Has PewDiePie\u2019s channel been shadowbanned on YouTube? YouTube: PewDiePieSpeculation over whether Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg was shadowbanned on YouTube exploded online when fans noticed that his channel no longer shows up in searches. Has the Swede been sidelined on the platform? [jwplayer IX7jLp7f] For over the last decade, PewDiePie has been seen as the face of YouTube for many. With over 107 million subscribers, he is the undisputed king of the popular video website. However on October 22, fans became concerned that the 30-year-old was shadowbanned by Google after his channel disappeared from the platform\u2019s search function. Was PewDiePie shadowbanned on YouTube? Fans began to notice something was amiss on October 22 when his latest video only received 45k views after almost being up for two hours. This is unusual as his content normally gains anywhere from 300-500k in that timeframe. Speculation kicked into overdrive when people began to notice that Kjellberg\u2019s channel no longer shows up when searching \u201cPewDiePie\u201d on YouTube \u2013 which is what people claim happens when Google supposedly shadowbans an account. Popular entertainment reporter Def Noodles covered the discovery on Twitter, and posted examples of what happens when you search the personality\u2019s channel on the platform. Dexerto can confirm at the time of writing that his channel does not show up when searching his name \u2013 though there\u2019s no confirmation of a shadowban occuring. https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1319342075553271808 While it\u2019s unclear whether the popular entertainer actually is shadowbanned, or if Google even does such a thing, it does appear that his latest video is getting substantially less views than it should be. Twitter accounts began to point this out, such as one user who said, \u201cIn an hour he usually pulls in close to 500k Views. If this is true then youtube gonna be getting a lot of backlash. He hasn\u2019t even done anything slightly controversial in a long time.\u201d The popular entertainer addressed the issue in a community message on October 22. \u201cYo, for some reason my videos aren\u2019t showing up in sub box since yesterday so posting here,\u201d he said, with a link to his latest upload. Hours after his fans began reporting the issue, YouTube officially made a statement on Twitter about the situation and explained that it was because of an error, and not a shadowban. They also apologized for \u201cany inconvenience this has caused.\u201d \u201cWe are hearing reports that PewDiePie\u2019s channel and some videos are not surfacing within searches. We are currently working on fixing the issue,\u201d they said. YouTube\u2019s Ryan Wyatt also added, \u201cUpdate on PDP. We\u2019re on it! Thanks to the community for flagging us, we appreciate it!\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fwiz\/status\/1319398949094973440 Around 5:22pm, viewers began to report that PewDiePie\u2019s channel had been restored in the search engine. Def Noodles covered the update on Twitter stating \u201cPewdiepie shadowban appears to have been fixed by YouTube. Pewdiepie\u2019s channel is now appearing in search results as well as his latest videos. No explanation yet on what caused the glitch.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1319431307886170112 PewDiePie supporters are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief knowing that YouTube hadn\u2019t intentionally flagged the personality\u2019s account, and that it was just a mistake. Hopefully for them, his videos start appearing in their subscription boxes and everyone can soon forget about this unfortunate error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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