The content creator Kathrin “coldmirror” Fricke has been a mainstay on the platform YouTube since 2007. MeinMMO presents her here.
Who is it about? It is about the YouTuber coldmirror. Behind the pseudonym is Kathrin Fricke, often called “Kaddi.” At 22 years old, she created her YouTube channel in 2006. A year later, she uploaded her first videos on YouTube.
From February to October in 2009, she was the most subscribed YouTube channel in Germany, with just 10,000 subscribers. In an interview with World Wide Wohnzimmer, coldmirror said about it: “I never wanted to be that, so it was overwhelming” (via YouTube).
coldmirror has over 1.55 million subscribers and over 490 million views on her YouTube channel.
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Success through parodies
What are coldmirror’s contents? Her “breakthrough” came through her so-called “Harry Potter” dubbings. She uploaded the first three films from the “Harry Potter” series, but she dubbed all roles herself and never faithfully. She also altered the titles, for example, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” became “Harry Potter and the Plastic Cup.”
In this way, she could showcase her own special humor. And it worked: A playlist with her dubs has reached over 5.7 million views to date (via YouTube) – and these are only the re-uploads on other channels. Quotes from coldmirror’s “Harry Potter” videos have reached cult status.
Additionally, coldmirror had an animation series called Japanoschlampen
, in which she sent two main characters on adventures in a simply drawn style. The series parodied animes and their content.
For the film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” coldmirror created her own podcast, which she uploaded from 2016 to 2024 both on YouTube and on Spotify. In each episode, she took 5 minutes from the first film of the “Harry Potter” series and analyzed tiny details in each frame and provided explanations for them.
Between 2010 and 2015, coldmirror even had her own television show on the TV channel Einsfestival. Here, videos that had previously been seen on her YouTube channel were improved and aired on television.
In 2016, coldmirror switched to the online content network of ARD and ZDF funk. Before that, she had produced content for the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation, so joining funk was a natural fit.
As part of the switch, she started a new animation series: StarStarSpace. A parody of the “Star Trek” franchise in the style of her previous series Japanoschlampen.
Her content also regularly includes showcasing funny commercials or product descriptions. In summary, coldmirror’s YouTube channel offers a mix of colorful parodies and dubbings, all in her own humor style.
“Legend of YouTube”
What is special about coldmirror? Although coldmirror has been able to achieve and still achieves high view counts, she did not monetize her videos, so she could not earn money from them. coldmirror is glad that she never made herself dependent on “this flawed system” (referring to monetization through YouTube) (via YouTube).
Rather, she only wants to make videos when she really feels like it. However, through her joining funk, she does earn money.
Further coldmirror says that she “never had a plan” (via YouTube) and also has “no life plan” for the future (via YouTube).
For the community, coldmirror is a “legend of YouTube” (@Kresko25 via YouTube). Other voices see it similarly:
- @martse7652 writes (via YouTube): “The woman is just so likeable”
- @user-ll8ym9or8c thinks (via YouTube): “She is part of our culture. Protect her forever.”
- @SupeerFranzi finds (via YouTube): “coldmirror was the first channel I watched. The Harry Potter dubs back then were genius.”
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