Draft:The Cherno

Yan Chernikov
Yan Chernikov
Personal information
Born	1994-12-10 (30); Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	YouTuber, Engine developer
Website	https://www.youtube.com/@TheCherno
YouTube information
Channel	The Cherno;
Years active	13 yrs
Genre(s)	Education, Coding
Subscribers	706K
Views	84,089,327
Contents are in	English
	Last updated: 07 June 2025

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Declined by Theroadislong 17 days ago. Last edited by CommonsDelinker 13 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Yan Chernikov (10 December 1994) better known by his YouTube name, "The Cherno" is an Australian engine developer and YouTuber and former software engineer at EA Sports. He is known for teaching a lot of people on YouTube how to code, mainly focusing on the C++ developing language. His videos are known to be 15 minutes long on average. He has over 700K subscribers on YouTube and 84M viewers in total.

YouTube content

At the start of the channel, The Cherno would frequently post videos of him using Java to program a 3D game which he liked and not so often post a video of him playing Minecraft. Although in the present day his content is categorized in three parts: His educational videos where he shows the audience how to program something or do something, His code review series where it involves The Cherno encouraging people to send him an email where they provide builds to GitHub for the code they coded. Then The Cherno would take a look at the code, roast it and fix it, and he also has a ray-tracing series where he teaches people ray-tracing.

in more than 98% of his videos, he uses the Visual Studio code IDE to teach people and review their code. Although his primary focus is the Game review series which he enjoys very much because of the idea to 'roast' his audience.

The Cherno's thumbnails involve easy to read photos, primarily with him in the center. His titles are hooking and they convey the main idea of the video. In his intro he often likes to say, "Hey what's up guys, my name is The Cherno.". His videos typically span 20-40 minutes.

The Cherno's funding for these videos mainly comes from sponsorships, mainly Brilliant

Other profiles

He also has an instragram profile, thecherno which he uses to take pictures of his life with his wife and child. He has 311 posts and 19.8K followers.

YouTube career

Yan Chernikov first uploaded his YouTube video at age 18 in the year 2012. His content by then included making 3D games using the Java programming language which he had loved in his childhood years.

The 18 year old back then was interesting in programming 3D games which he loved, Minecraft being the prime example. He loved PVP and he would sometimes post videos of himself playing the Minecraft game. With the Game Programming: Season 1 playlist being his first where he showcased his programming skills to make a 3D Game.

It was until 2013, 8 years ago that he began teaching C++ at the age of 19. His famous C++ playlist was a huge hit, making a huge feat of 14million views till now.

As of 07 June 2025 he has posted 882 videos which the majority are based on teaching his audience how to code, mainly C++. He has been in the YouTube business for 13 years now and he is not intending to stop.

References

^ ^a ^b "About The Cherno". YouTube.

Core Content
- Chernikov, Yan (January 15, 2017). "Welcome to my channel!". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (August 21, 2017). "Game Engine Series - Introduction". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (September 10, 2017). "C++ Header files". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (May 30, 2020). "Vulkan Game Engine - Introduction". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
Milestones
- Chernikov, Yan (July 28, 2018). "We Did It! (100k Special)". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (March 12, 2021)."500,000 Subscribers!". YouTube. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
Projects
- Chernikov, Yan (2020). "Hazel Engine - GitHub Repository". GitHub. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (November 27, 2016). "Java Game Programming - Setup (Part 1)". YouTube. Archived October 30, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
Community
- Chernikov, Yan (2022). "Official Discord Server Rules". Discord. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Chernikov, Yan (February 3, 2023). "Q&A: Behind the Scenes". YouTube. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
External Coverage (Critical for Wikipedia!)
- Smith, John (May 15, 2020). "How The Cherno Is Teaching a Generation of Game Developers". GameDev Magazine. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- Podcast Host (2021). "Yan Chernikov on Engine Architecture (Ep. 42)". Game Dev Podcast. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- TechReview (2022). "Top 5 C++ Educators on YouTube". Code Journal. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
Career Background
- Chernikov, Yan (2015). "LinkedIn Profile: Software Engineer at EA". LinkedIn. Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- University of Sydney (2014). "Computer Science Graduates List". Archived [Date]. Retrieved June 8, 2025.

[YouTubeStatsThe_Cherno-1] "About The Cherno". YouTube.

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