Craig Joseph Thompson (born 7 January 1995), known by the online community as Mini Ladd, is a British entertainer, comedian, vlogger, gamer and YouTuber. As of August 2019, he has accumulated over 10 million followers across all social platforms (YouTube, Twitter and Instagram), over 1.4 billion views, and averages roughly 50,000 concurrent viewers during his live-streams. In September 2019, Thompson was named No. 3 out of the Top 100 Influencers in the UK by the Sunday Times.
Thompson launched his first YouTube channel, "Mini Ladd", in May 2011, posting mainly gaming-related content and compilation videos. In 2018, he launched his second channel, "Craig Thompson", wherein the content was mainly off of vlogs. In 2019, he launched his third YouTube channel, "Mini Ladd Vault", wherein he uploads old videos off his Mini Ladd channel which were previously demonetized or taken down. In 2018, Thompson partnered with the Thirst Project and raised over $150,000 for relief. In 2019, the Thirst Project named him as one of their Board Members.
In 2019, City of Derry R.F.C. renamed their stadium to the "Craig Thompson Stadium". City of Derry ended their relationship with Thompson in July 2020 following sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
In June 2019, Thompson and fellow YouTuber Anthony "BigJigglyPanda" Brown announced a tour named "The Demonetized Tour", which took place across North America (mainly the United States and Canada) from September until December.
In September 2019, Thompson was named by the Sunday Times as one of Britain's top 100 influencers, behind KSI and PewDiePie.
In November 2019, Thompson won the eSports Content Creator of the Year award.
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