What I don’t understand is that now he’s come back to youtube everyone started calling him a king and being so happy he was back.. like wtf you hated him when he was here but now you suddenly think he was the best YouTube to exist??

I've always liked Leafy, it's just in the last 2 years it's more acceptable to say so.

@Dank Fontaine So admitting that you're behaving badly makes you better?

@Dank Fontaine it's like h3h3, who's become completely out of touch

@MCnierstenen personal growth is real, people change for better or worse, many really don't believe that but they should

Leafy is much more down to earth now. I never liked his videos back in 2016, I'm more of a pyrocynical guy. But I love his recent videos, he sounds very calm and he doesn't stretch

It's because a lot of people grew up with his videos. We didn't like him because others didn't or others liked him but there voices weren't loud enough. I think most people that are happy he is back are people who miss the days of YouTube where you didn't have to worry about what you were saying as much, when it comes to the platform/ads not the people. You also didn't have to worry about being demonitized for one small thing. When YouTube was for the people.

Now YouTube is against the people, you can't make mature content because you won't get money, and now you can't make family friendly content because you won't get as much money and your comments are disabled. The way Leafy plays into this is his demeanor he acts like he doesn't care because he doesn't, he "hates" his viewers and YouTube. He probably doesn't actually hate his viewers but he definitely does hate where YouTube is and people agree.

His return which who knows if he'll actually stay or not, was "calculated" as many say. When in reality it was just an opportunity for him to make a quick video to jump on the bandwagon.

Whether people liked Leafy before or not is irrelevant because a lot of people seen him or knew something about him and now to said people he kind of represents the disdain towards YouTube many have.

I will say personally I watched him while growing up and can say that in a way YouTube during the days of Leafy was better, not because of Leafy, but because the platform itself was better.

That's my take at least.


Man your stuff is soooo good wtf. Love these YouTube style docs


Yes, the systems of Youtube did and to a lesser extent do still promote toxic content. But, I do still think that they should be condemned for their toxicity and harm.


I honestly watched leafy until he stopped posting and I had to go to his account directly to even know he posted anything. I can definitely see the truth in this.


Actually, i was subbed to leafy and i do remember towards the end of his channel, i would check on his channel and see several videos uploaded that i hadn't seen due to it not being recommended. Damn, your theory might be true!


Leafy is the villain we need, but not the one we deserve.


5:50

"It would never again be as popular."

That statement aged like milk, tbh.


HOLY SHIT!! He’s back! Or it’s the best April fools joke ever.


This didn't age well. Captain sparkez is loving this Minecraft boom we're having. My boy Jordan doing fantastic


50:35
So what you’re saying is...
There will NEVER EVER be another channel like Leafyishere?

50:35
So what you’re saying is...
*There will NEVER EVER be another channel like Leafyishere?*


It's like he had such a nice and good pit pup to care for, but instead he taught it bad behavior and pretty much turned it into a face eating machine, then threw his hands up, like, "Wup! I have no control of this face eating machine! What am I to do??" I don't know, maybe he could've changed his ways that turned his beautiful pit into a face eating machine, but no. He <del>never</del> altered his behavior. Basically comes back with a "no u" comeback, like what?

It's like he had such a nice and good pit pup to care for, but instead he taught it bad behavior and pretty much turned it into a face eating machine, then threw his hands up, like, "Wup! I have no control of this face eating machine! What am I to do??" I don't know, maybe he could've changed his ways that turned his beautiful pit into a face eating machine, but no. He -never- altered his behavior. Basically comes back with a "no u" comeback, like what?


You know, it’s sad. So many commentary channels make their rise on criticism of others. They grow their popularity fast, and eventually are taken down by a new, up and coming commentary channel. It’s and endless cycle of rises to power, and destruction.


Leafy is back from the grave and idubbz reputation as "the content cop" is at it's grave.


This is hands down the greatest video of all time


The mighty have fallen. H3H3....idubbbz....and from the ashes rises the once notorious juggernaut we all thought died. Welcome back leafy, you are finally here.


Funny how suddenly everyone is back on Leafys side. Like Idubbbz making one mistake suddenly justifies all of Leafys shitty behaviour and makes Idubbbz criticisms suddenly invalid.

The Overlander

Idubbzzz’s girl hit on leafy and several other men. So there is that

Eh i like to see youtube dramas like wrestling idubbz and ethan turned heel and now act holier than thou and leafy sorta came back after a hiatus and is niw seen as a face despite being an asshole, kinda like the rock vs. Stone cold steve austin


"Minecraft hit its peak in Summer 2013, it would never be as possible" that aged pretty well


i gotta say. I never paid any attention to ricegum after the aftermath of his content cop


"Minecraft peaked at summer 2013" <br>Guess he didnt see 2019 minecraft renaissance coming

"Minecraft peaked at summer 2013"
Guess he didnt see 2019 minecraft renaissance coming

The peak was still summer 2013, the summer 2020 spike didn't reach anywhere close to 2013

Minecraft is not as popular as it used to be, you can see it yourself in google trends


Don’t ever make a deal with the devil, dark forces will always betray you. That’s my take away.


This manages to make a fascinating story out of shit I don't care about.

By the bye, how the hell did Keemstar make a comeback?


kinda ironic now, given that everyone is flaming idubbz now...including leafy


In recent knews he has started uploading again after 2 years, all new videos haveing around 3 million views. Still within his sub base and not outreaching.


28:38 Wait, he didn't actually peak on September 11th, did he?


15:02
So nasty that it's probably somewhat of a travesty having me
Daily told the people "You can call me Your Majesty!"
Keep your battery charged
You know it won't stick, yo
And it's not his fault you kick slow
Should've let your trick 'ho chick hold your sick glow
Plus nobody couldn't do nothin' once he let the brick go
And you know I know that's a bunch of snow
The beat is so butter
Peep the slow cutter
As he utter the calm flow (Your mother)
Don't talk about my moms, yo
Sometimes he rhyme quick, sometimes he rhyme slow
Or vice versa
Whip up a slice of nice verse pie
Hit it on the first try
Villain: the worst guy
Spot hot tracks like spot a pair of fat asses
Shots of the scotch from out of square shot glasses
And he won't stop 'til he got the masses
And show 'em what they know not through flows of hot molasses
Do it like the robot to headspin to boogaloo
Took a few minutes to convince the average bug-a-boo
It's ugly, like look at you
It's a damn shame
Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name

Love your use of sick tunes in your vids.


Holy shit. idubbbz getting dragged to hell by Leafy and Keemstar.

It feels like the Wild West (RDR1): the law wins and then years later gets killed by the last trace of outlaws


"why google+ is shit"

Now that could be a whole other video...


We need an update. Leafy might be rising from the depths.


He fell a villian.<br>A hero now rises from the grave.

He fell a villian.
A hero now rises from the grave.

He will fall a villain once more.

In a couple of weeks.


Leafy is the lizard that never really died after being cut so many times
This goes to show you that Leafy's Fanbase is strong

*Leafy is the lizard that never really died after being cut so many times*
*This goes to show you that Leafy's Fanbase is strong*


Considering recent circumstances, I'm thinking he's back.


The nostalgia bro i watched al of that live


He’s back.<br>The 4th seal has been broken.

He’s back.
The 4th seal has been broken.


It’s so weird watching this video again now knowing that captain sparkles made a resurrection of sorts and leafy has started uploading small 3 minute videos again.


28:42 This was the peak of leafys empire .........well thats no longer true


At the very least, idubbbz causes channels to change. Tana went on to team up with Jake Paul, FineBros had to back off their copyright thing. Leafy and the prank guy could not adapt. Also specifically on leafy, his fan base looked to top dog, and the content cop showed be was not and it was easy for his fans to turn on him.


thank god youtube was able to keep toxic ass Redditors and 4chan users off the site by killing leafy


"Minecraft would never reach that popularity ever again" <br>So wrong my friend

"Minecraft would never reach that popularity ever again"
So wrong my friend


If people stick around after you say “pls unsubscribe”

you have two types of subscribers:

- those 100% dedicated to you
- near ghosts


EMPL: Minecraft would never be as popular  Pewdiepie: Hold my beer


When there's a cliffhanger hinting towards better but you're only 10 minutes in


Alright i didn't watch this video i just watched the intro, and personally i was subscribed to leafy when he had 10k subscribers and i stop supporting him because he completely change with fame


When I first heard the gran turismo background music I was like: do I know this song? Why does it make me feel nostalgic? When I checked the songs list and saw that it was from gran turismo I had my entire childhood rush back into my head. Gg on the music choice.


41:00 I mean the one video he made recently apparently got demonitized which fits the theory


Dude we should get a part 2 of how Leafy's trying to come back using IDubbbz' L


Leafyishere is a great mystery a kid who wanted to be like someone famous and he took youtube like a game but he should take it more serious and he should have learnd from people like pyrocynical or elvisthe alien but he didnt know how to be a normal youtuber which got him viral and dead


Idubbz video couldn’t have killed him. It was mostly focused on his physical appearance and didn’t talk much h abs out why his channel was so bad so fans who watched it wouldn’t have been like ‘oh he has no chin, unsubscribe’


I'm just about to start the video. I wonder if I'll be as invested in this as much as I was invested in the Hungrybox video. (Started with no context for both)

Okay, i'm back, and i am equally invested. Probably won't get into youtube drama videos, as i got into some smash bros videos. But we all just gotta respect the Emp in his production and content creation process. All of it. God


that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die for leafy has returned


Oh boy how the tables have turned on content cop. Hehehe.


Not anymore when you search leafy it actually shows leafy now


He literaly started posting this month, wtf


This prompted me resubbing to leafy. May the dark lizard rise once again


this video almost makes yuh feel bad for him


Chapter XII: Now Leafy is coming back from the grave, sub count intact, millions of views, youtube has fucked up


This is one of my favorites vídeos of all time


emp needs to rename this to "Leafy is Here" now


When this video is dated even though it's only a year old


i just wanna know if leafy has seen this video lol


And here we are now. Minecraft has reclaimed its popularity amongst the average YouTube users, with all the youtubers who stuck with it reaping the fame, and Leafy made a short comeback, all just to call Idubbbz a simp.


Both leafy and idubbbz can recover and both are in the right/wrong.


I guess Jesus really did come back on Easter, Leafy.


How do you get away with using so much DOOM?


"Minecraft Would Never Be As Popular"

MmMmMmM About That...

"Minecraft Would Never Be As Popular"

*MmMmMmM About That...*


Can you do a video about the return of leafy


Some rapper said it best

Not one man should have all that poowah....


and so these were the early warning signs of youtube censorship shenanigans....


Minecraft will never be as popular? I thought it recently hit its peak


Who's here after the return of our dark savior, leafy?


threw the MF DOOM line in there quality shit at 16:19


A superhero tale wouldn't be interesting without a villain.


14:40 just remember all caps you when spell the mans name

EDIT: aha they say it later anyway


@AlarioDerpp_Control000 AA I'm saying that the conclusion - that Leafy was actively censored by YouTube - was 100% correct when we look at his return.

Leafy said he would go on youtube for fun


holy shit using ALL CAPS in the background is genius


Oh, somwthing tells me he's still around


Better update the video or release a new one.


Two years later and the table is turning.


leafy is patient 0 of the demonetization virus


all i have to say is how dare you call skydoesminecraft burgerking im baffled


Leafy coming back and iddubz transforming into a corncob was not what i thought would follow this video


Little does he know, but only fans will start the 2nd youtube war


yeah leafy dunking on idubbz with one sentence appeared in my recommendations and I never watched one of his videos up until that one.


Leafy is back, while idubbbz is down, emp was correct


31:48 oh shit its that guy i dont watch anymore


This is LITERALLY the best video about this subject on the entire planet!


How long did it take to make this?

Had to have been weeks! - masterfully made.

All the editing and music choices had to have taken days by themselves, let alone the research, scripting, theorizing etc.

A well- earned sub.


I distinctly remember watching a few of his videos back in 2013-2014 when he was at about 15k or so... but i never stuck with him because his MCPVP stuff wasnt the type i liked to watch, but he was one of the larger MCPVP youtubers, even with 15k.
Then i forgot about him for awhile, and thought he faded into obscurity just like the rest of them.
I was wrong.
After over a year, i started seeing drama with this big youtuber with a familiar name, but that was it. I checked through his videos and found no minecraft content, but then heard a reference to his past in another video about him. Boom, we got our suspect.
That was one of the coolest encounters ever on youtube, it really is such a huge place with millions of channels... but someones one will do something crazy like this- and im glad to say i was there for pretty much all of it.


not gonna lie lowkey miss his mental breakdowns

უწმინდური მამაო ღორმენ  (

უწმინდური მამაო ღორმენ  (


Update to this video would be the fact minecraft's recent resurgence especially due to the quarantine.


I remember around when the HISS stuff showed up was when I found leafy. I thought some of his stuff was funny enough, and so every night when I went to bed I would crawl under the covers with my phone, watch his daily upload, and then go to sleep. I didn't pay much attention to the drama, and I wasn't a rabid fan, harassing the youtubers he roasted (or even looking up their content). I've suffered from mental illness since I was young; something about how he would have these harsh, emotional reactions to fairly benign content was comforting to me. Kind of like how tennis balls in a dryer keep clothes from getting wadded together, his yelling would get my mind unwadded enough to sleep. <br>Eventually, life changed, my going-to-sleep routine changed, and I stopped watching. At some point, peer pressure got me to unsubscribe, but I'll check in on his channel occasionally. If he ever does come back, I'll be curious to see just what we get.

I remember around when the HISS stuff showed up was when I found leafy. I thought some of his stuff was funny enough, and so every night when I went to bed I would crawl under the covers with my phone, watch his daily upload, and then go to sleep. I didn't pay much attention to the drama, and I wasn't a rabid fan, harassing the youtubers he roasted (or even looking up their content). I've suffered from mental illness since I was young; something about how he would have these harsh, emotional reactions to fairly benign content was comforting to me. Kind of like how tennis balls in a dryer keep clothes from getting wadded together, his yelling would get my mind unwadded enough to sleep.
Eventually, life changed, my going-to-sleep routine changed, and I stopped watching. At some point, peer pressure got me to unsubscribe, but I'll check in on his channel occasionally. If he ever does come back, I'll be curious to see just what we get.


this is great. i love youtube documentaries


I never understood why he used a picture of tetra


This is like watching a National Geographic documentary about the 80's


i feel like a YouTube intellectual after this thank you


i feel like its only 10 minutes video for how good it was

It went by fast because it was fun to watch so it felt like 10 minutes


leafy came back and so did minecraft hmmmmm.


Aye i saw that simpsons hit and run. Good man


<b>Emp lemon mysteriously  found dead in his apartment with an demontisation logo painted on his chest</b>

*Emp lemon mysteriously  found dead in his apartment with an demontisation logo painted on his chest*

@Maniac Marcus he shot himself 2 times while jumping out of a window.


You know, you actually kinda made me feel bad for Leafy, I wouldn't say I ever hated him or disliked him really, more of indifference.. but now after watching this whole thing you do kind of have to feel for him and almost feel for anyone else who has tried to make it big on this platform. I know for me for years I felt the same way to try to be big, got 100+ subs on my first channel at the age of 14, eventually after not uploading for a while, I knew that my videos weren't getting views so thinking I would have been better off made a new channel.. desperately trying to get that fame, even making random group channels with friends that only lasted for a couple months. But now that I hit the age of 18 almost 19 I've kinda realized that the fame isn't always going to be there or even close. I still make videos every once in a while.. not really trying to become famous, but because I love to work with video and making thumbnails. I just wish I had something better to do videos on then video games..maybe one day.

This comment was actually suppose to start out about just Leafy haha, but some how I dived into how I feel and stuff. If anyone did actually read this thanks for reading and have a great day!

I do feel the same. I've had this same account since the end of 2014 and i never got a decent following so i just decided to upload on it when i felt like it.

HOWEVER, what i haven't told in this comment is that i do have a 2nd channel that actually has a more decent amount of views on it. I started it in mid 2016 and i uploaded android app APKs/Hacks and some pc hacks.  As of now, the channel has 231k views and 585 subscribers. Some videos have around 1k, 5 others have 10k-100k and about half of the other videos have 100-300 views so it was a hit or miss. I realized in late 2017 that it was the ridiculously easy and low effort way of getting attention, so i practically stopped other than except for a couple more uploads that came after that.

I also got like 3-4 copyright strikes (obviously i did, i was posting hacks) so i just decided that it wasn't worth it, and I've learnt my lesson.

Wednesday Was The Last  yeah hope he makes more vids but yeah he has 5-6million dollars he should be enjoying life now

ProjectiluvOP consequences? He only got famous and then fell back to a normal life <br>It's not like he ruined his life

ProjectiluvOP consequences? He only got famous and then fell back to a normal life
It's not like he ruined his life

Unidentifed Flying Object  he's a really good youtuber

Yee Olde Duck! This video made me dislike him even more tbh.

ProjectiluvOP  actually not really leafy didn't know he was gonna get attacked by Idubbbz but then again his fans were awful

Yee Olde Duck! Same here. Been on YouTube since April, 2015. It's definitely been a struggle.

Yee Olde Duck! Anyone trying to get big online should know the risks attached to it.<br>Feeling bad for him is pointless. He knew what he was getting into and he simply gave no fucks. Consequences followed.

Yee Olde Duck! Anyone trying to get big online should know the risks attached to it.
Feeling bad for him is pointless. He knew what he was getting into and he simply gave no fucks. Consequences followed.


You told this story very well, good job on this video. If there's one thing I've learned from you is that you should consider what would happen after you become famous. Shame leafy ended like this. He could have been one who could be a visual dream come true to show everyone that it is possible to reach fame. He shouldn't have converted to the church of cringe like this.


thank you for being the only one to accurately tell what happened


Just as you've pivoted from YTP to more commentary based content, I hope you keep pivoting! As long as you keep employing your ytp editing techiniques every now and again, I think you'll just keep rising and doing well on this platform. Really enjoy all your content!


This video wont go viral. It's too long for the kids.

green of tree black of blue I'm glad I'm not the only person who watched it all the way through.

That and leafy himself is dead so no one really cares what happen to him

Educational system lowering attention span.


I can tell this person doesn’t like leafy


Wow, an hour. Somehow i felt it was over too soon. I used to love leafy, then not so much, then again, and then i didnt care anymore. Its crazy to see what happened. Like, just like the people who he made videos on, he was a real guy. I wonder if he's doing alright for himself.

same i kinda dislike him but a little part in me misses him and still likes him. i hope that he's happy now, idk.


I personally don’t like leafy or his content but man the end of this video kinda made me feel for the dude, anyone else feel this way?

"what young man wouldn't keep on" one with common decency.

Most of the stuff he reacted to was from r/cringe on Reddit. Did he do his research on the people in the videos? No. Did he pay for it? Yes. Did he learn from it? Kind of.

Addy White you’re right, the saddest part for me I suppose is that he’s built up a fan base, as annoying as they are, and just left them with no warning, no goodbye and no reason, just disappeared. I do hope he is well too

Here's what I think:
Whether or not he was sincere about what he put out, I don't know. But he found out what worked, and he ran with it. His cynical, edgy attitude towards most things resonated with youtubes biggest demographic: teenage boys. I found the sweet spot and milked that shit.
Despite the warnings, despite the criticisms, he kept on. It got him views and subs, honestly what young man wouldn't keep on?

Let's be real, he fuckin' knew. He went out of his way to rip on people who acted/seemed autistic. He went for people who acted 'weird' or 'cringe', people who were intense over specific 'cringe' interests, and were obviously socially impaired. We know in the case of that one dude because he actually replied to leafy and his fans while most didn't, but if you went through the a list of everyone leafy made fun of for cheap laughs, you'd find a lot more autistic/aspergers/whatever. It was his main demographic to pick on, because he knew his fanbase found picking on autistic people fun. He used autistic as an insult. He was a little shit and he never grew out of being a little shit.

Not really. 20 is young, but he's still an adult, and it's certainly old enough to know that making fun of children (and in most cases autistic people) on the internet is pathetic. He had months where people tried to snap him out of it, and teach him that what he's doing was nasty and self-destructive, but he just ignored it all because he liked being vile to people. And everyone else is only gonna put up with that for so long. Dude needed to learn he can't play in the kiddie pool forever.

He has been Inmortalized. In the end, he did some bad actions, but he died of the unknown

Zamzon Agreed, we have to remember that he was 20.

He may have been the toxic and annoying kid we will all remember him by, but he was just a content creator trying to make it big in the game. Of course the end of the video will make you feel sympathetic for him; he was just doing what he can to get noticed. And unfortunately, his own newfound power is what killed him in the end.


I honestly wouldn't be surprised if in 20 years, we get a Leafy biopic movie in the form of a Shakespearean tragedy.


deep down most do. I hate the dude, but fuck did shit take a dark turn when he got axed.


Did I really just watch an hour of this? I thought it was 21 minutes not 51 minutes.

Damn that’s how we recognize good content

rekkter this is why emplemon’s video’s are great. they keep you <b>captivated</b>

rekkter this is why emplemon’s video’s are great. they keep you *captivated*

A quick hour. Solid content. More YouTube Geographic please!!!


Hey man this is a <b>REALLY</b> good video

@lewdmeat my fav is still the donald trump one

yeah this is by far my fav video of his, i had never thought of the statement that leafy achieved everyone's dream, becoming a big youtuber, then not knowing how to handle it. but that's fucking deep

he keeps making incredibly good videos. Every video of his I've watched so far were REALLY good. I've watched only 3, but they were long videos.


Wish leafy would come back. I can't believe he is still gone.


Leafy was, well, it’s hard to say. There were a lot of channels who have died out and fell into the darkness. But leafy’s case is one of the most unique in the history of youtube. Leafy’s rise and fall is a really deep metaphor if you think about it. I really pity him after watching this. I used to be a part of the brainless edgy teens who watched him. Then I realized all the shady and cruel methods he used to get to where he is. Then I realized how bad his content actually was. I guess it can be used as a metaphor for how power can go in the wrong hands. Leafy had a lot of potential. But he let it slip, and blew it. And he only realized until it was too late.

I think its more of a metaphor for herd mentality and people glorifying genuine assholes

Why pity? He's rich he probably doesn't have to work for the rest of his life


Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant.
I used to watch Leafy back in the day until i, myself, noticed that he began uploading the same Individually targeted content over and over again. Sooner or later, i got bored of it, eventually unsubscribing to him and never returning to his channel again.
2 years have since surpassed and I'd never imagine that any of these things would occur the way they did. Then again, you could say he deserved it.
I have to say, this video has single-handedly brought so much light and has answered so many of my questions regarding Leafy and his past that it absolutely mesmerizes me.
You Sir, have done a fantastic job and i don't think it could have been put together any better.
Thank you for that.


This may be the most well-done video I may have ever seen on this platform. Great job Lemon.


Crazy how a video can make you feel nostalgic over something that happened only 2 years ago. Great work on this, it was very well put together!


Can't believe Mr. BlackDarkness666 took down Leafy.


I think the most interesting aspect of Leafy's downfall is that Pyrocynical and NFKRZ to not go down with him. They were smart enough to diversify their content.

Pyrocynical has become something incredible.

I think if Leafy had been confident enough to go facecam he would have survived, whenever he posted after the content cop his most popular vids were always facecams. I think he was just a shy kid.

Calvin_Coolage Exactly. Pyrocynical especially. His channel has diversified heavily. From his less clickbaity videos, to his straight up gameplay videos, to his hour plus long videos on things like Petscop and Cuphead.


As a former loyal fan (i would eat all the shit he would put out daily) i can say that for me it wasn't YouTube recommendations that stopped me from watching him, it was the lack of originality, quality, personality and most importantly entertainment. From what i remember i used to like his videos cause they were to me interesting and entertaining videos displaying some sort of humor and interesting internet personalities and trends, in the same vain as tosh.0, i even became attached to his "personality", but eventually his content became too stale to me, i don't even know if it was the content itself or if it was me who grew out of it but i started  to perceive his content as just boring and pointless videos of a guy making obvious and exaggerated observations as an attempt at comedy while showing most of the time uninteresting videos, it came to the point where before i completely stopped watching his videos, i would have to put the video on 2x speed to improve the horrible pasting of the video, it would generally just be him making and constantly repeating unfunny comments to get the video to 10 mins and it got to the point where it was painfully unbarring to watch his videos even at 2x speed, i didn't got entertainment out of it, i didn't got knowledge out of them so it just felt like i was wasting my time watching them, at which point i just quit watching. There were and still are commentary type youtubers who i still watch and none of their content feels as lifeless as leafywashere's.
In my opinion Leafy was the main culperate in the death of his channel by not adapting to make more vast content, having awfully stale editing and pacing and getting lazy, making uninspired and unentertaining videos.

P.S.- I was never one of those retards who would harass the people who he would make "content" on, even being a dumb edgy 16 yr old with horrible taste in content i knew better then to take time off my day to bully awkward and misfortunate people for the crime of posting a cringy video on the internet.

André Afonso It was part of the fun of being a preteen on the internet. No repercussions, plus mob mentality validated doing it in large groups.

vocalweeb You seem like you've matured out of that behavior since you can acknowledge it as toxic so i don't mean to judge, but why did you feel the need to do that?

The summer of 2016 was the only time that I was ever dedicated to watching everything in my sub box. It was a better time then.

I found Leafy through Pyro and I found Pyro through h3 and I found h3 through Frank. I was one of those people who would leave the toxic comments on Leafy's victims.

Exactly, basically if you've seen one leafyishere's video you've seen them all, it sucks the life out of you to sit through a multitude of his "content".


i'm from the future<br>minecraft returned


BoJack Horseman theme and all caps best is beautiful


oh, that gorgoeueoes gran turismo 5  intro song,<br>my only love

oh, that gorgoeueoes gran turismo 5  intro song,
my only love


I used to watch leafy back in 6th and 7th grade

The irony is that his videos are historic and nostalgic

That’s the point it’s crazy!!!!

No a bunch of edgy kids at my school watched him


Ever watched or read something so good, you'd just be sitting there in silence when you're done?

yeah. Great video


I am so happy i subscribed to leafy from like, his early commentary videos, every video he made was very original and very funny for me, he also  cured me from some depression cycles and helped me go on with my life at some points aswel (with other things aswel) I did get recommendations for his videos daily but I am so sad and emotional about this topic now, this shouldn't happen, leafy was a good part of youtube and I wish his life is good and happy and I wish him all the best


The part at 26:44 is honestly amazing. The song and theme is so perfect. Fantastic video as always Emp.


I forgot about Poodlecorp, channel hacks used to be a huge thing and isn't anymore.

The guys behind PoodleCorp and Lizard Squad got arrested by FBI in Oct '16 due to various other shenanigans. The whole fiasco they caused also sensitized many people and companies to shield their assets more thoroughly against social engineering.


This video is Netflix documentary material.


Wow. I thought this was gonna be a vid repeating everything we already knew about the situation, but instead it gives a very good insight on the legitimate cause of demise.

But I have to say.... Why no mention of the Nick Cash situation? I feel like that would have been a very good precursor to showing Leafy off as the snake he is, as a real person, and not just a persona of someone being a dick.


gradeAunderA is the switzerland in this war


I love how professional this is, very well done.


Incredible video. And I think it might have a point with YouTube targeting leafy specifically. After all, some very big youtubers that are still relevant today regularly get demonetized because they create controversies often. Given who leafy was, controversies were a given.
However, as other commenters said, I think that doesn't explain alone how, for example, Keemstar is still alive and well. YouTube may have targeted him in particular, but if they also did that with Keemstar, you need to add other elements that probably caused his demise. The content cop, I think, may have sparked a lot of opposition and mockery that leafy never had to live through. Suddenly a lot of people, including very influential ones, were against him. He was attacked, mocked and ridiculed. Like many bullies, leafy doesn't like to be targeted himself and handles it very poorly, which he did. Everyone was giving him shit, his reputation was dirtied, and since he was no longer the all-powerful guy he was for a moment, he got frustrated and, not having the means to salvage his name, just left.
Also, I get the point about the dude having been original and a breath of fresh air compared to other very similar looking channels on Youtube, but let's get real here : the air he brought with him smelled of a rotten basement, and his bullying and personal attacks on helpless dudes will not be missed.


Guess now leafyishere is back it kinda puts a hole in your theory. Still a great video tho.


I was a leafy sub back when he was active and i still sometimes watch his videos back (yes i have no life) since i just miss his sarcastic humor that i fcking loved. He just had the same opinion on so many cringy things then i had, what made him really sympathic for me.

I would definatly agree on your idea of what happed to leafy (that yt shutted him down)
and i think i whittnest an even worse thing the fact that his videos never ever got recommended or popped up of you searced for his name.

At some point, youtube just stopped showing his videos in my subscriber box (is it called like that in english?).

I had no idea why this happend until i watched this video.
Could it not also be some illuminati shit from youtube?

Btw this is worse than it sounds
since this ment that I never got reminded from youtube that leafy exists in any case.
The only way that I would watch a video from him was when i remembered him from myself and clicked on his chanel to look of there are new videos from him.

This made it really easy to forget to watch him even as a subscriber.


Due to the length of the video, I know that not many people will watch it full, but I’m about 30 minutes in and it’s a great video. Thanks for the research, Emp. You’re the channel this site needs.


I feel like I actually learned something here. Fantastic video, Emp. Well worth the hour. Fuck, I might just watch it again because it was so good.

<3


I do firmly believe that everything you said about YouTube directly killing Leafys channel is true. Everytime I was 3 video in a row about a certain subject, all kinds of recommendations regarding it, but recently, I have been rewatching leafy videos and not a single one in my recommendations...


Perhaps Leafy's one-off videos will breathe some more life into this masterpiece video. Still one of my favourites from you Emp.


I keep coming back to this video, it's well researched and crafted. It's honestly one of my favorite videos on YouTube, thank you for this Emp.


This was literally the Golden Age of Youtube in my opinion. I. Loved. This.


In before Leafy makes a huge comeback by getting true payback against idubbbz

@eggo I never thought a guy named "eggo" would make more sense than most of the internet.

but here we are

"true payback" lmao
Idubbbz brushed that simp meme off like it's nothing. It never made any sense anyway.
Leafy seem to be doubling down on his edge lord persona.

The fact that anyone roots for Leafy after watching this video showing him constantly punching down is beyond me.

Wow, a guy who is comfortable in his gf pursuing a form of income without feeling insecure and understanding relationships are deeper than sexual experience is a "simp"? Y'all need to grow up or take a hard look at your own priorities. A relationship is much more than exclusively seeing their body and realistically, how could people idubbbz will never meet paying to see his gf in photos hurt him? From what I've heard - though I have never been on onlyfans to validate - she has not shown anything more than what you might see at a beach. If you can get paid for that and don't mind sharing it on the internet, why not do it?
Furthermore, if the guy's in love, then good for him. Why should it bother any of you?

As for Leafy's video, it was highly pointed, providing snippets of info to form a singular narrative, failed to create an argument and was instead solely aimed at insulting idubbbz. For those of you who may have missed it, the point of Idubbbz original focus on insulting Leafy's lack of a chin was a satirical criticism of the childish and immature insults that make up the bulk of Leafy's content. All leafy showed in his response was his lack of growth and continuing insecurities masked with insults.

ifilmthings yeah the simp thing isnt funny

Honestly I wouldn’t call it payback it lasted like a couple weeks and leafy is sucking off keemstar while iddubz is back to normal. Now no hate towards any of them I like iddubz and don’t mind leafy just my thoughts on all of this.

@Ernesto Acosta Everyone has done the no chin thing. Now it's time for iDubbbz to suffer the same fate.

@ZchryPlys I can relate the word "nonsense" with your whole life

I mean he’s just gonna day the same thing everyone else says, that he’s a simp hahaha, how often did people call out leafy for a weak chin before idubbz, not many people, but idubbz is called a simp by everyone

I wouldn’t call it facts, its all subjective nonsense

@ZchryPlys  u may like it or hate it this guy is spiting facts

I wouldn’t call that payback. That was pretty pathetic. Honestly all of this hype is pathetic. Half of you nerds already paid for his girls onlyfans.

@LointMoint Just to clarify Keemstar made a video saying that Leafy was planning on a creating a response. Still called it though :)


The theory at the end makes more sense and seems to confirm it when Leafy says YouTube is shit and not the community or algorithm.

@GCNElite Content cop was his warning

He doesnt deserve a platform

some guy ikr. Leafy should've at least gotten a warning before just taking down his channel out of the blue.

@GCNElite now he has 0 subs because youtube nuked his whole channel. its ridiculous that you have people like keemstar and the paul brothers who get a slap on the wrist for the stuff they did but leafy loses his whole channel.

Leafy had 4.17M subs before he came back and now as of 29/05/2020 he has 4.56M subs


well you can probably guess what this comment originally said based on the time i posted it

@Durd Lurd true but i think hes funny. im not a hardcore fanboy but i enjoy it.

@Weaboo Flavor lol are you okay 10 year old

@Lol Bro   Guess who got 1.9 mil views on a video :)

God dang it Double Tap people Double Tap people

@Barer No, he's back. LOOK he's BACK! THE ROASTER WHO FACED A IRONIC FATE HIS BACK!<br>HOW!?

@Barer No, he's back. LOOK he's BACK! THE ROASTER WHO FACED A IRONIC FATE HIS BACK!
HOW!?

@Horrid Stank you should be getting all the jokes if it's 3am my guy.

@Horrid Stank you didn't get the joke but ok

@Horrid Stank the comment below would suggest otherwise

THE ENEMY RETURNS!?<br>(i actually found out already.)

THE ENEMY RETURNS!?
(i actually found out already.)

HOLY SHIT

thanks for notifying me, that's pretty wild. he sounds so different now... edit: hold on that's just a random narrator

@Tkoryam exactly
the fools thought he would only make two
now he's making stuff on almost a bidaily basis
and 10 minutes
fuck he is getting more powerful

@Markoss dude he only came back to make a cheap shot on idubbbz because he was still butt hurt

welp time to put it to sleep again i guess

Leafyishere2 go check he is actually back XD

He hasn’t made any videos for like 2 years

@Mikeyreza wait, are you idubbz'a girlfriend?

IronyAmI He isn’t coming back, he’s talked about this, plus he would only get more hate than he already did like before.

TimeWarpDrive 77 his ass said in the description "okay last one" that fucking upset me. look I doubt he WONT make new shit but it won't last imo and it's sad. I'm one of those niggas in 2016 saying hiss to ppl 😭

@Dipper Jr He's made 2 videos already, so he's back to some degree.

@The Observer he is probably bored on quarantine

minxbee the real channel uploaded though. Twice now

@Dipper Jr Say what you'd like, I don't blame him, being throttled by (possibly) YouTube themselves won't exactly endear you to it.

If you're talking about Leafy coming back to call iDubbbz a cuck, that's not the real Leafy. Click on his Twitter profile. Go to his YouTube channel. Check his "About" section. It clearly says "PARODY" under his description.<br>Leafyisgone forever.

If you're talking about Leafy coming back to call iDubbbz a cuck, that's not the real Leafy. Click on his Twitter profile. Go to his YouTube channel. Check his "About" section. It clearly says "PARODY" under his description.
Leafyisgone forever.

@Dipper Jr but then he said he may do it for fun but I'm not sure he's coming back

He not coming back, he said that he won't be returning to youtube because he hates the site in a recent interview with keemstar.

IronyAmI he isn’t back, people just wanted a response and he provided.<br>He’s still gone.

IronyAmI he isn’t back, people just wanted a response and he provided.
He’s still gone.

@Mikeyreza be careful what you wish for ;)


Coming up next: Downfall of Idubbbz | Youtube Geographic

@ali hassan yes, definitely

I'm still subbed but man did that blow up in his face

@Tintin hes back on top now with the daxflame video

This aged poorly, lol.

Idubbbz is doing great, getting an average 2-4 million views per video. His content is evolving, it's increasing in quality, and it's super interesting.
The simp/cuck meme had no effect, and it never made any sense in the first place. Those words have lost their original meanings at this point.

Lmao hes just cruising on like nothing happened now. He ain't having a downfall, not yet at least

@Mookie Über Alles It isn't anybody's business, it's just pathetic to see Mr. guy who makes fun of everybody to have a girlfriend who'd do that.

@Đorđe Rmuš I ruined ur comments 69 like AND @Y's comments 69 likes...now theyre both 70...

I feel... O M N I P O T E N T

@Đorđe Rmuš I ruined ur comments 69 like AND @Y's comments 69 likes...now theyre both 70...

I feel... *O M N I P O T E N T*

@MCnierstenen Yup, it's what happens when you reach their age and their status quo.

Idubbbz really didn't do anything wrong, other than have an opinion people didn't agree with, making them ridicule him with a single insult that barely fit him.

Suprise suprise, idubbbz never fell, and it literally lasted a week

@lol I know it's not in order but hear me out

@lol I was gonna put just turned 17, did ya?

@lol I was gonna put just turned 17, did ya?

@lol yeah I knew it, 16 year old kid huh

@lol yeah I knew it, 16 year old kid huh

@Synkhronyze still a weird way to say it lmao

@lol pedostache has been a thing since pedos were around.

@A. 黒沢 I meant that if Anisa didn't simp for Leafy,idubbbz wouldn't have made that content cop on Leafy to begin with.

it's not a fall. it was a red-pilling of his audience how their views differed from his.
they made the mistake that everyone who says "SJWs BAD!" is in favor of conservatism. they somehow forgot that many anti-SJWs used to be part of the Atheist community, which at its peak was highly against conservatism. and then broke apart, after Atheism plus, because they basically made the same mistake.
they made the mistake that a common enemy means that there shouldn't be any differences among internal opinions.

The reason why leafy got his own ep because there was no other youtuber like him

@lol I suppose "quirky" people, that what you want to hear?

@Apache April No, idubbbz involuntarily ruined his own career, leafy just kind of showed up to mock him.

Now Leafy has made fun of him and ruined his reputation. Karma is a Bitch.

I mostly feel like his recent losses is from lack of content although only fans is def a contributing factor

Oh well, I kinda feel bad for poor idubbbz going through his midlife crisis.

@Miraqen It's not just the only fans but Anisa's deceptive and controlling attitude towards idubbbz which idubbbz puts up with for some reason, that's partly why people lost respect for him. He made fun of people with the same amount of absurdity as he is right now, though this isn't the reason I stopped watching him since I'd already stopped watching him for a year and a half, maybe I'm just getting sick of idubbbz as a host. You are right about a lot of people using cuck and simp interchangeably though.

@Low Tier Trash People that say Idubbbz would've made a content cop on her if she wasn't her girlfriend seem to not understand that that would be a horrible idea. Who the hell would watch a content cop on some chick that no one knows?

@Zandith Shloper yeah free money until ofcourse her onlyfans gets leaked.

AGeneral Nerd they are a couple. They are 2 halves creating a whole. What she does impacts who he is on all sorts of levels.

His gf is single handedly crushing idubbz. I think it’s over for him, he’s gunna quit the site like filthy frank at this rate.

@Zandith Shloper The controversy finally helped people realize current idubbbz is a degenerated, coomer shadow of who we saw/knew back in 2016, which is why everyone is saying he's fallen. He and filthy frank and anything4views and the rest of the boys portrayed characters, the worst possible idols, Joji literally describes filthy frank as everything you should not be, and at least to me, it looked like they successfully stayed away from becoming those characters ( or at least pulling the plug before they became them like Joji.) Today though, a lot of idubbbz fans can't say the same for idubbbz.

Don't forget that if wasn't for Anisa simping for Leafy,idubbbz probably wouldn't have made a Content Cop.

@thecheezoftheweek that's not what a Simp is.

@thecheezoftheweek that's not what a Simp is.

@Zandith Shloper Well I mean YouTube is such a volatile career choice in the first place, so...

In my opinion I agree with Criticalzer0, he's not a simp and if he's okay with his girlfriend selling her Instagram pictures for extra money that's fine. It's literately free cash. The area where Idubbbz failed is defending himself, hes awful. This does not mean that we should label him off a "meme" its mean and your ruining his career.

Synkhronyze it’s dumb that he is, but yeah

Synkhronyze it’s dumb that he is, but yeah

@AGeneralNerd Joe Agreed, though he's still tonight's big loser.

What makes you say that?  If idubbbz is ok with it I don’t think it should matter

@Đorđe Rmuš i genuinely can't wait for this. He's fallen down hard, and anissa's actions made him splatter


I totally agree with the hiding his videos conspiracy, I started watching alot of commentary a few months after the content cop came out and I never saw a single leafy video or videos talking about him.


I love how wrong Emp was in this video, believing Minecraft and Leafy to be dead.

For a video from 2018 he didn't Know Minecraft and leafy will be back tho


Leafy: you should have gone for the head


and today leafy was #3 on trending for gaming


Although this Video is 2 Years Old, I have to say, I really cant agree with the last part. I cant see how Leafy's end could be called a tragedy if what Heywatchyourmouth and Elvis the Alien's Video are true. And the theory about Leafy's Channel being manipulated by Youtube really doesnt seem true anymore, as now If you search for Leafy, you will find him immediately, why would they ever remove the "blacklist"? (Yes I know he couldnt have know that at the time that you would find him immediately when searching for him in 2020)


Leafys return video is apparently gonna revolve around idubbz, that’s gonna be a wild ride when that shit drops

"LeafyIsHere would have a hard time"

+720,000 subs and counting since March of this year

@Killer B His fanbase is more of the problem.

@C I don't have that much of problem with Leafy, it's just that I find him annoying.

@Killer B I'm kinda hoping he doesn't come back.

@C Leafy's response wasn't much of a response to be honest.

Well considering his response video to the content cop I doubt it will be good.

It's gonna be a stalemate between Idubbbz and LeafyIsHere, even with all the drama Idubbbz is going through, LeafyIsHere would have a hard time.


The Shining motif was a stroke of genius, really, never cared about Leafy but I definitely had goosebumps during the final minute of this video.


I legit watched this earlier today before Leafy uploaded after two years, what timing


He no longer was here, he now is here (for however long this lasts)


And now, Leafy just uploaded. What a world.


the titanic and leafy comparison is eerily similar


HE IS BACK MY BROTHERS HE IS BACK THE DARKLORD IS BACK


Spread the word around. The boy is back in town


I still can't believe that leafy truly is here once again


I love leafy alot, he been in my childhood a lot and I really love this person, I love every one of his videos, even tho some say today that its cringy or offensive, I think its just good! Only Normies don't like leafy, but fuck normies anyway<br>Edit: The more and more I watch this video I actually wonder do you like leafy or you are another hater?

I love leafy alot, he been in my childhood a lot and I really love this person, I love every one of his videos, even tho some say today that its cringy or offensive, I think its just good! Only Normies don't like leafy, but fuck normies anyway
Edit: The more and more I watch this video I actually wonder do you like leafy or you are another hater?

Arisenstring 956 we gotta work together and shut down these kids you know

@Arisenstring956 who are you and what do you want from me?


he is back... And he premiered a video against Idubbbz.<br>Pretty short one too.

he is back... And he premiered a video against Idubbbz.
Pretty short one too.


Onision was one of the channels they wanted to get rid off.<br>Youtube was right.

Onision was one of the channels they wanted to get rid off.
Youtube was right.

@Phoebe Aurum They are likely waiting to see if he is arrested on child grooming charges. Similar to how Jaystation's channel was demonetized once he was arrested on assault charges.

I don't understand why they haven't gotten rid of it yet though. Are they waiting for some kind of opening?


He has descended down from the heavens to grace are peasant minds with only five words


Everyone gangster till leafyishere uploads in the current year


Who's here after noticing Leafy's rant on Idubbz?

Derrick Stegall actually when I play eternal I use the praetor from 2016

marxxplaysgames Now he has a longer one.

@Ultra Finest i said noticing, as I didn't watch it

marxxplaysgames Rant? He said like 5 words


This ended just after Leafy’s first video in 2 years was uploaded wtf


I watch this video every blue moon as a movie and a throw back to an amazing YouTube era


I really hope youtube doesnt turn on you for this


Its a Parallel timeline when Leafy is coming back for Revenge


Btw, It is funny because, I am pretty sure irl all of those guys are like friends XD all the rants and stuff its just like a plaything for them, maybe at first it was serious when you make a rant on someone but after they just do it for views and fun lol


The beast has awoken from its slumber yesterday


He just uploaded a new video “responding” to Idubbz


When is the new part coming out when we talk about leafy coming back just for 35 seconds


Leafy is back, same content as before but maybe toned down a bit, we’ll see how this story continues if at all


"It would never be as popular as it was then..."<br>2020: Sure

"It would never be as popular as it was then..."
2020: Sure

Flagilament it’s really not only at 3m views


Chapter XII: Leafy is BACK
 *Picture of Idubbbz
*A tree growing in a tree Background


This is really funny to watch now because <i>Leafy just uploaded a video.</i> He’s not dead yet...

This is really funny to watch now because _Leafy just uploaded a video._ He’s not dead yet...


In a nutshell: H3H3 is a normie and boring, leafy is the real deal


It was an April fool's joke. Leafy's not back lmao


Nice timing on the recommendation of this video YouTube. <br>👍

Nice timing on the recommendation of this video YouTube.
👍


Well the poison has worn off Demonetization
Leafyisback

Well the poison has worn off *Demonetization*
Leafyisback


I’d love for the 2016 idubbbz to do a content cop on the 2020 idubbbz


He didn't have a doofy-looking haircut? 😂

Edit: 27:25 Whose remix is that to Alabama 3's 'Woke up this Morning'?


I liked this JUST for the Bojack Horseman intro<br>that intro was fking awesome it even had an Evangelion reference

I liked this JUST for the Bojack Horseman intro
that intro was fking awesome it even had an Evangelion reference


and now two years later leafy uploaded to his channel


Holy shit I knew I recognized that song that is an amazing use of bojacks theme


Hey Emp. When are you making a video on idubbbz? Now that Leafy's soul in the after life was awakened.

Aqublue3dsi no boy ur profile photo is roasting urself

Aqublue3dsi OOOOOOOOOO MY NIGGA I JUST GOT ROASTED

@Mario Judah’s Dad I must have altimeters. Cuase I don't remember asking you

Aqublue3dsi cus idubbbz hasn’t quit and slither away in his snake pit like leafy did


I think Leafy’s fan base just grew up or his content just wasn’t what they wanted anymore. Honestly his content was petty and a bit pathetic. He most appealed to youngens. I can’t see his content being relevant for their attention spans for very long. I sure there is a lot that goes in to it too.

@ZchryPlys NOPE, it’s cuz it’s wears him out


I watched this last night and I wonder where was Leafy when iDubbbz is being accused of being a cuck?

Wonder no more I guess


Who's here after Leafy's new video "Idubbbz"?


This video is pretty fricking good
you got a new sub friend!

This video is pretty *fricking* good
you got a new sub friend!


"Have you ever sseen a leafy video in your youtube recomendations after 2016"<br>You say that as if I saw one before that.

"Have you ever sseen a leafy video in your youtube recomendations after 2016"
You say that as if I saw one before that.


Leafy is back he just posted March 31 in response to Idubbbz.


i actually think i watched some of leafys minecraft videos awhile back. they seem really familiar


Yeah that's cool and all, but what about leafy rising back, taking another shot at idubbz for making the content cop?


I got recommended a LeafyIsHere video so...


just remember all caps when you spell the mans name


dude i just got back into tf2 and i just remembered star_ vids use to popup in my suggested all the time.


Anyone seen the salty 30 sec video posted on leafy's channel today?


Leafy's attack on keemstar was his unmaking


Let me correct you over a year later <b>leafyisback</b>

Let me correct you over a year later *leafyisback*


49:14 I feel so cucked, dude. Just fucking say "Would Leafy still be Here" ughhhhhhhh


iDubbbz shot a ricochet at Leafy which took 4 years to circle back


EmpLemon, YouTube knows of Leafy's return and recommends me this video.<br>Like if you got the same recommendation!

EmpLemon, YouTube knows of Leafy's return and recommends me this video.
Like if you got the same recommendation!


People are like “he’s back” who cares let’s go back to the comment that Emp said Minecraft will never be as popular as it was back before 2013, Minecraft is experiencing a renaissance and boy was he wrong

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F09v6kpg The graph shows that it's only 3/4 of the way as being popular as Jun-Jul 2013.

@Sting Urameshi I don't think its worth on Nintendo Switch

They called me a mad man, well whos crazy now?

Deadass. My sister got it on her PC, and I was gonna get it on the Switch until this virus shit happened


I’m a subscriber and I never got a recommendation for his videos

And I don’t beleve leafys videos were toxic
Peaple need someone to say hey stop bieng stupid

Like shack said stop it get some help
Leafy never said for his fans to go after peaple they did it on his own

Also I enjoyed the chaos

I’d rather have him 100 percent rather than the shit we have now

John Cena everyone likes what they like as long as you respect the lizard king we are cool lol

J Loftis I’m still not gonna watch his videos :P

Nuna and we all mis 2016 youtube better quality videos while they were not the best made like production wise they were better quality content

An example smosh

Nuna I blame autocorrect for any misspelled words I may make cus autocorrect memorizes incorrect words and then at times throw them at you lol


Kinda like the count of monte cristo when he was metaphorically speaking put in prison and the others made of with success.

Remember the first word of this comment.


I want to hear your thoughts and opinions on pyro nowadays, he's obviously in a much better place than a couple years ago. Is he the leafy that could have been?

Moomoomoo Koko Pyro would be exponentially better as a content creator if he just dropped the punching bag persona. He's outgrown it.

I actually love those game review videos he does.

crippled mexican I like him because he makes funny jokes/edits and has some pretty cool game reviews

Or, you know, humor is subjective (and when the fuck did logic have anything to do with finding someone or something funny)?  But of course that didn't cross your mind, because that wouldn't mean, "IMMA ONE HUNNIT PASENT OBJERKTIVELY CORE-RECT!!1!"

he just uses self deprecation as a shield of criticism....his content isn't any better than a jacksepticeye video quality wise, yet people just praise him because "OMG HE''S SELF AWARE LOL THAT MEAN'S HE'S FUNNY" it's such broken logic....

this please, i love pyro as u can see for my pfp lmao


I was one of those that used to watch Leafy's content everyday simply because of the reasons you mentioned at the end. He wasn't some cookie-cutter pretty boy from Disney channel, he wasn't some foreign troll with an accent, he wasn't some rich youtuber flexing his wealth. He was none of the things that you usually associate popular youtubers with. He presented himself as your everyday "dork" with strong(if toxic at times) opinions and the bravery to speak his mind. Which is why it was so refreshing at the time, and probably why he rose quickly to fame. A similar trend happened with Ricegum. But in Rice's case, he learned to go after grown ups(mostly) and those more popular than him instead of kids or smaller channels. Plus, he cleverly harnessed power from the Jake Paul storm of 2016/2017 and was able to withstand the backlash from Content Cop while still growing massively.

And you're also right when you said that Leafy probably lost views because he never changed his content. I certainly lost interest because of that. Although initially interesting at first, there was only so much ranting about cringy kids or "weird people" that I could stand before the fatigue set in and I started avoiding his videos. But to be fair, I felt the same way about most of Pewdiepie's videos at the time, from whom I also unsubscribed(but now re-subscribed) because of stale and boring content.

Edit - Oh and I liked the video as well.


Dude I totally believe your theory is correct. I remember trying to see the status of Leafy’s channel in mid November 2017, and looking for about 15 minutes before finding Leafy’s channel. It was so strange how difficult it was to find his channel, even when directly looking for it.


this is a really good video and it really got me thinking about something i hadn't since 2016, leafy!

i subscribed to Leafy in his rise, right before he hit 1M. i thought he was funny and i was captivated by his edgy humor because i was an edgy 14 year old. in the past, i didn't see his videos as the same old things or as bullying. they were all refreshing to me. looking back, they are pretty much copy and paste. i also thought he was cute mostly because of his edgyness and hair i guess so that furthered my bias. when the content cop came out, i was in that "phase" where i loved leafy, idubbz, and filthy frank as if they were gods so i thought it was just a joke and i didn't see his downfall at all until i saw his nudes of him and his gf leak.

i think a lot of his fans were like that. edgy teens who only think roasting and offensive things are funny that latch onto these youtubers. I think maybe they are what rose him to the top for a while. but i don't know

iTS jUst a tHeoRy!111!1!!11!

all in all, i loved this video. you made the whole history of leafy and his demise very clear and easy to understand. 2016 was definitely the most interesting year for youtube, thanks to leafy.


In terms of leafy never returning? Yes.<br>In terms of all the research and topics discussed? No.

In terms of leafy never returning? Yes.
In terms of all the research and topics discussed? No.


I watched this video like 7 times. Emp you got some serious talent.


Well, he's just a leaf. A leaf doesn't last long.

winner winner
Maybe there will be a budishere or twigishere?
Or blossomishere?
Let us give it time

winner winner
Maybe there will be a budishere or twigishere?
Or blossomishere?
Let us give it *time*


You still make high quality content on youtube? Man this guy is crazy, keep the good work up!


I love how this incredibly well produced,  and you know your fuckin memes.

subbed


Never really liked him but I still feel sorry for the poor guy


2016, a year when Youtubers whose vids were monetised didn’t make family friendly content to avoid demonetisation but did bc they wanted to entertain kids or were edgy and based around drama.  If only we could experience that time again.

Koi YTP “If only we could experience 2016 again.”<br>-Some Sociopath, 2018

Koi YTP “If only we could experience 2016 again.”
-Some Sociopath, 2018


This was an amazing video, it’s so well made and interesting. Your theory actually makes a lot of sense. In fact I remember when I was in fifth grade Leafy started gaining a lot of popularity and kids in my grade told me about him, I got a few of his videos in my recommendations, but a few months later I never saw his videos anymore.


I think that leafys content cop was so impactful because him and idubbbz share the same viewers; the ricegum one had no effect, for example, because they share little to no viewers

You took the words exactly out of my mouth. The people who liked leafy also liked idubbbz's content so it peaked their interest. Many of ricegum's audience probably could not get behind the kind of content idubbbz made and thought he was just another hater so they wrote him off as one.

@Roger Dalzell But I'm pretty sure most people that gave Leafy shit, because they were iDubbbz fans, were also Leafy fans, before the Content Cop

I can assure you they were not interchangable fanbases


Leafy just made a 30 second video, He bak


I feel like I've just listened to a very insightful audiobook. This video was so clever and perceptive...


“Minecraft reaches its cultural peak, and would never again reach the same level of relevancy”<br>2019’s been weird, man. Minecraft is cool again, and I couldn’t be happier.

“Minecraft reaches its cultural peak, and would never again reach the same level of relevancy”
2019’s been weird, man. Minecraft is cool again, and I couldn’t be happier.

Sentry Buster It by definition isn’t, nor ever has been.

@bdjsjshhehehd leafy teaming up with techno in minecraft mondays it would be so epic


I went through 10 videos about Leafy, and the recommended vids gave me a grand total of ..... 2 Leafy vids. My God, Youtube did kill him...


Came for the memes. Stayed for the content.


Ok but still leafy still gots more subs then you

Sub count really doesn't matter here. Emp receives more genuine respect then leafy.


I think you just need to do what you love and not wanting to get famous, if people don't like it it's ok, you just gotta find what you love and do it, and maybe one day you will find a group of people who share your interests and find friends. I hate how fake and image obsessed youtube has become while before it was just people doing what they wanted to do for fun. Money changes everything I guess.


Aight Leafy just uploaded a new vid. nice


Wow, it's been 2 years, since i had posted this comment, time indeed flies by.

LeafyIsHeren't?  Not anymore.<br>Leafy. IS. Here.

LeafyIsHeren't?  Not anymore.
Leafy. IS. Here.

It seems, that this is the time of the decade, when leafy has returned and he is here.

This is why I hate today's memes just look at this reply string.


This was actually a very well made documentary! I have to say, it was definitely worth the one hour watch.


Aside from the documentary, which is well-researched and very, very entertaining, I really have to admire the music choice: it fits perfectly and gives off the best atmosphere for each segment. Great video overall!!


I'm so happy that this has 2 million views<br>At last your talent is appreciated

I'm so happy that this has 2 million views
At last your talent is appreciated


The tale of Leafyishere kind of reminds me of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, both of them started with nothing and both of them rose to fame and were motivated by something. And the both of them created an empire that would then be crushed by forces that were beyond their control, in the end both of them would die at the hands of their own hubris. Poetic is it not?

"The tale of Leafyishere kind of reminds me of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, (...)"<br>just end there, lmao

"The tale of Leafyishere kind of reminds me of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, (...)"
just end there, lmao


leafy is just nostaglia to me. He's one of the channels I actually knew right from the beginning ( mc days ). I remember his first ddos video and his comentaries.

stopped watching after idubbz but liek i kinda miss it. It's like an old game that brings good memories. u may play that game now and realize it's actually quite bad - but back in the day it was the shit

if im honest i did kinda stop a while before that as I got bored - but idubbz put the nail in the coffin for me

If no one is a follower then who will the leaders lead?

squeakyshoes did you just say leafy had creative insults?

Leafy can be funny because of the tangents he goes on, and his creative insults.


This video was outstanding, probably the best movie I’ve seen to date.


When i first saw your video, i was like : "Shit how dafuq can i spend 51 minutes of my life to see this ranting video ?"

But i watch anyway because Leafy is on the title

At the part the downfall of Leafy, i start to think :"Shit, this video must suppose to end here" but the twist that Content Cop actually didnt kill Leafy hit me back so hard that i have to watch the entire of the video

Nice work EmpLemon. You got me

P/s: Hisssssssssssssssssssssss

My final Hiss for Respect <br>HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

My final Hiss for Respect
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

one last hiss for old times sake

hissssssssssss 😔🤘

@ii chittaphon hey the nights not over your not trying hard enough

@ii chittaphon hisssssssssssssssssssssssssss but for reptilia by the strokes


To your theory, in my opinion Leafy died because his fuel was YouTube drama, and YouTube drama was just becoming dead and irrelevant, especially since no more significant news or drama was happening. It was kinda becoming a big dead "meme". But it could have been partially because of what you said too.


I feel like content cop wasn't made to destroy bad content creators, its to teach them a lesson. If they don't change their content after content cop, they decline. so was the case with leafy, and how to, while people like tana and keem changed their egotistical douchbag personalities, so they were definitely taught a lesson.


Ironically the YouTube community became toxic anyways.

@Jink Kefka you know, you actually have a point there. I guess I'm just tired of seeing Jake and Logan Paul everywhere and not actually good content creators that deserve their limelight. There's so many channels that rush their content just so they can get some pay and that's just not good (i.e. five minute crafts). But alas, without motivation comes lack of... motivation. You right, you right.

@Jink Kefka I doubt youtube content would suck if people stopped getting paid. YouTube was fine a good few years ago when it wasn't a money-making machine. Now that's what people want so they'll do whatever they can to bring in the money bags. Of course not everybody is greedy/using this platform to survive, but the vast majority are and you can bet there's corruption. My thoughts are not impactful because YouTube isn't going to stop paying people, that would be stupid. I'm just saying that it should have never happened.

@Jaylee Parsons Well lucky for them that I'm not apart of the Youtube team, making executive decisions. If it were me, YouTube should have never became a "job opportunity" to begin with. Anything to do with money will end up with corruption. People who depend on YouTube for income are on rocks anyway, since it isn't a reliable source (it can be taken away at any moment.) Although I agree that content creators should recieve some sort of reward for the hardship that they commit to, it shouldn't be openly available to everybody (at this point they aren't going to stop being a company; that would be dumb since YouTube is the most used social media outlet ever.)

@For The Honor of Grayskull Tiny issue, people that make a living off of YouTube will go.out of business, even independently owned channels that also.make good content.

Yep. Should have never became a company. Once they stop paying people, then maybe we'll get a genuine community again. Now, it's just wash-ups for money and people who actually use YouTube creatively and seriously are left underground. And for what? Money, and the chain-reaction of other popular apps dying and coming to this place to re-up.


Ironic now that everyone loves Minecraft

Peak & Peak there is literally nothing else to say

MyNickIs Nick ok and I don’t like Minecraft there is literally nothing else to say I don’t like Minecraft


The real takeaway from this story is that "YouTube friends" will always stab each other in the back. I am yet to hear of any major large YouTubers who have not yet done this. h3h3 is prime example. He started off as this chill, slightly edgy but not too edgy guy making comedy videos. Since he has knifed every single other person in the back and then used their metaphorical corpse to climb to the next ledge. Now he sits at the top of YouTube's ivory tower, with his videos about a certain recent pandemic now being recommended as "Trusted News Sources" and having videos making fun of him mysteriously getting deleted or demonetized.

So moral of the story kids: if you make it big, never trust anyone. They are all hyenas waiting for you to show weakness.

I don't like everything ethan does or says, but you seem to be operating under guilty until proven innocent with ethan, I'm running on innocent until proven guilty, quite frankly I don't see a whole lot of a point in having a discussion considering we are operating on two entirely different mindsets.

@Myne1001 This idea that he removed gokanaru's video is groundless bullshit, it's an alex jones level conspiracy with more holes than I can count, it got removed because it violated youtubes rules with guns and violence, I think it is a stupid rule from youtube, but I don't think h3 is some sort of evil fucking mastermind with complete control of youtube, and I don't think he took gokanaru's video down, the is baseless bullshit. In the betterhelp situation he was literally just saying that he didn't know about the shit the company was doing, stop getting pissed off for pewdiepie, someone who isn't pissed off.

@Lazzle Dazzle disagreeing is one thing. It's another to criticise your Internet Friends, and then begin crying victim when they criticise you (see: the BetterHelp dumpster fire). That and going on to use your position with YouTube to remove criticism of you. The fact is he just simply uses people and discards them when they have no use. Like every other internet e-celebrity.

I have problems with h3h3, but there is a difference between stabbing someone in the back and disagreeing with them, something you don't seem to understand.

@Family Value55 idubbbz is now someone idubbbz would make a content cop on

@Hellenic Boi His friend H3H3 is also normally someone he would make a content cop on.

@likira111 Nobody is mad, but he's a massive hypocrite. His GF is legit someone he'd make a content cop on.

Like people being mad idubbz lets his gf have an only fans?


Sooo...... When are you taking down this video, like i love it but you know...


love him or hate him, he was a Legend. #ComeBackLeafy


My mum asked me some days ago "what happened to that Youtuber that you used to watch after school? The leafy something kid" and i said "he died". I watched this video today and I started crying. FFS.

He is alive though. He decided to be a new man in the real world. Don't worry. Watch Emp's new bid for more Info


I miss 2016 YouTube. The Filthy Four were practically in their prime, h3 had some of it's best videos (as well as early 2017), and there where videos for everyone to watch. For real, whenever the demonitizing started happening nothing was the same. The best youtubers became a shadow of their former selves. H3h3 is kinda dead, idubbbz is kinda dead, filthy frank and max quit theirs, and now new guys are rising. Ironic how the most hated youtubers are viners (ex. The Pauls, Lele Pons, too damn many) and how some of the new loved ones were viners too (ex. Cody Ko, Danny Gonzalez, Drew Gooden)


>when you feel sympathetic after seeing an evil figure's entire <b>youtube</b> career.

>when you feel sympathetic after seeing an evil figure's entire *youtube* career.

@DerpyDosh >calling greentext meme arrows

@krishnugget >calling meme arrows greentext

Honestly he was never that bad, especially if the people he was “cyberbullying” were actually fucked up like a girl who defended hitler, a girl who had sex with dogs, a man who told kids to die, onision who recorded his sick wife instead of actually getting her help, the list is long...

The Tetra profile pic helps, I can't be mad at Tetra

BasedSwiss >when you do a green text on YouTube

que in this:
leafy is here is at the top of his game [upgrade]
YouTube stabbed him in the neck like a goddamn cow in a butcher shop and then hid it meticulously by using the hate being generated around him [fuck go back]
YouTube then decides to put worse people on top and proceeds to fuck everything up worse than it was [I SAID GO BACK]


That tobacco (or is bmsr?) song at around 25 min


A full featured, hour long emplemon epic?<br>Hell yeah!

A full featured, hour long emplemon epic?
Hell yeah!


i wish people had half the quality that you have with you're vids, keep doin good lad.


as someone who avoided this stuff, this was really interesting now that the flames were out and looking back at this stuff.