JackSepticEye admits he\u2019s been considering quitting YouTube YouTube: JackSepticEyeSe\u00e1n \u2018JackSepticEye\u2019 McLoughlin, arguably YouTube\u2019s biggest content creator after PewDiePie, came \u201cvery close\u201d to pulling the plug on his career in 2020, after what the Irishman described as the \u201cworst year ever.\u201d JackSepticEye boasts an enormous 26 million followers on YouTube, and \u2014 apart from a short hiatus in mid-2020 \u2014 has been churning out gaming videos for his dedicated fan base regularly since he first began all the way back in early 2012. All that could have come to an end, however, the Irish superstar reveals; he\u2019s been \u201cseriously\u201d toying with the idea of packing it all in, and calling time on his illustrious YouTube career. \u201cThis has been the worst year ever\u2026 for so, so many reasons,\u201d he said. \u201cMy personal experience with this year hasn\u2019t been great. I got so mentally drained [this year] that I told people close to me I was going to quit YouTube\u2026 \u201cI had a really long think about it all, and who Se\u00e1n McLoughlin was outside of JackSepticEye. It\u2019s not just about numbers and money, but for a long time, I didn\u2019t know. Maybe I still don\u2019t really know, 100% know. \u201cIt crosses my mind all the time, like, what if I just quit YouTube?\u201d One of the main reasons he\u2019s been toying with the idea, JackSepticEye said in his Dec. 31 upload, was due to ongoing health issues that have plagued him for much of 2020. The star got sick at a convention in early March, and has been struggling with the fallout ever since. Read More: Will MrBeast ever quit YouTube? – \u201cI miss the days where I could get up and have bundles of energy,\u201d he said. \u201cI have these ongoing bowel issues that keep me up at night, and it makes it so hard to keep going\u2026 it\u2019s killing my creativity, in so many ways. It means I look back at the videos I\u2019ve done, and know I can do so much better.\u201d The other problem, he explained, was \u201cYouTube culture\u201d. The popular creator has been battling with the idea that \u201ceverything you make has to be better than the last,\u201d and if it isn\u2019t then it\u2019s \u201csome personal failing\u201d that gets strung around your neck by viewers and the platform. \u201cThe YouTube analytics especially have been a breaking point for me\u2026 they do more harm than good. Am I the only one that thinks that? The 1 to 10 system sucks.\u201d For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 7:16 in the video below. All that being said, it looks like McLoughlin has decided to stay, for now: the JackSepticEye channel won\u2019t be going anywhere, despite the star\u2019s struggles. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be the same, I promise you. I\u2019m not going to lay out any grand plans I have to deliver on. I\u2019m going to do whatever the f**k I want, and make sure I enjoy creating on YouTube, and being proud of what I do,\u201d he said. Read More: What is the Dream SMP server? – The popular creator currently boasts just over 28.2m followers between YouTube and Twitch. He reportedly makes \u20ac14.5m each year through his uploads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JackSepticEye admits he\u2019s been considering quitting YouTube YouTube: JackSepticEyeSe\u00e1n \u2018JackSepticEye\u2019 McLoughlin, arguably YouTube\u2019s biggest content creator after PewDiePie, came \u201cvery close\u201d to pulling the plug on his career in 2020, after what the Irishman described as the \u201cworst year ever.\u201d JackSepticEye boasts an enormous 26 million followers on YouTube, and \u2014 apart from a short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}