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The Yogscast is a network of gaming themed YouTube entertainment channels in addition to an irregular podcast called the YogPod which are unified under the Yogscast brand. The Yogscast was originally founded by Lewis Brindley, Simon Lane and Hannah Rutherford and has since expanded to include a large number of other contributers. Yogscast channels have in excess of 2.4 million YouTube subscriptions collectively and over 1 billion video views across the network. The main channel, featuring Yogscast founders Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane as Xephos and Honeydew respectively, is the 28th most subscribed YouTube channel worldwide with 1.7 million subscribes and 900 million video views.

Minecraft
The most notable focus of the Yogscast team has been on creating videos relating to the sandbox game Minecraft which serves as the setting for many videos including the "Shadow of Israphel" series. In addition to making videos on minecraft the yogscast have created a curated collection of compatible Minecraft mods called the YogBox which has since been integrated into the Technic Pack mod bundle.

Their extensive coverage of Minecraft lead to their invitation as guest speakers at the MineCon 2011 event in Las Vagas where they presented a video featuring their choice of the best minecraft mods and a segment from the long running "Shadow of Israphel" series. Their participation in the event became mired in controversy as a result of a public dispute between minecraft creator and MineCon organiser Markus "Notch" Persson and members of the Yogscast. http://www.edge-online.com/news/2011-round-indies

Yogventures
"Yogventures!" is an upcoming RPG-sandbox video game currently in development by Winterkewl games LLC and The Yogscast. The title is being funded through use of Kickstarter, and has received over $500,000 in fan support. Yogventures is planned an open world sandbox game allowing extensive modification by third-party add ons in order to create customised multiplayer adventure maps. In addition to multiplayer features winterkewl games have announced that single player adventure modes will also be available incorporating characters from the Yogscast video series "Shadow of Israphel".