Technoblade

Technoblade

Technoblade in 2020, at his father's wedding

Born

Alexander

June 1, 1999DiedJune 2022 (aged 23)[a]Cause of deathMetastatic sarcoma[b]EducationUniversity of Iowa (dropped out)[1]OccupationYouTuberYears active2013–2022Known for

Hypixel
Dream SMP
MC Championship
Minecraft Monday

YouTube information

Channel

Technoblade

Also known asTechnothepigGenreGamingSubscribers20.6 million[c][2]Views1.97 billion[c][2]Associated acts

TommyInnit
Philza
Wilbur Soot
Dream
MrBeast

Creator Awards

100,000 subscribers2017[3]1,000,000 subscribers2019[4]10,000,000 subscribers2021[5]

Last updated: June 29, 2025

Technoblade's voice (2019)

Alexander playing on the Hypixel multiplayer server with a private party.[d]

Websitetechnoblade.comSignature

Alexander (June 1, 1999 – June 2022[a]), known online as Technoblade(/ˈtɛk.noʊˌbleɪd/ TEK-noh-blayd), was an American YouTuber known for his Minecraft videos, livestreams, and involvement in the Dream SMP. Technoblade registered his main channel on YouTube in 2013. His videos consisted primarily of Minecraft gameplay, particularly on the minigameserver Hypixel. After rising to popularity in 2019 for his performances in player versus player (PvP) events, Technoblade was invited to the Dream SMP Minecraft server in 2020, further increasing his following.

In August 2021, Technoblade announced his diagnosis with cancer. Following unsuccessful treatment attempts, Technoblade died from metastatic sarcoma in June 2022,[b] which prompted widespread reactions across both the Minecraft and YouTube communities. Around that time, his YouTube channel had reached nearly 11 million subscribers.[8]

Internet career

Technoblade first registered and began uploading on his main YouTube channel on October 28, 2013.[22] Its content focused mainly on the video game Minecraft,[20][23] particularly gameplay on the minigame server Hypixel.[24] In a video from 2017, Technoblade beat Minecraft on hardcore mode using a racing wheel controller.[25] In another series of videos, beginning with "The Great Potato War", he tried to produce the highest number of potatoes in the Hypixel gamemode SkyBlock, competing against rival im_a_squid_kid.[26]

Technoblade rose in popularity in 2019, following multiple wins in Keemstar's "Minecraft Monday" tournaments in which he defeated multiple prominent content creators in combat.[17][27] Technoblade also regularly participated in the MC Championships (MCC) tournaments with other YouTubers and won two of them. According to Cale Michael of Dot Esports, Technoblade was widely regarded as among the best Minecraftcontent creators, especially in player versus player (PvP) events.[23]

Technoblade's YouTube icon

Technoblade became a member of the Dream SMP in 2020, a Minecraftserver hosted by the YouTuber Dream, which features numerous popular Minecraft YouTubers. He began frequently creating content and livestreams on the server.[28][29] Technoblade had a friendly rivalry with Dream, and they were both generally regarded as among the best Minecraft players.[24] As part of this rivalry, MrBeast hosted a series of player versus player duels between Dream and Technoblade with a $100,000 prize, which Technoblade won.[30][31]

In September 2021, Technoblade raised over $300,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America through a charity livestream, passing the $250,000 goal within two hours.[32]

Around the time of his death in June 2022, Technoblade's channel had reached 10.8 million subscribers.[9] In August 2022, it posthumously reached 15 million subscribers.[33] In May 2025, it reached 20 million subscribers.[34]

Personal life

Born on June 1, 1999,[35] Technoblade resided in San Francisco, California.[36] In a 2018 video, he revealed he would begin attending college as an English major.[37] However, in a later 2019 video, he announced that he dropped out of college to play Minecraft full-time.[26][38] The Daily Iowan later reported that Technoblade had attended the University of Iowa to study creative writing for a year, from 2018 to 2019.[1] He was also known to have had ADHD, and was an atheist.[39]

Throughout his career, Technoblade avoided personal inquiries and interviews to maintain his and his family's privacy, although he occasionally discussed his personal life in his videos. His family continued to decline interviews after his death. By his own admission, Technoblade and a sibling deceived his viewers in a now-deleted video from 2016 into believing his name was "Dave".[26] This was generally accepted as his real name until the announcement of his death, in which he revealed his name was Alexander.[40][13][18]

Cancer diagnosis and death

External videos where i've been

An announcement of Technoblade's cancer prognosis, released on August 27, 2021. I Almost Became An Amputee

An update to Technoblade's cancer situation, released on December 23, 2021. so long nerds

The announcement of Technoblade's death, released on June 30, 2022.

In a video released on August 27, 2021, Technoblade disclosed that he had been diagnosed with cancer after noticing pain in his right arm and swelling on his shoulder.[12][27] Chemotherapy and radiation therapy proved unsuccessful.[16] His oncologist stated that his arm would potentially need to be amputated, and Technoblade advised his viewers to wear face masks and become vaccinated against COVID-19, as it was relevant to his immunodeficiency at the time.[41] In response to the diagnosis, Dream donated $21,409 to cancer research, and Technoblade hosted a charity livestream later in September 2021.[42] In December 2021, he underwent a successful limb salvage operation.[12]

On June 30, 2022, at 9:29 PM EDT, a video titled "so long nerds" was uploaded to Technoblade's YouTube channel, in which his father announced that Technoblade had died from the cancer.[12][16] Technoblade's father read a message written by Technoblade eight hours before he died[26] and said that future proceeds from merchandising and videos would go to the Sarcoma Foundation of America [43][44] and his siblings' college educations.[27] The video ended with a written message from Technoblade's mother.[19][45] Technoblade had planned to script and present the video himself, but his declining health prevented him from doing so.[43] It was also planned that the video would include the song "Exitlude" by The Killers but did not due to potential copyright concerns.[46]

Although Technoblade never specified the type of his cancer, he had previously raised $500,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America throughout his YouTube career.[8] Several publications reported that Technoblade had died of metastatic sarcoma,[b] and the Foundation acknowledged in a press release that Technoblade had been diagnosed with sarcoma.[15]

On September 20, 2022, the Sarcoma Foundation of America stated in a press release that Technoblade was diagnosed with an unspecified type of stage 4 sarcoma ("chest scans revealed metastasis to both lungs") when the lump on his shoulder was examined.[47]

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