Why I Left Smosh

Why I Left Smosh is a vlog uploaded by Anthony Padilla on June 14, 2017 on his personal channel AnthonyPadilla, the same day Anthony is Leaving Smosh was uploaded. With over 12 million views, it is the most viewed video on his channel as of June 2018.

Video
The video goes in depth on what caused Anthony to leave Smosh, including the revelation that he had been considering leaving the channel for an unspecified amount of time. He explains that Smosh being owned by a company and becoming a brand heavily affected his creative freedom. He states that he had hoped Smosh would somehow become more reminiscent of the way it was in the early days of the channel. After finally accepting that this would not be possible, he decided, as he tells his viewers, that it was "time to leave".

Reception
On the day the video was released, became the #1 trending video on YouTube, with Anthony is Leaving Smosh at #2. It was the only Smosh related video to reach #1 on YouTube's most trending videos list until EVERY MOVIE THEATER EVER. The video reached over 3 million views in less than 24 hours.

Many fans, including popular YouTubers, were emotional, varying between offering support to Anthony, criticising him and Smosh, or being sad, angry, happy or neutral towards the sudden major change to both Smosh and Anthony's positions.

Many online news sites and channels reported Anthony decision to leave. Many of them also offered their own opinions of the event.