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| Born | Lucas Adrien Hochet 27 January 1996 Vitry-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| YouTube information | |
| Pseudonym | Squeezie |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Subscribers | 19.1 million |
| Total views | 10.7 billion |
| Network | None |
| Subscriber and view counts updated as of August 28, 2024. | |
Lucas Adrien Hauchard (born January 27, 1996), known as Squeezie, is a famous French YouTuber. He is one of the most popular French-speaking YouTubers. He has over 18 million subscribers and more than 10 billion views.
Squeezie first became well-known for his Let's Play videos. In these videos, he would play video games and talk about them. He also made vlogs, which are like video diaries. Today, he creates videos where he plays real-life games with other YouTubers. He also tells interesting, and often scary, true stories. Squeezie also has a music career and sometimes releases music videos. He used to work with another French YouTuber, Cyprien Iov, on a channel called Bigorneaux & Coquillages. This channel stopped making new videos in 2019.
In 2018, Squeezie started a gaming channel called Squeezie Gaming. On this channel, he shares edited videos from his live streams on Twitch. In 2022, he organized a big car race called the GP Explorer. It was a Formula 4 competition. A second race, the GP Explorer 2, happened in 2023.
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Early Life and YouTube Start
Lucas Hauchard started his first YouTube channel in May 2008. It was called Dofus Bouclier and was about the game Dofus. This channel only had two videos and became inactive quickly. In November 2010, he made another channel called TheVideobc, which also focused on video games. It had three videos before becoming inactive.
He created his main YouTube channel, Squeezie, in 2011 when he was 15 years old. This channel focused on testing and reviewing video games. It quickly became very popular. Squeezie was the youngest French person to get over one million subscribers on YouTube. He reached this milestone when he was 17. During this time, his videos often got around 300,000 views each. He also completed his high school diploma, known as the baccalauréat in France.
Growing Popularity Online
In April 2013, Squeezie had half a million subscribers. He then teamed up with Cyprien, another popular French YouTuber. They created a channel together called CyprienGaming. This channel is now known as Bigorneaux & Coquillage.
In 2014, some people said Squeezie copied PewDiePie, a famous YouTuber. Squeezie made a video to explain that he did not copy him. By March 2014, Squeezie became the most popular French YouTuber. He had more subscribers than The Sound you Need, Cyprien, Rémi Gaillard, and Norman. By the end of 2014, Squeezie's videos had been watched over 70 million times. This was more than Rémi Gaillard, Norman, and Cauet combined.
Squeezie was featured in YouTube Rewind 2015. This is a special video made by YouTube each year. It brings together famous YouTubers and internet personalities who had a big impact that year.
In 2017, Squeezie appeared on the TV show Fort Boyard with Cyprien. By 2017, Squeezie had over 1.86 million subscribers. His videos gained more than a billion views that year. In June 2018, he passed Norman in subscriber count. A year later, he passed Cyprien. This made him the top French-language video creator in terms of subscribers.
Squeezie on Twitch
Squeezie started doing live broadcasts regularly on Twitch in 2018. Twitch is a platform where people can stream videos live. He now has over 3 million followers on Twitch. He has also been part of some of the most-watched French live streams. One stream had a peak of 395,000 viewers. He streamed with other big French streamers like Gotaga and Locklear.
In October 2022, Squeezie organized a big racing event called the GP Explorer. Twenty-two streamers competed using Formula 4 cars. The event had an average of 400,000 viewers online. It reached a peak of over 1,000,000 viewers. Also, 40,000 people watched the race live at the track.
Music Career
Squeezie has made a lot of music over the years. He released his first album, named Oxyz, on September 25, 2020. He released his first song in 2017 in a YouTube video called “Placements de Produits” with Maxence.
In 2018, Squeezie released more songs. These included Freestyle de l'autodérision, Top 1, and Freestyle de potes with Maxenss and Seb. He also released Pas tout seul and 90 VS 2000 with Mcfly and Carlito.
In 2019, he released two songs: Le gaming c'est fini and Bye bye with Joyca. Squeezie and Joyca filmed a video where they made a summer hit song in three days. They were competing against Kezah and Freddy Gladieux, who made the song Mirador. A singer named Gims judged their songs and chose Mirador as the winner. Both songs became popular. They were even played live at the Solidays 2019 music festival. They were also played in nightclubs and on national radio stations like Fun Radio. Both songs appeared on music sales charts. The song Mirador even earned a gold certification.
Gaming and Esports
Squeezie, along with Gotaga and Brawks, started a French esports organization called Gentlemates. Esports are competitive video games. Gentlemates has several teams that play different games. These include popular games like Valorant, League of Legends, and Age of Empires.
Music Releases
Albums
- 2020: Oxyz
Singles
- 2017: Placements de produits feat. Maxenss
- 2018: Freestyle de l'autodérision
- 2018: Top 1
- 2018: Freestyle de potes feat. Maxenss and Seb la Frite
- 2018: Pas tout seul
- 2018: 90 VS 2000 feat. Mcfly and Carlito
- 2019: Le gaming c'est fini
- 2019: Bye bye feat. Joyca
- 2020: Influenceurs
- 2020: Guépard feat. Némir
- 2020: Servis feat. Gambi
- 2020: Tout
- 2020: Mario Kart
- 2021: Time Time feat. KronoMuzik and Myd (as Trei Degete)
- 2021: Arrêtez
- 2022: Adieu les filles
- 2023: Spaceship (as Trei Degete)
Film and Web Appearances
Voice Acting in Movies
- 2015: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water by Paul Tibbitt: He was the French voice for Kyle the Seagull.
- 2016: Ratchet & Clank by Kevin Munroe: He was the French voice for Ratchet.
Voice Acting in Web-series
- 2016: Les Kassos (episode 42, Irrito)
- 2018: L'Épopée temporelle (season 2, episode 1, Le temps cassé) by Cyprien Iov
- 2015: Technophobe by Théodore Bonnet
- 2016: The Cartouche by Théodore Bonnet
See also
- List of most-followed Twitch channels
