Another Top 10 Biggest Feuds in YouTube History
Another Top 10 Biggest Feuds in YouTube History
Top 20 Biggest YouTube Feuds Ever
Welcome to the drama factory. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for another top 10 biggest feuds in YouTube history. For this list, we’ll be looking at even more personal feuds between YouTube content creators and ranking them based on their popularity and the impact they had within the YouTube community.
#10: Shane Dawson vs. Logan Paul
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When you infer that someone is a sociopath, you better have some hard proof to back it up. Shane Dawson did not. In 2018, Dawson released a controversial series called “The Mind of Jake Paul,” examining Jake’s mindset and of YouTubers in general. The series was criticized by many for being shallow, manipulative, and defamatory, and no one took more umbrage than Jake’s brother Logan. While he acknowledged Shane’s talents, he criticized the series for insinuating that his brother is a sociopath, arguing that sociopathy was more of a “spectrum”.
#9: h3h3 vs. Matt Hosseinzadeh
In April 2016, husband and wife duo Ethan and Hila Klein, aka h3h3, found themselves in legal hot water when Matt Hosseinzadeh filed a civil lawsuit. h3h3 had released a reaction video critiquing Matt’s “Bold Guy vs. Parkour Girl”, and Matt’s lawyer argued that h3h3 had committed copyright infringement. This lawsuit became a whole ordeal on YouTube, and creators like Philip DeFranco, PewDiePie, and Markiplier contributed money towards the Kleins’ hefty legal bills The Kleins eventually won the case, as the Judge believed that their reaction video fell under fair use. It was a big win not only for the Kleins, but for fair use and the larger YouTube community as well.
#8: Jake Paul vs. FaZe Banks
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This rivalry got ugly FAST. In June 2017, Banks confirmed that he and Jake Paul’s ex-girlfriend Alissa Violet were in a relationship. A few months later, Jake uploaded a scathing video where he claimed that Banks cheated on Alissa and physically assaulted his assistant, Meg. Banks called the allegations fabricated and even considered slapping Team10 with a defamation lawsuit. Other former Team10 members, including Max Beaumont and Neels Visser, vouched for Banks’s innocence. Luckily, the two peacefully hashed it out at Coachella, with Banks summing up the ordeal as “lame internet drama.”
#7: NetNobody vs. KSI
At first, this feud came out of the blue. But Adam Dahlberg, aka NetNobody, aka SkyDoesMinecraft, had a plan. In 2017, he released a diss track against KSI titled “Diss Track Ed”. In response, KSI released “Adam’s Apple” . . . featuring NetNobody’s ex-wife Alesa. He claimed that Adam had failed to pay child support, cut himself, and had beaten his ex-girlfriend Dawn. Then NetNobody dropped the bomb. At the end of his final diss track “Bend the Knee”, he revealed that he’d baited KSI to get Alesa involved in the midst of their custody battle, in order to retain custody of his child. It’s fitting that he references Jon Snow in “Bend the Knee”, because this is some “Game of Thrones”-esque manipulation right here.
#6: iDubbbzTV vs. RiceGum
iDubbbz basically destroyed RiceGum’s reputation in one video, and it was a thing of pure beauty. In October 2017, iDubbbz made a Content Cop about RiceGum, where he attacked RiceGum’s disgusting comments about rape, shallow and greedy personality, and petty drama with other YouTubers, amongst other things. At the end was “Asian Jake Paul”, a diss track so popular it reached #24 on the Billboard Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart. It’s probably one of the fiercest and most eviscerating diss tracks in YouTube history. RiceGum responded with his own diss track, “Frick Da Police”, but uh…yeah, it didn’t go so well. Not if the 1.2 million dislikes have anything to say.
#5: Jeffree Star vs. Gabby Zamora, Manny MUA, Nikita Dragun & Laura Lee
Who needs soap operas when you have the beauty vloggers of YouTube? Beauty drama exploded onto the mainstream in August 2018, when Jeffree Star found himself on the defense against various beauty gurus. It all started when Zamora brought up Star’s controversial past on MySpace, tweeting, “Imagine stanning a racist? I could never.” This tweet was favorited by fellow gurus Laura Lee and Manny MUA. But if you come at the King, you best not miss, and they missed big time. Their plan backfired in spectacular fashion when fans started digging up their OWN racist social media posts, leading to a mass exodus of subscribers and numerous apology videos. Laura Lee’s is particularly good for a laugh.
#4: Keemstar vs. LeafyIsHere
LeafyIsHere was one of the most infamous creators on YouTube, and his feud with Keemstar helped bring about his downfall. It all started when Leafy uploaded a video titled The Keemstar and DramaAlert Rant, where he criticized Keemstar’s shady behavior, like calling an innocent old man a convicted pedophile. Keemstar then threatened to release their DMs and reported on Leafy allegedly using a sub0botting service. They hashed it out on the Baited! podcast, where Keem accused Leafy of trying to ruin his career. Leafy later did an interview with Keemstar where he admitted that he started the feud for the attention and lucrative ad revenue.
#3: James Charles vs. Tati Westbrook
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And to think, it all started with vitamins. On April 22, 2019, James promoted SugarBearHair vitamins, which competes with mentor Tati Westbrook’s Halo Beauty. In response, Tati posted a tearful story to Instagram about feeling “betrayed”. James apologized on Instagram, but on May 10, Tati released a 43 minute long video titled “BYE SISTER”, in which she accused James of preying on straight men. James apologized again, but lost 3 MILLION subscribers . . . When Jeffree Star piled into the fray, however, James did a 180 and defended himself, complete with screenshots of private messages. Westbrook lost over 200,000 subscribers of her own, and honestly the whole thing was just a total mess.
#2: KSI vs. Logan Paul
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YouTube has become. What was once a place for goofy home videos has evolved into a platform for boxing matches at Manchester Arena in front of 21,000 people. In February 2018, KSI fought Joe Weller and was awarded the hilariously titled YouTube Boxing Championship Belt. Like a proper cocky boxer, KSI quickly called out the Paul brothers, and Logan stepped up to the plate. The fight, which was labelled The Biggest Internet Event in History, was held on August 25, 2018 and watched by millions of people through pay-per-view and the internet. Despite its success, not everyone was happy with the match, as UFC fighter Michael Bisping called it “a mockery” of the sport. Before we reveal our number one, here are a few honorable mentions. PewDiePie vs. Alinity KSI vs. GudjonDaniel
#1: PewDiePie vs. T-Series
Forget boxing matches – PewDiePie vs. T-Series is the true fight of the internet. The battle has been raging for years now, as each side vies to be the most-subscribed channel on YouTube. On one side is internet extraordinaire PewDiePie. On the other is T-Series, an Indian record label. The skirmish has become the biggest event in YouTube history, with the “subscribe to PewDiePie” meme spotted in places like Times Square and the Super Bowl. Things took a dark turn when it was referenced by the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter, after which PewDiePie called for an end to the meme. In March, T-Series finally surpassed him - leading to PewDiePie’s sarcastic diss track “Congratulations”.
