| “ | But most importantly, I hope you did enjoy and I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful, safe and amazing day. Goodbye, everybody! | ” |
―Landon's outro | ||
Landon Nickerson[1] (born: April 10, 1999)[2], better known as Landon (previously known as Landon - ROBLOX, Landon - MINECRAFT, and Landon 2), is a American former gaming[note 1] YouTuber known for his content, with a primary focus on Fortnite and Roblox videos (formerly, he was known for his engaging Minecraft videos).
Personal life[]
Nickerson was born on April 10, 1999. He lived in Fort Worth.[3] His parents are divorced.[4] He has a little brother[3] and a little sister.[5] He formerly used to live with a roommate.[citation needed][note 2]
YouTube career[]
History[]
Landon initiated his YouTube journey by launching his first channel on April 22, 2014, under the alias "LandonMC" (now simply referred to as "Landon"). Initially, his content was primarily centered around Minecraft. However, as his channel evolved, Landon transitioned into vlogging, which eventually led him to discontinue creating Minecraft-related content.
In January 2018, Landon made a significant announcement, revealing his decision to pivot away from Minecraft entirely.[citation needed] He chose to embark on a new direction as a Fortnite YouTuber, dedicating himself to uploading daily content in this genre. This marked a pivotal moment in his content creation journey.[citation needed]
YouTube channels[]
Fortnite[]
Landon would do a variety of content on Fortnite. He would do videos where he would discover user made maps and play them[6], he would also make videos with people who have found bugs within the game[7].
ARKH (formerly known as LandonRB)[]
On May 28, 2017. Landon announced on his main channel, that he was setting up a new channel, called LandonRB (now known as Landon 2). He mostly posts Roblox videos on the channel. This sparked a Subspike, which then, in July 2017, Landon posted his first video on the channel. The video reached over 100K views in the first day. Landon does daily uploads, and sometimes does collabs. On January 1, 2019, Landon announced that he would be changing the name of his roblox channel to "Landon 2", making his second channel an all gaming channel. As of April 10, 2020, Landon has rebranded the Landon - lol channel to Landon - ARKH with his first video on the channel being an announcement to his new start-up company, ARKH.
Departure from YouTube[]
On October 10, 2019, Landon uploaded a video explaining he was leaving YouTube, or at least stopping with his consistent upload schedule, mostly because of family and personal reasons.
Controversy[]
JensenSnow[]
In 2019, Landon uploaded a series of videos about a person that had the ability to login in Landon's banned account "Landon_". So because of this, Landon made multiple videos talking about this JensenSnow individual in which they recorded videos together. But there was one video that made the entire series go downhill, and it's a video where JensenSnow said that Epic Games will go offline around beginning July 2019. Now, this caused a lot of backclash against Landon and it pushed him to release a video apologizing[8] and explaining that this series was only done for entertainment purposes and that no one is getting hacked nor Epic Games is gonna go offline.
Roblox bans[]
Landon has been involved in various controversies related to Roblox, primarily stemming from his Robux giveaways conducted during livestreams on his channel, formerly known as "Landon - ROBLOX" and now renamed as "ARKH." His accounts faced frequent bans and terminations[9] each time he hosted these streams, prompting him to create numerous videos addressing this issue[10], even reaching a point where he contemplated quitting.[11]
Trivia[]
- Landon donated 500$ to DanTDM to ask Daniel if he could dab on stream.[12]
- He has a Shiba Uni dog named Chiko.[13]
Subscriber Milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: July 20, 2018
- 2 million subscribers: October 3, 2018
- 3 million subscribers: July 13, 2019
Notes[]
- ↑ Landon's experience page on LinkedIn: "Content creator, Entertainer; April 2014 - August 2019" – Linkedin
- ↑ About his roommate: He used to record videos in his room while his roommate was in a different room - however, as of 2023, Landon has taken over the room of his friend without any updates regarding this change.
References[]
- ↑ Landon Nickerson – Linkedin
- ↑ landn on Instagram: "2,400 years old 🤍 So grateful for it all. Thank you for all of the love you sent my way today ( P.S. my trainer will kill me if I eat this dessert rn.. so if you want it just dm me or something 😳)" - April 10, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "If you beat me you can skip school..” (Fortnite challenge w/ little brother) – Landon (YouTube). May 5, 2019
- ↑ Driving to Another State to Surprise My Mum - Landon (YouTube). April 9, 2019
- ↑ Dear Pokimane.. (my little sister made me do this video, i swear) – Landon (YouTube). May 1, 2019
- ↑ I Found This ADULTS ONLY Fortnite Server.. so I snuck kids in.. – Landon (YouTube). July 14, 2019
- ↑ I tested the most “OP GLITCHES” in Fortnite.. (STILL WORKING) – Landon (YouTube). January 18, 2019
- ↑ The Truth. No More Lies. - Landon (YouTube). July 4, 2019
- ↑ roblox banned me permanently .. – ARKH (YouTube). January 18, 2018.
- ↑ ROBLOX DELETED MY ACCOUNT AGAIN.. – ARKH (YouTube). January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Dear Roblox, I Quit .. – ARKH (YouTube). January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Donating $500 To Make DANTDM Dab For Charity Livestream - ARKH (YouTube). March 25, 2018.
- ↑ landn on Instagram: "Hey Insta, we’ve missed you all so much. ✨🤍 For the last 14 months of my life I have been working tirelessly to bring my startup ARKH to life. ARKH is an AR platform, & we’re focused on introducing the first viable spatial augmentation layer with a few innovative technologies... but without getting into all of that now, I would just like to say that I have learnt without a doubt that, if you believe in yourself - Anything is possible.I’m so grateful to be on this timeline with you all, and through my actions I hope to inspire those following to chase their greatest visions of their future without fear. This life was made for you, I believe in you, & I know that you can achieve anything you can dream of. 🤜🏻🤍🤛🏻 ily" – November 12, 2020.