Cameron Manning (born: February 22, 2004), [citation needed] better known online as camman18 (or simply Camman), is an American YouTuber who makes commentary videos about rare items or topics and challenges revolving around the game Minecraft. He gained popularity from YouTube Shorts.
History[]
Camman created his channel on April 3, 2021, and uploaded his first video on April 26, 2021. When he first uploaded, he became popular since the videos are formatted as YouTube Shorts, causing him to gain tons of subscribers. Camman also has a secret channel called "camman18 secret". [1]He uploads his Twitch broadcasts on his channel "Camman18 VODS".
Twitch[]
He exclusively streams on Twitch weekly, mainly playing Minecraft. He usually streams himself playing Hypixel’s Bedwars, speedrunning an item chosen by the infamous "hweel", or doing Minecraft Challenges. He has also been live streaming longer than he has been posting on YouTube and has a much different personality on it.
Quotes[]
- "Minecraft, but... <topic of the video>"
- "My only goal is to [goal, usually find diamonds]"
- "[item/block here] acquired!"
- "NNNOOOOOOOO!!!"
- "YEAAHHHHH!"
- "YESSSSSSSSSS"
- "LET'S GOOOOO!"
- "Lucky for me I'm a parkour pro!"
- "Lucky for me I'm a speed bridge pro!"
- "[item here].... Yaaaaaaaaaayyy....."
- "What are the chances?"
- "What is the rarest block/item in Minecraft?"
- "There is no usable wood here" (When in a birch forest)
- "Why is the only wood birch?!"
- "I'm so stupid-".
- “What?!”
- "Easy."
- "Alright."
- "PLEASE!"
- "GET OUT!"
- "NONONONONO!!"
- "Oh, my god!"
- “Oh, god…”
- "OH, GOD!!"
- "Wait!"
- “Okay, stop. Do not do this…”
- "What the?!"
- "Not even close."
- "Big guy, more like little-.”
- "Chest!"
Trivia[]
- In 2022, there was a joke on his channel that his name is "canman18" instead of camman18, mostly with credits going to PrestonPlayz.
- He is a parkour and a speed bridge pro, at least according to him.
- There is a "friendly" online rivalry between him and PrestonPlayz, whom Camman says that his real name is "Eugene" that took place on March 3 to March 28, 2022.
- They ended their rivalry after Camman won from the parkour duel finale of him and Preston that was both live streamed on their YouTube and Twitch channels, where Preston had to drop the Canman part of his name.
- Preston later accused him of cheating in the parkour.
- They ended their rivalry after Camman won from the parkour duel finale of him and Preston that was both live streamed on their YouTube and Twitch channels, where Preston had to drop the Canman part of his name.
- In his "Minecraft, but ---" videos, he often ends the video yelling "YEAAHHHH!!!" or "YESSSS" when he completes his goal, or "NNOOOOOOO!!!" when he fails.
- He calls iron golems "big guy"
- He often makes video about the rarest stuffs on minecraft.
- In a livestream he explained that his username comes from his name "Cameron Manning" and the number 18 comes from his favorite football player Peyton Manning who wears number 18.
- He frequently nags about minecarts being so slow. He also posted a video about Mojang *possibly* making minecarts faster.
- He really hates Birch Trees and often calls them "not real wood", most likely because he doesn't like the texture of birch trees. However, he likes Stripped Birch Logs and Birch Trapdoors.
- In his description he also included "BEEFING PRESTONPLAYZ", referring to the rivalry and videos he posted about the youtuber PrestonPlayz.
- There's a lot of comment bots and like beggars on his channel.
- The comment bots on his channel are the same ones in Sambucha's comments section, another youtube shorts channel.
- He claims to be 6'7" but no evidence has been shown of such.
- He once made a shorts about 'imposterman18' which shows off his fake Minecraft skin created with over 800 people dowloading it.
- This can be easily told by seeing the 'Hi' on his MC skin, the word 'Hi' on his skin is supposed to be small while usually his fake minecraft skin has a very big 'Hi'
- He has made a short called "don't test me lil bro" talking about the fact that the dirt block's texture has changed, proving a commenter wrong going by the handle of @takiallahjamai, implying he reads his comment section
- The same commenter has commented on the short with the phrase "8 pixels killed me holy sh-", however, the comment has gained 2.1K likes while not reaching the top.
- He once uploaded a video titled "phone at 8% pls hurry upload" which explains about the upcoming Armadillo and Wolf armor.[2]
- He made the video by recording it with his phone, drawing it with crayon on a piece of paper, and edited it with iMovie.
- He is sometimes mistaken for Asian, but he is actually 90% English, 10% Scandinavian, and a small percentage of northern Indian.
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Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 50,000 subscribers: June 15, 2021
- 100,000 subscribers: June 18, 2021
- 200,000 subscribers: June 22, 2021
- 300,000 subscribers: June 28, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: July 6, 2021
- 500,000 subscribers: July 13, 2021
- 600,000 subscribers: July 17, 2021
- 700,000 subscribers: July 20, 2021
- 800,000 subscribers: July 26, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: July 30, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: August 9, 2021
- 2 million subscribers: October 4, 2021
- 3 million subscribers: January 31, 2022
- 4 million subscribers: May 11, 2022
- 5 million subscribers: August 18, 2022
- 7 million subscribers: July 27, 2023