Top 10 Worst Years for YouTube
2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade. This year witnessed a significant issue with low-quality content targeted at children, alongside a rise in internet challenges that normalized self-harm and suicide. Additionally, this was the year Logan Paul posted his infamous video.
So much content with profanity, sexual content, violence and drug use.
Bad year for privacy concerns. Modern-day YouTube is really bad.
2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade. This year marked a downturn for YouTube as they began demonetizing content creators for using certain words, especially swear words. It was a departure from the earlier times when creators could speak freely.
Too many Elsagates. This was a year before it was banned from the platform.
2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 20th year of the third millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s... read more This was the year when YouTube inexplicably moved the comment section, began placing ads on almost every video (regardless of whether the creator is monetized), and saw the COPPA update go into effect on January 6th, 2020.
Year of the Among Us videos, enough said.
2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 21st year of the third millennium, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s. 2021 was scheduled to host many major events that were originally scheduled for 2020... read more Remember when YouTube removed the dislike button for no apparent reason? What's next, removing every video on the platform?
The year that they removed the dislike count.
2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It's the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
This is the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade. This year has seen a multitude of YouTubers quitting, including long-time creators like MatPat. It marks the end of an era and is now primarily dominated by edited animated videos, severely outdated memes, and AI-themed content. Additionally, this is the year when Verbalase spent $50,000 on featuring Hazbin Hotel's popular character in a video.
Year of Amazing Digital Circus videos, enough said.
I hope YouTube will be better by this year.
2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade. 2019 was a bad year for YouTube. This is when they announced the controversial COPPA update and started implementing double ads on videos.
The year 2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year that started on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. Additionally, it was the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, as well as the 4th year of the 2020s decade. Please get this to #1. 2017 was better. Everything about 2023 is just about a damn toilet with a head and other poppy playtime crap. 2023 is the year that should deserve the hate, not 2017.
This year is filled with content that can be described as 'brain rot.' Skidibi Toilet, Poppy Playtime, and Garten of Banban videos have gained significant traction among modern children. The introduction of YouTube Shorts has also contributed to issues similar to severe ADHD and ADD, akin to the impact of TikTok.
2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE), the 9th year of the 2010s decade, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 18th year of the 3rd millennium. Momo continued to traumatize kids until being banned that year, and the infamous DaddyOFive made a return to the internet on Twitch.
2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade. This is the year when whole sections of YouTube transformed into vile, greedy, creepy, gross, and disturbing spaces.
2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year based on the Common Era/Anno Domini designations. It is the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade. The year featured YouTube's same outdated user interface and introduced annoying YouTubers like Fred. It also saw the emergence of memes that evolved into being sexist, racist, and antisemitic.
2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade. YouTube Kids was launched in 2015. During this time, the infamous child abuse channel DaddyOFive was active, leading to its eventual termination and the parents losing custody of some of their children.
2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
2010 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year based on Anno Domini/Common Era designations. It is the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade. This year marked the beginning of a new YouTube era, unfortunately including the overwhelmingly disliked YouTube Rewind.
2008 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year based on the Common Era/Anno Domini designations. It is the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. There were too many disturbing videos on the darker side of YouTube from the pre-2010 era, accompanied by numerous copyright violations.
2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade. Year of the Poppy Playtime videos, enough said.
2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.
2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.