily News. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  37. ^ Leskin, Paige (December 19, 2019). "YouTuber MrBeast's tree-planting campaign reached its goal of raising $20 million. Here's the list of prominent people who have donated, including Elon Musk, Jeffree Star, and even the CEO of YouTube". Business Insider. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  38. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 16, 2020). "Positive Influence: YouTuber Jaiden Animations Gives Back". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  39. ^ Bundy, Austen. "A YouTube gamer helped raise nearly $660,000 in 12 hours for Covid-19 relief efforts". CNN. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  40. ^ Michael, Cale (September 28, 2021). "Panda to host Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl charity event featuring Ludwig, Cr1TiKaL, and more". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  41. ^ Michael, Cale (October 6, 2021). "ConnorEatsPants wins Panda All-Star Nickvitational, event raises $100,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  42. ^ Jaiden Animations (March 10, 2019). Watching my childhood videos w/ theodd1sout. Event occurs at 04:15. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via YouTube. [People singing "Happy Birthday To You" with date stamp of SEP 27 1998]
    James Rallison: Oh goodness, is this you?
    Dittfach: Yeah. It went back in time.
    Rallison: It went back in time?
    Dittfach: That's my first birthday.
  43. ^ Jaiden Animations (June 7, 2016). theodd1sout and I Complain About Arizona. Event occurs at 0:34. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via YouTube. So, coincidentally, we both live in the oven that is Arizona [...]
  44. ^ JaidenAnimations (September 9, 2018). Things that Happened While I Grew Up. Event occurs at 5:23. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021. And now I'm here, on my own, moved to California.
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  46. ^ Henderson, Taylor (March 21, 2022). "YouTuber Jaiden Animations Comes Out as Aroace, Here's What That Means". Pride. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  47. ^ van der Velde, Issy (March 23, 2022). "Jaiden Animations' Coming Out Video Perfectly Treads The Line Between Public And Private". TheGamer. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  48. ^ McClain, James (December 28, 2022). "YouTuber Roommates Spend Millions on All-New Los Angeles Home". DIRT. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  49. ^ Dittfach, Jaiden (March 29, 2024). "Pokemon sent me to Japan!". YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  50. ^ Dittfach, Jaiden; Brown, David (June 8, 2018). Jaiden & Boyinaband - Empty (Official Music Video) (Video). Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via YouTube.
  51. ^ Phillips, Zoe (October 27, 2022). "2022 YouTube Streamy Awards: The Complete List of Nominations (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  52. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (July 24, 2023). "Streamy Awards Announce 2023 Nominees". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 28, 2023.

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