Dean Schneider

Dean Schneider (born: ) is a Swiss YouTuber and internet personality based in South Africa. The founder of an animal sanctuary known as "Hakuna Mipaka", he is known for his content involving the animals he cares for and lives with.
Schneider is the most subscribed individual YouTuber from Switzerland,Top 100 YouTubers in Switzerland - Social Blade having amassed over 10 million subscribers as of August 2024.
==Content==
Schneider's content mainly consists of videos revolving around his Hakuna Mipaka sanctuary for wildlife, and all the animals that live on it. 
==History==
Schneider moved from Switzerland to South Africa in 2017 to found a wildlife sanctuary known as "Hakuna Mipaka" (Swahili for "no limits"). He created his YouTube channel on July 17 of the same year.
After becoming popular on other platforms such as Instagram, Schneider would begin posting to YouTube in February 2020. YouTube allowed him to upload more long-form content featuring the animals he works with, and his first upload was a vlog. Schneider's channel would grow immensely in the following years.
==Personal life==
Schneider was born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland.Dean Schneider - deanschneider.com He took interest in wildlife at a young age, though initially followed a more average path into adulthood.
He later decided to start his own company, eventually allowing him to move to Africa and start the Hakuna Mipaka wildlife sanctuary.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*1 million subscribers: 2020
*2 million subscribers: September 2020
*3 million subscribers: February 2021
*4 million subscribers: December 21, 2021
*5 million subscribers: July 29, 2022
*6 million subscribers: January 28, 2023
*7 million subscribers: April 21, 2023
*8 million subscribers: June 24, 2023
*9 million subscribers: November 3, 2023
*10 million subscribers: July 23, 2024
===Video view milestones===
*1 billion video views: March 14, 2023
==References==
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