The streamer Guy “DrDisrespect” Beahm streams on YouTube, has 4.6 million subscribers there, and regularly reaches hundreds of thousands of viewers with streams, but since June 2024, he has not been making money on the platform through ad clips. YouTube has de-monetized the streamer because of a 7-year-old message on Twitch. Now he has begged for mercy.
What is DrDisrespect’s financial status? The streamer DrDisrespect was one of the top earners on Twitch during his time there. He signed a multi-year, lucrative exclusive deal with Twitch in March 2020 and was in a strong financial position.
However, with the Twitch ban in the summer of 2020, the golden times for the streamer came to an end. He successfully continued his streaming on YouTube. But after the ban, YouTube did not want to give him an exclusive contract; instead, he was allowed only “normal conditions.” As DrDisrespect lamented, he earned on YouTube only about a quarter of what he was making on Twitch until the summer of 2020.
Especially painful: On Twitch, he said, he was just about to cash in big time. Allegedly, deals with Nike and Oakley were in the works, which he lost due to his ban.
But after his latest scandal, YouTube also turned off the last source of income for him. In light of the public outrage over the inappropriate messages that DrDisrespect exchanged with a 17-year-old in 2017, YouTube announced that DrDisrespect’s current channel and all future ones are de-monetized.
This is a penalty that is rarely imposed, such as against SSSniperwolf.
Despite 4.5 million subscribers, no ad money is coming in from YouTube
What does this mean for DrDisrespect? A de-monetization means that YouTubers no longer earn money from ads running on their channel.
While YouTubers could theoretically continue to make money from YouTube videos, for example through other income sources such as merchandise sales or sponsorships, the main source of income, the monetization of reach through ad displays, remains blocked for them.
DrDisrespect appeals but fails
This was the new decision: At the end of September, DrDisrespect applied for a review at YouTube to have his channel monetized again.
But YouTube waited the full 30 days and told him at the last moment that they had decided against monetizing his channel. In 60 days, DrDisrespect can apply again.
DrDisrespect hints at a switch to Rumble
How does DrDisrespect react: He appears somewhat miffed in the stream. He hints that he may want to apply again in 60 days. But he mutters into his powerful mustache that perhaps “much, much bigger things are planned” – much bigger opportunities for the Two-Time.
What kind of things are planned? Rumor has it that DrDisrespect might join the more right-leaning platform Rumble. The CEO there seems to be flirting with the idea of bringing the streamer onto the platform. We have explained more about Rumble in this article on MeinMMO: Are streaming millionaires soon to lose their income? Rumble’s CEO predicts the end of Twitch
