PewDiePie: What does shadowbanned actually mean? YouTube deny blocking their most subscribed creator! – HITC – Football, Gaming, Movies, TV, Music

Rumours started spreading on social media yesterday that PewDiePie had been shadowbanned by YouTube, but what does that actually mean? YouTube has denied these claims.

With 107 million subscribers, Swedish creator PewDiePie is the most-followed person on YouTube, and he has a very big and loyal fanbase.

When some of his fans tried to watch his videos yesterday (October 22nd), they became hugely concerned when his profile and many of his videos failed to appear via a YouTube search.

Fans instantly assumed that his account had been shadowbanned, however YouTube responded and denied these allegations. But what does PewDiePie being shadowbanned actually mean?

Rumours began emerging on Twitter on Thursday that popular YouTuber PewDiePie had been shadowbanned.

A number of viewers began noticing that PewDiePies channel no longer appeared at the top of YouTube searches, which was strange considering he is the biggest YouTuber on the platform.

Also, his newest videos were not showing up in searches, and fans who had notifications turned on for PewDiePie were not being notified of his new video upload.

So what does being shadowbanned actually mean?

If someone is shadowbanned on social media platforms such as YouTube or TikTok, it means their content has been blocked or partially blocked by the platform.

Their content still exists, but it is just not as easily accessible and becomes hidden from the public. This makes it harder for viewers to find and watch the content.

This is not always obvious, and creators are not notified that their content has been shadowbanned, however it is usually noticed as creators get fewer views than usual.

A shadow ban also doesnt stop you from uploading any new content.

Despite the claims, YouTube have taken to Twitter to deny allegations that they had shadowbanned PewDiePies channel.

They said:

YouTube doesnt shadowbox channels. Its possible the video was flagged by our systems as potentially violative & needs to be revived first before it shows up in search.

YouTube argued that it could have been a problem with PewDiePies new video that caused it to not show up in searches, and everything has now returned to normal.

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