DougDoug

Not to be confused with Doug E. Doug.

Douglas Scott Wreden (born January 18, 1991), known professionally as DougDoug (formerly Gloudas), is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and former Hearthstone caster and producer. He makes gaming videos that revolve around him doing various gaming challenges, often involving the use of artificial intelligence, modifications to games, and giving his viewers on Twitch heavy control of the game or stream.^[1] In 2023, he won the "League of Their Own" award at The Streamer Awards, and in 2024, he was nominated for the "Best Software and Game Development" award.

DougDoug
Wreden in 2019
Personal information
Born	Douglas Scott Wreden (1991-01-18) January 18, 1991 (age 34)
Education	University of California, Berkeley
Occupations	YouTuber Twitch streamer caster producer
Relatives	Davey Wreden (brother)
Website	Official website
YouTube information
Channel	DougDoug
Years active	2015–present
Subscribers	2.92 million[‡ 1]
Views	680 million[‡ 1]
Associated acts	Atrioc Ludwig Neuro-sama PointCrow QTCinderella
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2019 1,000,000 subscribers 2020
Twitch information
Channel	DougDoug
Years active	2018–present
Genre	Gaming
Followers	1.1 million
Last updated: May 9, 2025

Biography

Wreden is the brother of game designer and developer Davey.

Douglas Scott Wreden^[2] was born on January 18, 1991.^{[‡ 2]} He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in computer science. He resided in the state of Washington until he moved to Los Angeles, California in September 2023.^{[‡ 3][‡ 4]} He is the brother of Davey Wreden, the designer of The Stanley Parable and director of The Beginner's Guide.^{[‡ 5]}

Career

Esports

Wreden worked for Electronic Arts as a programmer before leaving to work on the Hearthstone Championship Tour, which was organized by ESL, under the online alias Gloudas. After ESL stopped producing the Championship Tour in 2017, he helped design the Hearthstone Trinity Series for ESL; he later described his role:^[3]

Right around [when ESL stopped producing the Championship Tour], ESL was in talks with Twitch to partner on an original Hearthstone team league, and since I had been helping lead ESL's Hearthstone team through 2016, I was approached internally to help design what this new team league would be. I definitely will not claim to be the sole creator of Trinity Series, as there were a number of super talented folks who helped iterate on the format and concept, but through a lot of discussion we landed on our core concept: eight teams of three players, with a Last Hero Standing nine-deck format, and team listen-ins throughout the matches.

— Wreden, 2018^[3]

After the Trinity Series design was finalized, Wreden produced the tournament and described his role as helping "coordinate all the show's elements on a high level". According to Wreden, the tournament's first season was positively received, and a second one was released.^[3]

External videos
Wreden's "So you think you can cast?" application

Towards the end of the second Trinity Series season, Reynad – a colleague – convinced Wreden to join esports organization Tempo Storm; he later said he agreed with Reynad's emphasis on creativity and wanted a "change of pace" from ESL.^[3] In March 2018, he entered Hearthstone's "So you think you can cast?" competition, which searched for new Hearthstone casters. His audition was retweeted by Hearthstone director Ben Brode; Tim Clark, writing for PC Gamer, said that he was the "clear winner" and not selecting him would be a "huuuuuuuuuuuge misplay".^[4]

Streaming

External videos
Can you drive across GTA 5 if Twitch Chat controls your Mods?

Wreden transitioned to being a Twitch streamer and YouTuber under the name DougDoug, streaming first on March 9, 2019.^[5] He gained media attention in October 2020 after streaming Grand Theft Auto 5 on Twitch, where he allowed his viewers to input commands in the Twitch chat that affected the game.^[6] In January 2022, he garnered more media attention after streaming and completing a Super Mario Odyssey "HUD Challenge" speedrun, wherein compounding heads-up displays (HUDs) appeared on his screen after every five minutes. Although he completed the challenge, he was unable to complete it in under one hour, 11 minutes, and 21 seconds, his personal non-"HUD Challenge" best.^[7][8]

Philanthropy

See also: Rosa (sea otter) and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Wreden has hosted annual charity livestreams to raise money for the Monterey Bay Aquarium since the 20th birthday of a sea otter at the aquarium named Rosa. The amount raised increased yearly, reaching over $14,000 in 2021, $100,000 in 2022, and over $300,000 for Rosa's 24th birthday in 2023.^[9][10][11] Rosa died in June 2024. Wreden held his 2024 fundraiser stream in remembrance of Rosa, which raised over $620,000 for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.^[12] As of 2024, Wreden and his community have raised over $1,000,000 for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.^[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	The Streamer Awards	League of Their Own	Won	[14]
2023	Best Software and Game Development Streamer	Nominated	[15]