Key Takeaways
- Dr Disrespect ranked 2nd in US YouTube gaming streamers in October 2024 with over 2.2M watch hours.
- Despite controversies, fans supported his return to YouTube, where he streamed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
- Dr Disrespect aims to reapply to YT’s Partner Program in late December, but faces distancing from creators and brands.
Dr Disrespect was among YouTube‘s top streamers during October, according to a recent chart. Despite the controversies surrounding him, Dr Disrespect’s fans have consistently supported him on YouTube since his return to streaming.
In late June 2024, Herschel Beahm IV, known online as Dr Disrespect, admitted to sending “inappropriate” messages to a minor in 2017. The scandal prompted him to step away from streaming and lose various sponsorships. On September 6, after a two-month-long hiatus that Beahm referred to as “vacation,” the streamer returned to YouTube. Although Dr Disrespect remains demonetized on YouTube, his comeback to the platform appears to have been welcomed by viewers, as a new chart has revealed.
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As reported by Streams Charts, Dr Disrespect was the second most watched US YouTube gaming streamer of October 2024 with over 2.2 million watch hours. IShowSpeed took the first spot with 3.08 million watch hours, while TimTheTatman was third with 1.09 million. The chart also reveals that Dr Disrespect was live for 106 hours, during which he streamed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The streamer reacted to the news with a post on Twitter. “Imagine if didn’t tear my ACL,” he wrote, referring to a recent injury he went through. Watching his streams hasn’t been the only way his fans have shown their support, though. Also in October, Dr Disrespect received thousand-dollar donations from his followers.
Dr Disrespect Is YouTube’s Second Most-Watched Gaming Streamer
Dr Disrespect has expressed his intentions to reapply to YouTube’s Partner Program. He claimed that the platform would let him try again after 60 days since his previous application, which means he could reapply in late December. While Dr Disrespect has been popular on YouTube since his return, other creators and brands have cut ties with him indefinitely. Midnight Society denied Dr Disrespect would return to the company, despite the streamer’s claims that it would eventually happen. Due to Disrespect’s scandal, the studio was hit with a series of layoffs, forcing it to push back the release of Deadrop, a vertical extraction shooter, to 2025.
Making it to the highest charts in streaming is no easy feat, but Dr Disrespect did pretty well in the past month. The creator will likely keep a large viewer rate on YouTube in the upcoming months as well, as he has stated he won’t be leaving the platform for Kick or other competitors. Whether he manages to stay in YouTube’s top spots, or even go higher up, remains to be seen.