George Davidson (born 1 November 1996), better known online as GeorgeNotFound, is an English

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, and

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. He gained substantial popularity in 2020 and 2021 through uploading ''

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'' content. Alongside content creator and frequent collaborator

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, Davidson founded the

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, a ''Minecraft'' role-playing server consisting of multiple storylines and characters. As of October 2022, Davidson's five YouTube channels have collectively reached over 15.5 million subscribers and over 742.1 million views.

Career

YouTube

Davidson first started

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in 2013 under the name GeorgeeeHDPlays before uploading frequently in 2019, later rebranding himself under his current branding GeorgeNotFound. As of October 2022, his main YouTube channel has 10.5 million subscribers. Davidson's content mainly consists of him playing the video game ''

'', with such content as gameplay videos and challenges. He regularly participates in ''Minecraft Championship'' (MCC) tournaments with other ''Minecraft'' content creators. He also regularly collaborates with fellow content creators such as

and Sapnap. Davidson met the YouTuber Dream when they both worked as software engineers, and they began to create various ''Minecraft'' videos together. Davidson was the first "hunter" in Dream’s ''Minecraft Manhunt'' series and has been featured in every episode of the series since. In 2020, Davidson released a video where Dream challenged him to play ''Minecraft'' while wearing a

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around his arm, where the collar would electrocute Davidson if he took damage in the game. On 9 September 2020, he released his most successful video to date, "Minecraft, But I'm Not Anymore..." in which Davidson, who suffers from red–green colour blindness, uses colour correcting glasses for the first time; the video has over 40 million views as of 2022. Also in 2020, Davidson formed the

''Minecraft'' server with Dream, a role-playing server incorporating various storylines and character arcs featuring other online ''Minecraft'' personalities. The popularity of the server spawned

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of several of its users, including Davidson and Dream, who were often written as romantic partners in a

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that is name blended as "DreamNotFound" (shortened to "DNF"). One such work, ''Heat Waves'', garnered media attention since its initial release on the fanfiction repository Archive of Our Own in October 2020. Its virality contributed to the worldwide success of the titular song "

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" by English band

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. Davidson was listed by YouTube as one of their top breakout creators of 2020. In 2021, he was listed among the ten most discussed gaming creators on

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Twitch

Davidson created his main

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account on 26 November 2019 under the name "GeorgeNotFound". As of October 2022, George's main account stands at 4.9 million followers, making him the 36th most followed Twitch streamer. On 24 February 2021, George created a second account, ThisIsNotGeorgeNotFound, which holds 1.4 million followers as of October 2022. On 13 March 2021, Davidson received an indefinite ban on ThisIsNotGeorgeNotFound. According to the streaming site, the reasoning behind the ban was due to "using an inappropriate username." Davidson appealed the first ban only to receive a second ban one day later, in which Twitch sent an extended explanation that his account's username fell under "harassment via bullying." The account was unbanned one day later. On 2 June 2021, Davidson streamed "EPIC HOT TUB STREAM" on his main account, which was recorded to be the highest viewed " hot tub stream" on Twitch. With almost 400,000 concurrent viewers, the stream broke the previous record of 100,000 viewers held by

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and

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. He also achieved a ''

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'' for the highest concurrent viewers for a cooking stream during his 20 March 2021 stream "BIG COOKING STREAM", reaching a peak of 319,846 viewers. In 2021, Davidson received a nomination in the "Livestreamer" category at the 11th Streamy Awards.

Other ventures

Davidson joined fellow internet personalities

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and Sapnap as the third cohost of the podcast ''Banter''. The first episode of the podcast featuring Davidson, "GeorgeNotFound Joins BANTER", was published on 4 August 2022.

Personal life

Davidson was born and raised in London, England. On 18 September 2022, Davidson

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that his application for a U.S. visa was accepted. As of October 2022, he currently lives with Dream and Sapnap in

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. The move was chronicled in his video "I Met Dream In Real Life", published to YouTube on 3 October 2022.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Music video

Notes

References

External links

GeorgeNotFound's official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:GeorgeNotFound Living people 1996 births 21st-century British people British YouTubers English-language YouTube channels Gaming-related YouTube channels Gaming YouTubers Twitch (service) streamers Dream SMP members YouTube channels launched in 2019 Minecraft YouTubers People from London