Ollie was asleep at three in the morning when the Discord app on his phone started blowing up. He panicked; many of his friends lived in different time zones, but they knew how late it was for him.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Without as many traditional Internet A-listers as years past, VidCon, an annual social media conference for creators and their fans, seemed unusually quieter this year. That is, ...

These days, “mcyt” starts trending on Twitter at least once a week. It’s an acronym for “Minecraft YouTuber,” but that’s a bit of a misnomer. Yes, there are YouTube videos — many with absolutely ...

More streamers and YouTubers were added to the server as time passed by, most notably Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. Tommy, a 16-year-old British streamer, became a catalyst for all major events on Dream ...

The Dream SMP, a private server for Minecraft content creators, has exploded in popularity. Hundreds of thousands of fans watch videos about lore and characters in the server's expanding universe. Fan ...