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- 게시일 2022. 01. 12.
- As a dominant force in the early days of KRplus, sketch comedy duo Smosh were once seemingly unstoppable. They became the single most subscribed to channel on the platform multiple different times, in 2006, 2007, then again in 2013, 6 and a half years after first having achieved the title. However, Smosh was plunged into a state of chaos when their parent company, Defy Media, announced bankruptcy out of the blue. Since that point in time, their viewership has dropped from over 100,000,000 views per month, to around 15,000,000 views per month, a trend consistent across each and every one of their channels.
This is, How Smosh Killed Their Channel (-91% In 2 Years)
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I don't think it "failed" it's just a really old channel that's run it's course. If anything, it was a massive success
Every video he does there's like a thousand comments like this, he does it on purpose to get more comments and help the algorithm. Man's a genius
Hi
Hey
It didn't run its course
It was killed by defymedia.
Look up Anthony's commentary on how they sold the channel for 0$ expecting defymedia to go public.
It never did so their shares were worthless and the channel was in ruins
Couldn’t agree more
Ian is seriously not given enough credit with how he stayed on what appear to be at the time a sinking ship.
It wasn't necessarily like he had anything to fall back on. Anthony took the plunge and shot out on his own because he had plenty of ideas for shows that he was never allowed to do. Despite how their characters are portrayed, Ian has always been the more grounded and level headed one, meaning he was aware that if he couldn't save smosh that was probably it for him.
Its illegal for a captain to jump off his sinking ship
Ian really was the captain of Smosh, even in the early days
I’m honestly surprised he didn’t leave
@@pokeyball great comment
... and here we are today! Congratulations to both of them for buying back the company! ❤
Both of them together are what made it, fingers crossed
Thanks to Rhett and Link too, for keeping the channel safe
I'm the 69th like
@@r4iden_ Nice 😎
Yeuuhhhhh, cheering them on and hoping for the best.
It’s interesting what Anthony has done since and made himself something completely seperate from Smosh and that was incredible
Having a cool gf and wearing a Jacket?
Yea before this video I didn't even know Anthony Padilla was part of Smosh but I knew who he was
@@OneOfTheLoveless no the interviewing stuff and promoting mental health it’s been an amazing thing for him and his fans
Anthony grew up, smosh did not ... there will always will always be newer generations of immature audience for smosh to feed on despite its content becoming stale, like how Spongebob still has an audience despite none of the later seasons being nowhere near the quality the first 4 seasons ...
Its great how Anthony decided to make meaningful thoughtful contents rather than continue to chase after kid viewerships ..
Incredibly gay.
Honestly if a channel lasts more than 5 years on KRplus with consistent or at least reasonable growth and success, it doesn't matter how it crashes and burns. 5 years is insane.
imagine yhe amount of money they had from ads and sponsorships..
@@CA-xz7mv Prob is, the smosh peeps likely saw none of that money. Similar stories from many creators who ended up under a myriad of companies.
DANTDM WOOHOO LESS GOO He's still relevant even to this day!
Hi vars love your content Especially VARS2
Yes because getting saved by Rhett and Link from GMM wasn't considered the end of Smosh's success.
Although they're still doing well, it doesn't mean they're successful, they're barely half the views of the original Smosh, the only reason it's still going is because the OG Smosh is still likely the backbone to it, etc the old videos likely still massing views.
Current Smosh isn't successful, it's sustaining.
So Sunny's video is accurate.
I worked as an assistant editor at SMOSH for a little over a year. They were the coolest bunch of people from Ian and Anthony to the crew and cast. I learned a lot from them and I wouldn't have traded it for anything. I'm very happy they were so successful for so long.
I've only watched one Smosh video. They went trick or treating as red ranger. It's hilarious I'm gonna look it up.
They do seem like genuinely good guys which is probably why they got taken advantage. Seriously, they needed a lawyer and financial advisor to look over those documents. They should've known that the stock would be useless if they didnt go public and why the hell would youtubers getting 100million views consistently want a salary? They had a 5 year track record with stable views.
@@rayzala1393 I never knew anything about their financial stuff. I would show up early, get on the computer in a room in their house. Then we would all work all day. They would bring me memory cards from the camera crew and I would get the episodes edited up by the end of the day. Whenever I would leave those guys were still working. Writing more episodes. They were on top of their stuff, and extremely enjoyable to be around. Not just Ian and Anthony but every member of the crew at the time I was there was awesome.
@@Latencylounge Cool to hear your experience. I watched them way back in the day in 2008-2011 and loved their videos. Glad to hear they deserved the success they got.
honestly, smosh is still a success. their TNTL videos get so many views. sure, theyre not at their peak, but its not "dead". there are channels that are just as old that get less than 1000 views. *THOSE* are dead lol
Who’s here after Anthony and Ian are now owning Smosh back together
me
@@joesgamingstudio it would be nice or you cannot say anything at all a simple like me would help. Also, you don’t know some people like the new Smosh better than the old one probably only one person
Dreams come true
No more try not to laughs or every ___ ever, back to classic Ian and Anthony nonsense!
@@nervous_wreck8726no, we’ll still have try not to laugh. Anthony took part in his first one since leaving the channel
Now that Anthony is back and they have full ownership, there should be quite a massive spike in viewership. If they can produce that high quality content again.
Currently, most videos of Smosh after Anthony returned basically spiked in viewership, and some boomed into the millions already, so it's a pretty good sign that they can produce high quality content.
@@gianrazon2639let's keep it going
Anthony's first video back literally opens with the spray-paint logo and "SHUT UP!", so that's already a sign it's high quality.
almost a month later and their videos are still hitting trending
@@flashdawnxtheyre still doing ok. Prob just enough. Hate to say it but their style of “comedy skits” is kinda outdated and it seems like theyre relying too hard on nostalgia bait
The evolution of Smosh pretty much coincides with the evolution of KRplus perfectly. From two friends just making random stuff and having a blast, to a soulless corporation that lost its way. Sad to see.
Well said. As someone who has been using KRplus since 2006, it's honestly mind-boggling to see what it has become.
Could you say we're in an introspective crossroads?
Money changes everything. But at least some content creators haven’t fully changed.
Money, Advertisements, Algorithm… fucking hate YT now
Thats what happens when youtube literally replaced the tv in most households.
Rhett and Link were absolute legends for buying Smosh even tho it wasn’t the best investment choice by a long shot
They have enough money where they didn't care I assume
but still that's like much of an investment just for keeping the name around :PP
When did they do that?
@@skull_killa_3606 did you even watch the vid? lol.
@@ctrlless9672 I literally just saw it saw it, I just saw this as the first comment
Damn, Smosh even riffed in you in a video. They are a powerhouse.
Here after the roast in smosh video lol
This is in a lot of ways like "the day the music died", but for the internet.
This is when large corporate brands started really taking the Internet seriously and taking content as a way to advertise. It took the soul out of it.
Everything has become so PC and professional these days. Not to say we need "edgy" content, but I miss when people could make the content they want and make jokes without the fear of being cancelled and losing ad revenue.
@@knotty4700 I used to be a KRplus Partner around 10 years ago, you could pretty much get away with saying anything and nobody cared. It's hard to believe how things are now.
The 2016-17 adpocalpyse pretty much killed innovation
Same goes for AAA games
so true!
i feel we can break it down in 3 reasons.
1.We all grew up
2. They tried too hard
3. Nothing lasts forever
If you look at their most popular videos, you will find that most of them are old videos. I think it all has to do with smosh becoming a corporation. Ian and Anthony has no control over it anymore. Even though Ian is still present, he's just a crew member. This is fricking sad!
Honestly I don't care about growing up, because even to this day if Smosh had just stayed as two friends making stupid videos to make people laugh, I'd still love them.
Yep
It also feels like they’ve replaced the cast with new “talent” when in the past everyone felt more like friends and less forced. It felt genuine but since those people have left everything just feels off like something is missing
i don't think the we grew up is a valid argument due that Anthony kepps the same and still is growing and stable, even with SussieYT interview, like dude, she is poison for channels
After six years, classic Smosh returns with just Ian, Anthony and Ian's Mom ofcourse. I've been their loyal fan since 2013 (10 years) and never unsubscribed to them despite all the odds hoping it might return again and their return was quite a coincidence on my behalf.
Well your a lucky mf
Ian's mom its the true veteran of Smosh.
She appeared in classic Smosh and the present Smosh
I don’t think it “failed” I just think we “grew” up. I remember being really into Ian & Anthony’s videos like 10+ years ago when I was back in middle school. They had a good almost 10 year run. All good things come to a close, so enjoy everything as it happens & take nothing for granted.
Exactly! I hate when people make these types of videos with said titles. how can you say they failed when they were a massive hit for a good chunk of a lot of peoples childhood.. I agree with you, we just grew up. And that’s okay.
@@superultragiggachigga But when you think about it there was no reason why their content couldn't also change to fit the changing times and the age of their audience, if they made what they liked, I think they stuck too tightly to format and that has bit them in the ass massively, because they are still making content for versions of people who are several years older and changed by simply being alive and going to through life.
They never really experimented with making new things anymore and it all was a formula.
@@ilo3456 when you say that I agree. I think with that said good things fizzle out, but great things know how to adapt like you said. Remembering now they definitely had a formula that just didn’t change when their audience did. I do agree they could have adapted. I guess being a fan back then I just can’t see them doing anything but that ya know. Partly I think that’s why they probably stuck to that formula. It’s what they knew would work and experimenting when your that big is a challenge for sure.
@@superultragiggachigga It is definitely a challenge but in any market where you are making things for people you need to change and adapt as people change and age, because nothing can stay the same forever.
I grew up watching SMOSH but I grew out of it because they content no longer matched who I was and what I was interested in, it lacked the maturity I wanted, nowadays I generally watch a lot of video essays about anything really where someone spends multiple hours talking about something like why is a character good or why something failed.
I've become more interested in more dry topics than when I was in my teens and that isn't bad but SMOSH never changed to have any content that was mature enough to be worth my time, and they never really managed to get the audience of new young people who could have sustained because their content was aimed at an older viewer base which was no longer as interested in the immature content they were making.
Basically they made very niche content now, mainly popular with those who either never matured or who wanted a bit of nostalgia in their lives.
Even if we grew up, as successful as they were they should have been able to replace their viewers with new younger viewers
Any channel whose primary audience is largely kids and teens will inevitably "fail" (die) or at the very least change considerably. That's how Anthony Padilla is still a great content creator, by changing his channel to something entirely different from Smosh, and how PewDiePie remained relevant by focusing on content that appeals to young adults as well as teens.
They need to grow with their audience.
@@Anonymous38572 because next gen have different taste?
@@inmuyataz My guess is that next gen is more interested in short 5-10sec videos. You all know which platform i'm talking about
@@inmuyataz that has been debunked. My generation watched SpongeBob, the next generation does as well. The only difference is they pump out new liberal focused shows to change the minds of the next generation for the voting poll.
@@Anonymous38572 ah i see my comment deemed offensive so it gets Deleted. I'll write it short then
No it's not, you can't say that to everyone. In my country most kids would rather watch streamer or tiktok than cartoon
And now they're back! 🥳
Just saw on Twitter !! LETSS GOOO
I went to high school with Ian and Anthony. It was crazy to see it rise and fall.
🧢
Both still rich tho
@@kyngjustin2694 Have you seen Ian's house tour, he's not that rich.
@@AviChetriArtwork He still makes enough doing what he loves, so I’d say that’s a win🤷🏽♂️
@@kyngjustin2694 I agree, I love the house tour episodes with Ian and Shayne.
I feel that all everyone wanted to see was Anthony and Ian's creative home made content. Once they formed a corporation style and utilized industrial production methods, it no longer felt like two friends doing their best to make funny content or more like trying too hard to make polished films. With that it felt like it lost their connection to the audience. It was fun seeing them as just two friends messing around
Exactly. That's why I left Smosh the moment Anthony left.
@@darthestar8791 anthony and ian where the funny 1 the creative 1 now smosh is Iike a thousand other channeI that do the same what is trending and kid humor IeveI its sad i remember how funny there things where food battIe
That was pretty much where I left as well, I had a slight hope while Anthony was still there, but as soon a she left I knew it was over. At least we have the memories of what it used to be
exactly
While I wasn't super into smosh, I have watched them here and there. I feel that is exactly the issue with a lot of channels, especially older ones from early KRplus. It ultimately becomes a corporate job. It is no longer some friends making fun videos. It's a fulltime job to pay the bills and full production teams and merchandise. Good for everyone that it works out for, but it does lose its original charm.
Smosh isn’t a failure, it just died of old age.
Everything ends, eventually.
Except everything
Just like you? :0
But not doom, doom is eternal
Gay
@@yourcreepyuncle6260 I'm gay for you.
CloudyV2 lmao
The reason behind growth in views after Anthony left is probably because all the OG fans like myself started watching old videos over and over again for memories, it was addictive
Three factors killed Smosh: Going corporate was the first, adding too many cast members was the second, and Anthony leaving was the nail in the coffin.
Yep when it stopped being ian and anthony i unsubbed asap. I just didnt care about the other people
agreed
Really? Because a lot of those other cast members are funny
@@jacksondaniels4292 Agreed. It pains me to say it but now Shayne and Damien are the ones that i tune in for.
@@jacksondaniels4292 no
I’m pretty sure there are two other things to address:
1. Their general audience back in “Old KRplus” grew up. It’s the same way for how some people “grew out” of things they did as kids.
2. The growth of KRplus as a whole. Other channels and the explosion of the creator sphere leads the diversifying and dividing the audience’s watch time of other content.
Idk man, if they make videos like their 2013ish videos, id still watch em.
corporations....
no way man, you don't grow out of smosh, I haven't, and the public opinion lines up with mine, smosh is timeless. We loved smosh and I'm proud to say that gmm owns smosh but as much as it hurts me, the "smosh" we have today is a fake, its a farse. We need the old smosh back.
Yeah, I agree. I watched Smosh a lot in 2010-2013-ish as a teen, but eventually mainly stuck around for Smosh Games as the sketches lost their novelty for me. I started watching other gaming youtubers around 2013 and only came back to Smosh when the Try Guys collaborated with them for a Try Not To Laugh video. I enjoyed that and am stuck ever since, but the sketches they still do I hardly care about. But damn, the shit they were doing when I quit the smosh main channel was just really childish and more of the same. I grew up while Smosh didn’t, basically.
I think Tomey said it best: "If you are good at one thing, they will make you do it over and over again until you are bad at it."
THEY’RE BACK BABY!!!!
KRplusr: experiences a relatively healthy decline
Sunny: wouldn’t that make you… a dead channel?
Sunny needs his videos to have the clickbait titles and thumbnails or else they won’t get views.
100 million views a view to barley getting a million on videos is nowhere nearly a healthy decline
This seems pretty thorough based on the videos you watched, but did you reach out to any past employees? This seems pretty surface level. I see lots of videos like this, but no one ever taps into the core of the problem. KRplus. Algorithm 's change amd content doesn't. Artists move on. And fans grow up.
Friends went on for 10 years. When it ended, did it fail? No. Channels can't last forever either. Just a thought.
Oh hey
Not on topic so i apologize, but i still watch most of smosh videos but man.. sometimes i really miss you Joven, you were my favorite in smosh games cast (also i know about your channel so missing you is kinda stupid but i'm sorry for not following it, most of it's content just isn't my type of videos)
Wait so is it thorough or is it surface level?
A word from someone formerly at Smosh. I did grow up I suppose, but I always will love the older videos pre-Anthony leaving
I remember you from smosh games
For me, it was a matter of growing up. I matured and so did Anthony and his content, for example. He started making educational content and most of his videos are about topics I know little about and am curious to hear more of. I feel like Smosh's content has remained largely the same for the past decade or so, and I just grew out of it over time.
@@reyy9220 There is SO much more competition now. The original fans grew up and the potential new fans have thousands of other options now. Nothing lasts forever, especially on KRplus.
@@HEARTS-OF-SPACE true
Like his iconic "two bros chillin in the hot tub five feet apart cuz they're not gay"
@@reyy9220 Also today's kids aren't the exact same as yesterday's kids. Early zoomer/late millenial humour isn't Gen X Humour or late Zoomer humour, things have changed
You are straight up delusional or never watched smosh if you actually think nothing changed over the years.
Admit it. You’re hear because of the reunion, aren’t you?
Yep
yeah.
This video aged poorly.
People liked Smosh because of Ian and Anthony's chemistry and how it was just two friends making skits. Now they are making a comeback because they delivered what people missed about the old aspect of Smosh.
Well, it's not like Sunny could see that one coming; who would've thought Anthony would come back?
Bro sunny can't see into the future
@@morse_code_guyyes and? The video still aged poorly
@@vegardnybakeri8148 it's not that deep
@@C20F These people must hate history books.
My biggest problem is that Smosh was no longer 2 friends, it was a brand.
They had an office, a whole crew, etc.
2 bros not chilling in a hot tub, because both of them have now become adults :/ over 5 feet apart because they got to work
Yeah how dare they grow and get employees.
@@uy9572 well thats what made their downfall
I mean look at pewds,mark etc they still survive by themselves
Uy Well look at how well this “growth” turned out for their channel then. The crew isn’t the main problem, but the growth is ironically, a contributing factor to the downfall of the channel, with similar content creators having faced the same decline for this reason. Fact is that when the channel was a passion project started by two friends, for one thing a lot more passion was involved as the videos were borne (mostly) out of interest. However with an expanding crew and office, it ultimately shifts away from the nature of the channel and becomes more “corporate”. Stuff that never mattered becomes priority, such as paycheques, management, sponsorship, internal politics: These lead to ultimately requiring more brand sponsorships to sustain the former: Over reliance on brand sponsorship would then at the same time, affect the channel content as content would have to be somewhat catered to the branding image of sponsors and any purchase acquisitions of the smosh brand name
I'm really glad Anthony left Smosh. I love what he's done with his own channel. It took a while for him to find his own niche, but his interviews are super interesting. I'm happy with the direction he's taken his channel
I honestly kinda wish Ian left too honestly. Even if him and Anthony didn't join forces I would've liked to see him go on his own. Him joining Anthony would've been even better
@@onigiri2032 yes!
Except when the interviews are with someone i disagree with (time travellers, non-binaries, otherkin and.kleptomaniacs to name a few), because if it is, i'm gonna dislike the video and leave a hateful comment, then click another video that i agree with
@@Lrizu why do you disagree with kleptomaniacs?
@@user-sx4fc6mc6z don't...
Steal?
The lesson to be learnt is: Don't let a company run what is yours
That's easier said than done when you want da money and it gets sold
Who’s here after Anthony and Ian own Smosh again?
Everything has to fade in popularity at some point, especially on KRplus. The fact that Smosh retained it's popularity as long as it did is very impressive, most really popular channels only ride that high for a couple of years.
Unless you're Ray William Johnson, who is more popular than ever lol
@@Mrchasez He did die for some time tho but he found a thing that works again
@@Mrchasez @MrHappy What about Pewdiepie?
@@gerechtsdeurwaarderpeter6311 yeah, Pewdiepie seems consistent as always.
@@gerechtsdeurwaarderpeter6311
@FishyFinThing
There's more than 50million youtubers out there, with only 29k+ with a 1M+ subscriber count which is less than .1% of total youtubers, and only 2 'solo' youtubers taking the top 10: Pewdiepie and Justin Bieber, both with consistent 1M+ average viewers per video this month.
Literally only 2 people in 50M have and is still are consistently retained popularity in over 5 years are left, not even calculating the channels that have come and gone including Smosh, so Pewds and Bieber's popularity is simply extremely impressive.
Smosh was at its peak when it was just two guys making low budget videos with whatever props they had or could afford and with occasional guests like Ian’s mom, Peter, teleporting fat guy, etc.
true
yeaaa i feel like i stopped liking their videos when they started hiring more and more people and it felt really forced
Exactly this. Once it got a bigger budget and made half scale subways and gamestops for their videos it just didn’t click with me and the writing was just bland and safe.
yes they should have stayed two dudes making low budget videos forever. that's definitely not missing the entire point of the video, that the brand hasn't grown and has in fact stagnated.
And Robbie the magical tape worm.
Who else can see the look of sadness in Ian's eyes in all of the videos post-anthony? Honestly you're doing great as the leader of Smosh Ian, it's not easy but you're doing great you and everyone
Mark my words there will be a an Ian and Anthony surprise come back special. Where they post together. Nostalgia will get you all the time
Hope
I remember when nostalgia killed franchises...
Ghostbusters, star wars, star trek...
hi
first
@@wesss9353 Smosh is nothing like any of those lmao. Smosh is literally just a bunch of random skits.
@@paxlux5288 nostalgia... Look it up...
Man I grew up with Smosh, the 2008-2013 era was my favorite, everything after felt too forced. It didn't feel like two best friends making funny skits but rather like a full out company and forced video ideas. Same with College Humor. It's hard to explain but I guess in the layman's terms, the simplicity of both those channels is what made them so entertaining.
Smosh will forever be as one of my favorite channels on KRplus, but I'd be lying if I said that I like the new change.
Lets not leave out Epic Meal Time from this once holy trinity!
Agreed. I started watching a bit later in 2010-2013, but me and my friends watched all their stuff too. We even did a group project based on the video where they get “stranded” on the island hahaha
truth hurts 😢
Agree!! I remember watching them in primary school, it was so much fun back then.
Corporate descending from the original idea to a money sucking company like Disney.
This video aged like milk
Mad respect for travelling back in time and taking screenshots of smosh's channel in the early day of youtube
Smosh will forever be an OG in the KRplus space. Sadly, to me, things weren't the same when Anthony left. But damn, I'mma miss the perennial Food War battles.
shut up bro, you literally have a roblox pfp no chance you were alive
@@watyes7546 anime pfp vs roblox pfp, the most intense battle of the century.
damn, I actually got ratio'd LMAO
@@watyes7546 tf did he do to you? Dude just because he has a roblox pfp doesnt mean he wasnt born when smosh was popular, you do know that roblox also started in 2006 right? You also have an anime pfp.
Sadly if they never sold their channel to a company then Anthony & Ianh would have worked together til this day. I liked the Smosh games channel before they got more people in the squad. The only ppl I liked they added were Flitz & Mose
Smosh never failed. KRplus grew and the content, unfortunately, lost its charm. The nostalgia really hits back to me.
Exactly
That’s what im saying people grew up
I man Smosh never failed anyway
I can’t wait for SunnyV2 to make a video titled “How SunnyV2 killed their channel”
I bet they’re having a heart attack right now knowing they’re wrong about Smosh
haha CloudyV2
Man, Smosh was so good. In my opinion, when Anothony left was the start of their downfall.
Honestly something felt off once they were bought by a company and had so many staff members
@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 that’s true. I know sunny said that they gained traction when Anthony left, but that was short lived because I think the reason they got that attention was because Anthony left. They were more free when they weren’t owned by a company, and they could post what they wanted without having to run it through people.
I remember when me and my friends in middle school would be hyped asf on Fridays for a new video from them. Crazy how things change over time
That was the exact moment when I stopped watching the channel, It really didn't feel the same anymore like it used to
@@itzquick8745 Once it was obvious that they weren’t the ones planning the skits and brought in new people it failed
It’s crazy how people sign these deals with these parent companies that just completely screw them over.
For real! Like... Didn't they have their lawyers warn them? Or some financial advisors help them make the decision?
They literally had their brand sold and got nothing from it, they were promised stocks in a company that never went public.
@@gorfous4549 Yea it's crazy they thought it was a good idea to sell for stocks in a company that may or may not go public. And even if it does go public, who knows what the price would be anyways. Maybe at least mix it for cash and stock? That way there's a guarantee you're gonna get something...
@@gorfous4549 back then people didn't really know how to handle KRplus stuff, even lawyers. It was new territory
@@gorfous4549 Anthony said they didn’t have any representation
Like most of your videos, this ages poorly.
Ian and Anthony officially own smosh again. I dont think it'll fail after all.
Wish you would have gone into a lot more detail about how Defy Media became the parent company of Smosh. That’s HUGE. I mean these two guys should have been millionaires, not salaried employees.
i wish that i could like but funny number
@@plutinum2825 me too
@@plutinum2825 it no funni number no more :((
oh yeah, wasn't defy media the company that scammed pretty much all of its creators (by not paying them their revenue) and even got some huge companies to invest money that they just ran away with?
Also, they never went public, so especially those who bought stocks were screwed over the most.
@@GiligamerMC Exactly. Ian and Anthony really weren’t business men, just funny dudes. They should have hired a lawyer or financial advisor instead of a media company. Defy ran off with millions.
I thought smosh was awesome when I was a teenager. I watched something from them recently and it was a cringefest. Maybe their viewers just grew up. Amazing video my man!
There was this creative spark, a magical thing they had in it’s golden years, I don’t know how to describe it... but remember the assassin’s creed song? I still even remember the lyrics, “Tomahawk Chop is My Deathblow, How many fools can I kill today, too many to count don’t get in my wayyy...”
Just watch their earlier vids to the recent ones. I mean, it’s charming.. but it doesn’t have the same feel.
I think there were many factors.
The old videos were somewhat different from their current content.
I unsubscribed when things got political.
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo when did Smosh get political?
Watch their old stuff its cringefest by today's standard. You've outgrown it and their new content does not cater to your taste, doesn't mean it's bad.
That's exactly what happened. A lot of video game channels are going through this too. The crowd simply got old, not interested in that video game anymore, don't play, some people taste in comedy changes, a lot of things I liked as a kid simply isn't funny to me anymore. Sad what happens
Wow, this aged well...
I feel like the main culprit is still their MCN, but Smosh isn't entirely blameless for not recognizing what their new audience wanted. I used to love Smosh when I just started using KRplus, but started to hate their stuff once they got taken over, and many I asked had the same opinion. What probably happened was an audience shift. They used to have a strong audience that got replaced with a different, but more numerous one. Once they tried getting back to their roots, the old audience was no longer there and the new one didn't want this kind of videos.
Long live planetside
Once you have 39 people helping you make YT videos, it's no longer a good hustle.
hello primm’s big fan
Primm your an All Star!
Yeah smosh really was a Sad hood KRplus channel huh?
What about mr beast?
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I agree! If I was a solo KRplusr and a company offered me millions of dollars, I would decline immediately. I would never allow a corporate company to take control of me
I mean... you're missing the point in this video. Although Defy Media handled money horribly and weren't fun on set and were hated by EVERY KRplusr, they were actually RIGHT.
The "big bad" company actually did understand humor better than the people at Smosh today - That's why the views started going gown after Defy left. Have you noticed that in Smosh's videos today, there's more improvising? Clearly, the writers are running out of ideas for humor and are just looking back at Ian and Anthony's videos, thinking that will appease the viewers, but they don't understand that Ian and Anthony didn't rely on improvisation at all - their videos are actually thought out and were written to be funny in a specific way. The way the actors in Smosh improvise today usually makes the video boring and kind of awkward at times.
The pro tip YOU should take away today is that.. don't always assume the worst in big companies. Sometimes.. Mother actually knows best. Defy knew humor better than present day Smosh.
But yea also dont give away ur channel to a big company thats retarded
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Anthony and Ian are back together and own smosh once again and theres this vid
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damn what a shame, early 2010's smosh literally raised me and taught me soo much about internet culture and the world
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Remember Assasin creed 3 video? The “How many mofos can I shoot in the neck,dont get in my way”
“I shoot a mofo in the throat with my bow tomahawk is my death blow”
@@TheTrueAdonis Who doesn't remember it? It's still one of their most popular vids.
I think the partial reason as to why Smosh's viewership stayed consistently high for so many years was due to the old videos with only Ian and Anthony which still generated millions of views and are the highest viewed videos on their channel.
yeah i still watch the old videos from time to time. imo the reason why smosh died was because they started hiring more casts
@@IanoGaming Cast isn't really the problem. They made video about Ian being stuck on the 2009-12 mentality and everyone was excited to have the golden year charm back, but they realized that calling everyone bitch and gay isn't funny anymore. The video just straight up showed that they do not know themselves what made their style work. The new cast was in before Anthony left and did make a lot of good videos as well, but they have become formulaic and unoriginal now that they are free of management control. They just do not have it anymore, and it is sad but they should just stop and leave while things are great. Which is extra sad for Keith since he needs money more than anything now that he was diagnosed with cancer
@@anomalocaris2593 Just because it doesn't appeal to everyone and everything anymore, doesn't mean it is not successful. It is just less popular with some people but even more so with others. They are still doing great and are a lot happier now than they were before.
First channel to reach 1k subs : Smosh
First channel to reach 100 k subs : Smosh
First channel to reach 10 million subs: Smosh
This guy: SMOSH FAILED
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Anthony and Ian were a part of my childhood and seeing Smosh's downfall and Anthony leaving is very sad, but I am happy Anthony has made his own KRplus channel.
I never wanted to accept the fact that Ian and Anthony were no longer making videos with each other
Same. And those interviews he does to shine a light on lesser known groups? I love it. Especially the ADHD one. There's too many misconceptions of ADHD, and that interview really shows the truth about it.
Ian and Anthony's videos were more interesting and funny than Defy Media's, but the Smosh Squad today is under the illusion that ALL of their videos are better then Defy's when... their videos today are simply inferior. What they need is Anthony to return, especially now that they have more freedom.
@@ilovexu how do you feel now
Smosh is literally how I became fluent in English.
Of course I was taught structure and grammar in school, but Smosh’s videos were funny and simple enough in vocabulary and premise for an 11 year old to understand everything in the skit without knowing 100% of the words. Besides the over enunciated words for comedic effect made it really easy to figure out how to write them and look them up. It was perfect timing finding them at the age I did
You need to tell him to delete your in this vid krplus.net/bidio/p5unX5yeobDZgKA
Lol same i literally got the most highest score even tho I don’t even learn anything
same lmfao
Everyone in our english class watched them, can't thank them enough for being fluent nowadays
That’s awesome. It really is.
Based on your apparent last name, Silva, I assume you are from Brazil
I wouldn't equate growing up and moving on to "failure".
Vanoss' channel is the perfect example of how to do it. He didn't keep his content the same over all these years; but instead evolved it along with his audience. His audience from the beginning? We're now in our mid-late 20's; so he did what's right and kept them happy by growing up with us. He got raunchy. Crude. Dark. But not at the cost of sacrificing his core ideas and values.
Smosh? Their audience just grew up and moved on, and Smosh went on to other things.
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Came back to say Anthony and Ian bought smosh back!!
The fact that Smosh is still alive and chugging along after 16 years is an outstanding accomplishment, I'll always miss the old days of just Ian and Anthony but im glad that they've changed and grown with the years and hope they continue to do what they enjoy doing
Yeah. They were just two guys that worked well off eachother; now just no. I just rewatched an old video versus the newest and it’s so bad now.
You need to tell him to delete your in this vid krplus.net/bidio/p5unX5yeobDZgKA
@@rhaeasoul8531 Padilla is doing great though. But that's because Padilla changed his content completely.
@@thisisforvids yeah he’s still pretty good but it’s just sad thinking what could’ve been had they never broken up.
@@rhaeasoul8531 At least Anthony is doing way better than Smosh.
Smosh, beyond the name, is unrecognizable and I really don't like what it became. I really think it turning into a company was the biggest mistake and Anthony would probably still be on board if it didn't take a turn in that direction.
smosh’s content doesn’t hit the same anymore, I used to look forward to Anthony and Ian posting.
@Beast 😈 Nah, you have 1 video and no subs
Dang another channel that was bought and then subbotted
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Who else is here after Anthony and Ian bought back smosh?
I had to comment on this dipshit's video after the announcement. He is the king of shit conclusions. Came here after the Padilla's "I spent a day with Ian" vid. It was cathartic. The boys are back!
Won't mean anything if the quality does not improve. Their latest video was very boring and low quality imo.
I'm stunned they were doing as well in 2019 as they were. I had no idea they were keeping the channel alive for that many years. Even if it was a "team" effort, they were kicking any other 2008 era KRplusr's ass by that stage of their career
Other than Rhett & Link I'd say, which is somewhat ironic considering they ended up buying Smosh with Mythical Entertainment
@@Mr_Jish also Philip deFranco who seems immune to true channel stagnation. Complete powerhouse content creator even if it isn’t for me.
Defranco is in the convo but ya not many people
@@solkvist8668 Defranco is pretty much the only channel I continued to watch throughout the years. His channel seems to have been able to keep almost constant viewership despite it being ancient as it is. Quite impressive actually.
Just because it doesn't appeal to everyone and everything anymore, doesn't mean it is not successful. It is just less popular with some people but even more so with others.
Its important to recognize that most people who grew up with early youtube dont like the new “upload 30+ videos a day with lazy content like “react” “eat something gross” or “play a game” formats that alot of big youtubers use, not just Smosh. We miss the old skits that creators would write that made us laugh and were quotable, we miss waiting for a video to be released in anticipation, and the rewatch ability of the old skits. You can go back and rewatch dolls today and its still funny but new youtube content is so forgettable you dont even remember what you watched 5 minutes after watching it.
This comment brings me memories of “HolaSoyGerman”. For the users of KRplus that speak Spanish he was a BIG part of this platform years ago, and why? Comedy videos with high quality edition (for the time), engaging, and highly anticipated.
He used to only post on Friday, so you can imagine the emotion of being with your friends at your home, constantly refreshing the channel and screaming when you saw the new video was uploaded.
Now he’s only uploading the “react”/“playing a game for kids” basic type of content on his Juegagerman channel, and it hurts because I feel like I never truly appreciated the time I was living in…when KRplus favored quality over quantity.
so true! ive noticed that younger audiences (including myself) are way more inclined to watch content thats 30+ minutes long even if its uploaded once a week or a couple of times a month. I think this is really apparent in the rise of video essays and livestream uploads :)
Yeah, I miss that time too. People used to spend a week, sometimes a month to make a video. I miss that so much.
On the react point, i think you're off base as react content still reigns supreme, even for me
it's just a human quality that people love to see others react to things to see what they think, and that content is more popular than every i'd argue
That's because KRplus's system has them force themselves to make content to the point of almost burning out so they can keep earning revenue.
Their golden years was when KRplus still had its Broadcast Yourself tagline.
Smosh failing hurt me alot, they were my childhood
Who’s back now that Smosh is only Anthony and Ian again?
I think that the ultimate mistake Smosh made was its Faustian deal with Defy. I'm not saying that Defy was stupid or terrible or that Smosh was always right. But more so because it led Anthony to leave. As someone who grew up watching Smosh, Anthony and Ian are iconic not so much as individuals but a duo. This isn't to say that they are interchangeable but rather that they go together. It just feels...strange to see the two apart. The deal with Defy may have granted it financial security but at the end of the day this deal has been terrible for Smosh. If Anthony didn't split I think that it'd be still going strong today.
I feel the same way. It would be like Rhett and Link breaking up. They are great because of their chemistry as a duo. I think the smosh cast is talented, but original viewers were there for Anthony and Ian.
True. Ian and anthony were what made the smosh people knew and love. They did TOO well together that it went the other way after smosh changed course and anthony left
Anthony makes some very good, interesting content now tho. I don't know if he would be doing that if he were still in Smosh. I'm glad he separated from Smosh and made a name for himself.
They were scammed by defy, selling basically 0$ stock for 100% equity.
I don't really think that if Anthony stayed there would be a difference. The last time they were the most subscribed channel was in 2013 and since then up until 2017 when Anthony left they kept going downhill so people stopped caring about them. Maybe now that they are under a better company they might had a chance with Anthony in it but I highly doubt it. Smosh just stopped doing it for a lot of people unfortunately
I personally feel like Smosh represented a long cultural moment (early 2000s - mid 2010s) that had already passed even before Anthony left. They were extremely successful - but as soon as the channel genuinely became a company that was willing to adapt in any way necessary to stay relevant, it lost its appeal to me. Smosh used to release content that felt like a legitimate product of Ian and Anthony having fun and screwing around together. Their "voices" were so clear in each video, and that's what made it good. That's what made me love their channel. As soon as the content began to feel like it was being manufactured for the sole purpose of viewership and growth, I disconnected from it. This is just personal reflection and not actual analysis of their channel's statistics, but it was sad watching something that was so special during my childhood and early teenage years morph into an unrecognizable ghost of its former self. It could be totally different for people who started watching closer to 2018 or 2019, since they didn't have the old Smosh to be nostalgic about, but for me it just would never be the same. The only thing Smosh has kept with it to this day is the name.
I feel ya man also this isn't even unique to smosh as it's happened to pretty much all the big name youtubers from the 2000s smosh case just happens to be the most glaring example
..it’s name and also Ian, who seems to have grown tired of it all and above else lost his former enthusiasm and cheerful character
@@robiocraft2383 It always is pretty sad to see Ian in the current videos. He feels very out of place and he always seems really sad. He’s lost his enthusiasm and gives off the impression he’d rather be anywhere else. He used to be such a versatile performer who could play any role. Now he’s constantly being wasted in boring straight roles.
Sorry waaaaayyy tldr
Basically defy media kicked Anthony in the balls with the stock shit
Now SunnyV2 Has to make a update since original Smosh is back 🤠
2023- How they resurrected smosh
Most of us loved Smosh at the very start, when it was just Ian and Anthony. It felt lower key, more relatable, and the content made sense at the time. Checking back in after being unsubbed for years, it just didn't feel familiar anymore. A whole crew of people I didn't know and have reason to be interested in, the channel being managed by a company.. I can see why Anthony would leave, it wasn't the Smosh we all knew anymore.
Well it has been awhile…things change…of course it’s not going to feel familiar anymore if you haven’t kept up with the channel. I would watch their older videos if your looking for that nostalgia feel.
I mostly agree, all things change of course, but the diference is that take pewdipie or markiplier for example, if you stopped watching for years and then went back to one of their newer videos it'd be like getting in touch with an old friend, sure some things are different but he still has that personality you always loved, with smosh every time I go back to its channel there are different people in the thumbnails, Its just dificult to go back into, as soon as I got used to some members of the cast they change them up, so all in all its just a channel that I consider hard to go back into
fr it felt so weird watching all these people I didn't know walking around on their channel
Yeah. Its quite difficult to just go back to Smosh after seeing all these new unfamiliar faces. To me, Smosh was Ian and Anthony. Atleast thats what i grew up with. I know things change and to alleviate pressure they had to hire a casting crew but thats when things started to die out for me. Wasnt the biggest fan of the new members either, felt like they tried too hard. And they also started to drift to this more repetitive and stale content. Just my opinion on the thing.
@@jacobparrekar8721 I get that. To be fair, I don’t really like their main channel, just the pit and games ones. I didn’t really like Smosh when I was younger because it wasn’t my type of humor, but I like the banter and chemistry between the cast now, and that’s what I’m used to when I think of smosh. I totally get how it would be hard to get back into as an old fan because it is extremely different now. Sometimes I wish they would just get rid of the name and change it to something new but I know that the smosh label is apart of their brand. I only got into smosh a couple years ago, so I don’t really get a lot of the comments that say that they miss the old stuff, because that hasn’t left, you can watch it at any time, and if they tried to do that stuff today there is just no way they would pull it off. But maybe they mean newer videos that still have that old smosh vibe….again I wouldn’t know but just brainstorming here😂
I haven’t watched Smosh in years, but I remember being subscribed to them when it was just Ian and Anthony. They were definitely entertaining. I can’t recall when exactly I stopped watching them, but over time it just stopped feeling the same
Facts I think everyone can relate
Who else is here after finding out Ian and Anthony bought Smosh back? LETS GO
Anthony is back and they both bought it within the last month so I don't think it's failing... i think it's making a comeback!!
I’ve never watched a Smosh video in my life but it’s crazy to me that you’d say that gaining creative freedom at the cost of high viewership is a failure. If they’re making the exact content that they want to make, and still have enough people watching to support themselves, then that’s a win. It’s like when an artist leaves a record label and goes independent. They might not sell the same number of albums without the backing of a big ass company that knows what it’s doing, but they will be happier knowing that the product they put out is 100% their own, even if less people buy it.
I think what's trying to be said here is that in some cases the management may have understood some aspects of the business better than the creatives and without that structure they don't do well or even collapse..
No offense intended to Steve Wozniak, but he is a good example. Combined with Steve Jobs they were a formidable force. But after they separated Steve Wozniak a brilliant engineer in his own right didn't really get the success that Jobs got. Mainly because in my view Jobs understood the marketing and business side better than Wozniak.. Some people are really good at the business aspects while others are good at the creative stuff, but to be successful as a company you need both to work.
Smosh became less funnier i guess.
2 Other Smosh Casts that joined 2016-2017 is still holding the channel.
Guess who the 2 are.
@@jackkraken3888 Let's not pretend Jobs was an unquestioned success, either. He got kicked out of Apple and went to NeXT (which didn't really do anything except get bought by Apple).
@@FawfulDied You forgot to mention how Apple was in terrible shape after Jobs left and yes NeXt wasn't as successful as it should have been but the operating system developed at neXt which was later bought but Apple would go on to what would be OSX. Sure the Apple Lisa was kinda a failure but it's OS was then used in Apple and Jobs helped managed to turn Apple around by streamlining their product base. I don't even like Jobs's behaviour to be honest but he got shit done and it worked! Microsoft had just as much money and heck they made alliances to come up with tablet computers but ultimately their idea failed partly as the technology wasn't really there yet but also because they wanted to shove a desktop GUI into a mobile device and while it worked for a while I think it became clear a better path was needed.
@@jackkraken3888 Go watch the video on Notch tho. He makes some good points to this argument there.
When it stopped being about Ian and Anthony together and more like a comedy troupe, that's when it died.
I loved their Lunchtime series. It was like ancient mukbang but with these two fun guys. I'd watch their videos while eating breakfast or snacking.
I liked their gang bang series when it was with their friends before adding a lot more people.
Well, well, well. Look how the table has turned.
i cant believe you just really opened up my childhood completely
like anything else in the arts, when the OG creator leaves... 💀
Everthings have already falldowns.
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I feel bad for the new cast because most people seem to blame Smosh's downfall on them, when a lot of them, especially Shayne Topp, are extremely talented comedians. I watched them since I was a kid, and I remember already in 2013-2014 people already started hating on Smosh, even before Anthony left, but now in retrospect those videos are liked only because of nostalgia and in retrospect everything is blamed on the new cast.
They are so of the most cringe people honestly
Shayne, Tommy and Spencer are legitimately funny people who consistently show up and deliver. The rest of the cast are just not objectively funny, which kinda hurts for a comedy channel. It's honestly like they cast people to meet diversity needs, rather than talent needs. Olivia's 'lol i'm sooo awkward and quirky' is just so boring and annoying.
They’re really likeable and funny people too. If they weren’t tied to being “new Smosh” I’m sure everyone would love them
@@michaelberberich207 I agree with the people you mentioned, add to that list Damien and Courtney (sometimes).
But see that's the thing, we're talking about improv here. A lot of people here in the comments are calling the new cast unfunny. You have to remember Ian and Anthony weren't good improvisers, they were just great sketch creators. Meanwhile the new cast members, even the ones who aren't as good at improv, perform sketches just as well as Ian and Anthony.
That was my point. A lot of the people in the cast are actually very funny, the actual problem is the very poor video ideas and writing on the main channel. That's why there are considerably more views on the secondary channel. If they just changed the direction of the channel to play to the casts' strenght, or form a new channel entirely to outright seperate themselves from the Smosh brand, they could find much more success.
Smosh's demise was greatly exaggerated. Ian roasted your ass with his impression lmao
It's crazy how Smosh's identity changed while so many of us went through a change as well. I remember a few years ago clicking a Smosh video and wondering who are all these people. It didn't feel like Smosh, just another KRplus channel .
Remember everyone, move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new 😌
That makes me worry for people who feel awkward & uncomfortable when they're doing the same old same old. lol
But that’s what happened here that led to smoshs failure according to this vid. It was when Smosh was allowed to do what they wanted that their viewership went down
@@kassygo1375 Yep. Too many content creators forget the old adage of "If it aint broke, dont fix it.".
I think the reason for the downfall was they already built an audience based on defymedias standards but when they went their own way, their core audience didn't enjoy the new content anymore
yeah, the problem is, their growth wasn't a natural one where they build it by their abilities, but one built by an enterprise trying to make money. Don't get me wrong, doing with lucrative objective is good but when the enterprise broke, the fans that grow with the enterprise content didn't like the new/old ways, it wasn't natural
Ian and Anthony's videos were more interesting and funny than Defy Media's, but the Smosh Squad today is under the illusion that ALL of their videos are better then Defy's when... their videos today are simply inferior. What they need is Anthony to return, especially now that they have more freedom.
@@declanhugors Hmm, Anthony probably doesn't want to return. Or the crew underneath Ian won't want it to happen. >.>
Since creative differences do happen after you've been apart for so long.
@@ArmageddonEvil That's probably true, but since according to Anthony's video, he only left because Defy was diverging from what he, Ian, and the rest of his friends wanted to do, I think it would have been best for him to return as soon as Defy Media left, and Smosh would have been saved. Btw, to be honest, Smosh is so old and has gone through so much change that it's kind of... outdated to me now.. kinda sucks to think about it that way cuz I loved Smosh and wish I still could, but nothing gold can stay
@@declanhugors Ehh, I wasn't really interested in Smosh to begin with. Never really watched any of their videos.
I come from the future. THEY ARE BACK BOYS!!!!!
I’ll never forget coming home from school and binge watching smosh videos… some great memories
Just seeing and reminiscing where they were a decade ago versus where they are now is actually sad and heartbreaking
hey, someone called K stole your comment
edit: its another one of those verified dudes who bought their channel with the "who is (name)" stuff LMAO busted
A decade is kind of a long time ago, at least when talking about KRplus personalities and careers
It's their new found seriousness that killed it. Their old videos weren't as cringy as many here think. They were just 2 guys and maybe some of their friends just playing around in silly costumes, yelling and badly acting. You knew they had fun doing that, it was silly, but it was silly in a way like going out with some of your quirky friends. It was relatable. But since they went kida corporate-y this all had lost its charm, it's not the same thing. There are now way too many actors and writers, who clearly overtly don't like each other. It's like going from watching Pewdiepie just ducking around in his room to Jimmy Fallon laughing at everything his writers prepared for him that night.
Just my 2 cents. I liked them very much, learned a bit of english and used to be excited for whatever they made every week. Today, they are just a distant memory.
To me it all just got repetitive, a lack of new content and ideas is not good for viewer retention, and definitely the political heavy handedness at times was just grating, because when someone acts like they are superior or like they have the right answer to everything it is condescending and annoying, because few things in life are so clear cut
@@ilo3456 Everyone in the cast looks like they have an emotional support animal
Nah, if you watch the try not to laughs thats definitely unscripted. And they are very clearly having a good time, itd be *painful* to watch if they were faking that. And the cast has talked about their personal friendship to each other too and seem to legit know each other. Obviously I'm just an outsider but faking the try not to laugh seems way harder than just actually being funny and making each other laugh.
watch the try not to laughs, it is very much silly costumes and yelling. Some are okay, some are bangers, like "The Chosen." The one with gus johnson/sven johnson is great.
The old smosh was smosh. After Anthony left smosh Is dead. ( going down)
Let's see if Anthony and Ian can get it back since they bought Smosh!
The viewership rise and decline might not be closely related to Defy Media's involvement. It's possible just the presenters' style of comedy was popular when the channel was popular and trends moved on later. It happens to a lot of channels. It doesn't mean it got worse or whatever, it just happens. Like no one can stay on top forever, eventually people move on to other things.
What I miss from Smosh is that I know Smosh since I was in highschool (around 2011) as two best friends making content. Since they have too many cast, their friendships is buried behind the casts and topics that are not "Smosh" anymore. I started stop watching Smosh even before Anthony left because their friendship is not shown in their videos
Same here I got into their content in 2012 through their games channel during the slenderman craze and was hooked on seeing more of their content up until around early 2016 that was when I started losing interest
Same. I grew with the older Smosh videos of the late 2000s and early 2010s. I stopped watching Smosh as the mid 2010s rolled around and became a college student. I've stopped keeping up with this videos and haven't watched them since.
Agree. That is why I loved their content in their 2nd channel more because it is just then hanging out. Lunch and mail time with smosh was my jam back then.
I grew up with Anthony and Ian and remember the feeling of waiting every year for the next food battle. Now it’s nothing but a distant memory
I had forgotten about food war until you mentioned it, the new equivalent for me now is flashgitz and their console wars series, amazing stuff I look forward to just the same
i remember when the final food battle came out. that killed me
I miss food battle, the good old days.
If it wasn't for Rhett and Link buying, resurrecting and giving it more of a base rather than just random loose jokes Smosh would have eventually cease to exist. I love where they are currently.
I stopped watching around the time they grew their team ngl. It was just tiring to see the same thing over and over again 6-8 years ago when I stopped viewing.