VitalyzdTv Is Back On YouTube. Its Not Going Well.

VitalyzdTv's YouTube comeback struggles due to past controversies, fake pranks, and damaged reputation.

Key Takeaways

Vitaly's comeback was hindered more by his damaged reputation than by the quality of his new videos.
Authenticity is crucial for prank channels; faking pranks can severely damage audience trust.
Public controversies and legal issues can have long-lasting negative impacts on a creator's career.
YouTube's stricter content policies and enforcement affected Vitaly's channel performance.
Feuds and public admissions of faking content contribute to audience skepticism.

What the video covers

Vitaly announced a confident return to YouTube after a long hiatus but failed to regain his previous popularity.
Despite having over 10 million subscribers, his recent videos only garnered around 100,000 views each and were often age-restricted.
Many of Vitaly's prank videos have been revealed to be fake, which damaged his credibility.
His reputation was further harmed by an infamous arrest and controversial merchandise.
Vitaly initially gained fame with authentic pranks starting in 2011, rapidly growing his subscriber base.
As his popularity grew, so did the incentive to stage pranks, leading to increased skepticism.
Other pranksters like Joey Salads were also exposed for faking content, contributing to the general distrust.
A feud with fellow prankster FouseyTube revealed admissions of faking pranks from both sides.
Vitaly’s relationship with YouTube deteriorated due to demonetization, age restrictions, and strikes on his channel.
Overall, Vitaly’s fall from grace is linked to both his content authenticity issues and personal controversies.

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Why did VitalyzdTv's YouTube comeback not succeed as expected?

Vitaly's comeback was hampered by his damaged reputation from past controversies, admissions of faking pranks, and YouTube age restrictions on his videos.

Did Vitaly admit to faking any of his prank videos?

Yes, Vitaly admitted to faking some pranks in the past, stating he faked a few videos to set up better reactions, which was confirmed during a public feud with FouseyTube.

How did Vitaly's relationship with YouTube affect his channel?

Vitaly faced demonetization, age restrictions, and strikes on his videos, which negatively impacted his channel's performance and contributed to his decline.

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Approximately three months ago, in September 2021, Vitaly posted two incredibly confident tweets to Twitter stating that he was about to break the internet and that it would only be a few more weeks till all the haters would swallow. This was assumably in reference to his long-anticipated return to YouTube after having uploaded only once in the last two years. However, when he returned just three weeks ago, the videos didn't exactly break the internet in the way that he might have expected.

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swallow this was assumably in reference to his long anticipated return to YouTube after having uploaded only once in the last two years however when he would return just three weeks ago the videos didn't exactly break the internet in the way that he might have expected

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Despite being one of the most infamous prank channels in YouTube history with over 10 million subscribers, the videos are only gaining a touch over 100,000 views each, two out of the three videos being age-restricted, hindering the performance further. It's clear that many of the interactions within the videos are fake, which we'll look at closely later in the video. However, the reason behind Vitaly's underwhelming return is barely a result of the videos themselves. The main issue is that while on hiatus, Vitaly did a pretty decent job of completely and utterly destroying his reputation.

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performance further and it's clear that many of the interactions within the videos are fake which we'll look at closely later in the video however the reason behind Vitale's underwhelming return is barely a result of the videos themselves the main issue is that while

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An exclusive video of Vitaly's infamous arrest was released after he attacked a random jogger while inebriated in Miami. He admitted to faking some of his pranks, which seemed to discredit the entire collection. Plus, it's probably hard to convince the audience that you're still passionate about making videos when you've got a piece of merch that literally says "YouTube is for effing [expletive]" in big bold font on the back. But there was a time when Vitaly was passionate about YouTube, a time when Vitaly was respected by the audience, a man with an incredible reputation, a dude who was willing to go above and beyond every other creator.

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to discredit the entire collection plus it's probably hard to convince the audience that you're still passionate about making videos when you've got a piece of merch that literally says YouTube is for effing [ __ ] in big bold font on the back but there was a

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There was no question as to whether or not Vitaly's content was authentic in the beginning. Back in 2011, he was nothing more than a 19-year-old running around causing a ruckus with the goal of getting clips for his Disturbing the Peace series on his brand new channel VitalyZdtv. He'd experiment with random comedic videos such as The Worst Stand-Up Ever but began to stride after his How to Pick Up Girls prank series started to gain the YouTube algorithm's attention.

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not Vitale's content was authentic in the beginning back in 2011 he was nothing more than a 19 year old running around causing a ruckus with the goal of getting clips for his disturbing the P series on his brand new channel Vitali

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The advantage that Vitaly had back in the beginning was, ironically, he had no following and therefore no reason to fake any of his videos. He likely didn't have the money to hire a bunch of actors, so the content was as authentic as possible. It was just Vitaly running around being an idiot, and the audience loved it. This would lead to his first major viral hit, the Miami Zombie Attack prank, which gained over 6 million views in three days, transforming Vitaly's life overnight.

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the beginning was ironically he had no following and therefore no reason to fake any of his videos he likely didn't have the money to hire a bunch of actors so the content was as authentic as possible it was just Vitaly running

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He'd go from 3,000 subscribers to 100,000 in the space of a month, which, in combination with his hilarious genuine pranks, began to cement him as a YouTube legend. His channel would explode further after his infamous Gold Digger prank gained 30 million views in a month, and in combination with streaking the World Cup final—yeah, the World Cup was amazing—he got a million followers in 23 hours. Vitaly quickly became somewhat of a household name.

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subscribers to a hundred thousand in the space of a month which in combination with his hilarious genuine pranks began to cement him as a YouTube Legend his channel would explode further after his Infamous gold digger prank gained 30

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However, as Vitaly got bigger and bigger on the YouTube platform, his incentive to fake the pranks also grew larger and larger. It didn't help that at around the same point in time, other large pranksters such as Joey Salads were getting exposed left, right, and center. Is that Joey Salads standing in front of the same car with all these black hooligans? The same black actors that destroyed the car are standing with Joey right behind the camera as he does his introduction, increasing the speculation around whether or not other pranksters had faked their videos, such as Vitaly.

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bigger on the YouTube platform his incentive to fake the pranks also grew larger and larger it didn't help that at around the same point in time other large pranksters such as Joey salads were getting exposed left right and

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The answer to this would eventually be revealed by a fellow prankster and friend, FouseyTube. The beef started somewhat out of the blue when Vitaly decided to call out a bunch of YouTube's fake pranksters, in which he would strangely admit that some of his own videos had been faked in the past. "Out of 165 videos, I maybe faked five videos, and it's not calling fake, it's calling setting up to make the better reaction."

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regulation around whether or not other pranksters had faked their videos such as Vitali the answer to this would eventually be revealed by a fellow prankster and friend Fouseytube the Beast started somewhat out of the blue when Vitaly decided to call out a bunch

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One of the individuals he called out in this video was FouseyTube, who made a response video claiming that Vitaly was the very individual who taught him how to fake his pranks in the first place. "In your video you made about me, you said I do the fake pranks. You said you're the one percent that doesn't [expletive]. You're the one who taught me how to do fake pranks when the first video I ever did was filming your fake prank."

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reaction one of the individuals he called out in this video was Fouseytube who made a response video claiming that Vitale was the very individual who taught him how to fake his pranks in the first place in your video you made about

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Vitaly would then respond to this, passively admitting that he faked pranks once again. "Everybody knows that we fake pranks back in the day. Yes, I faked some of my videos, but I'd rather fake pranks than fake my religion and my friendships."

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vitelli would then respond to this passively admitting that he faked pranks once again everybody knows that we fake pranks back in the day yes I faked some of my videos but I rather fake pranks than fake my religion and my friendships

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Shortly thereafter, the two ended up on DramaAlert arguing in the process, 100 to 110, confirming that at least some of the pranks had been faked. "I already told you guys that I faked some of my pranks. It's old news." The genie was well and truly out of the bottle, and it wasn't going back in.

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truly out of the bottle and it wasn't going back in vitelli seemed confident that prior to this beef everyone knew that he had faked some of his pranks however the truth was not everyone did there was still so much ambiguity around

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Vitaly seemed confident that prior to this beef, everyone knew that he had faked some of his pranks. However, the truth was not everyone did. There was still so much ambiguity around whether or not they were real. However, this beef between him and Fousey confirmed for many what was previously just speculation. Justified later by Vitaly stating that he did it in order to get reactions that he was unable to achieve in a natural scenario.

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achieve in a natural scenario I called him out on all his fake videos like all the pranks were fake I faked some of my videos people already know that but I didn't fake it because I'm a [ __ ] I

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"I called him out on all his fake videos. Like, all the pranks were fake. I faked some of my videos, people already know that, but I didn't fake it because I'm a [expletive]. I faked it because I'm thirsty for the reaction that I want to get but I can't get."

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fake even if only one video had been faked every piece of content from that point onwards is seen with different eyes as the audience is watching with the goal of discovering whether or not the individuals within the videos are

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However, it was kind of too late. No explanation was going to reignite the interest of the audience after they discovered that some of the content was fake. Even if only one video had been faked, every piece of content from that point onwards is seen with different eyes, as the audience is watching with the goal of discovering whether or not the individuals within the videos are actors, as opposed to watching the videos for the pranks themselves.

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of his videos began to get demonetized and age restricted every video demonetized like my Friday the 13th prank for 40 million views got taken down I uploaded one wow an old Chainsaw Massacre my masterpiece with like 60 million got taken down inappropriate

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Things only got worse from here on out. The drama and negative attention that Vitaly had cultivated took him out of YouTube's good books, and when considering the nature of his controversial content, many of his videos began to get demonetized and age-restricted. "Every video demonetized, like my Friday the 13th prank for 40 million views got taken down. I uploaded one, wow, an old Chainsaw Massacre, my masterpiece with like 60 million, got taken down. Inappropriate content."

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age-restricted or straight up deleted Vitaly announced that he would be launching his own paid subscription website called Vitali uncensored they're monetizing everything and I always had Vitality uncensored in mind so I was like I pre-filmed probably first season

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As a result, Vitaly began to call YouTube out for being soft. "YouTube became so soft, you can't do nothing. Age-restricted every video." Subsequently, his relationship with YouTube began to crumble, with every video either being demonetized, age-restricted, or straight-up deleted.

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Vitaly uncensored and while it was exciting that Vitali had the opportunity to launch a new business it would come with many extra problems the site began to lose exclusivity after others began to replicate it summed up by vitelli in

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Vitaly announced that he would be launching his own paid subscription website called Vitaly Uncensored. "They're monetizing everything, and I always had Vitaly Uncensored in mind, so I was like, I pre-filmed probably first season four years ago, and I was just sitting on footage." The site was described as wild pranks with no rules, on which members could pay per month to watch Vitaly do pranks with topless girls.

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even further following the release of the site it's against the rules of YouTube to directly promote an adult or 18 plus website here on the platform however Vitali ignored their rules completely posting links to the website in the description of each and every

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"You hopped off YouTube, yeah, like almost. What is Vitaly Uncensored?" And while it was exciting that Vitaly had the opportunity to launch a new business, it would come with many extra problems. The site began to lose exclusivity after others began to replicate it, summed up by Vitaly in a tweet stating, "So about a month ago, I came out with a subscription site, Vitaly Uncensored. A month later, all you influencers coming out with yours. That's right, follow Daddy's footsteps, just like the pranks."

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because I promoted Italian sensor before 10 million subscribers I got a strike you got a strike I gotta strike listen to this so I took off all the links as soon as the strike expires the next day they give me a strike for the same

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Additionally, Vitaly's relationship with YouTube deteriorated even further following the release of the site. "It's against the rules of YouTube to directly promote an adult or 18-plus web."

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you're over it I upload just videos I film for Instagram now and whatever I have left upload on YouTube I don't care with Instagram being his new main platform Vitale's YouTube uploads slow dramatically and in January 2020 he

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would put himself in an Egyptian jail for five days after climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza then disappear for an extended period of time however although he wasn't uploading to YouTube Vitale was still getting up to a fair bit of

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mischief and in early 2020 an event would take place that would shock his fans to the core on the evening of April 12 2020 vitelli would attack a random woman who is simply out for her nightly Jog and when photos of the assault came

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out days later people quickly came to terms with the severity of the attack vitelli stated that in the past he had never been under the info moment in any of his YouTube videos I never did in my life video under any influence of drugs

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or alcohol however when the police body cam footage was being uploaded to YouTube all of this was about to change his hair wearing your T-shirt and yellow shorts he just came out and throttled her for no reason he just came out and I

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just whacked her in the face okay this guy is this guy has got this website Battalion censored he's had some issues before after police tracked Vitale down at his house it was clear that he was incredibly inebriated put your hand in

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the car man hey guys I'm so sorry oh that's it and after confirming that Vitali was in fact the one who would cause the assault he was taken to jail check it out see I'm gonna put him in

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the front you gotta leave your mask on though Mass has to go on put it over your face then in June 2021 over a year later a lawsuit by the jogger against Vitale settled in court for an undisclosed amount this guy really hit

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rock bottom dude went from a tasteless prankster to being arrested multiple times for multiple reasons to his entire career being destroyed and his known but himself to blame for it damn dude was at the highest point in his life and had

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the hardest fall makes me appreciate my life a bit more I started liking Vitali in his early years he later became so obnoxious I was afraid something like this was bound to happen eventually I hope that jogger is okay comments such

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as these highlighted the complete and utter deterioration of Vitale's reputation and Public Image the audience had already lost most of their respect for vitality and this was certainly one of the final Nails in the coffin so with a ruined Public Image his audience

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knowing that he had the tendency to fake pranks and an obliterated relationship with YouTube it's really no surprise that his recent return has been somewhat of a failure he's promoted his return in a banner stating the return of the goat

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2.0 with some strange branding that seems completely disassociated with Vitale or even pranking in general to his credit a lot of the interactions within the videos feel fairly authentic however it's very obvious that in the mix Vitale has also hired actors the

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best example of this is in the second video titled fake copsprank in which this gentleman is for some reason walking all the way to the left on the sidewalk right next to where the cops happened to be standing he's called Over

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by Vitaly and the other fake female cop and instead of having the normal natural reaction when a police officer request to speak to you where you look terrified while thinking oh crap what on Earth have I done this guy walks straight up

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trying his hardest not to laugh while saying Sup with unbroken eye contact standing uncomfortably close to Vitaly in the female you know almost like like he's familiar with them for some strange reason he then appears to flirt with

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vitelli what was my name [Music] my name is Bubba before looking directly into the camera again almost like he somehow knew that the camera was there already come on vitelli who are you trying to fool and that question

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accurately summarizes why vitali's return has been somewhat unsuccessful and simultaneously the reason for the decline of Vitale's popularity as a whole he's lost the trust of the audience faking his pranks attacking the jogger falling out with YouTube each

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peeling back a little bit more information about Vitale's true colors foreign

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