How Peter McKinnon gained 1 million subscribers in under 1 year

What are the secrets behind Peter McKinnon's rapid Youtube growth? How did he manage to gain 1 million subscribers in under a year? One year ago no one knew his name and now he is in the youtube spotflight. Software I use to animate my videos (yearly plan is best value!): http://tidd.ly/c755317d In this video I attempt to analyse his rapid growth and see what really drove him to success. Google plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106264745922042638061