Dr Disrespect boasts about his massive YouTube following since returning

Dr Disrespect has boasted on social media about the huge YouTube following he still has after returning to streaming following a two-month break earlier this year.

The controversial YouTube streamer previously confirmed he was banned from Twitch for messaging a minor in a lengthy statement, which has since been deleted, after allegations were made by two former Twitch employees.

He received a huge backlash online after making the admission; a number of streamers and companies cut its ties with him, including his own studio Midnight Society, which despite mutually agreeing to part company has since distanced itself from him even further.

Dr Disrespect claimed in a recent YouTube stream he would "be right back in it" with the studio but Midnight Society described the comment as a "baseless claim" and said it's "not true".

Despite all of the controversies that have surrounded him through 2024, in October, Streams Charts had Dr Disrespect as the second most-watched YouTube gaming streamer, only behind IShowSpeed.

Dr Disrespect was watched for a combined 2.21m hours, some way behind IShowSpeed on 3.08m but more than double of third-placed TimTheTatman on 1.09m hours.

And he boasted about his following by quoting a Tweet illustrating the figures and said: "Imagine if I didn't tear my ACL..."

After the messaging minor allegations came to light at the end of June, the streamer reappeared after a two month hiatus in a fiery comeback stream called 'The Truth', now his most watched broadcast on YouTube, on September 6 in which he addressed allegations he had inappropriately messaged a minor on Twitch.

In that, he claimed to use the word 'minor' in his deleted statement and "emphasise" it so it would be picked up.

Part of that statement said: "Were there Twitch Whisper messages with an individual minor back in 2017? The answer is yes."

Recently, Dr Disrespect said he is still "running towards greatness" and that "it's okay to stumble".

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