Top 7 FACTS You Didn't Know About LeafyIsHere
It’s no secret that YouTube personalities are a big deal on the internet - not even
counting the inherent fame, notoriety and public visibility.
These webcam warriors often make enough coin to not only live off of, but to live EXTRAVAGANTLY.
Today, let’s take a look at seven things you may not have known about the YouTube prankster
and commentator Calvin Vail - otherwise more popularly known as LeafyIsHere.
Number seven - he’s young, rural and has a dark background.
Born on August 18, 1995, Leafy is an American residing in Layton, Utah.
With a primary focus on commentary, games, reaction videos and instigation, he first
turned to YouTube in 2011 at the young age of just 16 as a way to cope with his depression.
Vail’s home life was full of drug use and abuse - with his father even attempting suicide.
Number six - he hasn’t always been LeafyIsHere.
Although his videos are heavy on Counter-Strike Global Offensive now - Vail’s original content
actually mostly revolved around Minecraft when he was still just a fledging viral “nobody”.
His channel was originally titled “LeafyGaming” - however, as the owner of a ParaPVP Minecraft
server - Leafy ended up angering another user.
Leading to the user expressing Harsh words and a full DDOS takedown of leafys server.
Number five - he’s super popular.
With almost four hundred videos, over four million subscribers and three quarters of
a billion views - Vail has steadily increased his statistics since going live in 2011 - with
especially notable spikes in viewership, subscriptions, likes and comments coming in just the last
couple of years.
He often appears highly on dozens of different “most popular” lists - meaning YOU may
not like him, but a HELL of a lot of folks do.
Number four - he’s a man of many names.
It’s not unusual to have an alias - but it’s definitely crazy when you have THIS
many.
Aside from his birth name and usual monikers of “Leafy” or “LeafyIsHere” - he’s
been known to answer to a multitude of other charming pet names like “Reptillian”,
“LeafyIsBeefy”, “Cyber Bully”, “Daddy”, “Master”, “LeafyIsQueer”,“MemeLord”,
“The Professional Positive Viber”, “Reptillian Guy” and “LeafyIsDrugs”.
Number three - he shares his music.
After beginning to reach a crescendo in popularity, it is believed Vail decided to open another
YouTube channel called "LeafyRadio" - this time dedicated to archiving all of the royalty
free and non-copyrighted music featured in the videos uploaded to his usual channel.
With upwards of an additional 75,000 subscribers and over five million views on this music-only
outlet alone, it bolsters his numbers even further - although his full involvement in
the channel is unclear, It shows his acute viral prowess and digital foresight.
Number two - he found his niche.
As we mentioned, Leafy’s original specialty was Minecraft videos - but following his server
takedown, he expanded not only to CS:GO but to commentary and reaction videos as well.
First featuring his takes on subjects like DDOS-ing - he quickly moved into darker territory,
detailing his “many” experiences with drugs, leading to huge views and more content.
Number one - he’s been a victim more than once.
That server takedown isn’t the first time Vail has been a target.
Although the first time was in direct retaliation to something he himself did, in June of 2016
- he was subject to a channel-wide defacement by the notorious underground group, PoodleCorp.
Shortly after celebrating his three millionth subscriber, every single uploaded video of
his was named to “hacked by twitter.com/poodlecorp”.
Although his content was eventually restored, it served as a grim reminder that just because
you’re famous DOESN’T mean you’re safe.
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