Darren's rivalry has since become a famous meme on the Internet. Darren would also make videos with Angela and Tom, characters from games similar to Ben's. He also has a number of videos about him playing virtual reality (VR) games while wearing a headset.
In the beginning of 2021, Darren started to gain around 1,000 subscribers weekly and 350 viewers in his livestreams, growing consistently until surpassing 100,000 subscribers in April 2021. Between May and June of the same year, Darren's fanbase started uploading clips from his livestreams and memes on TikTok, which helped Darren surpass 1 million subscribers in June (and eventually also surpassed 1.1 million subscribers).
