DanTDM
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ScreenMyYouTuber — analysis performed by AI, published by us.
At a glance for parents
Read this before showing it. This is an AI assessment of the sample, not a safety guarantee.
- Age guidance
- Older. Read the age guidance and reasoning before choosing for your child.
- Concerns found
- Violence (Low), Horror (Moderate), Mature themes (Low), Commercial pressure (Low), Medical body horror (Low), Stimulation (Moderate).
- Sample size
- 10 videos reviewed for age suitability and risk areas; 99 of 100 collected videos screened for harmful or misleading content. See coverage.
- Review date
- · Full review. Channels can change after a review.
- What could not be checked
- Spoken content was available for 0 of 10 reviewed videos. The model reads text and still images; it does not watch video or listen to audio. Read this review’s limitations.
How to check a channel before your child watches · Understanding Elsagate screening
Channel analysis summary
DanTDM is a long-established gaming channel featuring a variety of gameplay, ranging from family-friendly titles like Minecraft and Tomodachi Life to atmospheric horror games. The content primarily consists of let's-play style videos with high-energy commentary and expressive reactions.
What this channel covers
We looked across this channel's catalogue and did not find it teaching a school subject.
Says what the videos are about, not how well they teach it. We have not watched or listened to them.
What YouTube reports
YouTube's own figures for this channel, as collected when we looked. Nothing here is a finding of ours.
- Channel created
- 29,100,000
- Subscribers
- 3,815
- Videos published
- 20,451,636,869
- Total views
- English
- Audio language the uploader declared
- Not marked as made for children
- Audience the uploader declared
A made-for-children marking is the uploader's own answer to a question about advertising and data collection — not a judgement by anyone that the content suits a child, and nobody checks it against the videos.
What the recent uploads show
Counted from the 100 most recent uploads we fetched when we looked. Where YouTube does not report a figure for a video, that video is left out of the count rather than assumed — so some totals below are smaller than 100.
- Most recent upload
- 0
- Published in the last 90 days
- 12/100
- Run 180 seconds or less
- 56:49
- Typical length
Uploads marked made for children 0 of the 100 uploads that carry the label.
About the channel
What kind of channel this is. These describe it rather than warn about it, so they carry no severity colour.
- Consistency High The channel maintains a consistent format of gaming let's-plays with a recurring visual style in thumbnails.
- Synthetic media None found No evidence of synthetic narration or AI-generated content was found in the sample.
Does well Consistent personal branding and high-quality production across gaming series
Where the presentation and the content differ
- In 1 of the 99 videos we screened, the way the video presents itself — its characters, styling, and title — did not match what it appears to contain. Those videos are listed below with the reason recorded for each.
A video made to look like it is for young children, carrying something they are not expecting — the pattern commonly called Elsagate — is the thing this research exists to find. These are automated observations from the images and titles, not a judgement about the channel — read them with the videos they point at.
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Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 Surprised Me.. presentation mismatchMismatch: Poppy Playtime is a horror franchise featuring disturbing imagery (body horror/monsters) targeted at children via gaming influencers.
Age guidance
older
While much of the content is general gaming, the sample includes several horror titles (Poppy Playtime, Little Nightmares, Amanda the Adventurer) featuring disturbing imagery, creepy characters, and themes of stalking or entrapment, which are better suited for older children.
Age guidance is our reading of the sample, not a rating and not a certification.
What we found
11 of 11 risk areas were assessed, worst first. A finding is an observation with evidence behind it, not an accusation.
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Horror
ModerateFear, dread, jump scares, and disturbing imagery.
The channel frequently features horror games with disturbing imagery, including monstrous creatures and creepy atmospheres.
monsters, creepy kids show, disturbing imagery
5 video(s) cited
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Stimulation
ModeratePace, loudness, and sensory intensity. High is not unsafe, but it is worth knowing before bedtime viewing.
Thumbnails use high-contrast colors, exaggerated facial expressions, and large text to attract attention.
shocked faces, bright colors, large exclamation marks
8 video(s) cited
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Violence
LowFighting, injury, weapons, and threat.
Violence is limited to stylized gaming contexts, such as characters in peril in a water park or horror game settings.
character falling in water park
1 video(s) cited
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Mature themes
LowSexual, romantic, or otherwise adult subject matter.
Some titles suggest themes of stalking or psychological distress.
wife stalking me, disturbing kids show
2 video(s) cited
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Commercial pressure
LowSelling, undisclosed promotion, gambling mechanics, and scams.
There is a single sponsored link for a game in one video description.
AD link for Planet Coaster 2
1 video(s) cited
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Medical body horror
LowInjections, surgery, injury detail, and body distortion.
Some horror game thumbnails feature distorted or monstrous anatomy.
giant eye on hand, distorted faces
2 video(s) cited
Nothing found in: language · bullying · external contact · adult activities · impersonation
What this review covers
Harmful or misleading content · every video
- 99
- Videos screened
- 5
- Flagged
- 1
- Of those, presentation mismatches
Age suitability and risk areas · a sample
- 10
- Videos reviewed
- 0
- Spoken content examined
1 sampled video(s) had no completed screening. Absence of a finding for those is not evidence that there is nothing to find.
What this review could not see
- We could not access what is said in 10 of 10 videos we looked at; findings for those rest on titles, descriptions, and thumbnail images.
The model reads text and still images. It does not watch video or listen to audio. Full methodology.
What we looked at
Automated screening checked 99 of this channel's 100 videos for harmful content and for videos presenting themselves as something they are not, and flagged 5. The age band and risk areas above are a separate reading of 10 of those videos. We do not have what is said in any of those, so every finding rests on how a video presents itself rather than on what it contains.
Flag reasons are AI observations, published as produced — read them alongside the video, not instead of it. How screening and sampling work
Stood out from the sample
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Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 Surprised Me..
Presentation mismatch ·
Mismatch: Poppy Playtime is a horror franchise featuring disturbing imagery (body horror/monsters) targeted at children via gaming influencers.
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It Was HIM The Whole Time?! (Amanda The Adventurer 3 FULL GAME)
Flagged ·
Horror game content; not intended for young children, but not a misleading 'Elsagate' mismatch.
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Can We Escape The Institute?! (Little Nightmares III ENDING)
Flagged ·
Horror game content with disturbing imagery (eye-hand).
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I SCREAMED At This Lady..! (Little Nightmares III Part 2)
Flagged ·
Horror game content with disturbing character imagery.
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I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS FIRST MONSTER..! (Little Nightmares III)
Flagged ·
Horror game content.
The rest of the sample
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