<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1,000,000 subscribers </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Subscriber and view counts updated as of 24 / 7 / 2018 . </Td> </Tr> <P> Primitive Technology is a YouTube channel run by and starring John Plant . Based in Far North Queensland, Australia, the series demonstrates the process of making tools and buildings using only materials found in the wild . Created in May 2015, the channel has gained over 8 million subscribers and over 560 million views as of May 2018 . </P> <P> Plant describes his subject as a hobby, and he lives in a modern house and eats modern food . He stated in a comment on a January 2018 video that he owns the land on which he films the videos . He states on his website that he has no Aboriginal ancestry and has not received training from the Australian Army . </P>

Who is the guy in the primitive technology videos