Mini Ladd

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Mini Ladd
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Thompson in 2018
Personal information
Born
Craig Joseph Thompson

(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29) [1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Also known asMini Ladd
Channels
Years active2011–present
Genres
Subscribers
  • 4.51 million (Mini Ladd)
  • 998 thousand (Craig Thompson)
  • 153 thousand (Mini Ladd Vault)
  • 10.3 thousand (Craig Thompson Music)
  • 3.05 thousand (Good News Everyone)
Total views
  • 1.49 billion (Mini Ladd)
  • 129.05 million (Craig Thompson)
  • 1.64 million (Mini Ladd Vault)
  • 44.1 thousand (Good News Everyone)
Network
  • 3BLACKDOT (2013–2018)
  • Night Media (2019–2020)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
  • 2013 (Mini Ladd)
  • 2018 (Craig Thompson)
  • 2019 (Mini Ladd Vault)
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribersa
  • 2014 (Mini Ladd)
  • 2019 (Craig Thompson)

Last updated: 4 February 2024

Craig Joseph Thompson (born 7 January 1995), known by the online community as Mini Ladd, is an Emirati-born British YouTuber. As of August 2019, he has accumulated over 10 million followers across all social platforms (YouTube, Twitter and Instagram), over 1.4 billion views, and averaged roughly 50,000 concurrent viewers during his live-streams at peak. [3] In September 2019, Thompson was named No. 3 out of the Top 100 Influencers in the UK by the Sunday Times . [4]

Career and donations

Thompson launched his first YouTube channel, "Mini Ladd", in May 2011. [5] Additionally, he launched his second channel, "Craig Thompson" in 2018, [6] and in 2019, he launched his third YouTube channel, "Mini Ladd Vault". [7]

In 2018, Thompson partnered with the Thirst Project and raised over $150,000 for relief. [8] In 2019, the Thirst Project listed him as one of their board members; [9] as of October 2022, he is no longer a board member. [10]

In 2019, Northern Irish Rugby club City of Derry R.F.C. renamed their stadium to the "Craig Thompson Stadium". [11] City of Derry ended their relationship with Thompson in July 2020; in a statement Thompson apologised for sending "inappropriate texts and messages". [12]

In September 2019 Thompson was named by The Sunday Times as one of Britain's top 100 influencers, behind only KSI and PewDiePie. [4]

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References

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  2. @MiniLaddd (10 March 2016). "I was born in Dubai and lived the first 5 years of my life here :) Mind you, it was pretty much a desert when I lived here xD" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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