Daxflame

About

Daxflame is the YouTube alias of Madison Patrello,^[1] a YouTuber known for vlog entries and comedy sketches. His posts feature him, arguably, playing a socially awkward and aggressive young man; though, many have debated whether or not the character is a piece of performance art of Flame's real personality. In the mid-to-late 2000s, Dax Flame was one of the most popular YouTubers on the platform.

History

On January 2nd, 2007, Daxflame published his earliest available vlog entry. The post received more than 422,000 views in less than 14 years (shown below).

The following month, on February 10th, he published his first million view video, "Last Blog Ever." The post received more than 1.3 million views in less than 14 years (shown below, left). Later that year, on September 20th, his video "New (Girl)Friend!!" received more than 1.6 million views (shown below, right).

In 2010, after publishing "Audition or: A Scientific Study of Humans"
he stopped publishing videos for about four years.^[2] During that time, he appeared in several Hollywood films, including Project X, 21 Jump Street and The Watch (clip below).

Daxflame returned to YouTube in 2014 with the video "Story Writing." As of July 2020, the video has more than 59,000 views (shown below, left). Following the break, he continued to sporadically post videos.

During that time, he published two books: 2014's I'm Just Sitting on a Fence: The secrets of life. and 2019's Ice Cream Man.^[3][4]

On July 21st, 2020, Daxflame published the pilot for "Smothie Madness," a game show produced during the filming of the "Ice Cream Man" documentary.

"Ice Cream Man" Documentary

On July 21st, 2020, YouTuber iDubbbz released a mini-documentary about Daxflame titled "Ice Cream Man" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the video accumulated upwards of 1.6 million views and 26,000 comments, hitting #2 on the YouTube Trending page.

The following day, iDubbbz & Daxflame appeared on the H3 Podcast. The post received more than 349,000 views in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Interview with Know Your Meme

On January 28th, 2021, Know Your Meme interviewed Dax about the origins of his YouTube channel, history with internet culture, his career as an actor and more.

Notable Videos

Search Interest

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