Freshman Dallas Young is entering college with more success than most graduates ever achieve. His YouTube channel "Sniping Soup" gains a half a million views every month. His energetic personality and comedy draw new subscribers in. The 18-year-old from South Carolina began his journey to YouTube fame at the age of 14 when he was just in 8th grade.

Above: Screenshot from one of Dallas's videos.

Below is an exclusive interview with Dallas:

How did you get started in the YouTube community?

Dallas: I started uploading stuff that I enjoyed doing, just acting stupid on video games.

Can you explain what your channel is about?

Dallas: Gaming, mainly playing the game how it should not be played. When I was younger, I used to mess with other gamers online, but more recently I've tried to be funny in other ways.

What inspires you to keep creating content?

Dallas: More people watching. I get a lot of comments and a lot of views and even hate every now and then.

What is it like having fan base of 81,000 subscribers?

Dallas: It's weird because I never thought people would actually watch. It turns out, some people do and its pretty cool. You get to communicate across the world, it's interesting.

Have you ever been recognized by a fan in public?

Dallas: Last week actually. A kid said, "Hey, um, you're Sniping Soup, right? I really love your videos!" It was weird.

What do you see in your future of making videos on YouTube?

Dallas: I don't know. I just want to make a career out of it no matter what I do. I would do gaming and maybe extra stuff on the side when I get to that point.

What do you like to do other than making videos?

Dallas: Guitar, mostly, and also school.

Could your fans expect to see any of your music on your channel in the future?

Dallas: Probably on a second channel if I ever decided to do that.

What advice would you give to other teenagers trying to start a channel?

Dallas: Just upload what you enjoy doing and be yourself in your videos. Don't be fake. Take time and put effort into everything you do.

Above: Dallas playing guitar- his passion outside of creating videos.

Dallas edits all of the videos on his channel himself. His talent is recognized by others outside of the YouTube community. He made videos for the local sheriff's department, designed video thumbnails for another YouTube channel with over 2 million subscribers, and won the Media Technology Department Award at his high school. All of Dallas' editing skills were self-taught by watching videos.

Above: One of Dallas's self-made thumbnails for his videos.

Click the link to watch one of Dallas's videos and subscribe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOB4XfNl6l8