My alternate plan for this video was an interview with Matt Turk. Ended up deciding on this instead though. Maybe we'll have to do that at 2 million...

Summoning Salt Explained

“Imagine a bus that arrives every 21 frames”

"The Quest to Beat Matt Turk" is one of the best youtube masterpieces. You deserve many more than 1M subs

congrats on 1M!

100% deserved, your content in insane man!

0:21 "I thought about just making a generic 'thank you video' to celebrate, but I think we can do better" That's exactly the mindset that brought you here, my man. Congrats!

You know you’ve made it on KZfaq when the Internet Historian parodies you in one of his videos, you earned every subscriber keep it up man

Is this the World Record Progression of World Record Progressions?

Easily one of my favorite channels. Congrats. :) Love to see it

Great video!! You can be proud of this milestone and of your channel :D It's amazing

I'm not a speedrunner. I've never been a speedrunner. I'll never be a speedrunner. I've never even sat down to really watch a speedrun, or streamer, or anything like that. But your videos are amazing dude. They're so captivating, the amount of details and research is stunning. I can't wait to see what your next video is on. And btw, I definitely think the quality of the videos outweighs the amount of time it takes to make them. Fantastic work, keep it up!

Congratulations Salt! Amazing work

the way you can make me understand and care about a game I had no knowledge of and a community I was completely unaware of is unmatched, love your stuff

You deserve every bit of success that you get. My wife, who is not a gamer, has watched full videos from you because your commentary, build up, and overall explanations. You can seriously keep an audience captivated. Congratulations!

11:14 Legit not even exaggerating your videos have been singlehandedly curing my insomnia. I've struggled so much with falling asleep but listening to them while I'm in bed is the most relaxing yet not boring enough for me to start overthinking at night. It's perfect and I'm so thankful for them.

One of the best gaming channels in KZfaq history.

And then, Summoning Salt did THIS.

I really never had a huge interest in speedruns until I started watching your videos. I love your content and your ability to tell stories. Truly one of my favorite content creators on KZfaq.

Being in my mid-40s, I grew up playing a lot of these games. Glad I stumbled on your channel while looking up speedruns. It's fun watching the speedrunning community absolutely dismantle games that defined my childhood lol

I'm very lucky to have been involved with one of your earliest projects, so I could enjoy the videos from the get go! I'm glad they reach so many people now, so all those people can enjoy them too. And I love that so many different communities and stories can be highlighted!

Congrats! absolutely well deserved

“Possibly take this beyond KZfaq.” Netflix docuseries confirmed?

Every time i feel the myself losing that "in the zone" feeling while speedrunning, i always end up back here watching the amazing history you have bestowed upon us. It just motivates even more to keep going, all that time will pay off. Someday. Thank you, for everything.

PEAK CONTENT LETS GOOOOO

Been watching for quite awhile, your music choices and in depth research really make your videos shine. congrats on 1M and many more to come!

Even his milestone video feels like the documentary of a lifetime. Congrats on 1 mil!

As a child of the 80s and 90s, the NES, SNES, and Genesis are near and dear to my heart. At 40 years old today, I thought I would only get to enjoy the content of the old consoles by looking in the rearview mirror of my memory. But then I found the Summoning Salt channel and discovered that the old consoles still have high entertainment value and that amazing new tricks are still being discovered to this day. Thank you, Summoning Salt, for compiling such wonderful research and the achievements of the speed running community. And the song We're Finally Landing always manages to make me emotional. You always play it just the right moment in your videos. *Subscribed

There's nothing more rewarding than finding your niche and making a living out of what you love. Congratulations!

Congrats man! Love your videos.

When Jon Bois gives you a shoutout, you've made it

The Quest to Beat Matt Turk was a moment of ascension for this channel. Watching what you have done here has been impressive, to say the least. Looking forward to the next million!

Imagine a bus that leaves every 1 million subscribers...

most deserved 1m subs on youtube

That song gets me every time man, hands down some of the best content on the platform keep it up

I'd love to see you make a video dedicated to the history of speedrunning itself. You've alluded to it in a few of your prior videos, but I'm interested to learn how these communities developed. For example, did recorded speedruns exist in the 20th century, is it only a 21st-century phenomenon? When did the old No Glitch Rule fall away in favor of Any % for world records?

"1 Million subscribers is where it stands today. But as history has showed us, it won't be long until that number seems small in comparison."

God, just 30 videos. You're a phenomenon.

The intro and outro style where it sync's with the music is basically how I do my entire channel. It just feels so nice when "we're finally landing" comes on and everything fits so well.

Idk why, but I’m always crying tears of Joy at the end of his videos, he’s just so good at portraying that feeling of triumph from the Speedrunning community. It’s honestly inspiring

He hovered around 900k, and everyone thought it was unbeatable, but then, in 2021, everything changed when this happened...

I don’t even care about any of the games he talks about, the storytelling is just so incredible it tricks me into getting invested

I first randomly encountered you with the infamous 4-2 video, just popping up on my feed. Been a fan ever since

No joke, this is one of the highest quality channels out there, the fact that you are only now hitting 1M when every video pulls in way more views than that is criminal, you deserve way more

The Evolution of Summoning Salt is a beautiful wonder to behold. Here's to hoping the speedrun to the next million will be exponentially faster.

well-deserved my man, the work you do is incredible

When I watch videos from you, I always get emotional. I don’t know exactly why, but your videos make me feel comfortable and so happy

Salt , your videos are something I regularly check back with . Your voice is so soothing that I can sleep peacefully while playing your video . Whenever I have nothing to watch , I come back to watch these and relive these videos

"Could I get it down to 20 minutes?" Even talking about his own editing he sounds like he's talking about speedrunning.

Truly appreciate how much you clearly care about your community Summoning Salt. Happy to be part of this 1 million. :)

As soon as I found this channel 2 weeks ago I fell in love, and I've binged every episode chronologically since. Such a perfect concept, and I'm glad the host is so good at what he does as well. It's rare to see someone with that much passion, but a speed run history channel run by someone that actually has an investment in speed running from a player's standpoint is truly special.

thank you for making these videos, man. you've got such a soothing and understandable way of explaining things, and i tend to come to your channel whenever i get too anxious. i cant think of any channel that deserves success more!

Before we talk about how the KZfaq success story happened, we need to explain “the bus”

congratulations man. love your work and this milestone is much deserved.

Your videos really are therapeutic. I feel so relaxed when I watch them. Thank you for being one of my favorite channels. You deserved the 1mil milestone!

I’d love to see a summoning salt WR progression as an incentive at GDQ

“And that’s where the world record stands today”

I gotta say, as a non-native english speaker (Spanish is my main language and I understand about 85% of a video in english), I really enjoy each and everyone of your videos. Excellent research, perfect music and editing. The way you narrate is so relaxing and that's why I enjoy watching almost 1 hour long videos. Keep it on, congrats for 1M!

I've just been on a binge of all your videos from oldest to newest. Listening to this one again is always a treat, and I'm glad this can continue to be a fulfilling creative outlet for you :D I discovered the channel with my first video being the Choco Mountain one. Super glad I did. That video in and of itself was a masterpiece, and it's so neat seeing the quality of your videos improve over the years as you learn more. I can't wait for remade/updated versions of your older stuff to bring it up to par.

You are a fantastic story teller. Possibly the best I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. Also the opening music gets me so hyped to sit back and watch! Love the vids and we all appreciate your hard work. Keep it up!

My man did a WR history about himself.

“Maybe even taking these beyond KZfaq” Summoning Salt: The documentary series Premiering on Netflix 2022

I love and enjoy every single video you make. I’ve been a fan for a pretty long time, and this video made me tear up a bit. I will support you every step of the way, and will be right by your side on the journey to 2 mil 😊.

I've only recently found this channel, watched a couple videos, and I can already tell this is something great. Good job on the 1 Million dude!

An inspiration. You always keep improving your content after every upload, and the story of how you got here really resonated with me as I relate to alot of your thinking on content creation. Possibly my favorite KZfaq channel ever, you deserve it all.

“But then a new glitch was discovered that still has largely been ignored by the KZfaq community: if you make actually good videos, your subscriber count will increase. This is the history of the KZfaq ultra shortcut.”

Wow, this end to the video combined with We're Finally Landing really gave me goosebumps. I always love stumbling upon a new video of yours. Your channel has a unique flair, the choice of music and your style of narrating these runs with such in-depth research is just relaxing, interesting and truly enjoyable. Did not realize I haven't subscribed until now after watching you for two years, of course I instantly changed that. Here's to more millions of subscribers, you will deserve each single one of them. Also I can't wait to see what will happen outside of KZfaq. Please do all of us a favor and keep being such a humble person and keep making these documentaries. True love, Tim

Linguistics professor: "There is no such thing as a perfect sentence" SummoningSalt: "I'm planning to keep making these videos for years to come"

You are a legend sir, your videos single-handedly have raised my interest and knowledge on speedrunning on some of my favorite childhood games despite being just a casual gamer. And I think I know about 1 million people who feel the same way. Cheers to you Summoning Salt, nothing hits better than that signature beat as one of your new videos starts up and you are humble as hell about it all

your work is incredible, I actually found your channel from the ultra shortcut video and has been a loyal viewer ever since. keep up the good work man.

Your videos are my FAVOURITE thing to watch! Theyre great to rewatch too! some I mustve seen like 6-7 times now. looking forward to the next release!! keep up the good work :D

Summoning Salt is self-referencing now. That's it, guys, we've come full circle

1 million subscribers!! Incredible!! That's a Matt Turk level achievement!

I cry everytime I watch these PERFECT VIDEOS, they ALWAYS elicit an exponential amount of Joy related to the (Love) Work you put in. It always feels like these are inlets to other dimensions of hype and solice, where the focus of a man is brought to it’s emotional limits thank you so much! ❤

I love a redo of your old videos. Your commentary and song choices(especially the "Home" song) are so relaxing to listen too. This channel is my nostalgia chocolate.

You've become my favorite KZfaqr over the last 2.5 years my guy, this milestone is nothing short of deserved. There isn't much content I look forward to but you're 1 of the 3 people I actually have the bell turned on for.

Summoning Salt started by covering legends only to become a legend himself.

I freaking love this channel. Every vid on here is magical. They go so fast cause they're all so good. I really hope there's more to come and your well!

I’ve spent the past week re-watching every video on your channel, but then I realized that I had never actually watched this one at all. I’m glad I did; I really enjoyed hearing more about you and how your channel grew to be what it is. I think you are one of the truly great content creators out there, and I’m really looking forward to what’s coming next. Thank you for your work!! 🙏

This guy is the David Attenborough of the speed running community

Been watching you since June 2018 when that Choco mountain video was uploaded. Been hooked and anxiously awaiting each upload ever since. Congrats on achieving such an incredible milestone! Here's on to 10 million now!

The Quest to Beat Matt Turk is one of my favorite videos ever. I also must say, I grew up with Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64, so I love all the older games you cover (loved the Metroid videos and Ninja Gaiden so much) and I LOVE all the Mario videos. Mario Kart, Super Mario, all of them. You could never do enough Mario videos. Although I would watch any video you put out! The research you do is so thorough and it really shows. I love how you explain how the glitches and shortcuts work. I'm not a speed runner at all, don't really play any games at all these days, but I can still understand everything going on because you explain it so well. That's what is great about this channel, I know a lot of subscribers here arent speedrunners but your channel has made a lot of fans of speedrunning out of us!

I found your channel with the 4-2 video, and ever since I've been following you. The way you manage make a full story, with sort of narrative arcs and all of that, together with the music makes you videos both easy to watch, and really engaging. Your documentaris makes me feel cozy and warm

“This, is where the record stands today. But who knows?”

Summoning Salt created a new genre on KZfaq in a way; after he started doing world record progressions, everyone started to do them. It’s honestly incredible.

I have watched almost all the videos, and i just finnished this one. Your videos truly give me goosebumbs and your success if seriously deserved. To be honest.. they are actually masterpieces and its hard to think that these videos are free to watch on youtube. Thank for everything you have helped me with, please keep om making videos. I honestly got to say, you are my #1 favorite youtuber of all time. This whole channel is perfection in my opinion

Your videos have legitimately changed my life. In my bad days I tune in and rewatch videos several times over. The calming voice, we’re finally landing, and the masterful storytelling really make me feel like I’m somewhere else. Thank you

It's not often you get to hear Summoningsalt talk about himself

1M. and that's where the record stands today.

Congrats. You deserve everyone of those subscribes. The videos you make are amazing. Keep up the great work

Thank you so much for making these videos. The snyth wave 80's intro and outro music adds the nostalgia of this vids perfectly. Your voice and cadence and the way you explain everything in such detail is amazing too. I wish you more videos, I've watched them all, and many more than once. Keep up the good work!

And that’s we’re the summoning salt records stand today

And that's where the channel's world record stands today.

I also watch your videos at night to help sleep - not because they’re boring, but because they’re soothing. I get so engrossed in the story that I always rewind and rewatch the next day to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Thank you so much for the work you put in to make such amazing content. My favorite videos are Mario kart 64 perfection and the quest to beat Matt Turk - I love your storytelling!!

I absolutely love this channel and everything you do. I always grab a snack and get comfortable when you upload a new video. keep up the good work man.

World record progression: KZfaq 1mil% no glitches no shortcuts.

"And then, Summoning Salt did this" *Screen fades to black*

I'm brand new to the channel. I'm also hooked!! I've been binging for 3 days now lol. your research, editing and presentation is toppppppp notch my brother! ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING

I'm late to the party but recently found and watched everything on your channel, left this one till last and it didn't disappoint. Like many others say, I can happily watch and get into any game you do a video on, even games I don't have an interest in at all. You have a good thing going, all the best to you.

So incredibly deserved... congrats on 1 milly !