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. <\/p>\n
With 107 million subscribers, Swedish creator PewDiePie is the most-followed person on YouTube, and he has a very big and loyal fanbase. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Fans instantly assumed that his account had been shadowbanned, however YouTube responded and denied these allegations. But what does PewDiePie being shadowbanned actually mean?<\/p>\n
Rumours began emerging on Twitter on Thursday that popular YouTuber PewDiePie had been shadowbanned.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
So what does being shadowbanned actually mean?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
A shadow ban also doesnt stop you from uploading any new content.<\/p>\n
Despite the claims, YouTube have taken to Twitter to deny allegations that they had shadowbanned PewDiePies channel. <\/p>\n
They said: <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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