A YouTube channel gained over 1 million followers in 24 hours as fans grieved the influencer's death at 23

• A "Minecraft" YouTuber called Technoblade died from cancer aged 23, according to his family.
• The YouTuber's father posted a farewell video announcing the death on July 1.

A gaming YouTube channel gained over a million subscribers in the 24 hours following the family's announcement that the owner, known as Technoblade, had died of cancer.

Analytics tracking website SocialBlade shows the channel jumped from 10.5 million to 12.1 million on July 1, the day Technoblade's father posted a farewell video on his channel titled "So long nerds," informing fans that he had died.

The 23-year-old YouTuber, who was known for posting "Minecraft" gameplay and who never showed his face in videos, has gained a total of 2.9 million subscribers in the days since the video was posted, according to SocialBlade. His channel has 13.4 million subscribers as of July 5.

In the final video, Technoblade's father called the YouTuber "the most amazing kid anyone could ever ask for" and read a message he said his son wrote to fans hours before his death.

The video now has more than 56 million views and is the most viewed video on Technoblade's channel.

The message began: "Hello, everyone, Technoblade here. If you're watching this, I am dead. So let's sit down and have one final chat."

"If I had another 100 lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade again every single time," the message said, adding, "I hope you guys enjoyed my content and that I made some of you laugh."

Technoblade's father also revealed his son's first name was Alex and that the YouTuber planned to film a final video revealing his face to fans before his death, but was unable to do so because he was having trouble focusing.

"I got down on my knee at his bedside, and I said to him, 'Alex, you don't have to do anything else. You've done so much for so many people, millions of people, and if you want to now, you can rest,'" his father said.

About eight hours later, Technoblade died, his father said in the video.

Numerous gaming influencers with large fan bases have shared tributes to Technoblade on Twitter, following the announcement of his death.

Jackscepticeye, whose real name is Seán William McLoughlin and is the most followed YouTuber in Ireland with 28.5 million subscribers, tweeted, "RIP Technoblade. An absolute legend in the community whose influence was felt far and wide. Fuck cancer."

TommyInnit, an 18-year-old British YouTuber whose real name is Thomas Simons, tweeted, "Technoblade is a fucking legend. From being a massive fan to one of his actual friends, I can't describe how thankful I am to have been in his life."

On Twitter, fans of the YouTuber have noted the growth of his channel in the days following his death.

"Technoblade's channel hit 13.2M subscribers. He would be so happy if he were still with us," one fan wrote.

Another person tweeted, "The fact that the last video uploaded onto Technoblade's YouTuber channel by his father has 54 Million views and he now has 13.4 Million Subscribers sends me into tears."

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