Thread:Wwefanboi/@comment-11057235-20171220204357/@comment-30548885-20171221123320

Thanks, I'd be happy too.

I believe Smosh will unfourtunately further go down the most subscribed and most viewed charts due to YouTube's forechanging algorithms and trends that shift further and further away from sketch comedy.

There are many channels getting subscribers and views at an alarming rate such as T-Series, Canal KondZilla, among others and Smosh's sub and view gain rate sadly can't compare anymore.

Many still miss the original Smosh duo and even at their final years Smosh was starting to fade in popularity due to their humor and production being different to what made them popular in the first place. Even if Ian and Anthony were still on Smosh or even all of Smosh and still were like their prime, people would eventually get tired of it and move on.

Times change. People change. Sometimes for the good, sometimes for the opposite.

I think one of the main reasons why Smosh released their "You Posted That?" series to their main channel was because of retention time, popular faces, and something different than sketch comedy which are some of the things trending on YouTube right now.

That explains why Smosh has started to gain subscribers and viewers at a faster and more consistent rate again. But nothing like before.

Ian leaving Smosh would be one of the last piece of sweet nostalgia Smoshers will hold and afterwards, the channel will...well I'll explain.

Smosh will see a drastic drop in viewers. 20 million out of the nearly 23 million Smosh subscribers around the world subscribed when it was only Ian and Anthony. After other people take over, not all, but most would be uninterested. Many were already uninterested when Ian and Anthony were together in their final years and are with Ian and the squad currently.

Smosh will also see a somewhat rapid decline in subscribers. Most of Smosh's subscribers are either dead (inactive accounts) or not watching (moved on but may watch here and there).

Many times during 2017, Smosh would lose thousands of subscribers within a week. They would gain them back but Smosh did everything they could to gain some of them back again and even more.

Eventually, that won't be the case. Smosh will be very different without it's original taste to it and fans or "fake fans" are not going to stay for it. People like what they want, when they want it.

There will be new fans or even old fans who may like and follow the future Smosh but if Smosh hasn't gotten a large amount of subscribers for the past few years now, I don't think they'll get it then.

The reason why nigahiga is still gaining subscribers and views at a decent rate (I use nigahiga as an example because his humor, YouTube presence and impact is very similar to Smosh's) is because it's mostly still him and he has barely changed. Although he is not as famous as he used to be (reasonable explanations such as not uploading often, trends and algorithms shifting away from sketch comedy), he is still nigahiga and may surpass Smosh again in the coming years if the subscriber  gap between both channels keep closing.

I still believe that Smosh will be forever known as one of the top YouTube channels due to their presence and impact on the site but they will definitely be at least in the middle of the top 100 most subscribed and at least be out of the top 100 most viewed YouTube channels five years from now.

No matter what, we can't deny Smosh's greatness on the largest video sharing site.