YouTubers lose subscribers after controversial statements
11 posts across 3 communities in the last 30 days; 82% from r/youtube.
“And in the meantime we have streamers watching and praising terrorist attacks on stream while calling them "revolutionaries". [re: “I’m Losing 10 Years Of Hard Work” YouTuber Gets Permanently Banned And Channel Deleted Because Of Hellraiser Revival Gameplay, Despite The Scene…”
“You claim to quit entertainment altogether, yet post the most entertaining Reddit comment k have ever seen Curious”
“Matpat and Technoblade (I already know he died, he didn't quit, but I can still miss him, so this fits)”
Several users express concern and indifference regarding PewDiePie losing a significant number of subscribers, often referencing his recent activity and retirement status. Some posts also mention the general decline in content quality on YouTube.
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“And in the meantime we have streamers watching and praising terrorist attacks on stream while calling them "revolutionaries". [re: “I’m Losing 10 Years Of Hard Work” YouTuber Gets Permanently Banned And Channel Deleted Because Of Hellraiser Revival Gameplay, Despite The Scene Being Censored And It…”
“You claim to quit entertainment altogether, yet post the most entertaining Reddit comment k have ever seen Curious”
“Matpat and Technoblade (I already know he died, he didn't quit, but I can still miss him, so this fits)”
“Dude still has like almost 15k videos on his channel and over 800 million views on his channel. I really hope he was smart with his money. Even if he was earning pennies for each view, he probably made a decent chunk of change.”
“I’m glad he’s spending time with his family and shit but I wouldn’t be sad to see him come back in a decade’s time I suppose”
“Can people stop saying that he won. I don't get why people keep saying this about this youtuber. He was the biggest youtuber who got famous yelling while playing video games. He would of had to try real hard to lose.”
“he said the nword once raging while gaming. not great but for the early internet that is nothing”
“i mean he pretty much is retired and post a video once in a while for whatever reason he finds fun”
“Tbf she was one of the first few thousand subs. Its not like he (himself) was already doing well at that point. They messaged via YT or w.e first and became a couple before he really took off.”
“Like some of my favorite YouTubers who used to do different things now just make a dramaslop submitted by /u/Unlikely-Bug8047 [link] [comments]”
“Sure. That doesn't make sense here though since he put him front and centre of this same video . He isn't saying "Damn, I made a mistake, I should stop doing that," he's decided it's wrong and did it again in the exact same video.”
“I gotcha. I think he just wants to protect his kid's privacy in the future. What's out there is out there already. I would assume he understands that”
“I assume it's because people were were being unhinged because his son was in a dress”
Yeah this is like the 5th times hes done something like this
“Maybe he thought it was okay. Turns out it wasn't. He is going the approach of DanTDM when it comes his son a bit.”
“He's not a random baby in a background. He's a celebrity's kid, who's been at the forefront of his channel for the past 3 years. He's a bit more than a background prop too, seeing as even in this video (the "I must respect his privacy" video) he's the focus of the content with the camera up in his face at several points throughout the video.”
“Man nobody gives a damn about what celebrities babies have ever done until they were teenagers, just look at hollywood, even less about a person who isn't exploiting his baby and is just doing normal vlogs. People have way worse things to focus on than about pewdipie's baby cmon..”
“I was on my subscriptions page today and saw this video uploaded by PewDiePie 6 hours ago. The video is a final family vlog, as towards the end he announced the end of the vlog series and recounted all the good experiences in the past 4 years with his family. I have been watching his channel for quite a few years now, from the gaming to reaction videos and now his family. I really hope he continues to upload sometimes... Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H8g4B5ZN7LM submitted by /u/”
“No it's still glitched it's just that now youtube studio is the one with the lower sub count.”
“Youtubers are made by their reputation. Without it that sub count is just a number”
“The dude made the 2026 equivalent of a Harambe joke and there are people on the site calling for his head on a stake, calling it his “bridge incident.” You know, the moment where the biggest YouTuber in the world at the time said the n word on stream? Apparently commenting on an NPC’s resemblance to an irl person is now on that level. Pack it up Logan Paul. You didn’t say a video game character looked like Charlie Kirk. You’re off the hook for the whole suicide forest thing. submitted by &”
“I only renogize 9 of these channels and youtube is the only thing I watch. Kind of wild how it becomes your own personal feed over time.”
I dont care what stats say, he's still my no.1 since childhood.
“This is why I’m currently raising my kids on physical media like DVDs and VHS, you don’t have to worry about crap like this. I can leave them unsupervised without them stumbling upon AI or unregulated garbage slop. Ever since doing this my kids teachers always give compliments on how well behaved and patient they are. My friends who are parents are starting to go back to physical media as well”
“Right? Normalizing that you would use an egregious slur as a slip of the tongue or mind is wild. I am very aware of numerous slurs that I have never and would never "slip up" by saying in frustration for any reason, there is not a single person who has made that "slip up" who hasn't used the word casually in private regularly.”
“He didn't lose it in one day, he just went below 111M, so now it shows 110M because YouTube truncates public subscriber numbers. Source”
“India has less than 1.5 billion, of which less than 1 billion even have internet access, and not every single one of those people would have a Youtube account lol”
“But I'd imagine that many of the channels on this list do. The million or billion dollar corporations can afford to throw dozens or hundreds of people at it.”
“Right, but my point is that, even though I used to use the word, I've still never blurted it out like PewDiePie. It's meant as anecdotal evidence to say "hey, this guy probably used to use that word in that context for it to just pop out like that." Again, I'm not trying to cancel the guy, but to explain that people aren't getting mad just because he said it, but also because it suggests regular usage of the word.”
“I'm not sure how many people have blurted out the N-word period, my point is that you have the ability to say whatever you want, but to say the worst thing at the worst time is something you'd only do if you weren't thinking about the consequences.”