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SNEAKO is a YouTube commentator who is known
for his authentic editing style and outspoken personality.
SNEAKO's content is like no other...
His content is just different from every other video you find across the YouTube platform.
SNEAKO's videos are quality based commentary
and the main point of his videos is to make the viewers think about life in different aspects
whether he is right or wrong.
And there are times where he is wrong...
A LOT.
Controversy.
He wants you to really think and have an honest discussion
about what is wrong with today's generation.
He explains topics to viewers as if you're there having a natural conversation with him.
That's what i think people mainly like about him... HOW he delivers his message to people.
He keeps it real with you.
SNEAKO is not your everyday YouTuber that post two to five times per week, he usually takes his time to perfect his videos the best way he can...
and it shows through the somewhat positive reviews his videos receive.
The man's content is quite interesting, whether you like it or not
you can't deny it.
But let's put that aside for now and look into SNEAKO's rise to YouTube fame
and how he nearly lost the opportunity to become a big YouTuber.
I also look into what's going on with this channel currently.
Now I know somebody already made a video about, "Rise of SNEAKO", but that was two years ago,
and a lot has happened in two years.
Plus this video is better.
Okay...
That was a little disrespectful.
But hey his channel name is self-explanatory
I didn't come up with that conclusion. (I'm playing bro)
Nah but shout out to him though I'm using some of the research he did in this video
So yeah... shout out to him (Thanks again!)
Anyway, with all that out of the way let's look at how SNEAKO is pushing the boundaries
of what YouTube content is,
and how he has risen to YouTube stardom.
But to understand all of that...
We need to go back to the beginning of his YouTube career.
(Officially Ronny scribble intro thingy)
Young SNEAKO: Hey what is going on guys I am SNEAKO
or The SNEAKO the only one.
Hey what's going on guys, I am The SNEAKO,
you can call me Nico, you can call me SNEAKO, or you can call me a **** cuz i'm sure some of you will.
Officially Ronny: SNEAKO came into the YouTube scene on April 28, 2013
but posted his first video the month after he created his channel.
He started off as a gaming channel posting Black Ops 2 commentary
Nothing really spectacular stood out from his first videos
except for the fact of how much his voice changed over the years
Young SNEAKO: And uh... props to you Icon boy thanks a lot.
Officially Ronny: SNEAKO continued to post gaming content until he slowly started switching to full-on commentary
and ranting.
Here you can see early glimpses of the SNEAKO we now know today,
like his very bold takes about religious beliefs, social issues, racial problems...
You name it. This is where it started.
He took it a step further and started posting rants about trendy things on the internet.
those videos were doing so well it became a series.
The internet rant videos are what helped SNEAKO's publicity increase on YouTube
and it's what ultimately let him to get to about a 100 subscribers to 10 000 subscribers in one year.
He even had a fan who so happened to be a pretty popular youtuber who goes by MrBeast.
MrBeast of all people...
You can't make this stuff up.
MrBeast was a loyal subscriber back in the day and obviously this is way before MrBeast
became the most successful YouTuber arguably ever
Seven years ago MrBeast even made a video about what
five YouTubers he thinks will be famous,
and no surprise
SNEAKO was on that list.
MrBeast: ...and if you've ever seen SNEAKO's videos you realize that they're kind of addicting.
Once you start watching them it's kind of hard to stop um
but, I don't know what it is about him
it's just he's so straightforward with things and he's not
biased on anything
he'll let you know uh anything that's on his mind
and uh i'd never miss an upload from SNEAKO
I don't really know how to explain it. But he......
Officially Ronny: Everything was in line for SNEAKO to make it huge in 2015
and there really wasn't anything in his way to stop him.
He had the likes of Keemstar, MrBeast...
He had people telling him he would be next up everything was perfect for SNEAKO heading into 2015.
Going into 2015 sneaker was bound to have his breakout year his internet rants were doing great in terms of views for the then small youtuber he was steadily gaining a fan base and he was starting to shift away from gaming content and
primarily started to focus on social commentary videos since those were doing well sneako started
off the year strong posting content regularly he had videos like how to be smart appearance and
beauty standards and how people view you these types of videos were a turning point for his
youtube career and it was a look into the future of what sneaker's content would primarily be
raw qualitative controversial videos it wasn't until mid-2015 when it all started to go downhill
at the time sneaker was known for taking a long time to post videos which he still
kind of does but in 2015 it was different because sneaker was taking monthly breaks
and then it led to three month breaks six month breaks and eventually one year off of youtube he
went from posting around 30 videos in 2015 to four videos in 2016 and one video in 2017 then
activity caused him to start losing subscribers and his fan base knows the lack of posts and let's
just say the feedback wasn't pleasant supporters pointed out his inactivity they asked him to post
more videos saying that he could have blown up on youtube if he was more active they joked how they
would see sneaker in a couple of months people actually forgetting that they were subscribed to
him and people thinking that he was dead it was a lot of stress put into sneako especially since
he was just a teenager trying to figure things out he sort of downplayed all the criticism by
saying he doesn't know if he can handle a big channel but that turned out to be false and
if you remember back in the day my channel was on track to be pretty damn successful but i stopped i
quit out of nowhere and only made like six videos in three years i don't know why i did it i mean
for a long time i said i was busy but that's [ __ ] i was a kid playing video games not a
married man with kids i was like maybe i'm depressed or something but and it sounds
like so instead i just started chasing girls and getting high because that was more fun
and a lot easier sneaker would eventually quit youtube and put his focus on college
it honestly looked like that was the end of his channel but as we all know that wasn't the case
after a year-long break sneaker made his comeback to youtube in 2018. now this year for sneko i
would say his channel basically started i say i had to say because one he had the biggest video
on his channel ever in 2018 that i'm gonna get to in a moment and two this was the year his channel
went viral which i'm gonna get into in a moment he started the year off with his first video of 2018.
depression is not a meme this is the first time in like a year he actually
posted a video during the first half of 2018 sneaker consistently posted content
while opening his editing skills and video quality his channel wasn't initially gaining
traction yet due to his previous inactivity on youtube but day by day his views started
increasing during the same year sneaker began working for mr beast as a cameraman
and if you religiously watch mr beast then you saw sneaker on one of his videos like this one
no one thinks you look like tom cruise this one
and this one we must salute him he's using the money for ligma research salute him unfortunately
these are the only videos sneaker was a part of because the same year mr beast fired him
mr beast's reasoning for this was that sneako's ego got in the way specifically speaking sneako
didn't like the fact that the once fan of mr beast became bigger than sneko but i just couldn't get
over the fact that i was working for them instead of with them with mr beast it was crazy because
i knew him for years he was always commenting encouraging me saying positive things he would
pass me i would pass him and then out of nowhere he blew up it really just tested my ego and then
he hired me which was a great opportunity he paid me well i stayed there in a hotel i got paid well
but then i didn't get the call back to work with them again that summer's manager said nah you
don't need to come anymore never mind now this might have been the best thing to ever happen
for sneko in terms of his youtube career as you can imagine sneaker was pretty busy he went to
college and he worked for mr beast but now with one out of the way sneaker had the chance to focus
on his channel and take it to another level at the time he was around 20 000 subscribers and most of
them were his supporters back in the day when he used to make call of duty videos with commentary
over them and i can bet that most of them stopped watching him after he took those long breaks on
youtube so what i'm saying here is that sneaker basically had to start all over on youtube and
gain a new fan base and so he did sneaker switched up his entire content well not entirely but a very
noticeable change from his previous videos which was commentary over gaming that he posted daily
to the now familiar well-polished videos that he posts every three weeks on average
still commentary but now it's sneako tapping into a more diverse you know i don't even know what to
call sneakers content it's it's complicated anyways after a stint with mr beast nico came
back to youtube full-time with the intention of blowing up that year he started off posting videos
like why college is a scam why i still listen to artists who beat women and why i quit youtube he
then posted these reaction videos one which would become a pretty popular series forcing myself to
watch insert person keep in mind all these videos i just showed you weren't getting that many views
at the time specifically speaking summer of 2018 as he was still stuck at 25 000 ish subscribers
while pulling about 15 000 views per month but it didn't last long because a couple weeks after
those videos sneaker posted his most viewed video would you say the n word for one dollar
is it okay to say the n word yes yes yes yes let's hear it let's hear it the idea of the n-word video
originated from this snippet of a guy asking the same question sneako did sneaker took to twitter
and tweeted this out revealing that his next video is going to be similar to the snippet he posted
the video september 13th 2018. the video initially wasn't getting big number views for whatever
reason in fact the video was up for three months before the video went viral it was up for like
three months before it went viral i originally posted in june i took it down and then added seven
minutes of footage the stuff where i was going up to black people asking why people said the n-word
and then it blew up three months after i posted the final version the video blew up amassing over
12 million views as of the time of this recording and the effect that video had for sneakers channel
well not even his channel as you can imagine all of his social media pages skyrocketed
the video helped sneko pass 100k subscribers easily in a matter of days after the video blew up
i used to work at the subway i [ __ ] worked here hundred thousand hundred thousand subscribers
now i'm going to be offering my opinions on what is going on with sneakers channel today
these are my opinions again i'm saying it again these are my opinions now that we got that clear
we can continue on to the video so fast forward 2021 sneako is nearing a million subscribers and
his channel is taking a slight turn in terms of his content he posts quality content as usual but
one thing that stands out now is his views on things that most people are not on board with
sneko is known to make controversial content but some of his recent videos
are questionable like the video cuties and if you don't remember everybody hated it
everybody the video caused outrage from his fans and newcoming viewers youtube
commentators were basically tearing him apart cancelled culture on twitter people criticizing
him in the comments for even making the video the like to dislike ratio on the cuties video
there's a lot some people lost respect for sneaker as a person just for that one video
and to be honest it was a little questionable for sneaker to even post that video knowing that he
was going to get a lot of hate and even lose fans you also have to think about the timing of when he
posted and how trendy it was during that period of course he was going to receive a whole lot
of backlash but at the same time i do respect his bravery to offer his opinion even if the majority
doesn't agree with what he's saying i mean after all his channel has always been controversial
that's what he's known for other than the cuties video sneaker has still been putting out some good
content and funny ones as well that i'm not gonna get into because the video is already long enough
all in all sneaker is honest and very open about his opinions even if they go against what the
majority is saying so don't act surprised if he says something unusual to most people watching but
at the same time that's why people like sneko it's because of how he carries themselves and gives his
honest opinions on views go look at sneaker's old videos and see how many people he motivated over
the years just by looking at the comments you'd be surprised he even inspired fans to make their
own videos about their own life experiences some of those videos are pretty corny but disregarding
that it shows how many lives sniko is impacting it's pretty cool he has a kanye-like feel when
i watch his content don't quote me on that though please don't quote me on that please
don't it's very rare for youtubers to keep it real and sneako is that you have to respect the
hustle whether you like him or not but that's up to you all to decide i'm just a commentator
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