Mike Salcedo (born: January 31, 1991[1]) is an American YouTuber who is well known for creating the animated series titled Alphabet Lore.
History and series[]
He started his channel on September 14, 2011, and uploaded his first video titled "Alan & Mr. Horse | LET'S DO THIS!!!", on June 17, 2012.
The Stockholms[]
Mike's first major production was an animated series called The Stockholms, which revolves around a bank robber, Jasper Williams, who holds three strangers as hostages, in the longest negotiation in the United States, lasting for nearly half a year. The first season of The Stockholms premiered on YouTube on July 30, 2020 and ended on September 24, 2020. It re-released on April 12, 2021 and then ended on June 7, 2021. Mike has since then directed/animated many other shorts for ExplosmEntertainment.
Alphabet Lore[]
- also see Unofficial Alphabet Lore Wiki.
After this, he made Alphabet Lore, also known as Alphabet Friends or Alphabet: The Series, a series of animated shorts created between February 2, 2022, and October 22, 2022. The series revolves around each of the letters of the alphabet as re-imagined characters, with the main villain of the Alphabet Lore being F, whose plan is to kidnap multiple letters. The series gained prominence in August-September of 2022, and as a result, has made Salcedo gain an exponential growth of subscribers.
A sequel titled Number Lore was confirmed on January 20, 2023 with a compilation video of all of the Alphabet Lore shorts, with the first episode uploaded on January 23, 2023. The series currently has 4 episodes.
During the production of Number Lore, Mike started a miniseries called BinQ. In every short, BinQ fought a requested character, and won.[2]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to NoxInfluencer. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 10,000 subscribers: September 19, 2021[3]
- 20,000 subscribers: August 20, 2022[3]
- 30,000 subscribers: August 28, 2022[3]
- 70,000 subscribers: September 9, 2022[3]
- 90,000 subscribers: September 12, 2022[3]
- 100,000 subscribers: September 13, 2022[3]
- 200,000 subscribers: September 19, 2022[3]
- 300,000 subscribers: September 30, 2022[3]
- 400,000 subscribers: October 14, 2022
- 500,000 subscribers: October 23, 2022
- 600,000 subscribers: November 3, 2022
- 700,000 subscribers: November 16, 2022
- 800,000 subscribers: December 3, 2022
- 900,000 subscribers: December 27, 2022
- 1 million subscribers: January 29, 2023
Trivia[]
- He has been animating for over ten years.
- One of his animations might be a leak for Number Lore, but that is very unlikely since it was made in 2013 and Alphabet Lore was made in 2022. But looking at the calculator, the 7th button is broken meaning that it could be confirmed.
- Number Lore ultimately became a thing in 2023.