Damn, what a throwback. I subbed to him when he was just transitioning from that short "storytime" phase he had to the cringeroasting stuff. It was all great fun, when you said you had to admit he was very entertaining at the time, I feel you so hard. What can I say, it was perfect for my edgy teenage self. I stuck with him through the H3 stuff, and also the Content cop, although I really felt Idubbz had him by the balls. I think I stopped watching Leafy about a month later, not because of CC, but because he had become stale and uninteresting.
I do still like his clones today though, Pyro really turned it around and he's better than ever now imo. Even NFKRZ is still around kinda.
Anyways, good video, really took me baack!


I guess Leafy was on a downward spiral and then youtube stopped it.

Interestingly he gained +690k subs in just 3-4 months lol

Not really he was about to hit 5 million lol


anyone else here after his channel was deleted


R.I.P Leafys Channel, Cause Of Death - Termination


Leafy is watching this on his Twitch channel right now.


Leafy didn't in the survive current climate


Cant wait for the next vid about leafyisgone


Here after Leafy’s channel got terminated rip


Well. This video is relevant again. RIP Leafy


This is what happens to a gangsta that doesn't pay his taxes


Also (sorry for comment spam) I legit have never gotten Leafy vids in my recommended after 2016, i mean to be fair i totally won't now that they gassed him, but you know what i mean


Leafy won't be returning <br>Gone all the videos of Leafy.

Leafy won't be returning
Gone all the videos of Leafy.


I clicked on this thinking that it was a current video


This is revelant again since Leafy channel got terminated.


Whos here after leafy getting terminated


This is actually...I'm at a loss for words. It's fucking fantastic, I loved every bit of it. You need his power.


Wow. Serious one of the best things I’ve ever seen on this website. So comprehensive and insanely well done. I remember 2016 well, I was a massive fan of the commentary community and this was a major trip down memory lane. I am kinda nostalgic for that year. I wasn’t a reptilian per se (I was more of a diehard Pyro fan at the time) but I still watched my fair share of Leafy and he had a place. I miss his dumb fake giveaway jokes at the end of videos.


I remember a lot of this shit unfolding back when I was in 6th grade lol

In one of my weeks of summer camp, everyone was making Keemstar jokes.

I also remember the iDubbbz content cop at the beginning of 7th grade

Ah the nostalgia

Edit 2: I think I remember I stayed a little longer

I think I found out about a month or 2 later somehow

Fuck you're young. Wait til you get to your 30s like me and nostalgia will hit you in the face like a tonne of bricks.

Same, that was LITCHRALLY what me and my friends talked about a lot of the time.

I like Hypno better than Alakazam.

And I agree with your comment. The nostalgia is real...

Edit: More like the summer and beginning of 7th as I learned about Leafy in like spring 2016

I was a fan of his until he got exposed


So curses dont last that long? Good to know.

the two who likes who ruined 666, please undo them or you'll be cursed

Holy Horse What a horrible night to have a curse.

MR DARK LOST THAT BATTLE, LEAFY ENDED UP LOSING THE WAR.

Holy Horse it's too freaky of a coincidence to be an implausible outcome

Yea leafys “fate” is WAY to ironic for this to be another dead channel. This is straight up judgement for his sins my dude

Wait, nevermind, just got past the 21 minute mark, I really am autistic

Crap, can someone tell me what the curse is, or am I just autistic?

i was thinking about the curse also when the time it happened O-O

I believe that it is. I can by personal experience say that magic is absolutely real.


After watching this...I wonder what would happen now if he came back with a clean slate and created less toxic content.
Would youtube (the people in charge of it) and his old friends still suppress him?
Would he gain popularity again or keep losing it?
Leafy, if you're out there, and you're somehow reading this, I think it would be worth a try. Humans have a natural instinct to forgive, given the right amount of time to do so.


Of course, leafy was patient 0 of the demonetization scheme

@Tom Hill No Alex Mercer from Prototype, I hope you are fucking with me

@Kraze Does Games Mercer...the family that backed Trump?

To bad he didn't get the Alex Mercer treatment


I have to admit Emp, your style of commentaries and fact based evidence are what I look for in a good video. I really appreciate your take on things from the INSIDE, mostly bc you've been here longer than any of us. I just want to thank you, and can't wait for more!


I'd say that this should be a TV series but that wouldn't be much of a compliment


leafy: every thing is good and well

youtube: snaps

leafy: disintegrate into youtube demonetization sighs

leafy: every thing is good and well

youtube: *snaps*

leafy: *disintegrate into youtube demonetization sighs*

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

BREAKING NEWS: Idubbbz has all the Drama Stones!


They wanted to stop Leafy but they are ok with Jake Paul and Logan Paul. I'm done.

TheProDude the Pauls are dogs on leash. Despite their 'maverick' branding, they will bend over to media pressure, and are easily controlled like a puppet.

Leafy wasn't as alerted as Pewdiepie, the latter was very aware of attempts to knock him off the charts, the former, never did.

i only stopped watching lefe cuz he stopped releasing content. i liked his style of ranting and found a lot of videos funny and saw many small channels. shame the more toxic fans bombarded all of them and this shit happened. the pauls are popular because of dumb trend fueled kids and the people coming for the cringe

EmpLemon's theory is that people like the Paul bros and RiceCum paint a picture of wealth and glory and that's what YouTube wants to depict the website as, so as to appeal more to viewers. Leafy was some bum in a room with mediocre equipment who didn't sell a rich lifestyle full of bitches, hoes, and supercars.   He didn't fit the mold YouTube wants to sell.

TheProDude the Paul's are a cash cow, they are making YouTube tons of money. so naturally they are gonna go with the money. it's scummy but ya cant blame youtube, who wouldn't wanna make a ton of money

TheProDude cause the Paul's fan base are a bunch of little kids, who won't die anytime soon. and leafy was a meme with a bunch of edgy followers... then he meme died and the followers moved on


I never thought I'd make one of those "Who's watching this in [current year] comments but man...


This was an extremely well done documentary.
There's actually a lot to learn from leafy's mistakes.
Thanks!


I'm surprised internet historian wasn't in this video, the video is great all the same it just seemed like something he'd look into. Thanks for the top kek content lemon boi


This is one of the hidden gems in the crown of YouTube good content


I would love to see leafy survive in today's climate.. you can't even swear bro.

@John Rollercoaster Jr. just like leafy though, if they don’t like you, they’ll use swearing as a reason to demonetize your videos.

@Lazzle Dazzle "Your silence is deafening." hahahaha. I think this guy is just trying to blame you for his tinnitus. You can't argue with stupid. Cheers

@Chris Bartek I'm not here to defend ethan mate. I'm just saying that he hasn't been banned off the platform. That is literally all I'm saying mate. There is really nothing else for you to add her.

@Lazzle Dazzle
He didn't interview a scumbag, he replatformed him and legitimatized his delusions.

Idk if h3's dad told him "Don't fight fire with fire."

@Lazzle Dazzle <br>Your silence is deafening.

@Lazzle Dazzle
Your silence is deafening.

@Chris Bartek I wouldn't really call him a commentary youtube at this point, he is a podcast host, who occasionally makes videos.

@Chris Bartek We'll see. Promote is most likely a strong word. Especially considering I've heard nothing of this from the drama community hivemind which despises ethan, you are damn near certainly stretching the truth.

@Lazzle Dazzle Perhaps...<br>But he's certainly doing worse than just about every other youtuber in the Commentary Community lol

@Lazzle Dazzle Perhaps...
But he's certainly doing worse than just about every other youtuber in the Commentary Community lol

@Chris Bartek Ok, what are you trying to say, I wouldn't say Ethan's doing amazing, but he certainly did better on youtube than leafy.

@Lazzle Dazzle cough cough Socialblade cough cough

@Lazzle Dazzle *cough cough* Socialblade *cough cough*

@Chris Bartek Well he hasn't gotten banned yet, unlike leafy, so I'd say he is doing pretty well.

@Lazzle Dazzle <br>I would also like to see h3h3 survive in this climate.

@Lazzle Dazzle
I would also like to see h3h3 survive in this climate.

To start with, I know that this is a civil comment section and 90% of the time errs on the side of reason and (un)common decency. I'm not being angry, vindictive, or trying to say "YOU'RE WRONG!"<br>That being said, I want to know how exactly you reached the conclusion that you're not allowed to swear anymore on Youtube. I know dozens of examples from recent videos that contradict this hypothesis. And no, Youtube's "Family Friendly" policy does not count, seeing as how its enforcement is about as tight as the arguments from that one guy who tried to brand me as a pedophile over cartoon horses.

To start with, I know that this is a civil comment section and 90% of the time errs on the side of reason and (un)common decency. I'm not being angry, vindictive, or trying to say "YOU'RE WRONG!"
That being said, I want to know how exactly you reached the conclusion that you're not allowed to swear anymore on Youtube. I know dozens of examples from recent videos that contradict this hypothesis. And no, Youtube's "Family Friendly" policy does not count, seeing as how its enforcement is about as tight as the arguments from that one guy who tried to brand me as a pedophile over cartoon horses.

@Affordable Window Cleaning You see? Ethan was right, Leafy couldn't survive in this current youtube climate.

I would love to see Leafy get terminated<br>-poki's tier 3 subs

I would love to see Leafy get terminated
-poki's tier 3 subs

I mean ethan was kinda right, youtube already tried to fuck leafster over.


Im totally with you on that conspiracy. The only reason why is the fact they wouldn't come out with the truth and when it came out they knew what was going on and it wasn't just a glitch and the whole blacklisted system was found they had too fix it so people wouldn't start something they couldn't win.. do you know what would happen if you went too leafy with this video? He would sue.. because they made him go under. If you did the same to a company they would go bankrupt.. just remember a monopoly is a bad thing


While I definitely do see your point in how youtube has been censoring "unwanted" videos and may have helped in the death of Leafy, I think that the Content Cop on Leafy did have a massive impact because of the audience overlap between idubbbz and Leafy, as both channels at the time appealed to the "edgy teen" demographic and I can speak from experience as I was a part of both of their fanbases and only began to realize Leafy's more negative aspects after seeing the Content Cop.

chiken YouTube always been manipulative as fuck. They instantly took down the Asian Jake Paul content cop but when they realised it was about RiceGum (Rice is similar to Leafy for roasting) then the video came back up. The ElsaGate problems has been there for years in the commentary community but after like 2 years when it got so big that big YouTubers talked about it s YouTube got so much hate that they started losing money over these creepy Elsegate channels so they took the channels down. Before Elsagate there was this chain of pedofilia group that made a chain of borderline child pr0n by making playlists called young girls dancing (lots of the videos were not even dancing videos) and also naming videos "Webcam video from 02/11/11"  something like that and people reported it to YouTube for so long and they never did something about it because these pedos gave these borderline pr0n videos lots of views and that means lots of money for YouTube. Once a big YouTuber adressed it, idk which one I think H3H3. More people started hating youtube for it and again they started losing money and guess what, the pedo videos are gone. There is way more corrupt shit YouTube does, they are one big propaganda.


Although I was never a leafy fan (didn't even hear of him till after he left YouTube), I'm glad in a way that he didn't try and adapt. He was who he was. In an era when so many people bend to the wishes of society, I think the world needs more individuals who will just be the person they choose to be, whether or not it leads to a successful life in the eyes of others.


@Ebiegberi Adonkie what's that suppose to mean?

Imagine how amazing it would've been if leafy commented on this video and said something ambiguous like "hiss?" Or " I'm sorry"

Emp gets no cash off this anyway lol.. its claimed

@Augusto Pinochet Adblock is the way to go, just give to the patreon of good channels and save yourself 10 minutes a day I say


The finest documentary on The Great Drama War. Those were indeed dark days. But darker days are ahead. And all will be lost.

There will be an endtimes, the World Yhat Was will be destroyed, but from the ashes... THE AGE OF SIGMAR SHALL BEGIN!!!

Yeah now we have Musically and Vine wash-ups

I will remmember that for the 2020 election.

2016's drama was like youtube world war 1. and now the paul brothers and douchetubers make up youtube world war 2.


You weren't kidding about that tin foil hat. That little tangent you went off about why leafy was losing subs was complete bullshit.

Explain your logic for how he was losing subs and views before content cop?


"Any logical defence Leafy could have made didn't matter, because he had a weird chin."

Just sums the whole content cop/content deputy up really.

'Today is the day we get to BULLY LEAFY'<br>-rubadubudub, about two minutes and twenty seconds into the content cop

'Today is the day we get to BULLY LEAFY'
-rubadubudub, about two minutes and twenty seconds into the content cop

although ian's points were still too good for leafy to respond to

@Neiasaurus Creations

>You can just turn off your phone or PC. So it's a style of "bullying" that requires you to either be terminally stupid, or so vain you can't walk away.

As a wise man once put it long ago, "Hahahahahahahaha How The Fuck Is Cyber Bullying Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Walk Away From The Screen Like Nigga Close Your Eyes Haha"

dude what you're saying is dumb.
1) it's still bullying. you can spin it all you want. you can try to deflect it all you want. But it will always be bullying. someone shouldn't have to purposely go away to not get bullied. "ohhh if you're getting bullied in school, just dont go to school." or "ohh you dont want to get kicked when going to the park trying to play like everybody. Just don't go to there." It's a ridiculous argument and leafy will always be a bully. And a cyber bully to be specific.
2) you're right. leafy couldn't control his fans. and his cancerous fans were gonna do it anyways. But that's what you get when you create a cancerous community with very very toxic behaviour. Leafy's videos almost always had a very toxic edgy feel to it. And this attracted toxic people.
3) Leafy didn't start this BY FAR. there were dozens if not hundreds of youtube personalities exactly like that. Even h3h3 was waaaay ahead of that. Also i can't really call leafy's videos critical. because most of the time leafy just called someone a name. I don't call his video on tommy(the autistic guy) very "critical". It just, again, cyber bullying calling someone names.
4) you REALLY think ian made fun of leafy's chin, in a very very repeating manner, because he couldn't think of other things? fucking lol.
like i said in my previous comment. Ian was making fun of leafy's video style. The repeating of dumb shit trying to make fun of someone. You're forgetting how Ian made fun of how clearly insecure and how much of a bitch leafy was. Which is really ironic for a bully.
Ian didn't try criticize all his cancerous content(which he still did) because everyone already did so.
like ian said "today we get to bully leafy".

I wouldn't call it bullying for various reasons. 1) You can just turn off your phone or PC. So it's a style of "bullying" that requires you to either be terminally stupid, or so vain you can't walk away. Especially with block functions.  2) He did have a disclaimer telling people not to do that, but it's not like he was mind controlling them. They were going to do it regardless of what he said. That's on them, not him. 3) Leafy in a way gave rise to the era that NOTHING was beyond criticism, no matter what or who it is. This is a glorious thing other YouTubers have taken the torch.  4) If the worst thing in your life is someone talking about your malformed chin, you're in a golden place and should be fucking happy that you're not in a worse state.  All that said, the content cop was good. I didn't stop watching leafy though, I had to go out of my way to find his videos, and I did. Edgy teenage time and all that. I would happily watch leafy videos if he returned tbh. I'm a toxic reptile with no fucking shame.

you have to remember Ian purposely made the content cop on leafy like a leafy video. The way he was just really bullying people and repeating the same shit. The content cop on leafy was almost like a Leafy parody video. But a lot better.


Subbed to Leafy around his 200k mark, after being "recruited" into the reptilian brotherhood as a cringey 14 year old. Looking back I remember missing a lot of his videos near the end because YouTube never notified me, and eventually I lost interest because checking his channel all the time became a chore, it having little to do with content cop. Your analysis definitely checks out. A very interesting watch, definitely brings me back


I miss the dank era of YouTube, allowed to swear and do edgy things. Now, because of demonetisation, it's all capitalist manufactured Douchetubers; all because bowl cut mothers got triggered.

I would to back 2016 and how they work back then.

@The KYLE Projekt Literally no one was praising communism

hey, I had that exact profile picture as you some time ago.

@Comrade Hartliss Regulated capitalism is not pure capitalism. Get the <b>fuck</b> out of my notifications.

@Comrade Hartliss Regulated capitalism is not pure capitalism. Get the *fuck* out of my notifications.

@bdjsjshhehehd The funny thing is that the YT Kids app gets away with worse content then vanilla YT.

As vapid as they were, I still miss all those MLG videos from the 2014-2015 era. Those were the days..

@Anonymous AJ yeah, but that's reality. In reality capitalism is exploiting and slaving billions (not just for work, but to buy their products) and pretty much killing the Earth

@youtubə Regulated capitalism is an insult to the word capitalism.

@Anonymous AJ That's not capitalism, as long as the means of production are dedicated to make profit and are not owned by the state it is capitalism, censorship can still happen

@the gas man Pretty sure that wasn't a joke played for a meme. Seems like a pretty genuine comment.<br>Also, calling your opposition names will never win you an argument. But don't take my word for it.

@the gas man Pretty sure that wasn't a joke played for a meme. Seems like a pretty genuine comment.
Also, calling your opposition names will never win you an argument. But don't take my word for it.

@the gas man No idea who you're talking about or how it's relevant.

@Brat Bud Because the concept of capitalism is a free market with no intervention. Censorship is an intervention that directly interferes with said free market.

What an intesting and Very Specific way to put it....which means it's likely wrong

the dank era was one of the best for the internet itself. but it does due to one 7 year old in 2016 telling his mom what a meme was. there will never EVER be another era, time, or age on the internet like it.

Don't call censorship capitalism. That's an oxymoron.

Cheeki Breeki There’s literally a separate app called youtube kids I don’t get it at all


You could honestly make a feature-length documentary about YouTube in 2016. Although you actually covered a decent chunk of it in this video, it's still quite intriguing how so much in the way of drama and commentary channels happened in a relatively short amount of time.


damn this all feels like it was decades ago... but all of this happened like 2-3 years ago! And i was there!


Leafy reminds me of the mongolian empire, spreading fast and far but ultimitely expanding too far, and eventually collapsing. Or even a star that got so big it eventually collapsed into a black hole

Fair enough. But i still like my analogy

Adam the thing is the Mongolian Empire fell because Ghengis Khan did the mistake to give 1 piece to each of his sons


This video made me realise how much things have changed in these few years...

Chase SaysHi Conversely, to me it feels like it all happened yesterday. 2017 just feels like it didn't happen. Squeezing an entire year into what feels like an hour's worth of memory. It's so surreal and odd.

Tactic right? I could've sworn this stuff was ancient news, but it was only 2 years ago?! Crazy


I had like 15 minutes of free time so I decided that I will look at some youtube videos..

I click on this one... and after 5 minutes i accidentally press space on my keyboard which leads to the video to pause.
And I see that I've been watching for 40 minutes.

And I got fired.

Thanks EmpLemon.


"Leafy is on a downward spiral"

Leafy's entire YouTube channel has been a downward spiral.

Fletcher Reed for every rise of an empire there is a fall


One of the most legitimately entertaining content creators on the site. I don’t know how emp is still at under 300K. YouTube poops carry an unfortunate stigma. This turns off some viewers I believe, combined with the YouTube censorship of many of Emps videos through the demonization algorithm works against emp. Only channels that are extremely normie friendly can explode on YouTube anymore. No more filthy franks or idubbz will emerge naturally. Hopefully emp can buck this trend this new content is extremely promising.

He is still under 300k because his content is good and good content doesn't get promoted on this site.


This is actually awesome. Your editing, storytelling, and everything is actually incredible.


LISTEN BRO. I DONT KNOW IF YOUR GONNA SEE THIS COMMENT. BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST AND WELL MADE YOUTUBE VIDEOS I HAVE EVERY WATCHED. LIKE DEADASS. I WASNT EXPECTING TO WATCH A 50 MIN VIDEO BUT I DID THIS WAS 10/10.


I feel like the further it gets in history, the more YouTube will just seem like a weird place and a really weird time. It's definitely the start of another big era in human history, even if it's hard to see what the era is yet. But along the way, I'll be fucked if it isn't the strangest human circus I've ever seen

The internet itself is an era in history


I think part of it was Leafy's viewers being tired of his negative content, the content cop was just enough to put people into action.

Slurpwis yea, I remember around when the onision v leafy stuff was going down I went from being an onion fan to being a leafy fan, but I watched his old videos when he was actually kind of funny, and when I went forward to watch his more recent videos he was like. Not funny, and I had gotten kind of tired of it like you’re saying. It was entertaining while it lasted though

Slurpwis That’s one of the reasons I left. But for me, it just got stale. His insults starting becoming uninteresting at best, and being a bully at worst. He just got bland, and lost what made him unique.

Leafy's viewers tired of negative content, take action after watching more negative content

@Phrax yeah but everyone already knew how leafy was like. Nothing idubbz said shined a new light. Same with ricegum. Everything idubbz "exposed" all the fans already knew. The hate came from idubbz fans at least %95

As a prior leafy fan I think that was not even close to right...

Slurpwis I honestly think it was Leady’s own fault, building a toxic audience that are so vicious they will attack and destroy anyone, so when leafy showed weakness in the face of idubbbz, they turned on him and ate him alive, but the brain dead fans stayed behind, who you can still see pining and screaming for him on his channel today.

the content cop took advantage of leafys audience, leafys audience attacked leafy becouse it became the cool thing to do.

I binge watch his old videos almost every week, I honestly loved watching him rip apart cancerous content on YouTube and I still have the bell turned on hoping for a miracle

Honestly i never took IDubbbz seriously since hes just a big meme im still subcribed to Leafy but nothing has been uploaded lately

Slurpwis I also agree. I watched his content regularly, and overtime I started to find it bland and kinda repetitive. Finally I saw the content cop and stopped watching.

I can actually attest to that. I started watching Leafy around the Jacob Satorious' Sweatshirt video. I started to get board of his videos around the fourth Keem rant, but didn't completely realize it until the content cop rage. I guess I was a bandwagoner, which I regret in retrospect, but Leafy's public opinion definitely was affected by Content Cop. I now greatly miss that period in YouTube, and it sucks to no we aren't ever getting anything like that back.


I'm absolutely in love with the production quality of all your videos dude, I can't imagine the hell you have to go through with all this editing. tbh we need more content creators that put solid effort into making videos as polished and cleanly produced as your channel


So after Leafy took your advice and started punching up, YouTube bans him.

@youtubeuserdan It's the roachdogg junior, a legendary individual.


I would love to see Leafy try and exist in today's current landscape, like the content that he was making would never fly on YouTube today, and you have to adapt and overcome the fact that like, you can't even curse now like I dont know.


Youtube truly hit its peak in 2016, and has been on a downward spiral ever since.


19:50 I don't know why it was so funny to me to hear leafy say what's up. But that's just one of the many instances of your amazing editing and comedic timing Emp, keep up the great work! :)


Emp in 2018: "Minecraft would never be that popular again"

2019-2020 internet: Nahhhh

and this new mcyt era is terrible and more terrible and worse and worse until it literally is just a downward spiral i hope this era just dies quickly

It has gotten too popular to the point the old community was better than this redditor mentality modern minecraft of harassing children online

he meant that it would never be that popular again till then. notice the use of would


the effort and research that goes into your videos is actually really impressive


I hope that a mistake of this scale doesn't happen again.
It's so monumental that we only know 2 instances of such monumental mistakes:
1. Titanic
2. LeafyIsHere


I-I would love- People saying, "Oh Leafy come back." I would LOVE to see Leafy come back and try to exist in the landscape today. The content he was making would NEVER fly on YouTube today and you have to adapt and overcome the fact that... You can't even curse bro.

As much of a meme as that statement was H3 was completely right. Leafy had no chance at surviving on YouTube today at least for long.


its 2020 and youtube just said fuck it and terminated his account


Coming back here after he got yeeted.

I hated his old content, his new content was better and had some decent variety, including economic advice.  Still mean spirited, but was at least aimed towards other youtubers and streamers who are professionals.  Actually liked some of those videos

Shame tbh.

Same here. I completely avoided his old content, when he can back this year with new stuff I watched and enjoyed pretty much all of it.


Looks like YouTube’s finally gone and hit the big red button

@Mercury <br>I don't think you controversial when you're again the "Greater Good"

@Mercury
I don't think you controversial when you're again the "Greater Good"

❌ Freedom of speach<br>✅ Greater Good Dictatorship

❌ Freedom of speach
✅ Greater Good Dictatorship


I think he was honestly right. Leafy just got terminated, I think it’s pretty clear YouTube still hates him. By the looks of it they were already messing with with him when he came back. His videos made it in trending but got removed, he’s had multiple videos taken down. Emo was spot on with this one, they are straight up done with him. I highly doubt they’ll let him come back. Well have to see though


The Rise, Fall, And Triumphant Return Of LeafyIsHere

@GCNElite the rise and fall and rise and termination of Leafyishere

The Rise and Fall and Rise of LeafyIsHere


Sort by new, then take a shot every time someone says "This video aged poorly."<br>You'd easily be dead 10 minutes in.

Sort by new, then take a shot every time someone says "This video aged poorly."
You'd easily be dead 10 minutes in.


He recently got terminated after coming back in april, and it took some months for leafy to get terminated


Little did we know that was just season 1 of the Leafy Bizarre Adventure


This videos so well written,

there should be more vids like this

This videos so well written,

*there should be more vids like this*


aged like milk. this is still a great video either way.


Time for the upward”s” spiral to start, leafy is back and there could be a part 2 of this, the rise and fall and rise and fall. You never know.


12:21

2015: "This was a time when channels like FilthyFrank were at their cultural peak, and getting away with videos that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on YouTube."

2020: *YouTube takes down Hair Cake and Human Cake.*

12:21

2015: "This was a time when channels like FilthyFrank were at their cultural peak, and getting away with videos that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on YouTube."

2020: *_*YouTube takes down Hair Cake and Human Cake._**


It's pretty odd seeing how Leafy evolved, fell down hard, attempted to get back up by taking advantage of the reddit shitheads raging about simps, but ultimately fell back down into irrelevancy.  Hate on IDubbbz, Leafy and this comment all you guys want, but let's kinda face things for a second...
Reddit has become an epidemic

It's pretty odd seeing how Leafy evolved, fell down hard, attempted to get back up by taking advantage of the reddit shitheads raging about simps, but ultimately fell back down into irrelevancy.  Hate on IDubbbz, Leafy and this comment all you guys want, but let's kinda face things for a second...
*Reddit has become an epidemic*


34:23 In fact, Content Cop was not supposed to be a "YouTuber killer" but it was to be a sort of measure to make those channels mentioned to make better content, not to kill the channels after all

EDIT: The differente between Leafy and Keemstar is that Keem sort of "learned from his mistakes"


damn this vid almost made me sad for a byegone era. like... being 13 and getting really excited whenever leafy posted a new vid, and talking about youtube drama with my friends in the back of class... it was such a simpler time back then

coming home every day and watching him bully someone was nice


Hopefully Emp will have to make a part 2 soon.


I would love to see leafy survive in todays climate


"Minecraft reached it's cultural peak in 2013, never would get higher"
laughs in 2019

"Minecraft reached it's cultural peak in 2013, never would get higher"
*laughs in 2019*


I shall take note of this, and then forget about it in five minutes.  I'm doomed to fail and it's spectacular.


The ,,All roasts and no play makes Leafy a gone boy" text at the end is the perfect bookend to this video


Turns out leafy just left because he didn’t like the website.

Lazzle Dazzle because as said by emplemon, youtube DOESN’T WANT HIM HERE

@Freidheim of Krolastern It's honestly a shame, I was actually starting to like him with his newer content.

@Lazzle Dazzle Leafy was a relic of the old youtube when there were tons of edgy content

@Freidheim of Krolastern Yep, Ethan was right, and anyone with common sense could've seen this coming a mile away. Leafy's style of content can't exist in youtube anymore.

He may say that, but it's obvious that he's still EXTREMELY salty about the videos other people made on him.

I'm kinda happy that Leafy managed to successfully get a foothold on YouTube again cuz I'm loving his new content


45:17 one time emplemon's channel became too popular too quickly and the YouChew forums were jealous


I remember when I first stumbled across Leafy's Minecraft content and thought he was cool...


I've watched so much Bojack horseman. During the begining before the song really came to the foreground I already felt a sense of excitement and an equal sense of dread.


This made me sad, wish he could've changed; probably had a bit too much going on mentally.


i find this video highly hilarious in today's climate


This now feels like that skit in the simpsons where they were watching Titanic and the giant boat comes back from the water to eat the characters.


Nice video. I actually do see his videos in my recommended every once in a while


Oh god the nostalgia...

It hits like a truck


Nothing like watching EmpLemon at 5:30 am


26:52 I'm surprised Grade doesn't have a huge minigun set on his horse...


And now Emp and leafy follow each other on Twitter lmfao


When you burn hot and bright, you burn fast. But on the other hand, that light inspires and guides others who walk similar paths..


How can you say "reptilian propaganda" without laughing wtf


31:39 look at the top right: "ANIME HAS OFFICIALLY DOOMED THE PLANET EARTH"
I'm just gonna throw in that he's the reason which started my weeb lifestyle. Of course how I've got from Leafy to anime insipirations is a bit complex, but he got me there in the first place. I'll never forget him for that reason.
Also, I never really hated Leafy with a passion. I was a long time viewer when iDubbz' video dropped. I held off watching it for a while but then felt like I had to watch it after Leafy's response video. Yeah sure, I disliked him for a few weeks, but I was/(am?) sad that it has killed his channel. If he'd stayed consistent with his uploads, I could see myself watching his videos, even to this day.

@HIFlipSide Have you seen his latest videos, He includes anime references in pretty much all his videos now i doubt he hates weebs..

Before I checked this vids' comments, I didn't know he came back, no cap. Full pog


ngl leafy leaving and returning is like a good cartoon being remade into a shittier medium


1:27

“That’s where I come in” lmao your face 😂


leafy is a good YouTuber he is almost back to 5 mil


glad i never got into leafy, i just didnt find it all that interesting tbh


“minecraft would never again be as popular” haha yeet


ive had one of his videos appear once. maybe twice, back when i was rewatching all of his videos to relive a time before the world went to shit.


And 2 years later Minecraft is relevant and Leafy is returning... Strange Times


Everyone saying "this aged badly" just because leafy returned just dont know that eventually hell just die again after a few months. Its still the same content as 2016. People just want to believe that hes back just to pretend its 2016 "the good ol days".

Just wait till that high stops then hes gonna quit again. Unless he changes his shit up, which I doubt

dude his new content is just trolling he doesn't even take it serious at all anymore he also said he did all of those things back then for views and money and thats all he cared about and plus its been 4 months and he's still able to reach 1M views in every video sometimes even 2M


That MF DOOM sample gave me chills. You content pirate you.


Emp; by making this video youre basically obligated to make another one about Leafy in a year or so 😁😁


Captains are required to know everything about the ship they captain.  Your analogy is bad


“Minecraft surpassed it cultural peak in summer of 2013, I will never be as popular as it was ever again.”  <b>boy were that wrong!</b>

“Minecraft surpassed it cultural peak in summer of 2013, I will never be as popular as it was ever again.”  *boy were that wrong!*


Damn this video aged like milk in the sun


Ain't this guy back? Pokimane is his new target. I hope you aint a tier 3 sub. Yo great video just needed to be about 20 min shorter. You good though homeboy real talk. This coming from someone who don't like these kinda videos or anything on YouTube really. Thanks for the video. I know it's not easy producing shit like this.


34:00-45:00
some danganronpa shit that was so well explained and entertaining like solving a murder case fuck I love these videos


little bit of trivia is that his curse was real


The king did not step down, he just stepped out for a bit.


now the real question is...

what type of leaf is leafyishere?

now the real question is...

*what type of leaf is leafyishere?*


I have never gotten a leafy video recommended in the last 4 years on youtube


Damn i was hoping to see a comment from leafy on here. Oh well I'll check back later


No longer relevant but still a good piece. C+ tier at best...


so, idubzz the youtube channel killer technically killed himself. nice


Have you heard the tragedy of leafy is here?  I thought not it's not a story the algorithm would tell you...


thing is leafy and keem never exactly hated eachother it was all for money and their friends again now


Man Iddubz before simping was something else.


Leafy came back and he's a reaction channel without face cam lmao. Not shaming, just that he's subpar.


"minecraft reached its cultural peak" hmmmmmmmmmmmmm


The Scripting in these videos are just, MMMMMMMMMMM so gooooood


Dude I just realized Leafy's videos on Keem are 4, and H3H3 videos on keem are also 4


He returned and made a bunch of videos and i didnt get recomended a single one


I love that this video basically admits that nobody saw the minecraft revival comming. It makes me happy:)


I remember thinking it was leafyshire instead of leafyishere


That bojack horseman music in the background compliments this video sooooo much


It feels so surreal seeing one of MrBlackDarkness's videos in Leafy's recent Pokimane video. Its safe to say that the curse has been lifted.


I have never watched any of the youtubers involved in this story.


The Bojack intro song automatically gave me the depresso expresso vibes


Leafy is here<br>no seriously he is back on the track

Leafy is here
no seriously he is back on the track


‘rise and fall’
today: leafy still has 4 million subscribers and gets around 900k views per video

‘rise and fall’
today: *leafy still has 4 million subscribers and gets around 900k views per video*

He regained all of the subs he lost and he's still going


Ima need A vamp. The rise, fall & RISE AGAIN of Leafyishere


1:00 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, HINDSIGHT’S 2020!!!


God I love your music Choices, bojack theme and Gorillaz!


And then the titanic became the Flying Dutchman


I think it’s crazy that pyrocynical got on this, as I’m relatively new to commentaries

Pyro was one of the original leafy clones, his style was ripped right off of leafy with his own deep voiced British flare.


"Minecraft surpast it's cultural peak . . .I will never reach this popularity again"


I actually recently got a recommendation for a recent leafy video


Leafy is back and to be frank I wish he were gone again.


I got a iced tea ad before watching this


I don’t want to be famous I love shitposting its so fun. All I care about is that my videos can make me laugh.


"It would never be so popular" Minecraft: is that a challange punk ?


this video became semi outdated when you said "this will be the highest minecraft will ever do"


i like how this guy liked the content cop lol


@Xoraxus ya I have watched his content series on pokiman.
But recently carry has doubled his subscribers.
And most of them are not his loyal fan...
They have subscribed because he bash tiktokers.
I think he can be cancelled easily...
Hmm dank rishu content chowkidaar
😁😁😁😁

@Piyush Ghildiyal nah, he's way too big to die plus leafy isn't dead, as soon as he started uploading again he got viewers.<br>In my thinking you can't kill a channel once it's famous, you just can't.

@Piyush Ghildiyal nah, he's way too big to die plus leafy isn't dead, as soon as he started uploading again he got viewers.
In my thinking you can't kill a channel once it's famous, you just can't.

Do you think carryminati will also die like leafy?


this video is now pointless because he is back


20! I thought you were at least 23 at the time of this video.


And leafy hasn't changed at all in his comeback, he is still holding a grudge against someone who made fun of their chin like 3 years ago. It's pretty fucking sad.

@Big Papi Oh I did, it was actually pretty funny, but it was obvious he was salty.

Lazzle Dazzle well now you can no longer be disproven, but I have a feeling you didn’t watch any of his new content before it was gone.

@HLA 0302 At the beginning of his video, "the most tilting video someone has ever made on me" he did. It's pretty hilarious.

@HLA 0302 It's pretty obvious that he does if you look at the fact that in one his new videos he played the victim card again, and tried to act like he was a vulnerable victim in the idubbbz situation.


you have to admit, ricegum was killed from the content cop. following the content cop, ricegum's analytics showed a dying channel. millions of subs, but quarter of a million views, at max. then he just kinda got forgotten for a few years, and now he is returning, but without a doubt, iddubz definitely had ricegum dead for a few years


I didnt see any recommendations from a channel called "Leafy is Here"


Such a nicely researched video. I didn't even watch other "Why leafy is dead" sort of videos but I bet they weren't as thorough as the one Mr.EmpLomon served to us. It makes me so confused to see such poorly edited video (low-quality images with jpeg artifacts and softness) feels so good, in fact, better than a video with extensive animations and whatnot, which taught me a very valuable lesson which I already knew but have never actually seen with such presentation, and that is, better animations != better video. Was completely worth spending almost an hour on...


You're what GamerFromMars could be if he had a personality.

I remember watching the GamerFromMars back in 2009

The Widow's Son I see what you mean but considering you have the lele pons and Jake pauls who use screaming as "comedy". having YouTubers who are more calm and laid back are more of my preference

His content is interesting, but I'm still convinced he's an animatronic. Just imagine what they'll be able to do ten years from now.

The Widow's Son nah I like him, rebel taxi and him are the only cartoon reviewers I like and I do have shitty taste so...

@Marquis, He's a very impressive AI that's for sure.

The Widow's Son gamerfrommars isn't a bad channel though


Bruh the bojack intro gave me flashbacks


Umm yeah so about that Minecraft popularity chart...


I miss him. I used to come home from school every day and watch him. It would make me feel good to think that even though he was troubled, he got through it all with jokes kinda like I did. He was truly there when no one else was when I was stupidly depressed. He influenced me highly, and now he’s gone. It sucks.

I don't know what the female AP is, but I'm glad to hear you had more reason than you initially stated. The way you presented the story, what you were doing sounded pretty terrible!

Tax Doctor - If kids are being loud and 'obnoxious' you ask them to quiet down. You don't gather your friends and 'go f*** with them' because they are wearing leafy merch. Unless you want to be a bully...


holy shit, I can't believe how well this is produced. this shit is too good for youtube.


I had been a leafy fan for a few months, after a while I started noticing I was enjoying his videos less and less. The content cop showed me why I was getting bored of leafy while showing me actually entertaining content. That was my (and probably plenty of others) switch from leafy to IDubbbzTV.


You have to admit .  it is strange the downfall happened before the content cop


The Great Drama Wars will never be forgotten 😔🙏

Mark Mason Need that shit during last few years of Highschool lmao

donte llx real OGs remember fred and boxy


Well, he just got suspended today, after making a comeback to YouTube for the past few months.


As one of those people that subscribed to Leafy during his rise in early 2016, this was a really eye-opening (and wonderfully produced) video. Like many others I was drawn into his unique 'commentary over video game footage' style and found it very easy to listen to while multitasking. And like many others, I became disillusioned with Leafy as soon as he became incredibly toxic and got involved with all the Youtube drama.

In the end, his fall was caused by his own hand (conspiracy theories notwithstanding) and the era of personal commentary he led is now in the dustbin of Internet history. But your video reminded me of what made me subscribe to him in the first place, and the lessons to be learnt from becoming famous too fast. And for that, you have earned my subscription :)

P.S. I can see one LeafyisHere video in the recommended list, so maybe Youtube screwed up this time?


Even iDubbbz openly states that Content Cop isn't meant to kill channels, but rather explain their flaws. Of course, no one listens to him outside of his criticism and normally believes his work to be a channel killer.

It's more or less people being idiots and not fully understanding what iDubbbz says.

Amazing video, I would certainly be open to more videos like this. They are a great analysis of YouTube's history.

Josh Van Even though edups didn't intend to destroy his channel, I think his CC on him was nonetheless a big factor in his decline. Because it was so damn brutal and funny many people couldn't help but take it to the extreme and actively shun Leafys channel in favor of idubbbz and other similar channels with higher quality


Im just soooo amazed, bro, you made me stay the whole video, i just cant explain u, but u are so fucking awesome, idk bro, THIS IS REAL QUALITY CONTENT GUYS!!so sad the end, leafy could succesfully be someone else on these days, but like u said, 20 years old, he was 2 young and inmature, srry 4 my bad english tho, great video!!!


Idiot confession :
When Minecraft YouTube first started, I actually said to friends :
'Minecraft is great, but, it's a personal experience; Not many people are going to want to watch other people dig and build stuff.'
Probably one of my most blatantly incorrect assumptions ever.

But I think it might partially be true, if you look at the popular Minecraft YouTubers, they are almost all comedic personalities that appeal to the 8-13 year old kids that were watching them for entertainment, and now that those kids have grown up, and Fortnite is the new Minecraft, their channels are dying. But people like Jeracraft, who are more focused on the advanced building part of the game (rather than just comedy/commentary) are still doing fairly well. I think this is because they have a more mature/focused audience who are playing not playing Minecraft because it's the hot new thing, but because they genuinely like the game, and improving their skill at it.


OH MY GOODNESS! I absolutely adore this video from start to finish! Very informative and very engaging. I always wondered where Leafy went to after a while. One minute he was here and everyone was talking about him and the next he was just gone. Thanks for this!


now leafy is back, but not as interesting as it was during the erlier days.


i did NOT expect this video to be this well thought out and well put together. wow. just wow.


Hows that curse it seems to have helped him

@why why sarcasm* and the fact that the curse was stupid and didnt work try to think bout things before saying

How did the curse helped leafy. Do mean that it gave leafy views or what.


An EmpLemon Commentary with an intriguing topic?
With TF2/ CS:GO references?
And BGM from DOOM, Gorillaz and even the Adult Swim theme?
Oh, this is like a present on Christmas Day.

thelivingmonkey They all have interesting premises. Yet personally, I think the topic of this video is greater that MeiAIDS because we see the rise and fall of a really controversial creator, while MeiAIDS was more mysterious and elusive

Are you implying that not every emplemon commentary has an intriguing topic?


This is an amazing video. I feel like no matter what Leafy is and will always be one if the most influential youtuber and was a genius. If youtube  was the cause of his death, then that even adds to his influence where the big company wanted him gone. And yeah, 2015-2016 was the peak of youtube. I always wondered when youtube started to decline and how it is now, it seems like after leafy’s decline. That period of time I feel like Leafy defined youtube since nearly all the big channels revolved around him.


And now YouTube just straight up killed him off


39:00 Just want to point out: Jake Paul absolutely saved Keemstar in mid July 2017. He is the reason that Keemstar broke 3 million subs. Jake Paul's insane antics those few weeks gave all the young users a reason to sub to Keem because he was delivering the juicy stories fast and furious. Every single day something new was happening and Keem was on the top of his game covering it. I agree that Leafy was suppressed by youtube, but to say that Keem "inexplicably" gained so many subs during that time is completely false. Otherwise amazing video as usual!

Bob Lee Keem was still back on track before summer 2017, he was pulling as many views as he did before leafy and grade lied about him

Heywatchyourmouth made people realize leafy and grade were wrong? Nope, wrong again, leafy and grade were falling before that, because people realized they lied about keem, and because of idubbbz's content cop.

Jacob Thomas keem was falling in 2016, because of Grade A, and leafy, a lot of other commentary channels jumped on the band wagon and started bashing him as well. Pyro being really the only one who had a legitimate reason to make an expose video on him. Later idubbbz, in late 2016, made a content cop on leafy, which lead to him starting to gently fall from grace like a feather, grade A at the time was being a little bitch, and people started realizing grade's points in his videos weren't researched, and he started attacking people who just didn't deserve it. Then early 2017 was the whole heywatchyourmouth expose video on leafy, where it showed that grade and leafy lied about Keem, just so they could separate themselves, that's when both their channels fell, they no longer make videos anymore.

Jacob Thomas he had a fall from late 2016 to summer 2017, Jake Paul helped allot

theVHSvlog Other than that, his videos become much higher in quality with quick fast news storie

2016 was a huge year for leafy and keem wayyy before Jake paul

Jake Paul didn't save keemstar, keemstar was doing great months before that, he got a lot of views and support. The Jake Paul stories just helped him get even more views and subs. He was good off without him

theVHSvlog honestly I even subbed back to keem during all the Jake Paul content with him and also keem was friends with Alissa Violet and clout gang so we wanted their side of this


whats the float on the bowie knife at 34:11 thats fucking sick


For real though, this was a great watch. My only exposure to Leafy was through Content Cop so it's been fascinating to see him through a more sympathetic light.

Really big fan of your work EmpLemon, keep it up


This video is done so well, so much research has gone into this! Great work man.


This has to be one of my favorite videos on the internet, this video kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through, not to mention the editing is spectacular, amazing job


I really enjoy this series that you've been doing. Really well done! Please continue with this!


he never will not at not survive in climate this now


That's actually a really interesting theory you have there about him being the first victim of demonetization and everything.

If that's true, I feel bad for Leafy. He should've died by his own accord, and its terribly fucked up that YT would put him down without him burying his own career.


Love the effort and research you put into videos


Wow this is probably the best youtube documentary I've ever seen

Lawayne Hayes Pyrocynical is pretty good.


I miss leafy personally, his content was like 90 Percent sarcasm, and 10 percent real talk. It may have been a little bit cancerous but i enjoyed him ragging on people who deserved it.

yeah, me too dude. Raiding comment sections with the "hiss" (not the personal attacks and shit) was glorious. Loved it. I miss him too man....


Great stuff, EmpLemon.

Your content is always a treat to watch, thanks for being a great entertainer.


Idubbz memes leafy for no chin the get memed for his gf


I personally think that content cop is less about killing, and more of an attempt to spark deserved hate towards a person or genre.


Damn, when I saw how long this video was I almost ignored it, but once I started it I watched the whole thing without a single pause. Excellent job my man.


What an insightful look at Leafy...
I hate to admit it, but I could never look at him as the victim until this video...
Thanks for an actually mind boggling 50 minutes of watch

asaf chen he was a victim, but it was a good reason.


For those who want one; here’s a timeline that summarizes Leafy’s career:
October 2011 - Leafy creates his account.
May 2012 - Leafy’s account, then dedicated to Minecraft, begins to grow in popularity.
November 2012 - Leafy’s account gains 9,000 subscribers.
July 2013 - Minecraft loses it’s popularity.
August 2013 - Leafy’s account begins to halt in growth,
November 2013 - The first video still on the account is uploaded.
April 2014 - The last surviving Minecraft video is uploaded to Leafy’s account.
November 2014 - The first commentary video is uploaded to Leafy’s account.
February 2015 - Leafy begins trying to find a new style.
March 2015 - Leafy starts using the commentary style more.
April 2015 - Leafy begins his KIDS THAT ARE TOXIC series.
July 2015 - Leafy’s channel begins to boom in popularity.
August 2015 - Leafy begins his KIDS THAT YOUTUBE series,
August 2015 - Leafy’s account becomes even more popular, reaching 100,000 subscribers.
August 2015 - Leafy makes references to the hiss meme.
August 2015 - The his meme becomes popular.
September 2015 - Leafy’s account reaches 200,000 subscribers.
October 2015 - Leafy’s account reaches 300,000 subscribers.
November 2015 - Leafy’s account reaches 400,000 subscribers.
November 2015 - Leafy begins going after specific individuals.
December 2015 - Leafy’s account reaches 500,000 subscribers.
January 2016 - Leafy falls into controversy after making fun of MrBlackDarkness666.
January 2016 - A Wikitubia article is made on Leafy.
January 2016 - MrBlackDarkness places a “curse” on Leafy.
January 2016 The two (sort of) settle their dispute.
February 2016 - Leafy’s account reaches 1,000,000 subscribers.
March 2016 - Leafy makes fun of an autistic man.
March 2016 - The same man releases statements about received death threats.
March 2016 - H3H3Prodictions shares his thoughts on the situation.
March 2016 - Leafy apologizes and acknowledges his mistakes.
March 2016 - Leafy begins to break his friendship with H3H3Productions.
April 2016 - Leafy’s account reaches 2,000,000 subscribers.
April 2016 - Leafy uploaded his most popular video to date.
May 2016 - Leafy’s account reaches 3,000,000 subscribers.
May 2016 - Leafy unlists, then re-lists his video on Leafy.
June 2016 - Leafy breaks his friendship with Keemstar.
July 2016 - Leafy’s account is hacked by PoodleCorp.
September 2016 - Leafy is critiqued by IDubbz.
October 2016 - Leafy’s account begins to decline.
July 2017 - Leafy’s nude pictures are leaked to the public.
July 2017 - Leafy’s account reaches 1,000,000,000 views.
December 2017 - Leafy abandons his account.

Other Gopher the way this sentence is structured sounds exactly leafy. Lmfao.

Feb 2016-    1 million subscribers
April 2016-  2 million subscribers
May 2016-   3 million subscribers

Those numbers are insane! I didn't realize just how fast he shot up in such a small period of time. It makes his eventual downfall and departure even more difficult to comprehend.

@Other Gopher I mean, you asked about it. Just sayin'.

@Other Gopher They're leaked images, so I'm sure you can Google them to find out for yourself.

At around autmmn 2018: Keemstar was able to contact Leafy for an interview


22:07 Jesus Keemstar has such a dead looking face xd


YouTube geographic on Jontron and Pewdiepie <br>How to survive controversy

YouTube geographic on Jontron and Pewdiepie
How to survive controversy

@Cid Luneth <br>There's no actual controversy around him. It was manufactured outrage by the media. None of his viewers were offended, and that's why he's fine.

@Cid Luneth
There's no actual controversy around him. It was manufactured outrage by the media. None of his viewers were offended, and that's why he's fine.

Pewdiepie's pivot from being YouTube's golden boy to the people's champion was damn impressive. It kind of symbolized the way people in general felt about YouTube.

i got a few ideas too:

grade a under a
2016 and the keemstar incidents
buzzfeed
videogamedunkey and his rise to fame

and yeah thats all i got

seg162  I mean in contrast to what was percived of him during his time on Game Grumps and on his channel.
Also there was that time where Sargon invited one of the main organizers of the Charlottesville protest to his stream so he could basically spew his propaganda about how that woman actually die of a heart attack instead of being ranned over, while also laughting about it
Sargon Isn't  far-right, but he sure is their useful idiot

sebastian feijoo I mean, he's neither of those things (you may strongly disagree with his stances), and everyone was accusing him of associating with a Nazi or a right-winger,  Sargon being neither of those.

Lol its a bit idiotic to attribute all the hatred to sjws. What, can't come to terms with the fact that some people genuinely lost respect for him because of the stupid shit he said?

ImmaLittlePip
I think one of the main reason behind the huge backlash of Jon being on Sargon's stream is whiplash some felt in his character
Like Jon was generally view as an overall clean, nice and wholesome guy but then hes hanging out with someone like Sargon who is at best a complete idiot or at worst an intellectually dishonest dirt bag

@Aldrich_Leblanc On what authority are 'random people' like John Tron 'too egotistical' to be allowed a perspective on a complex social issue, without 'exposing themselves to be a fool?' Do they have to be an agenda pushing lobbyist, or a member of the 5 corporations, or any one of its millions of derivatives that own the overwhelming majority of the media? Or better yet, do I have to not be a 'dissenter?'

Kyu Myu he said controversial statements about minorities.

Pewdiepie is one the best examples of this. One of the best redemption arcs in Youtube history. I'm pretty sure the entire controversy revolving around him has only boosted his numbers and reputation. I'm not sure about Jon though, but it does seem like his videos still get views in the millions. He probably just needs to upload more

I'll say this I think most people remember Jontron for his time on game grumps and his flex tape videos than they do a controversy that lasted for 3 months. When he uploaded his vanilla ice video everyone moved on and remembered him as a comedian

Kyu Myu
Gave his Opinions even if they were controversial
Though since Destiny runs with the sjw crowd they are fans of that Pedro Manlet they  ran with the "Jontron is a secret Nazi" narrative
Which you can tell they wanted to do ever since he went on Sargon of Akkads live stream bashing sjws

hannah
Oh I know
Sjws hated Jontron since 2014 and when he went on to sargon stream
Also is the normalboots and hidden block community composed of sjws? I know pbg tends to lean far left but damn

ImmaLittlePip i wouldn't say absolutely everyone's forgotten about the controversy, some sjws are still shaken up by it to this day (i know this because i'm close with the normalboots/hiddenblock community)

MetalEclipse <br>Especially since Jontron is doing much better than ever and (most) everyone has forgotten the controversy

MetalEclipse
Especially since Jontron is doing much better than ever and (most) everyone has forgotten the controversy

ImmaLittlePip This is a great idea. If Emp ever wants to do another one of these then this would be definitely worth the wait


My days as a leafy fan were simpler times


Emp, this was your best video by far. I was planning on leaving a long comment with many points and many explanations for each point, but it turns out I get fewer likes on long comments than people who just say stuff like ”This video is great” without any points or explanations what so ever. And it’s happening to me on literally every channel, not just here so... This video is extremely entertaining and thought out very well, I guess.

Also, can you please make a Youtube geographic video on GradeAUnderA? I never really understood what happened to him.

I know this is a long comment (I didn’t want this to be like this), but what I was thinking about writing would at least 3x times longer than this.

Phantom2524 Some rich boy under the disguise of a let's react persona made the big chin fall for his truck and made a absolute idiot out of him, especially when he created a video that manage to fool his subscribers. Grade A never recovered from that.


You know, of all the things to comment on, I have to give you props Lemon for the awesome soundtracks to your videos.  The timing, quality and impact of the songs is always great.


The artistic aspect of those videos is astounding. From the editing to the music choices... It's a very original and consistent technique which I can only associate with you. It's like internet-nostalgia themed, and I absolutely love it. Also, script-wise, from the rants to the investigative videos like this, it is sublime. It's engaging, even with the longer duration. It's not over-the-top or annoying in the slightest, differently from 99% of YouTube today.

As someone who clearly understands internet culture and sees the true potential for study, investigation and, most importantly, engaging stories on the medium, you're the type of content creator YouTube most desperately needs today, and I'm really happy to see a video like this succeed. I will dare to call you underrated, not because you don't have one billion ghost subscribers, but mainly because I think this series should be something of a recognized staple of YouTube culture, fixed and propagated throughout this website, even though I know they would never allow it.

All in all, congratulations, this is a prime example of great content, hope you keep up developing your channel even further.


As a person who never really understood what it means that "Leafy is back", it's really helpful to find content like this that explains the nuance and depth of Youtube's history in a way that makes you appreciate even the villains' backstory as you glimpse a peak behind the curtain. Years from now, videos like these will be used to analyze our current culture. Also, no chin.


This video was absolutely fantastic. Atop your editing skill, your perspective is spot on.<br>Great moves Emp, keep it up, proud of you.

This video was absolutely fantastic. Atop your editing skill, your perspective is spot on.
Great moves Emp, keep it up, proud of you.


This is just a well made video. Didn’t think I would watch all 51 minutes, but damn this was well made. And I think you are right, YouTube killed him. They didn’t want that type of content on the site. Something else, you know how I found your channel? Because of a comment you made on a video.


Might have been the 1st to have ever been cancelled? Lol oh oops almost forgot Like literally like literally literally 5 more x should do it lmfao


The best thing that came from this video - I discovered who MrBlackDarkness is and I binge watched his videos for 2 hours last night and laughed the entire time. That dude is a fucking GEM.

I know right? at first he just seemed like a random weirdo, but now he's just a pretty likeable guy.


I love these retrospectives and all the information provided is extremely well put together, but i keep noticing ways your editing could improve. I only say this as a creator that struggles to receive actual criticism, often times asking for it, but easing in and easing out your graphics rather than abrupt choppy movements that come to a sudden hault would improve your visuals a LOT. Takes more time to edit but if your goal is to improve these, then I think you may want to consider it. Otherwise you perform a lot of techniques I love, like the specific highlighting of certain areas of the screen while you dim the rest or when you find juuuust the right simpsons scene to illustrate your message. Awesome work overall, subbed and hungry for more.


Having not seen a Leafyishere video in my life, this is how I've actually learned what his channel is/was about and what the informed hate surrounding him had been about.


I love this video for obvious reasons (it's just very well made) but my favourite part is the editing and every once in a while I come back to that intro of LeafyIsBlazing. God, that entire sequence is genius. The comparison to cowboys and "be the first one to fire" cut to Idubbbz with his Content Cop. ICONIC.


I definitely agree with the YouTube theory, during his decline prior to the content cop, I almost NEVER saw his vids on recommended, even though I saw them all the time previously.


I was still subscribed to him up until today, as i watched this. Totally blows me away how youtube willingly made someone vanish the way they did! Smart move


When Leafy dies again you gotta make a  "There will Never Ever be Another Channel like LeafyisHere" just based on the line at 50:31


I'd love to see him succeed in today's climate!


Based on how YouTube is treating commentary channels in 2020, I think Emplemon's theory on how YouTube originally cancelled Leafy is starting to make sense.

Edit: I heard the news. Leafy's channel has been permanently terminated from YouTube.


2013-2017:Leafyishere
2017-2020:Leafywashere
2020:LEAFYISBACK
2020(later): Leafywashere??? Again???
2020(even more later): Leafyisback... Again...

Et3RnáL it’s gone now. if YouTube doesn’t let leafy have his channels back, he’s gone for good.

@ABI yeah losing 5m subs is not exactly "back" (at least now he has 69k hahaha)


thank you for bringing leafy back, mr lemon


This one gave me goosebumps. I wish more people watched shit like this start to finish.


Incredible video. You've earned my subscription sir!


That ending was truly amazing. I'm glad he actually used the music too.


Leafy is the spectator who watches Ethan and Keemstar fight each other.


<i>Minecraft would never be so popular again...</i>

_Minecraft would never be so popular again..._

@smoochmgooch naw because now normies play minecraft to, so it has a really large audience

@Itz Pro cause they didn't do shit with Minecraft til 2018

@Bruh Dam yeah 2017 and 2018, MC was really dead in the water

@smoochmgooch what year are you in 2017? Minecraft has never been morr popular than now.

Minecraft is still kinda popular rn but 2013 was def the peak


Leafy got so much power but he just doesn't realized it. If he did, he can make his community do so many things and make his channel bigger


"I would love to see Leafy"<br>~A chin without an owner

"I would love to see Leafy"
~A chin without an owner

@Lazzle Dazzle unfortunately you're right 😔😔😔

@Eddy Drouet I'm not saying this is a good thing, I hate it, I'm just saying Ethan was right.

@Lazzle Dazzle I understand getting demonetized to hell and back for his advertisement-unfriendly content, but straight up banning him without any prior strikes is absolutely unacceptable, and creates a precedent for any other content creator to get banned instantly without prior warning or strikes. This is bad. Like, really bad.

@Eddy Drouet The kind of content leafy made couldn't survive in this new climate, Ethan was totally right.

@Lazzle Dazzle you made this comment mere days before Leafy got banned. You are the Messiah!

Ethan literally posed with YouTube's CEO


I know u won’t see this but your content is the best on YouTube so be proud.


i never had hate from leafy, i just laughed because of things he said, he had a edgy humor that i liked, never watched h3 so i wont say much about him.


This definitely does make me wish Leafy was a better person in the past...


One time I had a dream that leafy made a video where he proposed to a Minecraft YouTuber in Minecraft and he rejected him. It eventually turned into a viral video and everyone was making fun of him


after I watched this video I felt like you could make a game like plague inc except for youtube lol


EmpLemon: “I’m 20 right now”

Me: checks oldest video “ten years ago”

This man started his YT career when he was 12.

EmpLemon: “I’m 20 right now”

Me: *checks oldest video* “ten years ago”

*This man started his YT career when he was 12.*


It’s always sad to see the dodgier side of Ethan, the guy who used to be the dad of YouTube.


I think its pretty clear now that YT didn't shadowban leafy because many people have been getting leafy in their reccomendeds since he came back. Meaning content cop really did kill leafy.

Maybe that changed to some extent since this video came out? But it still no where his old reach


@LLiimewater aged like my dad went to get the milk

@HeadcrabN <br>Chapter XIII: Leafyisatwitchstreamer

@HeadcrabN
Chapter XIII: Leafyisatwitchstreamer

Chapter XII: LeafyIsTerminated
Chapter XIII: LeafyIsImpersonated
The story is getting sadder and sadder...

As of right now, the only thing I can give right now, is the message that Leafy was there... I can't believe it... He went down fighting...

Andddd he's gone again. Guess Susan decided to check YouTube again.

He did a content nuke and managed to do a lot of damage against pokimane, doing good

@RMJ You obviously didn't watch any of his new videos, and Irony is basically "it's funny because it is true" You either don't understand what irony is, or you just seek for attention, either way, You getting bad attention from everyone around, what do you want a cookie as an award?

Cytosine Just “grow up” bud, and quit being a hater.

Cytosine “HaHa Leafy no chin 10/10 big chungus thanks for the updoots.”

@RMJ no at all. Now he targets YouTubers from his own league

@RMJ lmao just because i like leafy "i must be a kid". there is such a thing as an opinion you know

@RMJ Leafy makes good content tbh I get to watch a calmer side of him when he's streaming in twitch and get to learn about him more. Plus his videos now are just trolling and messing around with H3H3 tbh its pretty funny

@RMJ he actually makes good content now tho

@Homeless Hotdog go cry somewhere Else, goo goo gaa gaa Baby


“There’s no way to stop the bleeding.”
Leafy: Are you sure about that?

“There’s no way to stop the bleeding.”
Leafy: *Are you sure about that?*

Leafy had 4.83M subs before his channel got hidden by YT and he returned at 4.17M subs and as of the 5th August 2020 he has 4.85M subs. Any bleeding he once had has been successfully stopped and he's still growing.


Leafy is back, grade is back, keemstar is back in drama again. Its just 2016 again.


"If you asked any observer at the time they would have probably told you that his channel was dead in the water. But no one could have guessed that his channel would become more alive than anyone ever thought possible." ROUND TWO BABY!


I hope leafy liked this video! He insulted everyone who kicked him while he was away and down! So his silence I guess is a good thing!


There has been a disturbance in the force. Have you felt it. I sense a being of immeasurable power and ruthlessness making a return to ravage the land


Because if you wanna make it big on YouTube...<br>ya gotta dig into the old ruins of YouTube

Because if you wanna make it big on YouTube...
ya gotta dig into the old ruins of YouTube


This is one of the wisest videos that i have ever watched.

Thanks.


"never again would minecraft be more popular" <br>little did he know...

"never again would minecraft be more popular"
little did he know...


I know its late to point it out but commentary videos over unrelated gameplay was a huge deal back when Youtube just became big. Back then it was usually people ranting over COD.


I still ask myself how dunkey can stay relevant with the same content?


That use of the Bojack theme was perfect 👌


you are underrated youtube needs to give you more recommendation


I like how he said minecraft wouldnt be as popular again, oh how you didnt know


How in the world does EmpLemon use all of the music I listen to in his songs. Just found out about doom two months ago and realized All Caps was in this video.


There will never ever be another YouTuber like Filthy Frank

@Kenzo Yokito he is fine I guess.<br>That guy is being cringy on purpose and he knows it as well.

@Kenzo Yokito he is fine I guess.
That guy is being cringy on purpose and he knows it as well.


43:21 Objection!
The LTT (Linus Tech Tips) channel subscribers is just as high as their highest viewed video despite them being favored by the algorithm.


Wasn't expecting MF DOOM to start playing but you should definitely keep doing that.


interesting side note to this video. I remember watching it and checking in on leafys channel to see that he had returned to making content, i didnt think he would so i subscribed to be sure to keep up on it, and along rewatching the video, i again checked back because i hadnt even seen a video from him show up in my sub box, and somehow, i was unsubscribed from him, not the first instant of people being unsubbed, but still odd.


"Why there will never EVER be another youtuber like LeafyIsHere"

Change the thumbnail! Youtube's algorithm will eat it up!


fucking amazing. watching this in june 2020, still a lot of great takes


H3H3 strikes out in pain as he as he chastises you.


My phone shut down at 24:09, right at “while Leafy’s made you-“ and it felt like even my phone had enough of him.


Hey, are we ever going to get a follow up on the STAR_ situation? It was an interesting scenario and i'd love to hear your take on it.


this is my third time coming here to watch this vid because it's fucking art


Time, a fickle machine. We are not always aware of what may come. Time has shown us, anything is possible.


And the Leafy content cop was removed for harassment/bullying 🤔


50:34 Real title of the video "there will Never Ever be a commentary youtuber like LeafyIsHere"


6:43 still think this would be a great topic to touch on. The rise and fall of ster_ is a bumpy ride, indeed


moral of the story, dont try to be a badass on the internet ever.


41:29  this picture upsets me a lot. youtube is slowly turning into a strict corporation till today


Is it me or are commentary youtubers like the police force of the open internet?


How in the world does EmpLemon use all of the music I listen to in his songs. Just found out about doom two months ago and realized All Caps was in this video.


This video aged poorly in every sense of the way, it seems


Just a little thingy i wanted to add.
I did not receive any Leafy videos in my recommended untill after his comeback wich is strange seeing that i have only watched about 2-3 videos by him before the content cop.
Now i get every new Leafy video recommended🤔


Love the bojack horseman theme at the start 😂


What game was leafy playing that involved him running on slopes?


I love your use of "All Caps". It's such a great song


Alot of talk about captain sparklez in this video, what EmpLemon seems to forget is that the only reason captain sparklez channel blew up was because of Seananners.


Yeah Emp's videos are awesome. They are so well made and every video is worth the wait.


leafy returns
Impending doom approaches...

*leafy returns*
Impending doom approaches...


the only reason I came back to this video for the third time is cause I heard All Caps and realized it was in this video


Holy fuck that MF DOOM music part was so smooth


Only one question dude.<br>What's a 'leafy'?

Only one question dude.
What's a 'leafy'?


Leafy turned on his former ally? H3H3 drew first blood.


MrBlackDarkness666 done did it, he made me believe that magic exists. I thank him for giving me hope that I too can use magic and ruin a youtuber.


EmpLemon Presents: a YouTube Geographic DLC - Episode 4.5: LeafyIsBack


Now the tables have turned and he is back what can happen next


The Leafy Content Cop was released on my birthday.


The bad thing about being a big player celeb on youtube is that the bad guys know who to kill lol


leafy out here playing eminems without me


I never had leafy's videos in my recommendations<br>EVER

I never had leafy's videos in my recommendations
EVER


well this didnt age too well but still a nice video before leafy came back ofc


Duuuuude I love your use of the Adult Swim Pools song from the 90's. I'm starting to suspect you like LSD


leafy: makes chanel and dose minecraft
minecraft:dies out
leafy becomes amazing
leafy:dies
minecraft a few years later: SUP BITCHES AM BACK
leafy: i am kinda back


Try again lemon. The excel sheet master has returned.


His channel comes up when you search for it now


Wow, I can't be the only one that things that Leafy kinda sounds like Kendrick Lamar.


I wonder when clownstar will finally follow suit


<b>tinfoil hat on</b> In that secret meeting in 2016 I am pretty sure that Ethan Klein was there...

*tinfoil hat on* In that secret meeting in 2016 I am pretty sure that Ethan Klein was there...


“minecraft would never again be as popular” funny


HISSSSSSS THE REPTILIAN BROTHERHOOD IS BACK


And also because cringe culture is pretty much dead(at least I don’t see cringe content much anymore)


GUYS <b>leafy is back</b> we gotta think of another tag to use an army against him again

GUYS *leafy is back* we gotta think of another tag to use an army against him again


Gabbie Hanna complaining about nothing when Leafy was <i>actually</i> shadowbanned... geez. The state of Youtube these days.

Gabbie Hanna complaining about nothing when Leafy was _actually_ shadowbanned... geez. The state of Youtube these days.


Just remember all caps when you spell the man name


This actually makes me feel really bad for Leafy, and also teaches me not to walk through his tracks. Great video btw, you really do genuinely inspire me tbh


Im subed to leafy so yeah i see him in my recondmentations


I didnt know people still used mf doom songs in videos


He’s suppose to be a historian for YouTube not putting out his opinion


YOOOOO JUST REMEMBER ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MANS NAMEEEEEEE


He has kinda bounced back he stagnate at just below 5 Mil


So, I hear that a vacancy has opened up at the Blackball Hotel ;)


This is late, but it would appear that Leafy's still here.


weli think that this expose was tue cuz they put him on relevant


such an amazing video but did not age well


Chapter XII: Leafy Is Back.<br>Edit: Well shit...

Chapter XII: Leafy Is Back.
Edit: Well shit...

Arjan Singh this time forever, his YouTube legacy is gone


that intro looks straight from a john bois video


-Later this year leafy was interview by keemstar.<br>- MrBlack lifted Leafy's curse today

-Later this year leafy was interview by keemstar.
- MrBlack lifted Leafy's curse today

Bluejack 22 really? Did he make a video on it?


It feels like I am a WW2 Vet, going ‘I remember those days’

DeathSeller absolutely, including myself since I stopped watching all these youtubers except for Ethan

FuriousBadgerGaming
The great meme war

Lost many good man and woman

its pretty much the millennial first world equivalent


Not a fan of Leafy or his content but still quite sad the guy lost a dream job like YouTube

The McZilla don't feel too sorry for him, he made a crap ton of money. He's probably set for life.


god the foreshadowing in this video...
1. minecraft came back
2. leafy came back


This video was more interesting, better researched than any news article to date and way more informative than any american documentary


You've got an incredible talent for editing. I haven't seen such a well made video in a long time.


One of his videos are in my recommended right now lol.


watching this whole video brought me back to the summer of 2016. boy were those days different. i was on here so much more back then.


A story is only as good as it’s villain.


This is a brilliant video but it makes me sad and i kinda miss leafy


This actually warrants investigation.<br>YouTube could get into some serious legal trouble if they censored Leafy.

This actually warrants investigation.
YouTube could get into some serious legal trouble if they censored Leafy.

that lawsuit will flop because theres no laws against censorship of one's own platform

While I agree with that, I believe that the people who have been serious back bones in this fight against youtube's tyranny, like finding out the rating system for advertisers, and the active censoring that was promised to be a myth. I really believe if we banded together we might just get enough dirt on them to make a legitimate court case... and can you imagine all the big power house content creators raising awareness and money for a lawsuit against youtube...  they'd probably shit bricks as a company.

the sad part is what evidence we have isn't strong enough to completely pin it on youtube

Very interesting... We as a community could put a serious impact on Youtube and make them think twice before they keep censoring everyone.

YouTube is indeed legally allowed to censor creators.
HOWEVER.
If they're found to have monitored and censored videos which hadn't been flagged, that could legally make them a publisher, making them responsible for any potential lawbreaking happening on the site.

Censorship on a private platform isn’t illegal if you agree to the ToS.

It's YouTube's platform, not Leafy's. They're in control.


Fun fact: leafys second channel (leafyisnthere) icon was used w/o credit and was drawn by a minor (my close friend). however they're kind of ashamed that they Ever did fanart of him so they don't wish to be named anymore. HOWEVER they did email him like 3 times and left comments on his videos asking for at least credit to no avail.

edit: https://imgur.com/a/ftV5cRg / https://i.imgur.com/xo2Chys.png

yep! but wishes not to be named (the dA account shown is their side account for stuff they dont want associated w/ their main account, like shitposts) cus they don't want their rise to popularity to be LEAFY drama. if my friend wants to come forward however, i have sent them a link to this comment if they wanna reply themselves. hope u understand!


I love it when you make these types of videos, Keep it up dude! You are so entertaining.


That was one of the best YouTube videos I ever watched. This was so well put together and it brought me back to my good ol days of being a reptilian. Also amazing job at putting the whole story of leafy "together"


Ive watched youtube content my whole life, but i didnt really regularly consume content on here  till just a little after the content cop. I watch shitloads of commentary YouTube vids, and IVE NEVER, NOT ONCE seen a leafy vid reccomended to me. Ive never even seen a video of his, it was like he was a phantom, honestly at first i thought he'd deleted his channel outright, but this makes so much more sense.


Top of the line YouTube content, as usual. You never disappoint Mr. Lemon.


Your best Youtube Geographic and one of the best videos you have EVER made. I can't believe it's 2 am in the morning, this was just very captivating in a plethora of ways. I'm very glad your channel is just a gift that keeps on giving.


I love the tree life cycle images at the beginning of each chapter. Excellent touch. I also like how this wasn't just another history and bashing of a toxic youtuber. You showed sympathy and even related your own rise to fame on the site. Because at the end of the day, he's still a human like the rest of us. and when humans get power too suddenly and without an idea of what to do with it, this happens


my recommended section often feels neutered nowadays must be the reptiles.


This video turned a year old today. I still remember watching it 4 the first time. Kinda Nostalgic

It really did sway most people’s opinion on leafy this past year


Luke et he suffered a fate worse than death


If you want to see Leafy’s content in a more light hearted way just watch his 21st birthday video. He basically does what Pewds is doing right now by reacting to his community and he is pretty damn good at it. I’d love for him to come back and create some positive videos like that.


I have a theory.
Emp is actually leafy running on an  alt.
But that's just a theory, a game theory.
Thanks for watching

i honestly wouldn't be surprised if matpat did this

But how does this connect to Five Nights at Freddy's?

Of course, Emp is Leafy, who's also Ness from Earthbound, who's also Sans from Undertale

@Sugar Star understandable

goes to show how cynical I can be to idiots

I have a theory pentolp is emp running leafy. But thats a theory a game theory


Stuff like this is the Future of youtube

more like the past of youtube, amirite <b>bdum ts</b>

more like the past of youtube, amirite *bdum ts*

No, if the time to make and edit this video was put into some low-effort vlogs, then they would be a lot more views... It really sucks that the actually good content on YouTube is pushed to the bottom by videos that take a hundredth of the time to make.


It's very strange watching the beginning of this video post Minecraft resurgence


51 minutes of pure Emp-related bliss. I'm so glad you branched out and made content like this, EmpLemon. It really made me think.


I miss the good days of YouTube. When it wasn't just jake Paul and fortnite. Back when filthy frank was the shit.

Pewdiepie 2010-2012 Very amateur but genuine and somewhat watchable
Pewdiepie 2013-2015 Unwatchable
Pewdiepie 2016- FINE WINE

The good old days of youtube were like 2009, 2010. Best YTP era, creative users, defined culture, not too big for its own good. No Google. The worst thing around was probably Fred or Annoying orange

But remember how bad Pewdiepie was back then

pink guy I guess dark souls is the same as mincraft because you could use a sword

Every thing is the same we as human beings can't evolve Jake paul did the same shady shit leafy is heare did and you can also build in fortnite just like minecraft

hollow tavo I knew he looked similar cause I saw a rap remix of midsummer madness and thought he looked simular

He makes pretty good music now by the name of joji

But why did Filthy Franku leave YouTube 😭😭

Nuclear Silo there was still alot of cancer going on that time (pranks, kids channels, minecraft, etc)


This is, if not one of the best YouTube Geographic vids I have ever seen, this is the new standard


Was the jewish caricature really necessary at 27:58  ? Maybe I am wrong and it's not, but if I'm not, that's antisemitic my dude. Uncool.
Great video otherwsie


hoooly shit the amount of effort you put in your videos is insane! you are a role model to every youtuber out there. i've never actually seen someone this humble on this site, keep up the work man, good luck in the future


Just wanted to say that this was a great video, very thorough, informative, presented in an unbiased way, and quite entertaining! I’m not too familiar with leafy and thought I’d watch about 5-10 minutes just to get a basic idea of who he is, but you had my attention right through to the end. You have a real talent. I especially like how you presented everything without a bunch of negativity or being over dramatic; you didn’t treat him like a hero nor did you demonize him. <br>Not sure why I watched this other than vague curiosity....but I’m glad I did!

Just wanted to say that this was a great video, very thorough, informative, presented in an unbiased way, and quite entertaining! I’m not too familiar with leafy and thought I’d watch about 5-10 minutes just to get a basic idea of who he is, but you had my attention right through to the end. You have a real talent. I especially like how you presented everything without a bunch of negativity or being over dramatic; you didn’t treat him like a hero nor did you demonize him.
Not sure why I watched this other than vague curiosity....but I’m glad I did!


i remember ALL of this unfolding back in 2016. i used to be an epic edgy keklord and watched all these videos. after the very first h3 video i quit watching leafy, though.  its so wild how this era of youtube is dead when everyone was obsessed with it, thank god it is.

It is not a good thing Filthy Frank is dead though. There are many good things that came out of that era of YouTube.

TD did you even watch the video, or have you never seen these videos

tyler YouTube is worse now imo, now it's so many fake and manipulative YouTubers brainwashing their audience for money.


"Minecraft will never hit a peak this high again."

That's. . .  kinda ironic.


If it wasnt for Leafy, i would have never got into Youtube. I will always have a sad nostalgic love for Leafy. I started watching him in late 2015 and followed till the inevitable end i knew was coming. Thank you for this video.


I’m serious is this guy a fucking psychic, this isn’t the first time he did something like this too


I mean, this video is from 2018, no one expect Minecraft get popular again and leafy return to YouTube out nowhere.

not really he still left for 2 fucking years didn't he


Here I came expecting leafy drama but got a history lesson instead. Emp, you never cease to exceed my expectations.


Damn. That was actually really depressing. He did what everyone wants to do, and fell right on his face.


I prefer the era of leafy over the era of Jake and Logan Paul.

Leafy never recorded dead bodies or was never nearly as cocky as the Paul brothers. Lol

You probably forgot then that Leafy was a borderline cyberbully while the Paulers are vloggers and when they actually do insult other people they say it in a joking way thats funny in itself. Watch KSI vs Jake Paul on that stage video. Im sure KSI isn't too offended when Jake paul is yelling WALMAART (I don't watch Pauls and all my info on them are from pewdiepie vids)

Maybe the drama was just fun. Maybe we prefer the Leafy era simply because he was more vulnerable. The Paul’s are basically untouchable because YouTube is really catering to them (even though they are arguably worse than Leafy).

But Twitter is a small crack of hope (probably because I saw Jake block someone once but still).


I still don't understand how a guy like Keemstar gets views. He is a horrible person and 'news' provider.

Also, I do remember Leafy posting a YouTube rant.


If leafy didn’t quit and continued uploading I feel like his views and subs would keep going down. If he ever came back I feel like his numbers would start blowing up again because so many people that hated him or stopped watching him realized how much they missed him now that it’s been over a year since he last uploaded

@Shikas Thoughts Watch the keemstar video, he's not

@Aryaleef no one can replace Leafy at least youtube algorithm won't make it happen

I doubt it, YouTube would kill him in the same fashion as Felix, and leafy would have actually deserved it somewhat

@Aryaleef grade under a came back so there is a chance leafy comes back

I have to agree. Honestly though, even if he came back it would just start the war all over again. We need a new Leafy to rise up while still paying tribute to the original... What if we could get a new Leafy, but they could reference him semi-often and link his channel? That way we get a new Leafy, and Leafy himself could possibly get a sub spike large enough to get his attention?


I’m not kidding when I say this is one of the most well done videos I’ve ever seen on youtube


Will Iddubbz ever get a YouTube Geographic? He's been on a recent downwards spiral?

Iirc she also cheated on her previous bf with Ian

I no longer agree with this comment. I'm pretty tired when Im going to make this comment so I can't really explain why.

"downwards spiral"
HAHAHAHAH!

a few weeks of kids on the internet using words they don't understand.

If anything he's on an upwards spiral with his new docs.

im gonna make a youtube geographic called smug the hacker

ppl b like "oh no idubbz is literally a martyr now bc his gf is doing something the incels dont agree with "

@Syno Nymous True but iDubbbz's gf has a bigger controversy than iDubbbz himself because of the things she had done.

Not really though. Its not that controversial that he agrees with his girlfriend sharing lewds for money. The entire controversy is people calling him a cuck and a simp. And its literally not his fault she's behaved in weird/inappropriate ways.


Leafy was the only reason I checked YouTube so often, His edgy rants were just too funny, And the drama that came with it was just hilarious.

I was never part of his reptile army but you cant deny that it made the site far more interesting.

It is kinda sad that YouTube killed his channel, when I was still subbed his videos were never recommended, his channel was unfindable.  If that block wasn't on his channel he would have undoubtedly hit close to 10M today.

I don't know about Leafy but I heard some guy called "Lucky" is similar wink wink

I don't know about Leafy but I heard some guy called "Lucky" is similar *wink* *wink*

Mr Evo he’s back an uploading videos everyday

He is making a slow but calculated return... the king will be back


This aged as well as the world peace after ww1

Remember Leafys YT channel? Yeah, I do too

@You Reply You Mad the player count hasn't stopped going up since the game came out. Less people are googling minecraft but more are playing it.

Redditors when someone doesn’t like minecraft:

He needs to make a follow up on this video

Leafy’s channel recently got deleted by YouTube itself, so it may not have aged entirely poorly

And now it has aged as well as the finest italian wine.

@Thomas Gibbs only because YouTube just decided to put Leafy out and not because of Leafy himself tbf

This comment aged as well as the world peace after ww1

This comment aged as well as the world Peace after ww1

@MMFan2004 "it always ends the same way, like the titanic, doomed to fail" aged like fine wine after the ban.

@Trevor Dillon Becuase "the big brother" delete him.

Ironic consider that EmperorTigerstar compared Youtube Drama of 2016 to World War One.

@You Reply You Mad its pretty close to its former popularity, like 0.75x the size

@XXMODZ HAXSXX Yeah Leafy even admitted the main reason he quit wasn't ridicule or haters, it was his videos having shit performance and youtube giving him a hard time

@You Reply You Gay all right fine, your right statistically. However, Emplemon treated it as if Minecraft would never recover its popularity which as it appears through out 2016 to 2018 Minecraft’s popularity has gone down a curve, but ever since May of last year (Minecraft’s 10th anniversary) it has been recovering into popularity. Sure it’s not as popular than before, but you cannot deny it is recovering.

XXMODZ HAXSXX Look at google trends, your living on a rock my guy

XXMODZ HAXSXX Minecraft is still not as popular, and will likely never be dude

only on a few points like "minecraft would never be popular again" and that leafy would never come back, the rest however still age like wine


When he put leafys intro 16 minutes in the video the nostalgia hit me like a truck, long live leafy...


I never thought a geographic could be this interesting. Props to you.


Leafy being back isn't inherently bad. His toxic fanbase sorta mellowed out. You still get some dickheads, but that goes for every fanbase. The drama that will come of this will certainly be entertaining.


i feel like youtube is censoring you bro. your spitting straight facts and getting millions of views. this is the first time ive seen this video. 2 years later


Wow... I can't believe I only found this video now. It took YT 2 years to get this recommended to me. This is one of my favorite videos of all time because it's so analytical and I grew up during this time of YT. This video so so amazing. Adding it to my fav/best TY video playlist.


Less than 2 years later and leafy is coming back and iDubbbz is a "simp"


Even though he definitely was out of the bubble when all of the YouTube drama transpired, I would've loved to see you talk about Cr1tikal, who similarly went from gaming to edgy commentary