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Jaiden Animations
Birth Name:Jaiden Dittfach
Birth Date:27 September 1997
Birth Place:Arizona, U.S.
Years Active:2014–present
Module:
Subbox:yes
Channel Direct Url:@jaidenanimations
Channel Display Name:JaidenAnimations
Network:Channel Frederator Network
Location:Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Subscribers:13.4 million
Views:2.5 billion
Silver Button:yes
Silver Year:2016
Gold Button:yes
Gold Year:2016
Diamond Button:yes
Diamond Year:2021
Stats Update:August 6, 2024

Jaiden Dittfach[1] [2] [3] (born September 27, 1997), known online as Jaiden Animations, is an American YouTuber and animator, known for her story-time animations. Her videos explore a variety of topics, spanning from her experiences to personal stories. She now primarily creates videos centered around video game stories.

As of August 2024, Jaiden Animations's main YouTube channel has amassed over 13.4 million subscribers and 2.5 billion views. Nominated for a total of six Streamy Awards, she won in the Animated category at the 10th Streamy Awards in 2020.[4] [5]

Early life

Jaiden Dittfach was born on September 27, 1997.[6] Prior to working on her own channel, Jaiden worked with other YouTubers on their channels,[7] including iHasCupquake.[8]

Career

2014–2017: Eponymous channel

Jaiden created her YouTube channel in 2014, when she was 16 years old.[9]

In 2016 and 2017, Jaiden's channel started trending on the website, becoming more prominent to bigger audiences.[10] [11] Jaiden mainly uploads animated YouTube videos that tell stories about her personal life.[12] [13] The videos sometimes discuss subjects such as toxic relationships, body positivity, anxiety, and depression.[14] She also creates videos centered on her travels and video games, such as Pokémon.[15] [16] [17]

2017–present: Appearance and collaboration

In December 2017, Jaiden appeared in YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017, the first YouTube Rewind installment to include YouTube animators.[18] In September 2018, she received a nomination in the Animated category for the 8th Streamy Awards.[19] In ,[20] she made an animation featuring PewDiePie's chair.[21] [22]

In March 2019, Jaiden participated in an airsoft gun tournament organized by YouTuber MrBeast and sponsored by game developer Electronic Arts. The event, organized in order to promote the release of Apex Legends, featured 36 players, all of which were prominent YouTube influencers. Jaiden's team, which also comprised Anthony Padilla and close friend James "TheOdd1sOut" Rallison, ended up winning the competition, with Jaiden herself firing the winning shot.[23]

In January 2021, Jaiden appeared on YIAY Time: The Game Show, a YouTube Original comedy program hosted by Jack Douglass ("jacksfilms").[24] She also frequently appears on the improv game show Scribble Showdown with TheOdd1sOut, Domics, RubberRoss, Egoraptor, and Emirichu.[25] With fellow YouTuber TheOdd1sOut, Jaiden is a part of the "Animation Squad," a group of animators who frequently create videos together.[26] Her channel is managed by the Channel Frederator multi-channel network.[27] [28]

On June 1, 2021, her YouTube channel reached 10 million subscribers.[29] [30] She received a nomination in the Animated category for the 11th Streamy Awards in December 2021.[31] In 2022, she signed with the Creative Artists Agency.[32] YouTube ranked the video among their list of the "top trending videos" of 2022, as it reached over 17 million views by the end of the year.[33]

In 2023, she joined forces with Alpharad to create WILD/CARD, a channel dedicated to bringing attention to the smaller content creators that the two of them considered friends. This collaboration included gsmVoiD, Weegee Plays, Giwi, SunflowerSmith, Captain Kidd, and Fyrus.

On July 13, 2024, Jaiden won another competition organized by MrBeast, this time in the video "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" in which she competed against 49 other YouTubers for $1,000,000 to give away to their subscribers. She pledged to use the prize money to send some of her subscribers to art school.[34]

On July 23, 2024, for the tenth anniversary of her first video upload, Jaiden announced that she does not plan to continue creating content indefinitely.[35] . She has not yet given a date for when she will leave YouTube and will continue creating content in the meantime.

Other activities

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Jaiden published a video encouraging people to donate to Bird Gardens of Naples, a non-profit bird sanctuary in Florida, via a GoFundMe campaign. Within nine weeks, the campaign had raised over $22,000.[36] Jaiden was also among many social media figures who donated to the Team Trees fundraiser in 2019.[37] For World Health Day in April 2020, Jaiden participated in #HopeFromHome, a charity livestream initiated by fellow YouTuber Jacksepticeye that raised over $260,000 for COVID-19 relief.[38] [39] [40]

In October 2021, Jaiden participated in a charity tournament for the video game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl hosted by YouTuber Alpharad and Coney of the esports organization Panda Global, playing as the character CatDog. In her campaign, she raised over $73,000 after uploading a now-deleted video asking for donations to help choose CatDog as the character she wished to play for the tournament.[41] [42]

Personal life

In 2016, she stated in a video that she resides in Arizona.[43] In another video, posted in 2018, she stated that she moved to California.[44] In December 2022, she purchased a $4.8 million home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California with fellow YouTuber Alpharad.[45]

In 2017, Jaiden spoke out about her experience with anorexia and bulimia in a video titled “Why I Don’t Have a ‘Face Reveal,"[46] as well as a song titled “Empty” in 2018.[47] [48]

On March 20, 2022, in her video titled "Being Not Straight," she publicly came out as aromantic and asexual.[49] [50] [51] On June 1, 2024, Jaiden publicly announced she was diagnosed with ADHD and autism.[52]

Filmography

Animation

Voice acting

Reality shows

Discography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2018Streamy AwardsOverall Award Animated
2020Streamy AwardsSubject Award Animated
2021Streamy AwardsSubject Award Animated
2022Streamy AwardsSubject Award Animated[54]
2023Subject Award – Animated[55]
Individual Award – VTuber

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Mental Health Panel at VidCon London 2019 . Jennings . Maddy . March 11, 2019 . TenEighty . December 26, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133922/https://teneightymagazine.com/2019/03/11/mental-health-panel-at-vidcon-london-2019/ . September 18, 2020.
  3. I spent a day with JAIDEN ANIMATIONS . 2021-07-24 . Padilla . Daniel Anthony . Anthony Padilla . Video . en . 10:01 . 2023-02-27 . . Dittfach . Jaiden . February 27, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227074614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjl0sGro_8 . live .
  4. News: Del Rosario . Alexandra . December 13, 2020 . The 2020 YouTube Streamy Awards Winners List: Charli D'Amelio, Will Smith & Sarah Cooper Among Honorees . . December 13, 2020 . December 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201213112804/https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-2020-youtube-streamy-awards-winners-list-charli-damelio-will-smith-honorees-1234655590/ . live .
  5. News: Hale . James . December 12, 2020 . Here Are Your 2020 Streamy Award Winners . . June 25, 2021 . December 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201213080350/https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/12/12/here-are-your-2020-streamy-award-winners/ . live .
  6. Watching my childhood videos w/ theodd1sout . March 10, 2019 . Jaiden Animations . 04:15 . June 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210605235719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn56lB-BTak . June 5, 2021 . live . [People singing "[[Happy Birthday To You]]" with date stamp of SEP 27 1998]
    James Rallison: Oh goodness, is this you?
    Dittfach: Yeah. It went back in time.
    Rallison: It went back in time?
    Dittfach: That's my first birthday. . YouTube.
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  8. News: July 2, 2019 . 5 Chaînes YouTube D'animation à ne Surtout Pas Manquer . 5 Animated YouTube Channels You Shouldn't Miss . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624233708/https://www.influenth.com/chaines-youtube-animation-dessin-anime/ . June 24, 2021 . June 25, 2021 . Influenth . French.
  9. News: Abid. Ameera. June 13, 2020. What We Are Watching Today: Jaiden Animations. Arab News. December 13, 2020. March 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302005517/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1688961/saudi-arabia. live.
  10. News: Mo . Alesya . December 1, 2018 . Así es la segunda generación de animadores que ha llegado para salvar Youtube . Spanish . This is the second generation of animators that has arrived to save YouTube . The Wat Mag . June 25, 2021 . June 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624234846/https://www.thewatmag.com/descubrimientos/asi-segunda-generacion-animadores-que-ha-llegado-para-salvar-youtube . live .
  11. News: Chang . Parrish . February 20, 2020 . Animation Makes the Dreams Work . The Advocate . . With creators such as Swoozie, Domics, and TheOdd1sOut, the genre began to slowly expand to many others creators such as Jaiden Animations, Lillymations, Emiirichu, Daidus, Eroldstory, SomethingelseYT, Odd1sOut and many others . June 24, 2021 . June 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624234847/https://www.advocate-online.net/the-dream-works-with-animations/ . live .
  12. Krivulya . Natalia . December 15, 2019 . Animated travelog: the genre origins and peculiarities . Arta . ru . XXVIII(2) . 81 . 10.5281/zenodo.3597269 . Zenodo.
  13. News: Field . Matthew . December 5, 2019 . 'Hazbin Hotel' and YouTube's animation renaissance . GO! & Express . East London and King William's Town, South Africa . June 25, 2021 . Jaiden Animations and TheOdd1sOut are probably two of the biggest channels in this group but there are plenty of others . February 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230219141543/https://www.goexpress.co.za/2019/12/05/hazbin-hotel-and-youtubes-animation-renaissance/ . live .
  14. News: Barua . Deeparghya Dutta . December 20, 2018 . YouTube animation on the rise . . December 25, 2018 . March 27, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327084401/https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/the-internet/news/youtube-animation-the-rise-1675993 . live .
  15. Web site: Frushtick . Russ . November 22, 2019 . Adults are finding new (and brutal) ways to enjoy Pokémon . . February 1, 2021 . February 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205161928/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/11/22/20976759/pokemon-what-is-nuzlocke-challenge-sword-shield . live .
  16. Hard Mode: How a Webcomic Spawned Pokémon's Most Infamous Challenge . . June 25, 2021 . June 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624233938/https://egmnow.com/hard-mode-how-a-webcomic-spawned-pokemons-most-infamous-challenge/ . live .
  17. News: Cope . Alexander . February 24, 2021 . Pokémon Sword & Shield: What is a Nuzlocke? . . June 24, 2021 . June 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624225113/https://www.imore.com/pokemon-sword-shield-what-nuzlocke . live .
  18. News: Fennimore . Jack . December 6, 2017 . YouTube Rewind 2017: Here's What People Think of It . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119125039/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/12/youtube-rewind-2017-demonetization-jake-paul/ . November 19, 2018 . December 16, 2018 . . They were especially excited to see their favorite creators featured in the video, including notable animators on YouTube who were previously not featured in the annual video like Jaiden Animations and Rebecca Parham..
  19. Lukarcanin . Emina . September 25, 2018 . David Dobrik Leads 2018 Streamy Awards With 6 Nominations: See the Full List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070428/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8476867/streamy-awards-2018-nominees-full-list . December 14, 2018 . December 27, 2018 . Billboard.
  20. News: Fogel . Stefanie . December 7, 2018 . YouTube Rewind 2018 Video Features a Lot of 'Fortnite' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219190847/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/youtube-rewind-2018-fortnite-1203084067/ . December 19, 2019 . December 15, 2018 . Variety.
  21. News: Fennimore . Jack . December 6, 2018 . YouTube Rewind 2018: Here's What People Think of It . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181207122452/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/12/youtube-rewind-2018-bts-pewdiepie-logan/ . December 7, 2018 . December 15, 2018 . . That being said, it appears there was a small reference to PewDiePie made by Jaiden Animations, or at least his chair..
  22. News: December 8, 2018 . PewDiePie May Not Have Made it to YouTube Rewind 2018 But His Chair Did . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209114049/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/pewdiepie-may-not-have-made-it-to-youtube-rewind-2018-but-his-chair-did-1964625.html . December 9, 2018 . December 28, 2018 . News18.
  23. News: Hale . James . March 13, 2019 . MrBeast Drops Video Of Real Life 'Apex Legends' Competition Starring 39 YouTubers Competing For $200,000 And Sponsored By EA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708223100/https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/03/13/mrbeast-ea-apex-legends-sponsorship-youtubers/ . July 8, 2020 . July 22, 2021 . Tubefilter.
  24. News: Weiss . Geoff . January 5, 2021 . Jack Douglass Teams With YouTube To Turn Hit 'YIAY' Series Into Live Game Show . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210109160553/https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/01/05/jack-douglass-youtube-yiay-live-game-show/ . January 9, 2021 . January 14, 2021 . Tubefilter.
  25. News: Fitzgerald . Claire . 21 June 2020 . Scribble Showdown Tour Rescheduled for 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115132031/https://teneightymagazine.com/2020/06/21/scribble-showdown-tour-rescheduled-for-2021/ . November 15, 2022 . 15 November 2022 . Ten Eighty Magazine.
  26. New 'Can't Catch Harry' Card Game from Odd 1s Out Surpasses Quarter Million Dollars as Campaign Enters Final Days on Kickstarter . November 2, 2018 . December 16, 2018 . . . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607181607/https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/new-can-t-catch-harry-card-game-from-odd-1s-out-surpasses-quarter-million-dollars-as-campaign-enters-final-days-on-kickstarter-1027685678 . live.
  27. September 13, 2018 . Frederator Ups Kenneth Ash to Networks Director, Makes Key Hires . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130021720/http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/frederator-ups-kenneth-ash-to-networks-director-makes-key-hires/ . November 30, 2018 . December 15, 2018 . Animation Magazine.
  28. Web site: Hale . James Loke . October 1, 2018 . Channel Frederator Network Announces $1 Million Creative Fund To Support Its 3,000+ Members' Projects . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181002003922/https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/10/01/channel-frederator-network-creative-fund-members/ . October 2, 2018 . December 15, 2018 . Tubefilter.
  29. Web site: Jaiden Animations. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902191124/https://socialblade.com/youtube/compare/UCGwu0nbY2wSkW8N-cghnLpA/pewdiepie. 2021-09-02. 2021-09-02. Social Blade.
  30. 1401679572601507845 . JaidenAnimation . Thanks for 10 mill btw :) And thank you so much to my team, they've helped me stay excited & motivated doing videos and I'm the most inspired I've ever been, all thanks to them ❤️ Thank you for all the support everyone! . Jaiden Animations . June 6, 2021 . June 29, 2021.
  31. Web site: Spangler . Todd . October 20, 2021 . YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods . November 22, 2021 . . October 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020164324/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-streamy-awards-2021-nominations-mrbeast-1235093422/ . live .
  32. News: Gutelle . Sam . CAA signs Jaiden Animations (Exclusive) . November 14, 2022 . . November 11, 2022 . November 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114050701/https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/11/11/jaiden-animation-signs-caa-representation-creative-artists-agency/ . live .
  33. Web site: Google Shows Off the 10 Most-Watched YouTube Vids for 2022. Kyle. Barr. Gizmodo. December 1, 2022. December 16, 2022. December 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221216192810/https://gizmodo.com/youtube-google-mrbeast-top-youtube-videos-1849843728/slides/3. live.
  34. Web site: JaidenAnimations wins MrBeast's $1 million YouTube challenge, outlasting Logan Paul and KSI . July 14, 2024. The Express Tribune. https://web.archive.org/web/20240727215550/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2479628/jaidenanimations-wins-mrbeasts-1-million-youtube-challenge-outlasting-logan-paul-and-ksi?amp=1. July 27, 2024. live. July 27, 2024.
  35. So it's been 10 years huh... . 2024-07-23 . JaidenAnimations . 2024-08-18 . YouTube.
  36. News: Conley . Lisa . June 21, 2019 . YouTuber helps Bird Gardens of Naples spread its wings . . June 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621181056/https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2019/06/21/youtuber-jaiden-animations-helps-bird-gardens-naples-spread-wings/1284662001/ . June 21, 2019.
  37. News: Leskin . Paige . December 19, 2019 . YouTuber MrBeast's tree-planting campaign reached its goal of raising $20 million. Here's the list of prominent people who have donated, including Elon Musk, Jeffree Star, and even the CEO of YouTube. . . December 12, 2020 . February 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200209061044/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-pewdiepie-jeffree-star-donate-mrbeast-youtube-tree-planting-2019-10 . live .
  38. News: Milligan . Mercedes . October 16, 2020 . Positive Influence: YouTuber Jaiden Animations Gives Back . . January 14, 2021.
  39. WOW! Unlimited Media's Channel Frederator Network Announces Live Game Show Cartoon Punch . November 20, 2020 . June 25, 2021 . Wow Unlimited Media . WOW! Unlimited Media . Globe Newswire . June 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624225111/https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/11/20/2131084/0/en/WOW-Unlimited-Media-s-Channel-Frederator-Network-Announces-Live-Game-Show-Cartoon-Punch.html . live .
  40. News: Bundy . Austen . A YouTube gamer helped raise nearly $660,000 in 12 hours for Covid-19 relief efforts . . January 14, 2021 . April 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200422141955/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/us/home-from-home-charity-livestream-trnd/index.html . live .
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  42. Web site: Michael. Cale. October 6, 2021. ConnorEatsPants wins Panda All-Star Nickvitational, event raises $100,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. October 8, 2021. Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. October 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204453/https://dotesports.com/news/connoreatspants-wins-panda-all-star-nickvitational-event-raises-100000-for-the-breast-cancer-research-foundation. live.
  43. theodd1sout and I Complain About Arizona . 2016-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210902230311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhxLhPSTvh4 . September 2, 2021 . live . Jaiden Animations . en . 2021-09-02 . 0:34 . So, coincidentally, we both live in the oven that is Arizona [...] . .
  44. JaidenAnimations . Things that Happened While I Grew Up . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206191748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFr0dk6Ca7o . 5:23 . December 6, 2021 . live . 6 December 2021 . en . 2018-09-09 . And now I'm here, on my own, moved to California. .
  45. Web site: McClain . James . 2022-12-28 . YouTuber Roommates Spend Millions on All-New Los Angeles Home . 2023-05-02 . DIRT . en-US.
  46. Why I Don't Have a "Face Reveal" . 2017-04-06 . JaidenAnimations . 2024-07-16 . YouTube.
  47. JaidenAnimations (Feat. Boyinaband) - Empty (Official Music Video) REUPLOAD . 2022-10-01 . Various Stuff . 2024-07-16 . YouTube.
  48. Making the Song about Jaiden's Anorexia (Empty - BTS) . 2018-06-08 . Boyinaband . 2024-07-16 . YouTube.
  49. Web site: YouTuber Jaiden Animations Comes Out as Aroace. Matt. Moen. Paper Magazine. March 23, 2022. March 24, 2022. March 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220324075031/https://www.papermag.com/jaiden-animations-aroace-youtube-2657026931.html. live.
  50. Web site: YouTuber Jaiden Animations Comes Out as Aroace, Here's What That Means. Taylor. Henderson. Pride. March 21, 2022. March 24, 2022. March 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325095433/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2022/3/21/youtuber-jaiden-animations-comes-out-aroace-heres-what-means. live.
  51. Web site: Jaiden Animations' Coming Out Video Perfectly Treads The Line Between Public And Private. Issy. van der Velde. TheGamer. March 23, 2022. March 24, 2022. March 23, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220323213012/https://www.thegamer.com/jaiden-animations-coming-out-video-perfectly-treads-the-line-between-public-and-private/. live.
  52. JaidenAnimations . I found out I have ADHD. . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603020609/youtube.com/watch?v=b0hL4mJInm0 . 7:00 . June 3, 2024 . live . 3 June 2024 . en . 2024-06-01.
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