MessYourself threatens to delete all of his videos following his channel's demonetization – and it worked.
YouTuber MessYourself has spoken out against the platform after his channel with almost 7 million subscribers was demonetized, saying he is going to remove all of his videos.
"My Life Given To A Site That Threw Me Away Like Garbage."
Brandon Temasfieldt, better known online as MessYourself, is a 30-year-old English YouTuber who posts funny moments and reaction-style content on his main channel, and gaming videos on his gaming channel. His channel has been online since 2011 and his oldest video is from 2012.
On March 21, he noticed that his channel was demonetized by YouTube after 12 years of posting on the platform, and took to X to vent his frustration.
i havent made any gaming youtube videos because @youtube banned my monetization. they said you need to delete all your hard work and not tell me what videos they dont like now. 12 years. 3 billion views. my life given to a site that threw me away like garbage https://t.co/Nh7rnPpB78
— MessYourself (@MessYourself) March 21, 2026
He says he tried to message YouTube but hasn't gotten a response, so he is going to delete his videos now. Since YouTube would not tell him which of his videos did not fit within the plattforms guidelines, he said he is going to delete all of them – spanning 3 billion views across.
I talked to @YouTube and @teamyoutube it didnt help. So I have decided I am going to delete all my YouTube channels. I'm done. Enjoy my videos while they are still up. I'm going to be working hard behind the scenes making a backlog and reuploading it all on other platforms. I...
— MessYourself (@MessYourself) March 22, 2026
He wants to reupload his videos somewhere else so they won't be completely lost, but he will stay away from YouTube.
Demonetization is a big issue for YouTubers that do content creation as their full-time job. It is how they make a living. With YouTube now using AI in their program, false strikes and bans are occurring more frequently and can lead to an influencer's whole income breaking off – especially if not only singular videos, but a whole channel gets demonetized. Your whole income depending on the whim of an AI has to be frustrating.
Since then, YouTube has responded to the tweet and stated that following MessYourself's appeal, his channel has been reinstated to the YouTube Partner Program. As of now, March 25, his channel and all his videos are still up on YouTube, so the threats and public outcry seem to have helped MessYourself to avoid demonetization so he will not have to follow through with his threats. Although this time it ended happily, people are still frustrated with YouTube's monetization and demonetization program. Only because MessYourself was big enough and could rally enough attention did his appeal work. But what about the countless other victims of YouTube's seemingly random demonetization-spree?
