DougDoug
Douglas Scott Wreden, better known as DougDoug, is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, podcaster, 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.
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. In 2025, Wreden began hosting the Lemonade Stand podcast with fellow content creators Brandon Ewing and Aiden McCaig.
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: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.
Towards the end of the second Trinity Series season, Reynada colleagueconvinced 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. In March 2018, he entered Hearthstone "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 " misplay".
Streaming
Wreden transitioned to being a Twitch streamer and YouTuber under the name DougDoug, streaming first on March 9, 2019. 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. In January 2022, he garnered more media attention after streaming and completing a Super Mario Odyssey "HUD Challenge" speedrun, wherein compounding heads-up displays 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.Philanthropy
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.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. As of 2024, Wreden and his community have raised over $1,000,000 for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. In 2025, Wreden published a parodic book titled Doug: A DougDoug Story; the book consists primarily of the word "Doug" repeated throughout, and all profits from book sales are dedicated to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.