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Cobblemon gives Jacob Alpharad a Pokémon-shaped career change

His only new upload passes 1.3 million views, with viewers talking about server friendships and an unlikely map-art business.

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

100+ Days of Cobblemon because I lost my job100+ Days of Cobblemon because I lost my job

"100+ Days of Cobblemon because I lost my job" comes with a useful correction in Jacob Alpharad's description: "currently employed." The unemployment framing is a joke; the Pokémon-meets-Minecraft commitment is the substance of his only upload this week.

Cobblemon brings catchable, battle-ready Pokémon into Minecraft's block-built world, a particularly natural meeting point for a creator whose catalog includes an entire Pokémon Emerald run using only Mudkip. The new adventure has passed 1.3 million views, and its comments point to something beyond collecting creatures: the peculiar closeness that can develop between strangers sharing a server.

One viewer describes the experience of becoming temporary, fiercely loyal friends through text chat. Others pick up on the wonderfully game-like business of rewarding Pokémon trivia with a Jirachi, or Jacob somehow finding his way into selling overpriced map art. The supposed career break has acquired quite a workload.

The Cobblemon upload is also drawing the most daily views on his channel. Behind it, "A Nuzlocke with 250,000+ Pokémon" continues finding viewers, while "Miitopia: The RPG with Infinite Characters" is approaching a million views.

Subscribers held steady, but daily channel views are running about half above their usual level. That busier viewing fits the broader variety-gaming neighborhood: Camodo Gaming and 8-BitRyan are also above their normal daily pace. For Jacob, the freshest draw is a familiar obsession rebuilt in blocks, with server friendships becoming part of the story.

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What viewers say

  • giving a jirachi from answering pokemon trivia sounds like an actual pokemon npc thing to do
  • the energy of just becoming temporary best friends with a rando and becoming ride or die for them is one of my favorite things about mmo multiplayer type games that only use text chat, so thank you for perfectly capturing that in a video
  • Oh no Jacob. You misunderstand. Cobblemon IS your job now.
    @thepopeofpineapples6275See it on YouTube
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  • Only *THE* Jacob Alpharad could take part in a Pokémon Minecraft server and end up selling overpriced map art... Y'know, after becoming unemployed.
    @scotginger4690See it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
3,880,000
Channel views, last 7 days
2,460,072
Videos published this week
1
Video published
October 12, 2026
Video views so far
1,346,086
Views on its first day
782,048

The numbers

Here is how Jacob Alpharad's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
BeckBroPlays
7,952,281
dakblake
3,495,902
Camodo Gaming
3,330,297
8-BitRyan
3,032,564
Call Me Kevin
2,602,868
CaRtOoNz
2,384,021
Bijuu Mike
1,435,289
subscribers
3,880,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,952,318,414
views per day
555,099
typical day: 371,381
first-day views of each video posted this week
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
8-BitRyan
4,400,000
Camodo Gaming
4,090,000
dakblake
4,070,000
CaRtOoNz
4,050,000
SovietWomble
4,010,000
Bijuu Mike
3,780,000
Call Me Kevin
3,660,000
BeckBroPlays
3,410,000
As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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