How Minecraft Can Make You Millions: We're Talking Streaming

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

FlightStory

Relationships, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Three of the UK’s biggest online creators - TommyInnit, DanTDM, and Talia Mar join Paul to explore what it really takes to build a streaming career. They share how they grew their platforms, stayed creative under pressure, and built communities that reach millions. We’re Talking Streaming. (00:00) Intro (00:53) How Tommyinnit started his streaming career (01:40) Tommy is one of the most followed people in the world (02:50) How Tommy built his streaming following (07:30) Tommy's Guiness Records (10:35) How DanTDM became a full-time YouTuber (13:22) The grind that led to Dan's success on YouTube (17:00) 2017 Forbes Article about Dan (18:58) Love Better Tour Ad (20:03) How Talia Mar started streaming and built her following Get Your Tickets to the Love Better Tour: https://bit.ly/lovebetter-YT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by eBay.
0:03.7	Rob, everyone loves a deal and a bargain from time to time, don't they? Absolutely, mate. And you know where you can grab a great deal? Talk to me. Where? The eBay app. Yes, you are correct. You didn't need to talk to me. I already knew it. I love eBay. When you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. there's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else.
0:23.7	Then when you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. There's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else. Then when you're selling, it's so simple and most
0:25.9	importantly, free. It's free, Rob. When it's this easy to sell for free and there's great deals
0:31.6	on things you love. You can't help but say when it's eBay. It excludes vehicles and business
0:35.9	sellers. This episode is dedicated to the weird
0:40.1	and wonderful world of video game streaming. You may know I like to play Minecraft with my sons.
0:45.8	It's a great way of bonding together while being creative and getting involved in a positive online
0:51.2	community. All three of my guests in today's episode are experts in growing these communities.
0:57.2	Tommy Init, Dan TDM, and Talia Marr.
1:00.1	So if you're at all interested in building a streaming following,
1:03.5	then this is the episode for you.
1:06.0	But before we get into it, if you like this episode or any of our content,
1:10.1	please subscribe to our
1:11.1	channel and hit the bell icon. It massively helps us keep bringing you nuanced
1:16.1	conversation with big guests. Today, we're talking streaming. Where did Tommy Init come from?
1:36.2	We're in geography class.
1:37.5	We had to like make a quieslet name and it came to me.
1:39.9	I was like, my name's Tom, but hang on.
1:42.3	What if it was Tommy? That's super cool.
1:44.7	And then what do I?
1:45.1	Oh my God, I say in it a lot. Tommy, that is a cool name. Now, remember it came up on the board, and I thought everyone would have had cool usernames. And it was just like, Sean 104, Annie 106. Tommy. And I was like, I'm Tommy in it. I remember my geography teacher was like, Tommy in it, really?
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