Update, 10:45 PM PST: The Prehistoric Channel kid reacts to his now 38,000 subscribers. Aw:

It all started with the T. rex. In May, a-soon-to-be YouTube star published his first video and launched “the prehistoric channel” that would, over the course of the next four months, house 54 homemade, dinosaur-themed videos. Before Reddit user Jouletheif introduced the wunderkind to Reddit via a post in the Video community, he boasted just 22 subscribers.

Aptly named “t-rex life cycle,” the photo slideshow showcased photographs chronologically of what’s arguably the most bad-ass dinosaur and its “life cycle of its awesomeness.”

The dinosaur-video-maker admits that he was only 10 years old back when he made the video, though. Now, his YouTube pieces are scored with music, show dinosaurs moving in action, and even include reviews of dinosaur models.

The prehistoric channel had around 22 subscribers before redditor Jouletheif shared the epic videos setting off a outpouring of Internet love. After only a few hours the channel is now clocking in more than 19,000 at the time of publishing.

We’ve reached out to potentially unlock the true identity of the young dinosaur-expert behind the prehistoric channel (stay tuned!) but until we do, one thing is abundantly clear: