Joseph Anderson

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About

Joseph Anderson is a gamer and vlogger best known for his in-depth critiques of video games on YouTube, many of which are hours long and have gained millions of views.

History

Joseph Anderson is based in Moncton, Canada.^[1] He launched his YouTube channel on January 14th, 2012.^[2] His earliest extant video is a critique of Dark Souls, posted September 6th, 2015. It has gained over 215,000 views (shown below).

This set the tone for his channel, as the majority of his videos offer lengthy in-depth analysis of video games. His earliest video to crack 1 million views was posted November 28th, 2015. The video dissects Fallout 4 and gained over 1.2 million views (shown below, left). One of his most popular videos, released in March the following year, dissects Jonathan Blow's The Witness, gaining over 2.7 million views (shown below, right).

As of May 10th, 2019, his most popular video examines Fallout 4 a year after its release, gaining over 3 million views (shown below, top left). He has also released notable critiques of Super Mario Odyssey (shown below, top right), God of War, Hollow Knight (shown below, bottom left), and Breath of the Wild (shown below, bottom right).

Online Presence

Anderson was praised in an article by Forbes^[3] in 2017 as one of the five gaming YouTubers to watch. Online, he has a Patreon where he makes at least $3,900 a month.^[4] He has over 26,000 followers on Twitter^[1] and a small subreddit with 379 members.^[5]