Yikes

Xander Keller (born ),https://x.com/yikesyimes/status/1674401454226800643 better known online as yikes, is an American YouTuber who is known for making videos on the video game Minecraft, Rick Astley's song "", and going viral on social media platforms.
==History==
He created his channel on October 5, 2018, and originally made Fortnite montages, but deleted them in 2020. Then, he published his first public video on March 21, 2020, showing a song that he made. Then, on July 13, 2020, he started to make different type of memes, starting with Liam Thompson 'singing' the Wii theme.
Then, on August 8, 2020, he published his first Rick Astley meme. Because of his Rick Astley memes, his channel started to grow in subscribers, resulting him to gain in subscribers and views.
He later quit making memes and moved on to making multiple Minecraft-related videos, and later started making a variety of different content, including various Discord videos (such as opening a "school" in Discord and calling many of his Discord friends using a Talking Ben soundboard) and becoming a different type of YouTuber by creating a new channel (including a PNGtuber and a Beluga clone).
On August 12, 2023, he did a face reveal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjDCL1seI0Q
On June 1, 2024, he posted a video in which he tried to clone himself with AI to go viral on a secret YouTube channel. In this video, he had an interview with the YouTuber Kwebbelkop about how he makes his AI videos.
==Channels==
==Trivia==
*He was hacked in January 2024.
*He was once hearted by Rick Astley.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTZA1q7Fb0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU1EmTA4J60&lc=UgyWn5Q1F3HVUJCW0gh4AaABAg
*For his pebble channel, the channel used to be his second channel and was called yikes but worsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5PoZ3hXIFY&lc=UgyL5rCRzZq3O9BufvJ4AaABAg.
*He's double jointedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEKIAKPpg5E
*He got pneumonia on March 5, 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAugZVbZKY.
*He has 2 AI youtube channels.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
====yikes====
*100 subscribers: August 6, 2020
*1,000 subscribers: August 22, 2020
*5,000 subscribers: August 29, 2020
*10,000 subscribers: September 9, 2020
*20,000 subscribers: October 7, 2020
*30,000 subscribers: October 31, 2020
*40,000 subscribers: November 19, 2020
*50,000 subscribers: December 1, 2020
*60,000 subscribers: December 25, 2020
*70,000 subscribers: January 15, 2020
*80,000 subscribers: February 6, 2021https://www.youtube.com/post/UgykcGyD4VgKr1RFWKZ4AaABCQ
*90,000 subscribers: February 27, 2020
*100,000 subscribers: March 24, 2021https://www.youtube.com/post/UgzOQWI_rgTPGOf-emh4AaABCQ
*1 million subscribers: August 7, 2024
====New Channel====
*500 subscribers: June 16, 2022
*1,000 subscribers: June 16, 2022
*5,000 subscribers: June 19, 2022
*10,000 subscribers: June 21, 2022
*20,000 subscribers: July 3, 2022
===Video view milestones===
*5,000 views: August 12, 2020
*100,000 views: August 21, 2020
*1 million views: August 27, 2020
*5 million views: October 22, 2020
*10 million views: November 27, 2020
*20 million views: January 25, 2021
*30 million views: March 10, 2021
*40 million views: May 14, 2021
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018
Category:One million subscribers