Large Streamers That Have Principally Disappeared

Streaming is extra fashionable than ever, and yearly we get a brand new batch of superstars. Individuals like Sketch and Kai Cenat have exploded onto the scene in recent times, however for each new streamer that will get thousands and thousands of followers, there’s one other who’s seemingly fallen off the web’s radar.

One of many secrets and techniques the streaming trade would not need you to know is how arduous being a high streamer actually is. Streaming is rougher in your physique than most individuals assume, however the hardest a part of the job is that it requires fixed consideration. Taking a day without work, altering your content material technique, or making an attempt out a brand new platform can price a streamer large chunks of their viewers. Streaming viewers are a fickle bunch, and most of them are at all times on the hunt for one thing new to look at.

Over time we have seen a handful of huge streamers principally disappear from the web. A few of them actually have vanished into skinny air, leaving their web careers behind for IRL pursuits. Many extra merely discovered themselves streaming to a smaller viewers after controversies or profession strikes that merely did not work out. Check out how among the greatest streamers on the planet shrank from the highlight, and also you may even be stunned to search out that a few of your favourite outdated streamers are nonetheless on the market in lesser-known corners of the web.

Ninja was as soon as principally synonymous with the streaming trade. He began streaming full time in 2017, however his profession actually took off the following yr when 1000’s of followers began tuning into his streams to look at him play “Fortnite” on Twitch. In April 2018 Ninja set his peak concurrent viewership document throughout a “Fortnite” aggressive occasion the place greater than 600,000 followers have been watching reside. Even after hitting that peak, Ninja’s profile continued to develop. He turned one of many few streamers to essentially break into the mainstream from the world of gaming tradition.

Ninja appeared in actuality TV exhibits and Hollywood productions, and for some time, it appeared like he can be the face of the streaming trade ceaselessly.

Issues did not prove that method. Since setting his private peak viewership document, Ninja has misplaced 98% of his viewers. Ninja’s profession took a blow when he took a profitable deal to desert Twitch for Microsoft’s fledgling streaming platform, Mixer. Sadly, Microsoft shut down Mixer lower than a yr after Ninja’s transfer, forcing him to modify platforms but once more. On high of that, “Fortnite” would not dominate the gaming and streaming worlds right now the best way it did again in 2018. Ninja continues to be streaming to a small viewers of followers, however chaotic platform strikes, the decline of “Fortnite,” and the common forces of change that include time have helped him to principally disappear.

Fantasy is one other streamer whose early success could be straight tied to “Fortnite.” Fantasy, alongside Ninja, was one of many first fashionable streamers to begin taking part in the Epic’s battle royale, and he shortly mastered the sport’s distinctive constructing mechanics. Followers cherished watching Fantasy play competitively, and he set his reside viewer document throughout a match he performed in opposition to Ninja in 2018. Sadly Fantasy has misplaced 95% of his viewers since that much-viewed match, and right now there are many streaming followers who do not know that he is nonetheless round.

Fantasy by no means achieved the mainstream success of Ninja, and his streaming profession began to lose steam not lengthy after their reside competitors. With extra folks taking part in “Fortnite” than ever earlier than, Fantasy and his followers began to comprehend that he wasn’t actually probably the greatest aggressive gamers on the planet. Fantasy began experimenting with new video games, even whereas shedding viewers, and ultimately he began taking part in on new platforms. 

When Fantasy left Twitch for YouTube, he misplaced a ton of his viewers. After leaving his content material creation group, Fantasy additionally did not have coworkers within the streaming world he might lean on for help. Due to that, Fantasy’s viewership continued to dwindle. At present he is nonetheless streaming, and he is again on Twitch, however the huge attain he had in 2018 is gone.

Corpse Husband began his content material creation profession making movies on YouTube. For a very long time, Corpse Husband’s content material had virtually nothing to do with video video games. In his movies, he narrated “creepypasta” — horror tales that get shared in on-line boards and locations like Reddit — along with his signature baritone voice. As Corpse Husband turned extra fashionable, he made pals within the streaming trade, and began taking part in video games like “Amongst Us” with folks like Valkyrae and Pokimane. Followers actually loved watching these streams, however sadly, that a part of Corpse Husband’s life wasn’t meant to final.

2021 was the ultimate yr of Corpse Husband’s streaming profession, although after all his followers did not understand it on the time. The content material creator simply quietly stopped streaming and placing out new movies after that yr, and he stopped posting totally after selling some authentic songs he launched in 2023. 

Followers miss Corpse Husband’s distinctive voice, humorousness, and musical stylings, but it surely’s actually no shock that the streamer has principally vanished. Corpse Husband at all times shied from the highlight, which is why he by no means revealed his face on digicam, and he commonly confronted real-life struggles along with his well being that would stop him from streaming for fairly a while. Attaining streaming fame by no means gave the impression to be Corpse Husband’s principal aim in life, so his followers can not less than relaxation straightforward understanding he disappeared on his personal phrases.

LeafyIsHere is a controversial streamer who hasn’t had a lot of a web based presence for years. Leafy made a reputation for himself by stirring up streamer drama and doing his greatest to offend different streamers within the trade. After all, most platforms have insurance policies in opposition to harassing different customers, and Leafy discovered himself operating up in opposition to fairly a couple of totally different Phrases of Service insurance policies.

In 2020 Leafy had been off YouTube for 2 years, however he made a dramatic return to the platform. Leafy initially made movies making enjoyable of one among his least favourite content material creators, iDubbbz, but it surely did not take lengthy for him to search out a good higher goal. Leafy began making movies taunting and harassing Pokimane, one of many world’s hottest streamers on the time, and so they took off. Sadly for Leafy, YouTube took the harassment critically and shut down his account. Leafy stored up the Pokimane harassment on Twitch, till that platform banned him, too.

Like different streamers who misplaced their complete viewerbase in months, Leafy discovered himself needing to begin over once more from scratch, however this time he already had a fame for being intensely problematic. That proved to be too tall of an order for Leafy. Although some streamers have since noticed him making an attempt to achieve traction by making offensive posts from an X account, Leafy has all however disappeared from the web in any other case.

Ice Poseidon made an enormous title for himself within the streaming group, however even at his peak, calling him fashionable may need been a stretch. That is as a result of Ice Poseidon found out early on that the web rewards dangerous habits. Early in his profession, Ice Poseidon established a combative relationship along with his stream viewers. His streaming persona purposefully tried to offend folks, and his viewers responded by repeatedly swatting him. As soon as Ice Poseidon even had a SWAT crew referred to as in on him whereas he was streaming from an airport. The state of affairs triggered a lot chaos that Twitch banned Ice Poseidon over it.

The ban did not dissuade Ice Poseidon. He went on to stream on YouTube and Mixer, and his antics solely bought extra wild. He used a crypto scheme to rip-off his viewers out of half one million {dollars} in 2022, however that is not the incident that lastly triggered him to all however disappear. In 2023 Ice Poseidon joined a small group of streamers who’ve ended up in jail after he and his pals threw a raucously harmful occasion at a restaurant in Thailand. He in the end prevented a 5 yr jail sentence within the nation and hasn’t pulled any of his common stunts since.

Sykkuno is a beloved streamer who loads of followers affiliate with the pandemic lockdowns that occurred again in 2020. On the time, Sykkuno, like so many different streamers, was entertaining his housebound viewers by taking part in video games like “Amongst Us” along with his pals. Tens of 1000’s of individuals would present as much as watch Sykkuno work with, and infrequently betray, different content material creators like Pokimane, Valkyrae, and Corpse Husband.

Sykkuno hit his peak viewership in November 2020 when he had over 100,000 reside viewers members watching him play. Since then, issues have positively taken a flip. In 2022 Sykkuno signed a deal to solely stream on YouTube. Different streamers have been additionally making that transfer, however platform modifications virtually at all times price streamers a few of their viewers. The drastic change positively affected Sykkuno, however so did the altering pursuits of streaming viewers. At present, Sykkuno continues to be on YouTube and in addition again on Twitch, however now he is fortunate to stream to quite a lot of thousand viewers directly.

Followers have been following Tfue’s content material creation profession for greater than a decade. Tfue began streaming in 2014, however his profession actually took off in 2018. Like many different streamers, Tfue benefited from the explosive recognition of “Fortnite.” Followers would come by the 1000’s to look at him stream the sport on Twitch. Whereas Tfue was nonetheless taking part in video video games on stream, he additionally began investing extra of his time into YouTube. His channel grew to greater than 11 million subscribers, however his streams turned increasingly sporadic.

In 2024 Tfue’s profession bought a critical shakeup. Tfue launched a video titled “I am Quitting YouTube …” the place he defined that he needed to begin prioritizing making video content material for X as a substitute. “I really feel like I can do extra vulgar stuff [on X], quite a lot of my movies on YouTube are getting censored,” Tfue stated. Tfue did not quit posting YouTube movies totally, however he stopped prioritizing making content material for his viewers on that platform.

Later in 2024 Tfue additionally signed a take care of Kick and deserted his Twitch account altogether. Tfue’s complete content material creation presence utterly shifted in beneath a yr, and for a lot of of his viewers, he principally disappeared in a single day. Tfue continues to be streaming right now, however he appears to have acknowledged that his platform switching did not work out. He made a shock return to Twitch in late 2025, and whereas a lot of his followers have been delighted, many extra did not even understand that he was again.

Nihachu turned a streaming star at a younger age. She was simply 18 years outdated when her “Minecraft” streams took off. In 2020, Nihachu was one of many greatest feminine streamers on the planet, with greater than 10 million followers on-line and a devoted fanbase who cherished watching her play and construct in her personal “Minecraft” world. Then, proper on the top of her recognition, Nihachu give up streaming utterly.

“A giant motive for [quitting] was that I spotted I did not know who I used to be,” Nihachu stated in an interview with Karat. She went on to say, “So I took a step again and simply sort of needed to determine who I used to be and what I need to do and how much content material I need to make.” Nihachu’s break from streaming price her a few of her viewers and relevance on-line. When she lastly got here again to content material creation, she made a good riskier transfer and left her “Minecraft” part behind. 

Nihachu stated that she knew early on she did not need to solely be a “Minecraft” streamer, and she or he even tried to work in different content material, like simply chatting streams, when she was experiencing her preliminary blowup. At present Nihachu is certainly primarily a chat streamer, and you must scroll far again in her YouTube historical past to search out her “Minecraft” movies. She principally disappeared from the web, however she’s happier within the extra secluded place she’s made for herself.

Dr Disrespect continues to be one of the vital well-known and controversial figures within the streaming trade. He made a reputation for himself taking part in first-person shooters like “Name of Obligation” with an aggressive, hyper-masculine persona. Dr Disrespect is totally one to interact in trash discuss, and his followers love his offensive humor and the truth that he can again up his discuss with real FPS expertise.

Dr Disrespect began his profession on Twitch, however he was all of the sudden and mysteriously banned from the platform in 2020. Extremely, Dr Disrespect managed to modify to YouTube, construct his viewership again up, and change into extra fashionable than ever. Then, in 2024, disturbing allegations about Dr Disrespect and the state of affairs that bought him banned from Twitch got here to gentle. In a complicated sequence of occasions, Dr Disrespect took to social media to confess that he had exchanged inappropriate messages with an underage fan by way of Twitch Whispers again in 2020, however then he later backtracked, deleting that put up and claiming that he’d solely admitted to the allegations to trick folks.

Dr Disrespect misplaced a ton of offers within the scandal. Sponsors pulled away from the streamer, his gaming firm minimize him free, and YouTube demonetized his channel. Dr Disrespect made Rumble his principal streaming platform, and he is nonetheless there right now. Nevertheless, the disturbing state of affairs misplaced Dr Disrespect chunks of his fanbase. There was a time when Dr Disrespect might get one million views on a stream, however now he is nowhere close to as fashionable or related. 

Should you’re comparatively new to the streaming scene, you may not have any clue who PewDiePie is. Ask anybody who’s been following platforms like Twitch and YouTube for some time, although, and so they’ll have rather a lot to say. For years, PewDiePie was the undisputed YouTube champion with essentially the most subscribers on the platform. He is one of many few content material creators who gained mainstream recognition, and he is even made appearances on TV, like his visitor spot on “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” in 2015.

PewDiePie was lastly dethroned as YouTube’s primary channel in late 2022 when MrBeast claimed the highest spot. After that, PewDiePie’s channel remained in YouTube’s high 10 till 2025. Now the channel is slowly changing into much less fashionable, however PewDiePie solely uploads a video or two a month. That is as near completely disappeared as one could be with out now not being referred to as an expert content material creator. 

There are some actually tragic particulars about PewDiePie’s life, however the finish of his streaming profession is not one among them. In contrast to so many different folks within the streaming trade, PewDiePie left content material creation behind of his personal free will. PewDiePie’s followers bought to look at him slowly transition from engaged on his profession to specializing in issues in his actual life. PewDiePie married his longtime girlfriend and fellow content material creator Marzia in 2019. Later, the couple moved to Japan, and in 2023 PewDiePie turned a dad. Since then, he is willingly put his profession on the again burner.