Thelife- Minecraft YouTuber dream revealed his face for the first time to his 30 million subscribers.
- He said people were trying to "leak" his face, and it was "a little bit too much."
After years of posting anonymously, YouTube star Dream revealed what he looks like to his 30 million subscribers, showing his face for the first time since he created his account in 2014 to stop people trying to "leak" photos of him.
Dream, whose content is mostly about the video game Minecraft, revealed his face in a YouTube livestream that premiered on October 2. Forbes reported 1.2 million people tuned in live, and 14 hours later it has received over 18 million views.
Dream began the video facing away from the camera and said he wasn't sure how to go about revealing his face. After putting on a smiley face mask and turning to face his audience, Dream removed it.
Showing his face for the first time, he said, "Hi, it feels so awkward talking to the camera for the first time. Hi, my name is Clay, otherwise known as Dream online. You may have heard of me, may have not, maybe you clicked on this video just out of pure curiosity and you don't care who I am. But now you have seen my face, obviously you know who I am."
He added that he's faced pressure from people trying to uncover what he looks like. "People have been trying to leak my face, trying to find out what I look like. There's too many, it's a little bit too much," he said.
Dream told his viewers that he decided to show his face because he was planning to meet another Minecraft YouTuber known as GeorgeNotFound for the first time.
Dream said, "He's uploading a video on his channel where he meets me for the first time. My goal was to just start doing things, get out, meet creators, say hi to my friends finally, and be an actual creator, be a person."
—Dream (@Dream) October 3, 2022
Dream also said his content, which typically shows the screen where he plays Minecraft, would continue and he would not be including his face, but said his videos would diversify to include more "IRL content as well."
Prior to posting his reveal, Dream said he FaceTimed some other influencers to show them his face, leading them to post their own reaction videos to what he looked like, in order to "get a little more hype," he said.
Dream's fans appeared to be pleased by the reveal, with many commenting underneath his video about how "brave" it was for him to show his face. Others said they were "proud" of him for overcoming what they perceived as nerves in the video, and said they hoped that Dream would be able to be himself in the future.
The creator first teased a face reveal in a video posted to YouTube on September 19 in which he said the next video he uploaded would show his face. He did not explain why he had never shown his face previously.
Dream has a significant following in the Minecraft community, with over 5 million followers on Twitter, 3.1 million Instagram followers, and 30.5 million subscribers on YouTube.
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