Ten years ago, few predicted that gamers would be the most followed people on the fledgling Youtube site. Even the concept - watching other people play video games - has many baffled.

But, as the Yogscast’s CEO Mark Turpin (see video above), or "Turps", points out, “video is the best way to find out about a video game – to watch it being played. The layer on top of that is the personalities - entertainers - that people want to spend time with.”

YouTube was launched on 14th February 2005, and gaming videos have helped fuel its huge success: the game Minecraft was the second most-searched for term on YouTube last year, after “music”.