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| SmallAnt | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Tanner Charles Minecraft May 3, 1996 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Followers | 1.4 million |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 3.19 million[1] |
| Views | 876 million[1] |
Tanner Charles Minecraft (né Ant), known online as SmallAnt or Smallant1, is a Canadian streamer, speedrunner and YouTuber. He is known for creating content about challenges and speedruns in video games such as Super Mario Odyssey, the Pokémon franchise, and Minecraft, among others. These often feature mods, additional rules, or competitions against other creators. He has held former world records in multiple games including the 'Minimum Captures' category of Super Mario Odyssey.
Internet career
[edit]SmallAnt began streaming on the 2nd of March, 2016. On stream, he created levels in the game LittleBigPlanet 3, as well as some casual playthroughs of games.[‡ 1] He began speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey when a member of his Discord jokingly suggested that he should join its first speedrunning tournament. SmallAnt entered it and placed third, and enjoyed the process enough to keep on speedrunning.[‡ 2] Around this time, he averaged 4 viewers. He started uploading Super Mario Odyssey speedrunning tutorials on his YouTube channel in early 2018. Later that year, he decided to put more effort into growing his channels, uploading notable highlights from his streams.[‡ 1]
SmallAnt first speedran Super Mario Odyssey - Minimum Captures after he hit a sub goal on his Twitch to try a new, weird speedrun. He continued to speedrun the category, earning former world records.[2] He also began to upload challenges such as beating Super Mario Odyssey while blindfolded, or without taking any damage.
After having some burnout, SmallAnt decided to begin uploading non-Super Mario Odyssey-related content in games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. These videos did better than expected, encouraging him to try out a wider variety of games and content.[3] He was among the first to perform a 100% speedrun of Breath of the Wild, a lengthy run lasting many hours that earned several million views on YouTube. Later, in 2023, he would beat this record by tens of hours with a second run before the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
SmallAnt completed Pokémon Platinum without taking any damage[4][5][6], publishing a video on Feb 20th, 2020. On July 4th, 2020, he uploaded a video about his pursuit and achievement of the world record in sharpening pencils as fast as possible.[7][8] Later that year, on 20th October, he uploaded a Pokémon challenge showing his run of Pokémon SoulSilver in which he could only use Shiny Pokémon, which have only a 1/8192 chance of spawning.[9] It achieved 17 million views and is still his most viewed video as of April 2025. SmallAnt was the first to catch every Pokémon in the video game Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, doing so less than 24 hours after the game had released.[10][11]
SmallAnt published a video showcasing an online multiplayer mod for Super Mario Odyssey, created by the modder CraftyBoss and later released to the public,[12][13][14] and the ability to play hide-and-seek using it,[15] which is a regular theme on SmallAnt's streams.
In 2022, SmallAnt began a playthrough of Minecraft Skyblock, in which the player starts on an island with just a tree and a chest of items. Using Minecraft mechanics, he was able to complete a list of goals he had set for himself, and he published a video on this challenge on January 5th, 2024, titled 'I took Minecraft's Most Popular Challenge to its Absolute Limits'.[16] In May 2023, he was the second person to achieve 100% completion of Tears of the Kingdom.[17]Soon after this, SmallAnt collected every rock in the game after a viewer sarcastically challenged him to do so.[18][19]
On Feb 27th, 2024, SmallAnt released a video about his completion of the notoriously difficult 'Kaizo Ironmon' challenge in Pokémon FireRed.[20]SmallAnt participated in MC Championship Season 4 Kick-Off, in which his team placed 4th out of 10, and he individually placed 20th out of 40. In July 2024, he uploaded his playthrough of Pokémon Ultra Sun but with dozens of rules suggested by his Twitch chat, such as playing the game in German - a challenge he had completed in 2022.[21]
Personal life
[edit]Tanner Ant was born on May 3rd, 1996 in Prince George, British Columbia.[‡ 2] In 2023, he legally changed his name to Tanner Charles Minecraft. He currently lives in Alberta.[‡ 3]
Awards and Nominations
[edit]| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Streamer Awards | Best Minecraft Speedrunner | Nominated | [22] |
| 2021 | Best Speedrunner | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About SmallAnt". YouTube.
- ^ "Super Mario Odyssey Category Extensions - Speedrun.com". www.speedrun.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Variety speedrunner SmallAnt on making content in a world where being first is all that matters". InvenGlobal. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (2020-03-02). "Fan beats Pokémon game without taking any damage". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Jordan Gerblick (2020-03-03). "A streamer spent 140 in-game hours on a Pokemon Platinum no-hit run". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Coulson, Josh (2020-03-03). "Streamer Beats Pokémon Platinum Without Taking Any Damage". TheGamer. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ "The bizarre world of competitive pencil sharpening – The City Journal". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Pencil Sharpening - Speedrun.com". www.speedrun.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Walters, Michael (2020-11-09). "Streamer Beats SoulSilver Using Only Shiny Pokemon". TheGamer. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Hirun Cryer (2021-11-23). "Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl streamer completes entire PokeDex in under 24 hours". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Galloway, Ryan (2021-11-23). "Twitch streamer SmallAnt catches every Pokémon from Brilliant Diamond in under 24 hours". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Vikki Blake (2022-06-19). "This Super Mario Odyssey mod adds multiplayer and moon sharing for up to ten players". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ "Fans have released a 10-player Super Mario Odyssey multiplayer mod". VGC. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ "Mario Odyssey playable with 10 players in new multiplayer mod". Eurogamer.net. 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Diaz, Ana (2024-07-06). "Super Mario Odyssey is actually the best venue for virtual hide-and-seek ever". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Dustin Bailey (2024-01-08). "Update ruins Minecraft streamer's 200-hour challenge just one week after he completed it: "Oh my god this whole playthrough was for nothing"". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Liang, Lu-Hai (2023-05-25). "It Took One Tears Of The Kingdom Player 139 Hours To 100 Percent It". TheGamer. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Catherine Lewis (2024-07-08). "The second person to 100% Tears of the Kingdom has nothing left to do, so he's collecting every rock in Hyrule". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Life, Nintendo (2024-07-09). "Random: After 100% Completing Zelda: TOTK, Streamer Sets Out To Collect Every Rock". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Catherine Lewis (2024-03-01). "With an overpowered Skarmory, 1,786 attempts, and a dream, this streamer was able to beat one of the hardest Pokemon challenges ever made". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Catherine Lewis (2024-07-16). "The hardest Pokemon challenge isn't a Nuzlocke, it's playing one of the RPGs in a language you don't speak with an absurd list of rules and exercising every time you mess up". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ "The Streamer Awards". The Streamer Awards. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
Primary sources
In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):
- ^ a b Smallant1 (2020-08-23). "I streamed for 2 years to 4 viewers. I changed things up. I now stream to 3000+ viewers. I'm SmallAnt - AMA". r/Twitch. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Smallant FAQ". Google Docs. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Minecraft, Tanner Charles [@Smallant] (2023-02-21). "I'm going to look like an absolute idiot if I lose this. Please vote right now. PLEASE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2025-03-04 – via Twitter.
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