yooo. i was going through old files and randomly found some notes from a collab we did back in the day. made me want to see if you've uploaded recently and turns out you just did, how serendipitous. watching this while fiddling with my rubik's cube haha!
I met Rhett and Link last week and we talked about you because I found them through you and how you hadn’t posted in a while. Now you posted??? I’m shook.
It is so nice to hear from you again. I think a lot of us came of age during your era of UA-cam. It was an exciting and fun time to be on here. We are all trying to navigate through this life, and it makes me happy that you’re doing OK. Keep on keeping on Dan.
Hey Dan, I was 11 or 12 when I discovered your channel, I watched everything, Dan Brown Universe, the outtakes with your brother. I found you so cool as a young kid from Moldova. I'm 28 now and I've lived in many countries, met many people and experienced a lot. Yet I can always trace back my relationship with the internet to my very first few months of browsing in 2009 on UA-cam, a relationship for which you were my first guide. Watching this has made me very emotional, I am glad to see you're doing well.
Dan, Story about this trophy. The last time I visited your apartment in Pittsburgh I looked over and saw the trophy on your mantle. I think I even mentioned something about it to you. That moment was very surreal. I’ve mentioned this to you in the past, but my middle school years were revolved around early UA-cam. Pogobat and the start of Dan 3.0 were a huge part of that. I had my grandmother take me to the mall to I could get combination solid color shirts and zip up sweatshirts because I idolized your content and style so much. You also led me to the pogo world. Now, 15 years later, it sometimes gets lost on me that my path in life was very much set in place the moment I subscribed to this channel. Meeting you, working with you, making content with you were dreams I had since middle school and moments like seeing that trophy made me realize all they had come true. I truly would not be the same person without you Dan. The trophy is gone but what that time period meant will never leave, at least for me. Hope to see you at palooza ❤
How funny and strange it is to be here again. I have never met you (I once got close, but just missed your Dallas stop on your US tour during Dan 3.0. It was the day before Thanksgiving and my parents refused to alter our holiday travel plans), but I feel I have known you my whole life. Your videos and the Pogotribe had a profound effect on my preteen mind, and you seemed to be akin to a close friend during a time when I had very few. At that point in my life, I didn't realize how invaluable it would be to have an example of how I could be true to myself and still find my community. I tried for many years to conform to normality, but the harder I tried, the more exhausting it became, and I began to understand that I am worth more to the world as the true version of myself, than as some carbon copy of the thing that everyone knows. Perhaps our paths shall cross someday. Thanks for sharing, it's always great to hear from you.
The universe is so weird man. I was sitting in my car at a charging station and randomly thought of you for the first time in years and bam - a new video from 3 days ago. Went down a rabbit hole to some of your most memorable videos and now i sit in this charging station accuring idle fees 3 hours into my journey.l Miss you old friend, great vid. Still as captivating as ever and hope you poke your head up here more often 😉
This upload brought me nostalgia I feel in my stomach... and an odd sense of being happy to know that someone I've never met is doing well. Then you correctly me called 30 and it got personal. Please keep uploading
Thank you for this update, Dan. I'm happy to hear that you're doing well and that you've some newfound wealth! Thanks for taking us up the mountain, too. It seems like everyone is letting you know here, but I'll say it again - this little video was great to wake up to and even if there isn't another one for a couple of years we're all happy to hear from you, dude.
So glad to find this, I have such nostalgia for the UA-cam of the late 2000s. I still regularly fidget with Rubik’s cubes and have you to thank for it, 17 years later.
Every once in a while I search for some old UA-cam channel gems, to see if they've released anything again. And today I searched for my "old friend" Dan Brown. Glad to see a video that's 3 months old now. Appreciate that you're doing well! Like seeing an old friend from when you were a kid 😸
You're the reason I only ever buy or wear solid color shirts with no prints nor patterns. I remember one of the old Dan Brown Universe videos had you go shopping at a target or something where you were talking about how your wardrobe only consisted of solid color shirts. Glad to see ewe again, Dan!
Always nice to see an old friend. Also... I have no clue what sparks people to unsubscribe from a lack of consistent uploads. It makes no sense to me... I personally only unsubscribe if people batch upload too often and the content no longer matches my interests...
I think I had to do a purge several years ago because my subscription feed was cluttered and I wasn't seeing things I was interested in any more. I went scorched Earth and probably lost some good content in the process.
Dan Brown! We used to play Tetris together a lifetime ago, and also learned how to solve a Rubik's cube from you, and am so happy that you've made this video.
You don't know me from adam, but I used to go and watch your band's shows back in the 00's, and I always thought it was neat that someone from back home, someone I sort of knew a little bit, had found a niche on this wild, unpredictable video platform. Thank you for this trip down memory lane, and I'm glad you're doing well.
I miss your content so much it’s crazy! Your eloquence and way of framing the world around you- it’s inspiring, entertaining, and nourishing, really. Can’t wait for the next video in 10 years :’)
Good to hear from you Dan. Your videos were an important part of my teenage years. I'm happy to hear you are doing well. As for the ending of this video, check your Wikipedia page. Hopefully I did a good job summarizing where you're at.
Hey Dan! I was just dropping by your channel because I couldn’t remember how to solve the third row of a Rubik’s cube and you were the one that taught me the first time. Glad you’re doing well and thanks for the blast from the past!
I remember first finding you from the Vlogvetica collab channel of all places, and quickly became a regular viewer for the next few years when you were uploading regularly. I remember going to the first VidCon in 2010 and highly anticipating the announcement of your _Secret Project_ . From time to time, I even participated in the South Pole Of The Moon community forum that you had set up. For me, there was so much about that era of UA-cam that made it one of the most magical and exciting times to be on the internet, and you were certainly a part of that. Glad to hear you're doing well!
When I watched your videos way back, I mainly remember you for being intelligent, entertaining and very charismatic. Hope you're doing well in life and have found something you are just as passionate about as you were about youtube back then. Also the video about making "sweet guitar solos" with your mouth - good stuff
DAN! I think about you at least once every year and it takes me back to a beautiful time in my childhood being innocent and watching your 24 hour streams and all that. 💙💙💙💙
Edit 2: After watching the whole video, I'm so glad that you are doing well! I have been wanting to know for a long while. Good luck tracking down that newsclip! Youdabes and I would love to see you around more, but you just keep being you and living life!
What a wonderful surprise. I was subscribed to you as you said roughly 15 years ago in my teens and am now on the edge of 30 and I randomly remembered you and searched up "pogobat" and behold your first video in almost a decade. I'm glad to hear you're doing well and it was fun to hear you talk about your early years and how the world viewed UA-cam at the time compared to today.
It was nice to hear a familiar voice again. I really enjoyed your videos back when we were young and your videos made me think differently. Glad you're doing well Dan!
I didn't even remember your videos. I was looking through my liked videos when I came back across yours. It's nice to see you're still out there existing.
Glad to hear you're doing well, Dan. I was a middle schooler in 2010/2011 when I found your rubik's cube video. I loved solving, and I still solve it the way you taught it in those original guides. I don't care much to memorize the patterns and learn the advanced algorithms for the third tier, but maybe one day! Anyway, I am 26 now, and what stuck with me just as well as the algorithms were the lessons and introspective videos you made about real world current events issues. I didn't pursue politics as a career, but I was more mindful growing up as a result of your content. D3PO was a legendary series as well, and as much as I would have loved following your story more, I am very happy you settled and decided aggressive content output was not sustainable. Much love from Nevada
I was just recently looking at your channel in my subscriptions and thinking about how much I missed your videos. This update truly made me happy to hear. It's like receiving a letter from a childhood friend you lost touch with. You may be done with UA-cam, but you will never be forgotten.
I’m 23 years old, I watched your rubiks cube videos when I was 8-9 years old. Yours was the only tutorial that I could remember. Thanks for the memory Dan
Hiya Dan. We've spoken several times in videos (if you remember a trans man named Ash or Dusty) so it makes me so happy to hear your voice again. I'm glad you're well, and that you made a good chunk of change on your award. It feels like we grew up together. I know I don't know you but I'm so glad you're well and I hope you stay well.
Dan! I’m so happy to see this! I’m glad you are well :). Your videos mean a lot to me! You were my main guy in my pre-teen years. I remember making a hideous piece of art for your wall and sending it to you and you understandably never put it up 😂. Just want you to know that you had quite an impact on me and my developing brain. I still love your manner, quips, and jokes. Every year or so I check your Channel to see if you’ve made anything. I sometimes think about where you may be in life and what you do now. Always love to hear from you - Connor P.s. I remember seeing that fox video of you and laughing so hard! I hope you find it!
Unless it was obnoxiously large or something I don’t think I kept much off my wall! There’s a chance that it was lost in the mail? To think that you’ve gone all these years assuming I would turn you away 😱
@@pogobat hahaha from my memory it was a piece of printer paper where I drew a big subscribe button and it said subscribe to pogobat. I also included a letter about how much I enjoyed your videos. I remember watching each video afterwards to see if you put mine up but never saw it. Maybe I missed it, or perhaps it was lost in the mail. Regardless, it’s great to have a full circle moment with you now. It brings me much joy and a smile. By the way I just watched jack’s video of your award and it was a great snapshot of that time. I remember voting for you and the neck to neck competition between you and Soulja boy. To this day whenever I encounter a Rubik’s cube at a friend’s house, I will go to your video’s description for a refresher of the algorithms. Just did that a couple weeks ago. You’d think I’d memorize them by now lol but im glad it’s always there for me to refer back to.
dropped everything i was doing when i saw a new pogobat video got uploaded. so happy dan is doing well!!! even if this is the first in a series of one it was great!
I was thinking about your videos just the other day! I solved the first two layers of a Rubik's Cube by memory from watching your guide in ~2011, and wishing I remembered the last steps.
A video that I didn't know I needed to see. The 'Golden Era' of youtube feels like a lifetime ago, I'm glad to hear you're doing well. Thanks for making my high school years easier.
I watched your video when I was only 10 years old. I solved my Rubik’s cube dozens of times based off of what I learned from your instructional videos. Now, literally about the SAME TIME you posted this video, my 6 year old son developed an interest in Rubik’s cubes after seeing one of his cousins playing with one. I bought him one and he’s been playing with it ever since we received it. He was using different apps his cousin showed him that help you solve it. And I suddenly remembered your video! I went back to it just a couple days ago and I was so glad I could still find it. It left off where I had been watching part two 16 years ago! Such a nostalgic moment. You posting this was so timely for me, and such a full circle moment! LOVE YOU DAN!!
Ironic you published the day before my semi-decade check in to your page. We never forgot about you:) I made a video a few months ago about UA-camrs after their fame ends, and while I didn't dedicate a segment to you - I inserted one classic B-roll shot of you to pay homage. I was on the bus in 8th grade, brand new iPhone 3GS, opened the UA-cam app and saw, "Dreams!" by Pogobat. Watched it and was hooked to the world of UA-cam ever since. While I'm only just beginning my independent career on this platform (after searching for my voice for 15 years) you literally spawned my career. It was in that moment of seeing your specific video that got me onto the whirlwind of UA-cam, and I've been producing for other big UA-cam channels as a career path since 2017. Thanks for being awesome, Dan! You sound exactly the same, but your wisdom would very much be welcomed back to this platform. Oh, and it would be neat to un-private some of those classics. Some of us view those videos the way you do the news clip.
I appreciate hearing a bit of an update. A lot has changed in 17 years, but I still value some of the things that made getting through the days a bit more enjoyable, among them, your videos.
Hey Dan, it's nice to see you poke your head up. You were probably the most influential non-parent person in my life when I was in about middle school, DBU was probably the first show I was actively excited to catch when it uploaded, and a lot of your videos and your general mindset helped shape me into probably a better more caring person. Plus you were my first intro to magic the gathering, unfortunately I'm more of a Modern player now. If you ever wind up around Boston for some unforseen reason, I'll owe you a drink (or some equivalent if that's not your speed).
I check in on this channel once in a blue moon and I'm happy to see this update and you're doing well. The "Wild West" days of UA-cam was a really special time with a very niche audience, and it's incredible to see what it has become.
Hey Dan! I am sorry if youtube slightly tanked your long term mental health (at least this is how i understood it), but i wanted you to know that you being in my childhood as a role model and genuinely interesting channel, you made my mental health better. You gave some of your mental health to us, in a way. I wish i could rewatch some of the vids again. I still remember clicking on your videos on hot summer days with 256MB of RAM. The browser barely worked. Those where the good times. Btw, was the 8 billion thing a joke? If its a reference to something, i did not get it.
Dang I’m pushing 40 lol I was kinda old when I started this UA-cam thing 😂 I remembered meeting up with you at the Los Angeles observatory. Fun times. Glad your well!!
Nice to hear from you Dan, this video is like a pleasant conversation with an old friend for me. In recent years, I've started to totally get why you've distanced yourself from the internet, I'm off almost all social media myself now, and much happier for it. It just doesn't give me the joy it used to. Not to say there isn't any joy to be found here at all, my brain just can't handle the neverending amount of increasingly polarising content that I need to sift through to find that. Also 8 billion dollars? Holy shit.
I was a huge fan of your videos, one of the first YT channel I really made the effort to follow seriously. I was sad when they all disappeared and you stopped making new ones, but I understand the burnout. Glad you're doing well!
So good to see you again Dan! I’ve never forgotten your presence and impact. I’ve always hoped to have to opportunity to check in with you to see how you’ve been, so I’m glad to have this update from your life. I hope this isn’t the last I hear from you- maybe one day I’ll even have the great honor to play in a pod with you.
Dan Brown has returned! And with it I feel a warmth in my soul recalling the halcyon days of UA-cam! Loved seeing this video pop up in my feed and wishing all the best!
Oh my God, from time to time I check back on this channel just to see if something new is up, Awesome to know about you Dan! this for some reason flooded a lot of memories from the Old school Pogobat channel with the Dan 2.0 era, or "the most annoying video ever" the 24 hour livestream, the Fan art wall and so on, good to know you're good in 2024 😎👍
This video felt like hearing from an old friend. Thanks Dan! I’ll never forget how magical it was to 14 year old me to send you mail that I actually got to watch you open on camera in your video the next week! Moments like that defined the sense of wonder of early UA-cam.
What an exciting video to see! I'm so glad you're happy and doing well. You've had an outsized impact on me from watching before it was advisable to be on the internet generally as a pre-teen. It feels like catching up with an old mentor, I still think about you often- thank you for everything!
I generally don't unsubscibe from channels unless they do something egregious - and YEAH DAN I'm now 32 years old so you're not wrong, I remember in college when we tried to control your life and that was almost 15 years ago. It's nice to hear your voice again!
For your information, I subscribed just a few weeks ago... Because I was subscribed to you 15 years ago to learn how to solve a Rubik's cube... And I searched you up again to teach my 6-year-old son how to solve one... And I'm 34... So there.
Oh wow, what a blast from the past. I still see TayZonday commenting on random videos sometimes, and NeilCicierega keeps making epic random things, I love his song called "Shit" Thank you Dan you put me in a state of awe
Yeah, I remember back when I was 10 and decided that I really wanted to learn how to solve a rubik's cube, which opened a door for me getting really into rubik's cubes beyond the 3x3 standard. I think it's a blur for me now, but I'm pretty sure you had more videos that I enjoyed which was why I subbed to this channel. I'm well into my 20s at this point but it's certainly nice to hear from you again.
0:58 feeling very attacked right now, but glad to hear that you're doing well. While I've mostly been a lurker on YT, I always appreciated the time and focus you gave to user interactions on here, even after the Dan 3.0 days, back when video responses were still a thing. (showing my age again) Hopefully the wait wont be quite as long for your next update, but in any case, I wish you all the best.
Dan! I'm pumped to see this update. Once a year or so I think about the Oreo contest you entered with a video that had you mowing the lawn in the hot summer heat. It's funny the things we remember lol
amazing to hear from you, the first person i ever subscribed to back in 2009. glad we can mutually bask in the relief of simply remembering that first era of youtube fondly, and then leaving it behind. your voice is sounding a lot more sing-songy
Hey Dan, I just wanted to reach out to you somehow and thank you for existing. I'm a fan from Pakistan, in my mid 20s now and found out about you when I was like 10, just like you said (the 15 years thing). You were one of the first channels (if not THE first) I got into when I discovered the world of UA-cam (the good old UA-cam). Not only did I learn how to solve the Rubik's cube because of you, but I began following you, and listening to you talk about those random topics and watching your vlogs helped shape my own ideas and values, and I'm super grateful for that. For someone like me coming from a third-world country, the people of which still suffer from a postcolonial mindset, the internet and consuming "Western" media was a magical escape of sorts, and you legit were a celebrity for me haha so yeah, thank you. Around the time I started following you, I also got hooked to other channels like Smosh and RayWilliamJohnson and the list has grown ever since. I'm now in the US for work and I love it here. It's comforting to know you're doing well, your content did mean a lot to us. Glad you made the decision to sell it, no brainer haha. Take care of yourself and stay blessed.
The first video I ever uploaded to UA-cam was a video response to one of your videos, 14 years ago. I've changed so much since then, including my account, but even back then, I was inspired by you to make educational UA-cam videos that help people. I've kept putting that off as life and work got in the way, but I've promised myself that I don't want to be running on the corporate treadmill when I'm 40.
Wow, that Fox News clip is really the perfect time capsule for era specific UA-cam and the awkward emerging relationship with existing media. Sir, thank you for the nostalgia trip. Yours are still the best Rubik’s cube content on the platform and I’m now going to pull out the cubes and refresh that ability I learned in 2009. It really is a special day when Dan delivers an upload.❤️
I'd love to see more videos from Dan Brown. A legend from UA-cam's early years. I imagine the channel's going straight back on the shelf, but I'd love to be wrong.
I think about you every couple of months, I remember some very important videos you made (to me they were important) like about gay marriage, presidential election predictions and even the simulation theory (😂 okay maybe thats not quite as important as the other two). But your videos had a profound effect on how I began to view the world and how I started to think about things. Im glad you're doing okay and I hope life continues to treat you well. 😊
Man I remember emailing you back in the day with video ideas (I was maybe 13). I created my original account just to start commenting on your videos. Glad you are doing well!
What a lovely Sunday surprise. Great to see something from you Dan. At whatever pace makes sense, about whichever topic feels right, keep it coming 😊✌️
Yeah I did sub like 15 years ago, I subbed when you were calling your followers The Brownies and you had a "rivalry" with some other channel. Kind of fun to check in every once in a while and see what's up
I was watching the Microwave Show and saw your cameo on the Rubik's Cube episode. Thought I'd check out what Dan is doing these days and lo and behold, there's a new upload! 😄
This alt is fairly new but I remember your channel from way back when. I was in middle school when UA-cam launched, watching Naruto clips with Family Guy dialogue dubbed over them and Foamy the Squirrel and Mike Mozart's toy reviews, and you. I was a huge fan of you, and I saw your commentary as the gold standard, just loved your sense of humor and upbeat demeanor. I remember laughing my @$$ off from one of your videos (can't remember which one) when you started speaking so fast your words just turned into mush and then suddenly you were standing on your bed falling over like a wood plank. 🤣 Still amuses me to think about that bit. I remember another youtuber making a parody video about being a successful channel, wherein he did a spot-on impression of you and even your end theme. And I remember totally forgetting that pogo sticks are a thing until I found your channel again about 2 years ago. 😅 I'm glad you're doing well, just want to say I appreciated the heck out of you. I liked what I saw, you put me in a state of awe, I subscribed to you and hit the orange button, it really really really really really meant something.
Oh wow, a Dan Brown video, I feel like I’ve just been transported back in time, to a simpler time, the good old days as some might say. Great video btw.
In all seriousness, this was nice. It's kinda like that video from Steve from Blue's Clues a few years ago. It's a nice little window back to a simpler time in my adolescence. I would never actually want to return to those days, but the older I get, the more I look back on old friendships and time with family, and I just can't help but feel this sense of sadness that those moments are in the past forever now. Moments I spent so much energy anticipating, that helped form me into the person I am now, and now they're all long past. Great friends that I bared bits of my soul to, and will probably never see again. Family that, while I was in the moment, I never really appreciated getting to see and talk to every day... or getting to talk to at all. So, although I'm not any kind of internet parasocial relationship type of person, and this isn't on the same level as hearing from an actual old friend, it's still a nice little window into that old life that only exists behind the glass now. So thanks for taking us back for a few minutes and telling us things are good. It was nice.
This was pleasant! Thank you for updating us all, and congratulations on your newfound wealth! I met you in 2010 during the dp30 tour in Atlanta. I always wish I had a better set of 5 words to share, legit one of my biggest regrets 😂
A pogobat video? WHAT??? Last I remember a Dan Brown video, I had a different account, was in middle school or early high school... now I'm 32, have had a start and stop and start again content creation "career" (if that even is the correct term since its never been a job for me), and now just want more pogobat content. Doesn't even have to be video, I'll take a weekly podcast! Just wanna see one of the UA-cam OGs, and the first channel I ever subscribed to on my old account to make a comeback. Edit: After redoing the math...definitely in high school back in the good old days. lol
Honey, stop the presses. Dan Brown is back.
"you, who are probably 30" hey hey hey now why are you calling us out like that?
I'll have you know I'm 29
I remember 30... vaguely.
I wish 30 was 9 years ago.
Haha that was me @@jelle7224
yooo. i was going through old files and randomly found some notes from a collab we did back in the day. made me want to see if you've uploaded recently and turns out you just did, how serendipitous. watching this while fiddling with my rubik's cube haha!
I met Rhett and Link last week and we talked about you because I found them through you and how you hadn’t posted in a while. Now you posted??? I’m shook.
It is so nice to hear from you again. I think a lot of us came of age during your era of UA-cam. It was an exciting and fun time to be on here. We are all trying to navigate through this life, and it makes me happy that you’re doing OK. Keep on keeping on Dan.
It’s a surprise visit from an old friend
Hey Dan, I was 11 or 12 when I discovered your channel, I watched everything, Dan Brown Universe, the outtakes with your brother. I found you so cool as a young kid from Moldova.
I'm 28 now and I've lived in many countries, met many people and experienced a lot. Yet I can always trace back my relationship with the internet to my very first few months of browsing in 2009 on UA-cam, a relationship for which you were my first guide.
Watching this has made me very emotional, I am glad to see you're doing well.
Dan, Story about this trophy. The last time I visited your apartment in Pittsburgh I looked over and saw the trophy on your mantle. I think I even mentioned something about it to you. That moment was very surreal. I’ve mentioned this to you in the past, but my middle school years were revolved around early UA-cam. Pogobat and the start of Dan 3.0 were a huge part of that. I had my grandmother take me to the mall to I could get combination solid color shirts and zip up sweatshirts because I idolized your content and style so much. You also led me to the pogo world. Now, 15 years later, it sometimes gets lost on me that my path in life was very much set in place the moment I subscribed to this channel. Meeting you, working with you, making content with you were dreams I had since middle school and moments like seeing that trophy made me realize all they had come true. I truly would not be the same person without you Dan. The trophy is gone but what that time period meant will never leave, at least for me. Hope to see you at palooza ❤
Oh I’ll be at palooza, at least the high jump competition. Can’t wait to catch up.
Thanks for dragging us up the mountain!
How funny and strange it is to be here again. I have never met you (I once got close, but just missed your Dallas stop on your US tour during Dan 3.0. It was the day before Thanksgiving and my parents refused to alter our holiday travel plans), but I feel I have known you my whole life. Your videos and the Pogotribe had a profound effect on my preteen mind, and you seemed to be akin to a close friend during a time when I had very few. At that point in my life, I didn't realize how invaluable it would be to have an example of how I could be true to myself and still find my community. I tried for many years to conform to normality, but the harder I tried, the more exhausting it became, and I began to understand that I am worth more to the world as the true version of myself, than as some carbon copy of the thing that everyone knows. Perhaps our paths shall cross someday. Thanks for sharing, it's always great to hear from you.
Love that you still speak in the same way. I do miss your content but I'm happy you're doing well.
The universe is so weird man. I was sitting in my car at a charging station and randomly thought of you for the first time in years and bam - a new video from 3 days ago. Went down a rabbit hole to some of your most memorable videos and now i sit in this charging station accuring idle fees 3 hours into my journey.l Miss you old friend, great vid. Still as captivating as ever and hope you poke your head up here more often 😉
This upload brought me nostalgia I feel in my stomach... and an odd sense of being happy to know that someone I've never met is doing well. Then you correctly me called 30 and it got personal. Please keep uploading
very fond memories of your channel. i'm 29 now. wonderful to hear from you. sending you the best dan.
You’re right. I’m 29 years old and I watched your video on my first cell phone
Thank you for this update, Dan. I'm happy to hear that you're doing well and that you've some newfound wealth! Thanks for taking us up the mountain, too. It seems like everyone is letting you know here, but I'll say it again - this little video was great to wake up to and even if there isn't another one for a couple of years we're all happy to hear from you, dude.
So glad to find this, I have such nostalgia for the UA-cam of the late 2000s. I still regularly fidget with Rubik’s cubes and have you to thank for it, 17 years later.
Every once in a while I search for some old UA-cam channel gems, to see if they've released anything again. And today I searched for my "old friend" Dan Brown. Glad to see a video that's 3 months old now.
Appreciate that you're doing well! Like seeing an old friend from when you were a kid 😸
I was just (a couple weeks ago) wondering what you've been up to. Glad to hear you're doing well.
You're the reason I only ever buy or wear solid color shirts with no prints nor patterns. I remember one of the old Dan Brown Universe videos had you go shopping at a target or something where you were talking about how your wardrobe only consisted of solid color shirts. Glad to see ewe again, Dan!
Always nice to see an old friend.
Also... I have no clue what sparks people to unsubscribe from a lack of consistent uploads. It makes no sense to me... I personally only unsubscribe if people batch upload too often and the content no longer matches my interests...
I think I had to do a purge several years ago because my subscription feed was cluttered and I wasn't seeing things I was interested in any more. I went scorched Earth and probably lost some good content in the process.
Rubik’s Cube tutorial GOAT. Thank you Dan!
40 pixels wide and still the best way to learn 😎
@@pogobat You Damn right 😁
Good lord watching a new video of yours feels like a fever dream! Glad to see you’re well 🎉😊
Dan Brown! We used to play Tetris together a lifetime ago, and also learned how to solve a Rubik's cube from you, and am so happy that you've made this video.
You don't know me from adam, but I used to go and watch your band's shows back in the 00's, and I always thought it was neat that someone from back home, someone I sort of knew a little bit, had found a niche on this wild, unpredictable video platform.
Thank you for this trip down memory lane, and I'm glad you're doing well.
I miss your content so much it’s crazy! Your eloquence and way of framing the world around you- it’s inspiring, entertaining, and nourishing, really. Can’t wait for the next video in 10 years :’)
Good to hear from you Dan. Your videos were an important part of my teenage years. I'm happy to hear you are doing well. As for the ending of this video, check your Wikipedia page. Hopefully I did a good job summarizing where you're at.
A few times per year I check if you’ve uploaded. Been here since the beginning. I can’t believe we’re like 35.
Hey Dan! I was just dropping by your channel because I couldn’t remember how to solve the third row of a Rubik’s cube and you were the one that taught me the first time. Glad you’re doing well and thanks for the blast from the past!
I remember first finding you from the Vlogvetica collab channel of all places, and quickly became a regular viewer for the next few years when you were uploading regularly. I remember going to the first VidCon in 2010 and highly anticipating the announcement of your _Secret Project_ . From time to time, I even participated in the South Pole Of The Moon community forum that you had set up. For me, there was so much about that era of UA-cam that made it one of the most magical and exciting times to be on the internet, and you were certainly a part of that. Glad to hear you're doing well!
When I watched your videos way back, I mainly remember you for being intelligent, entertaining and very charismatic. Hope you're doing well in life and have found something you are just as passionate about as you were about youtube back then. Also the video about making "sweet guitar solos" with your mouth - good stuff
DAN! I think about you at least once every year and it takes me back to a beautiful time in my childhood being innocent and watching your 24 hour streams and all that. 💙💙💙💙
Edit: 1 minute in. You didn't have to do us like that lmaooo
Edit 2: After watching the whole video, I'm so glad that you are doing well! I have been wanting to know for a long while. Good luck tracking down that newsclip! Youdabes and I would love to see you around more, but you just keep being you and living life!
What a wonderful surprise. I was subscribed to you as you said roughly 15 years ago in my teens and am now on the edge of 30 and I randomly remembered you and searched up "pogobat" and behold your first video in almost a decade. I'm glad to hear you're doing well and it was fun to hear you talk about your early years and how the world viewed UA-cam at the time compared to today.
Ah man, as someone who has been subscribed to you for the past 15 years, this video is so heartwarming. Glad you're doing well
It was nice to hear a familiar voice again. I really enjoyed your videos back when we were young and your videos made me think differently. Glad you're doing well Dan!
I didn't even remember your videos. I was looking through my liked videos when I came back across yours. It's nice to see you're still out there existing.
Pogobat vid?! What a great surprise :)
Glad to hear you're doing well, Dan. I was a middle schooler in 2010/2011 when I found your rubik's cube video. I loved solving, and I still solve it the way you taught it in those original guides. I don't care much to memorize the patterns and learn the advanced algorithms for the third tier, but maybe one day!
Anyway, I am 26 now, and what stuck with me just as well as the algorithms were the lessons and introspective videos you made about real world current events issues. I didn't pursue politics as a career, but I was more mindful growing up as a result of your content. D3PO was a legendary series as well, and as much as I would have loved following your story more, I am very happy you settled and decided aggressive content output was not sustainable.
Much love from Nevada
Thanks for the vid! Watched your stuff back when I was a kid. Your content shaped my personality a lot for sure.
I was just recently looking at your channel in my subscriptions and thinking about how much I missed your videos. This update truly made me happy to hear. It's like receiving a letter from a childhood friend you lost touch with. You may be done with UA-cam, but you will never be forgotten.
I’m 23 years old, I watched your rubiks cube videos when I was 8-9 years old. Yours was the only tutorial that I could remember. Thanks for the memory Dan
Hiya Dan. We've spoken several times in videos (if you remember a trans man named Ash or Dusty) so it makes me so happy to hear your voice again. I'm glad you're well, and that you made a good chunk of change on your award.
It feels like we grew up together. I know I don't know you but I'm so glad you're well and I hope you stay well.
Dan! I’m so happy to see this! I’m glad you are well :). Your videos mean a lot to me! You were my main guy in my pre-teen years. I remember making a hideous piece of art for your wall and sending it to you and you understandably never put it up 😂. Just want you to know that you had quite an impact on me and my developing brain. I still love your manner, quips, and jokes. Every year or so I check your Channel to see if you’ve made anything. I sometimes think about where you may be in life and what you do now. Always love to hear from you - Connor
P.s. I remember seeing that fox video of you and laughing so hard! I hope you find it!
Unless it was obnoxiously large or something I don’t think I kept much off my wall! There’s a chance that it was lost in the mail? To think that you’ve gone all these years assuming I would turn you away 😱
@@pogobat hahaha from my memory it was a piece of printer paper where I drew a big subscribe button and it said subscribe to pogobat. I also included a letter about how much I enjoyed your videos. I remember watching each video afterwards to see if you put mine up but never saw it. Maybe I missed it, or perhaps it was lost in the mail. Regardless, it’s great to have a full circle moment with you now. It brings me much joy and a smile.
By the way I just watched jack’s video of your award and it was a great snapshot of that time. I remember voting for you and the neck to neck competition between you and Soulja boy.
To this day whenever I encounter a Rubik’s cube at a friend’s house, I will go to your video’s description for a refresher of the algorithms. Just did that a couple weeks ago. You’d think I’d memorize them by now lol but im glad it’s always there for me to refer back to.
dropped everything i was doing when i saw a new pogobat video got uploaded. so happy dan is doing well!!! even if this is the first in a series of one it was great!
I was thinking about your videos just the other day! I solved the first two layers of a Rubik's Cube by memory from watching your guide in ~2011, and wishing I remembered the last steps.
A video that I didn't know I needed to see. The 'Golden Era' of youtube feels like a lifetime ago, I'm glad to hear you're doing well. Thanks for making my high school years easier.
I watched your video when I was only 10 years old. I solved my Rubik’s cube dozens of times based off of what I learned from your instructional videos. Now, literally about the SAME TIME you posted this video, my 6 year old son developed an interest in Rubik’s cubes after seeing one of his cousins playing with one. I bought him one and he’s been playing with it ever since we received it. He was using different apps his cousin showed him that help you solve it. And I suddenly remembered your video! I went back to it just a couple days ago and I was so glad I could still find it. It left off where I had been watching part two 16 years ago! Such a nostalgic moment. You posting this was so timely for me, and such a full circle moment! LOVE YOU DAN!!
Ironic you published the day before my semi-decade check in to your page. We never forgot about you:) I made a video a few months ago about UA-camrs after their fame ends, and while I didn't dedicate a segment to you - I inserted one classic B-roll shot of you to pay homage.
I was on the bus in 8th grade, brand new iPhone 3GS, opened the UA-cam app and saw, "Dreams!" by Pogobat. Watched it and was hooked to the world of UA-cam ever since. While I'm only just beginning my independent career on this platform (after searching for my voice for 15 years) you literally spawned my career. It was in that moment of seeing your specific video that got me onto the whirlwind of UA-cam, and I've been producing for other big UA-cam channels as a career path since 2017.
Thanks for being awesome, Dan! You sound exactly the same, but your wisdom would very much be welcomed back to this platform. Oh, and it would be neat to un-private some of those classics. Some of us view those videos the way you do the news clip.
I appreciate hearing a bit of an update. A lot has changed in 17 years, but I still value some of the things that made getting through the days a bit more enjoyable, among them, your videos.
Hey Dan, it's nice to see you poke your head up. You were probably the most influential non-parent person in my life when I was in about middle school, DBU was probably the first show I was actively excited to catch when it uploaded, and a lot of your videos and your general mindset helped shape me into probably a better more caring person. Plus you were my first intro to magic the gathering, unfortunately I'm more of a Modern player now. If you ever wind up around Boston for some unforseen reason, I'll owe you a drink (or some equivalent if that's not your speed).
I check in on this channel once in a blue moon and I'm happy to see this update and you're doing well. The "Wild West" days of UA-cam was a really special time with a very niche audience, and it's incredible to see what it has become.
Hey Dan! I am sorry if youtube slightly tanked your long term mental health (at least this is how i understood it), but i wanted you to know that you being in my childhood as a role model and genuinely interesting channel, you made my mental health better. You gave some of your mental health to us, in a way. I wish i could rewatch some of the vids again. I still remember clicking on your videos on hot summer days with 256MB of RAM. The browser barely worked. Those where the good times.
Btw, was the 8 billion thing a joke? If its a reference to something, i did not get it.
Dang I’m pushing 40 lol I was kinda old when I started this UA-cam thing 😂 I remembered meeting up with you at the Los Angeles observatory. Fun times. Glad your well!!
Nice to hear from you Dan, this video is like a pleasant conversation with an old friend for me. In recent years, I've started to totally get why you've distanced yourself from the internet, I'm off almost all social media myself now, and much happier for it. It just doesn't give me the joy it used to. Not to say there isn't any joy to be found here at all, my brain just can't handle the neverending amount of increasingly polarising content that I need to sift through to find that.
Also 8 billion dollars? Holy shit.
I was a huge fan of your videos, one of the first YT channel I really made the effort to follow seriously. I was sad when they all disappeared and you stopped making new ones, but I understand the burnout. Glad you're doing well!
So good to see you again Dan! I’ve never forgotten your presence and impact. I’ve always hoped to have to opportunity to check in with you to see how you’ve been, so I’m glad to have this update from your life.
I hope this isn’t the last I hear from you- maybe one day I’ll even have the great honor to play in a pod with you.
What an awesome video. Thank you Dan. As someone in his thirties you refer to in the start of the video I’m very grateful to hear you’re doing well.
Dan Brown has returned! And with it I feel a warmth in my soul recalling the halcyon days of UA-cam! Loved seeing this video pop up in my feed and wishing all the best!
Oh my God, from time to time I check back on this channel just to see if something new is up, Awesome to know about you Dan! this for some reason flooded a lot of memories from the Old school Pogobat channel with the Dan 2.0 era, or "the most annoying video ever" the 24 hour livestream, the Fan art wall and so on, good to know you're good in 2024 😎👍
This video felt like hearing from an old friend. Thanks Dan! I’ll never forget how magical it was to 14 year old me to send you mail that I actually got to watch you open on camera in your video the next week! Moments like that defined the sense of wonder of early UA-cam.
What an exciting video to see! I'm so glad you're happy and doing well. You've had an outsized impact on me from watching before it was advisable to be on the internet generally as a pre-teen. It feels like catching up with an old mentor, I still think about you often- thank you for everything!
I generally don't unsubscibe from channels unless they do something egregious - and YEAH DAN I'm now 32 years old so you're not wrong, I remember in college when we tried to control your life and that was almost 15 years ago. It's nice to hear your voice again!
For your information, I subscribed just a few weeks ago...
Because I was subscribed to you 15 years ago to learn how to solve a Rubik's cube...
And I searched you up again to teach my 6-year-old son how to solve one...
And I'm 34... So there.
I'm so happy I stayed subscribed so I could stumble upon this treat in my subscription page. Nice to hear from you again.
Oh wow, what a blast from the past. I still see TayZonday commenting on random videos sometimes, and NeilCicierega keeps making epic random things, I love his song called "Shit"
Thank you Dan you put me in a state of awe
Yeah, I remember back when I was 10 and decided that I really wanted to learn how to solve a rubik's cube, which opened a door for me getting really into rubik's cubes beyond the 3x3 standard. I think it's a blur for me now, but I'm pretty sure you had more videos that I enjoyed which was why I subbed to this channel. I'm well into my 20s at this point but it's certainly nice to hear from you again.
This was wonderful, thanks for the update
0:58 feeling very attacked right now, but glad to hear that you're doing well. While I've mostly been a lurker on YT, I always appreciated the time and focus you gave to user interactions on here, even after the Dan 3.0 days, back when video responses were still a thing. (showing my age again) Hopefully the wait wont be quite as long for your next update, but in any case, I wish you all the best.
This was a very relaxing video to watch. It almost was like the old ze frank videos but with better scenery
Dan! I'm pumped to see this update. Once a year or so I think about the Oreo contest you entered with a video that had you mowing the lawn in the hot summer heat. It's funny the things we remember lol
amazing to hear from you, the first person i ever subscribed to back in 2009. glad we can mutually bask in the relief of simply remembering that first era of youtube fondly, and then leaving it behind. your voice is sounding a lot more sing-songy
It's always nice to hear from you Dan :)
Hey Dan, I just wanted to reach out to you somehow and thank you for existing. I'm a fan from Pakistan, in my mid 20s now and found out about you when I was like 10, just like you said (the 15 years thing). You were one of the first channels (if not THE first) I got into when I discovered the world of UA-cam (the good old UA-cam). Not only did I learn how to solve the Rubik's cube because of you, but I began following you, and listening to you talk about those random topics and watching your vlogs helped shape my own ideas and values, and I'm super grateful for that. For someone like me coming from a third-world country, the people of which still suffer from a postcolonial mindset, the internet and consuming "Western" media was a magical escape of sorts, and you legit were a celebrity for me haha so yeah, thank you. Around the time I started following you, I also got hooked to other channels like Smosh and RayWilliamJohnson and the list has grown ever since. I'm now in the US for work and I love it here. It's comforting to know you're doing well, your content did mean a lot to us. Glad you made the decision to sell it, no brainer haha. Take care of yourself and stay blessed.
Thank you for the random update and I hope you are finding joy in what ever you're doing outside of UA-cam
The first video I ever uploaded to UA-cam was a video response to one of your videos, 14 years ago. I've changed so much since then, including my account, but even back then, I was inspired by you to make educational UA-cam videos that help people. I've kept putting that off as life and work got in the way, but I've promised myself that I don't want to be running on the corporate treadmill when I'm 40.
Wow, that Fox News clip is really the perfect time capsule for era specific UA-cam and the awkward emerging relationship with existing media. Sir, thank you for the nostalgia trip. Yours are still the best Rubik’s cube content on the platform and I’m now going to pull out the cubes and refresh that ability I learned in 2009. It really is a special day when Dan delivers an upload.❤️
Thanks man for keeping us updated - I’m just happy that you’re doing okay x
Nice to hear from you! Would be happy to hear more if you got more to give. Love your story telling.
I was so shocked and happy to see that Dan Brown uploaded a video!
I'd love to see more videos from Dan Brown. A legend from UA-cam's early years. I imagine the channel's going straight back on the shelf, but I'd love to be wrong.
Your DBU Christmas Special is still stuck in my head all these years later :)
I think about you every couple of months, I remember some very important videos you made (to me they were important) like about gay marriage, presidential election predictions and even the simulation theory (😂 okay maybe thats not quite as important as the other two). But your videos had a profound effect on how I began to view the world and how I started to think about things. Im glad you're doing okay and I hope life continues to treat you well. 😊
Man I remember emailing you back in the day with video ideas (I was maybe 13). I created my original account just to start commenting on your videos. Glad you are doing well!
This video was a gift. Thanks for it and everything you made.
Didn't realize how much I missed your voice, it's pleasant.
Glad to know you're doing well
What a lovely Sunday surprise. Great to see something from you Dan. At whatever pace makes sense, about whichever topic feels right, keep it coming 😊✌️
Yeah I did sub like 15 years ago, I subbed when you were calling your followers The Brownies and you had a "rivalry" with some other channel. Kind of fun to check in every once in a while and see what's up
I was watching the Microwave Show and saw your cameo on the Rubik's Cube episode. Thought I'd check out what Dan is doing these days and lo and behold, there's a new upload! 😄
HAAAAAAAAAA
BISKY!
Glad you held out for 8 billion. Seven woulda been a travesty.
It’s good to hear from you Dan. I hope all is well.
This alt is fairly new but I remember your channel from way back when. I was in middle school when UA-cam launched, watching Naruto clips with Family Guy dialogue dubbed over them and Foamy the Squirrel and Mike Mozart's toy reviews, and you. I was a huge fan of you, and I saw your commentary as the gold standard, just loved your sense of humor and upbeat demeanor.
I remember laughing my @$$ off from one of your videos (can't remember which one) when you started speaking so fast your words just turned into mush and then suddenly you were standing on your bed falling over like a wood plank. 🤣 Still amuses me to think about that bit. I remember another youtuber making a parody video about being a successful channel, wherein he did a spot-on impression of you and even your end theme. And I remember totally forgetting that pogo sticks are a thing until I found your channel again about 2 years ago. 😅
I'm glad you're doing well, just want to say I appreciated the heck out of you. I liked what I saw, you put me in a state of awe, I subscribed to you and hit the orange button, it really really really really really meant something.
Dan, I cannot describe the level of happiness this video brought me. Thank you for coming back, even if only for a short while.
I wondered where you were and how you were doing. Glad you're well, Dan!
Oh wow, a Dan Brown video, I feel like I’ve just been transported back in time, to a simpler time, the good old days as some might say. Great video btw.
In all seriousness, this was nice.
It's kinda like that video from Steve from Blue's Clues a few years ago. It's a nice little window back to a simpler time in my adolescence.
I would never actually want to return to those days, but the older I get, the more I look back on old friendships and time with family, and I just can't help but feel this sense of sadness that those moments are in the past forever now. Moments I spent so much energy anticipating, that helped form me into the person I am now, and now they're all long past.
Great friends that I bared bits of my soul to, and will probably never see again. Family that, while I was in the moment, I never really appreciated getting to see and talk to every day... or getting to talk to at all.
So, although I'm not any kind of internet parasocial relationship type of person, and this isn't on the same level as hearing from an actual old friend, it's still a nice little window into that old life that only exists behind the glass now.
So thanks for taking us back for a few minutes and telling us things are good. It was nice.
This is amazing to see. I remember the live streams back in the day.
damn, what a blast from the past(god I feel old), glad to hear you are doing well
This was pleasant! Thank you for updating us all, and congratulations on your newfound wealth! I met you in 2010 during the dp30 tour in Atlanta. I always wish I had a better set of 5 words to share, legit one of my biggest regrets 😂
A pogobat video? WHAT??? Last I remember a Dan Brown video, I had a different account, was in middle school or early high school...
now I'm 32, have had a start and stop and start again content creation "career" (if that even is the correct term since its never been a job for me), and now just want more pogobat content. Doesn't even have to be video, I'll take a weekly podcast! Just wanna see one of the UA-cam OGs, and the first channel I ever subscribed to on my old account to make a comeback.
Edit: After redoing the math...definitely in high school back in the good old days. lol
WOW! I randomly just came to think of your friendly face and made a search.
And then I see NEW VIDEO 2 WEEKS AGO! OMG! Will watch this when i get home