Tomás Blanch Toledo † (June 13, 2009 - August 30, 2021 [aged 12]), better known online as tomiii 11, was a Chilean YouTuber best known for quickly becoming one of the fastest growing channels in the site's history in April 2021, breaking a number of YouTube records as a result.
About[]
Tomás Blanch Toledo was a 12-year-old boy who was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was commonly seen with a bandage on his right eye due to this, and he was unable to use his left arm. As a result, he had to use a one-handed keyboard. Toledo did not know what he was diagnosed with, since his parents never disclosed to him the fact that he had cancer. Despite this hardship, he remained passionate about achieving his dream of becoming a YouTuber.
History[]
Toledo created his channel on January 4, 2021. His first video, titled "video de prueba", was uploaded on March 19, 2021. His channel did not gain much traction at first, though he uploaded videos celebrating small milestones such as 10 subscribers.[1]
On April 7, 2021, Filosóraptor, a Facebook user with more than 11 million followers, made a post promoting Toledo's channel which said "it's our time to make a child happy."[citation needed] After that, several large Spanish-speaking YouTubers, such as ElrubiusOMG, Ibai, AuronPlay, TheGrefg, and Luisito Comunica, got involved and gave their own shoutouts to him.[citation needed] This caused Tomiii 11 to explode in popularity, and his channel would end up breaking several records.
Toledo continued to upload on a daily basis for a couple more days, but then slowed down by late April. He uploaded five videos in May, and only four in June. He had not been active on the channel since June 20, where he attended the Copihue de Oro award show. On July 7, Toledo's sister Sofia posted on Instagram that since his birthday, his health had begun to decline. His father then uploaded a video in July 2021 stating that he was doing fine for the time being. In August, he won the Giga Awards (an award ceremony hosted by Chilean telecommunications company WOM) in the category of Best YouTuber.
Death[]
On August 30, 2021, it was confirmed that Toledo had passed away.[2][3] Despite this, his channel continued to grow, and later surpassed 10 million subscribers in September. The channel remains active as of 2022, being run by his family/team in his memory.
Records broken[note 1][]
- Fastest channel to gain 1 million subscribers: 6 hours and 27 minutes[note 2]
- Highest confirmed subscriber audit: ~670,000
- Most subscribers gained in one hour (with audit): ~810,000[4]
- Most subscribers gained in one day: ~2,898,590 on April 7, 2021[note 3]
- Most subscribers gained in 48 hours: ~4,840,000 on April 7-8, 2021[note 4]
- Most subscribers gained in one week: ~6,940,000 between April 7-13, 2021[note 5]
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 10 subscribers: March 25, 2021[5]
- 1,000 subscribers: April 6, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: April 7, 2021[6]
- 2 million subscribers: April 7, 2021
- 3 million subscribers: April 8, 2021
- 4 million subscribers: April 8, 2021
- 5 million subscribers: April 9, 2021
- 6 million subscribers: April 10, 2021[7]
- 7 million subscribers: April 14, 2021[8]
- 8 million subscribers: April 27, 2021
- 9 million subscribers: August 31, 2021
- 10 million subscribers: September 2, 2021[9]
Video view milestones[]
- 10 million views: April 8, 2021
- 50 million views: April 10, 2021
- 100 million views: June 6, 2021
Trivia[]
- Toledo's YouTube channel was the first to gain more than two million subscribers in one day. He shattered the previous record set a year prior by Marília Mendonça.
- Toledo's favorite candy was Chubi, which are chocolate and caramel button-shaped candies covered in a hard shell, similar to M&M's.
- One of Toledo's favorite cartoons was Clarence.
- Jesús Hernández, the voice of Clarence in the show's Latin American Spanish dub, sent Toledo a greeting.[10]
- Toledo was a former Boy Scout.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ↑ All of these records are later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo in August 21st of 2024. gaining 21 million subscribers in a day
- ↑ Later broken by ISRO Official in August 2023.[citation needed]
- ↑ Later broken by Hamster Kombat in May 2024.
- ↑ Later broken by Hamster Kombat in May 2024.
- ↑ Later broken by MrBeast in October 2023.[citation needed]
References[]
- ↑ 10 subs 10 — tomiii 11 (YouTube). 25 Mar 2021
- ↑ "Muere Tomiii 11, el pequeño youtuber chileno que emocionó a las redes sociales". Meganoticias, 30 August 2021
- ↑ "Muere Tomiii 11, niño youtuber chileno". Dallas News, 30 August 2021
- ↑ (unavailable video) - YouTube
- ↑ 10 subs 10 — tomiii 11 (YouTube). 25 Mar 2021
- ↑ gracias por el millón!! — tomiii 11 (YouTube). 7 Apr 2021
- ↑ 6 millones suscrptores de tomiii 11. — Vicente Blanch (YouTube). 10 Apr 2021
- ↑ tomiii 11 son 7 millones .gracias por tanto cariño . — Vicente Blanch (YouTube). 14 Apr 2021
- ↑ Community post by tomiii 11: "Queridos Papus gracias por dedicar un momentos de sus vidas para hacer posible la obtención del botón de diamante de youtube . Como bien saben el administrador de esta pagina tuvo que salir a un viaje infinito, pero dejó dicho que los quiere muchos y agradece el premio . De verdad muchas gracias y sobre todo al auspiciador que hiso posible esto . LECHE PAPU LA LECHE DE LOS PAPUS Y PARA PAPUS tomiii 11 por siempre ." 2 Sep 2021
- ↑ Mensaje para Tomiii de Clarence — Jesus Hernández Doblaje (YouTube). 11 Apr 2021