Evident

Evident (born: )https://twitter.com/evident_p/status/1432488108470243330, also known as EvidentP, is an American Minecraft YouTuber known for his trapping videos on the Hive network.
==Personal life==
Evident (real name Joseph) was born in the United States in Detroit, MI. He got his inspiration from making videos on The Pack, SSundee, Huahwi and The Cube as they were the biggest Minecraft PvP YouTubers in 2014 and 2018.
==History==
Even through his channel was created in 2009, he uploaded his first public video in 2017. (His true first video - a bottle-flipping video - came earlier on, though he didn't stay active for long.) 
In 2019 his Hive content began with Treasure Wars trapping, an idea highly inspired by Fruitberries. As he shifted to Skywars trapping and continued it through 2020 he started gaining popularity, fueling a revival of the trapping "genre." During this time, Evident would become most known for his "Trapping Hive Youtubers"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EJlvP73baY&t=2shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO8Aive9zw0&t=10shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMdAWUctql0&t=181shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gL6M__lwg series, which as of February 2024 has amassed just over 2 million views. 
Evident would continue creating videos featuring traps on the Hive server through the end of 2021. However, as time went on, he started to feel burnt out on this content style, that he'd done every trap there was to be done. Thus, starting in 2022, he shifted towards challenge/competition style content. 
At the start of transitioning away from videos featuring traps, Evident's content mainly consisted of himself completing skywars challenges on the Hive server. With this new style of content though, his channel saw a decrease in viewership, which prompted Evident to move from creating videos featuring 'skywars challenges' videos to content involving unique Minecraft challenges featured on the Hive server. 
This shift in content paid off, with his channel gaining a second resurgence in popularity. Outlier videos made near the beginning of this second transition of content include "Guess the Skywars Youtuber From ONLY Their Gameplay"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-HWZY8MgJ4&t=1s, "Trap Me in Skywars, Win $100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAmV1mY49bM&t=42s", and "Using your WORST Minecraft Bridging Methods"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZOErcPLtA, with the three videos gaining an average of just over 250,000 views. 
Evident continued uploading weekly unique, original content during 2022, with the majority being categorized under three 'themes' of content, 'Showcasing the Best Minecraft Bridgers', 'Showcasing the Best Minecraft Players from all Devices and Consoles', and 'Accomplishing Difficult Minecraft Challenges'. These three 'themes' of content were mostly produced in the second half of 2022, with each video under the three 'themes' gaining on average 192,000 views. 
On October 6, 2022, Evident released a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_OWCd5fMw&t=151s on his second channel announcing a change to his content regarding his upload schedule. At the time, Evident uploaded weekly videos to his main channel. Although this consistency played a key part to the success of his channel, Evident stated that uploading weekly "hindered me from being able to grow and evolve my content." "I really prided myself on like keeping that schedule up", Evident disclosed earlier in the video, but later explained that his new upload schedule, which was one video every two weeks, would "give me a lot more time to think through my ideas before I do them." As a result, the style of content shifted again starting at the beginning of 2023. 
From 2023 until now, Evident has stuck primarily to videos featuring himself completing difficult Minecraft challenges and experiments/challenges featuring 100+ Minecraft players. In this time frame, Evident has collaborated with several notable Minecraft Youtubers, including Reddoons, DannyisDahBomb, and TurboPiggy. 
==Trivia==
*In September 15, 2021, he, PotatoPie25, InsaneOrbitzz and IgnacioBlade applied for MCC Rising.https://youtu.be/9A9j_fK7P44 However, they were declined along with TurboPiggy's team (including PatarHD, Pocket and Diecies.)
*There is currently a running joke on him at The Hive that everytime there's a new Hive Partner, he would trap them in Hive SkyWars. This was coined during Tubbo's bedrock visit.
==Subscriber milestones==
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009