This page is dedicated to people with YouTube accounts who have passed away, leaving behind their channels and videos as a memory.
For instance, Geriatric1927 was the most subscribed channel on YouTube in August 2006, who died on March 23, 2014 at age 86, after a long battle with an advanced type of cancer. However, some are not as lucky and die at a young age, such as Grimmie, Eddsworld, Yoteslaya and Quxxn.
Some other notable deaths are Monty Oum, Taliajoy18, TheAngryGrandpaShow and Scott "Stoked" Yakiwckuk.
Please Note: Channels need to have at least 500 subscribers to be added on the list.
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| Channel | Subscribers | Cause of Death | Date of Death | Additional Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choi Jin-ri (Sulli) (Member of SMTOWN) | 21,000,000 | Suicide | October 14, 2019 | She was found deceased on October 14, 2019, caused by suicide by hanging. She was found dead by her manager after she hung herself in the second floor of her house in Seongnam, south of Seoul. Police were contacted, emt were present confirming her death. She was a f(x) member until 2015, when she left due to malicious comments, and focused on her acting career. | |
| Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (XXXTENTACION) | 14,300,000 | Murdered | June 18, 2018 | Xxxtentacion was shot at around 3:59 PM after leaving from a motorcycle dealer. He was shot inside his Luxury BMW after a car pulled from his right, with two perpetrators commiting the act as the driver stayed inside the vehicle, stealing a Luis Vuitton bag with approximately 20,000 dollars in it in the process. After leaving shortly, xxxtentacion was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead at around 5:40 PM by the Broward Sheriff Department. | |
| Jonathan Grant Thompson (The King of Random) | 11,600,000 | Paragliding Accident | July 29, 2019 | Grant Thompson took off from the Regional Airport in Hurricane, Washington County, Utah on July 29th, 2019. He was reported missing at 10:30pm to the Washington County Sheriff's Office after the Airport reported the overdue para-glider, thanks to the help of Grant's GPS he had on him Officers and a Medical Helicopter were able to locate his body. The cause of death has not been publicly released as the case is still under investigation. | |
| Monty Oum (member of RoosterTeeth) | 9,590,000 | Allergic Reaction | February 1, 2015 | On January 22, 2015, Monty suffered a severe allergic reaction during a medical procedure, causing him to pass away 10 days later. | |
| Caleb Logan LeBlanc (member of Bratayley) | 6,910,000 | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | October 1, 2015 | Caleb was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital. | |
| Keith Ratliff (member of FPSRUSSIA) | 6,500,000 | Murdered | January 6, 2013 | Ratliff was responsible for providing the ground with firearms for their videos. He was found dead in his office with a single shot to the head. No official updates have been released since the initial investigation. | |
| Grandpa Kitchen | 6,080,000 | Illness | October 27, 2019 | ||
| Gustav Elijah Åhr (Lil Peep) | 5,920,000 | Accidental drug overdose | November 15, 2017 | Lil Peep was found dead on his tour bus when his manager went to check on him in preparation for that night's performance in Tucson, Arizona. In a series of Instagram posts in the hours leading up to his death, Lil Peep claimed to have ingested psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis concentrate. | |
| Jarad Anthony Higgins (Juice WRLD) | 4,840,000 | Seizure | December 8, 2019 | Juice WRLD collapsed and died from a suspected drug-induced seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago, IL, on December 8, 2019, after landing at Midway in his private jet from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Charles Green Jr. (TheAngryGrandpaShow) | 4,090,000 | Cirrhosis & Pneumonia | December 10, 2017 | Charles Green was diagnosed with Cirrhosis of the liver in July of 2017 after being hospitalized from collapsing at his son's 4th of July party. Green's family initially believed the disease was staged, but later found out it wasn't. When Green had cancer, he was diagnosed with Pneumonia after beating cancer in February of 2017, which made it hard for him to breathe. The main cause for pneumonia was due to long term smoking. Charles continued to be in and out of the hospital for almost a year before he passed away at his home. | |
| Christina Grimmie (zeldaxlove64) | 3,990,000 | Murdered | June 11, 2016 | Grimmie was shot at around 10:24 PM on June 10, 2016 at the Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida, after she performed her music with thousands of her fans that attended. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries in the early hours of June 11, 2016. | |
| Mike Taylor (Member of Walk off the Earth) | 3,330,000 | Natural Causes | December 30, 2018 | Died in his sleep. | |
| Mac Miller | 2,890,000 | Accidental Drug Overdose | September 8, 2017 | Malcolm James McCormick, better known online as Mac Miller, struggled with substance abuse and took various drugs such as fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol. He died as a result. | |
| Steve Cash (Talking Kitty Cat) | 2,400,000 | Suicide | April 16, 2020 | His wife posted a Facebook post about her husband committing suicide via self-inflicted gunshot. Steve had been dealing with bipolar depression for some time. | |
| Scott Yakiwchuk (member of Element Animation) | 2,390,000 | Cancer or Heart Attack (Unconfirmed) | January 30, 2015 | An unspecified type of cancer might've killed Scott, other sources claim the reason for his passing was a heart attack, the cause of the heart attack is unknown. It's unconfirmed. | |
| Connie Kin (Co-Founder of WhatsUpMoms) | 2,370,000 | Childbirth Complications | November 21, 2013 | Childbirth complications from giving birth to daughter Ella. | |
| John Peter Bain (TotalBiscuit) | 2,170,000 | Cancer | May 24, 2018 | Was diagoned with Stage 4 bowel cancer. | |
| Ernest Barry Elliot (Co-founder of Iraqveteran8888) | 1,980,000 | Heart Attack | April 12, 2014 | ||
| Edd Gould (Member of Eddsworld) | 1,690,000 | Leukemia | March 25, 2012 | Edd Gould died of leukemia he was battling for the past 11 months. He was also battling cancer for 6 years. | |
| Eiki Akiyama (member of アバンティーズ / Avantis) | 1,600,000 | Drowned | January 1st, 2019 | Died while on holiday in Spain with the other members of the avntis group. | |
| Talia Castellano (Taliajoy18) | 1,470,000 | Neuroblastoma | July 16, 2013 | ||
| Mastanamma (Member of Country Foods) | 1,230,000 | Natural Causes | December 3, 2018 | Died peacefully at 107 years old. | |
| Danish Zehen | 1,190,000 | Car Accident | December 20, 2018 | ||
| Rich Piana | 1,120,000 | Cardiac Arrest | August 25, 2017 | ||
| Verne Troyer | 1,060,000 | Suicide due to alcohol poisoning | April 21, 2018 | Verne Troyer was one of the shortest men in the world. No cause was immediately released. His death was reported as a possible suicide to the coroner, who found very high alcohol levels in his body, suggesting and later confirming alcohol poisoning as the cause. His death was later ruled a suicide. He was cremated and his ashes were interred in a niche at Colon United Methodist Church Colombarium in Colon, St. Joseph County, Michigan. | |
| Stefan Karl | 1,030,000 | Bile Duct Cancer | August 21, 2018 | Battled Bile Duct Cancer for 2 years until his death at his home. | |
| Hussein Hamed (Hussen upsecale) | 933,000 | Car Accident | June 6, 2019 | ||
| Brian Rickard (YOTESLAYA) | 887,000 | Train Collision | October 23, 2013 | Yoteslaya and his 2 other friends attempted to outrun a train unsuccessfully. The train crashed the car, brutally killing Yoteslaya and his 2 other friends. | |
| Trevor J. Heitmann (McSkillet) | 868,000 | Suicide | August 23, 2018 | McSkillet was on the opposite side of the road, going 100 MPH on a 2015 McLaren 650S, and crashed into another vehicle which killed 2 other people and injured 8 people during his death. One of his friends claimed that he had been struggling with his life which eventually pushed him to the limits. | |
| Erik Coop Desantiago (member of dodgerfilms) | 841,000 | Heart Attack | September 15, 2018 | Erik suffered a heart attack just 2 days after a softball game that was posted on YouTube. He died shortly after. | |
| Jam Sebastian (JamichTV) | 795,000 | Lung Cancer | March 4, 2015 | ||
| Felicia O'Dell (Auntie Fee) | 701,000 | Heart Attack | March 18, 2017 | ||
| Korney (Как Сделать / How To Make) | 675,000 | Heart Attack | January 24, 2018 | ||
| William Ma (member of BeybladeGeeks) | 626,000 | Car Accident | November 20, 2013 | Died in a collision north of Calgary on the Queen Elizabeth 2 highway. | |
| Graham Chapman (member of Monty Python) | 619,000 | Throat cancer | October 4, 1989 | Chapman's death occurred the day before the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus being aired | |
| Terry Jones (member of Monty Python) | 619,000 | Complications due to dementia | January 21, 2020 | Jones had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia in 2015 | |
| Ryker Gamvle, Alexey Lykah & Megan Scraper (Members of High On Life) | 593,000 | Accidental Fall | July 3, 2018 | They were at Shannon Falls swimming there until they accidentally went down to the waterfall, killing all 3 of them. | |
| Частный экзотариум / Private exotarium | 542,000 | Snakebite | September 25, 2017 | Valeev live streamed his deterioration following the fatal bite from his pet black mamba. It is debated amongst friends and witnesses whether his death was accidental (due to his excitement for future projects and him allegedly staggeringly into the streets for help) or premeditated (following a file for divorce from his wife and her starting a new relationship). | |
| PANTELIS PANTELIDIS OFFICIAL Pq | 514,000 | Car Crash and Severe Head Injury | February 18, 2016 | Pantelis was a famous Greek singer. He died in the morning of the 18th of February in 2016. He was announced dead at the General Hospital of Alskipio Vulas. Months later he was announced to be drunk while driving. | |
| Colin Wyckoff (Kitty0706) | 508,000 | Leukemia | January 25, 2015 | Battled Leukemia for 2 years up until his death. | |
| Não Muito Noob | 486,000 | Suicide (most likely alcohol and antidepressant overdose) | July 18, 2019 | He was a famous League of Legends youtuber from Brazil who suffered from depression since 2015; he promised to talk about what caused his depression but died before doing it. | |
| Goo Hara (member of DSP Kara) | 479,000 | Suicide | November 24, 2019 | She committed suicide by hanging herself, on her private residence in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. | |
| Steven Sudell (Theweevster18) | 460,000 | Cancer | November 28, 2018 | Battled Rare Brain Tumor Cancer for a year and a half up until his death. | |
| Evan Wallace (e- dubble) | 457,000 | Infection | February 13, 2017 | ||
| Мопс дядя Пес | 456,000 | Complications of multiple diseases | December 17, 2019 | ||
| Friedman (Myk Toonsmyth) | 454,000 | Diabetes | March 14, 2014 | ||
| Qinni | 426,000 | Sarcoma | February 10, 2020 | Qinni was a Chinese artist based in Canada. She was diagnosed with terminal fibrosarcoma in December 2019 and died in February 2020. | |
| Ben Cem | 413,000 | Suicide | November 1, 2017 | ||
| Thiago Guilherme (Futebolista) | 356,000 | Pneumonia | May 18, 2019 | Suffered from muscular atrophy on some parts of his body, one of which was on the roof of his mouth, making speech difficult. | |
| James Raitt (Member of ClipCritics) | 361,000 | Complications of Heart Surgery | August 29, 2017 | James passed away at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California during heart surgery after suffering from a heart attack. | |
| Emre Özkan | 353,000 | Burned to Death | November 13, 2018 | Emre reportedly was renting a studio in Istanbul when the structure caught on fire in the early morning on Tuesday. Özkan was sleeping in the studio along with his girlfriend Nahide Cansu Kovanci, when the fire broke out. Both perished in the fire. | |
| Daniel Kyre (Member of Cyndago) | 352,000 | Suicide | September 18, 2015 | Attempted suicide on September 16; died in the hospital two days later. | |
| Emily Hartridge | 343,000 | Road Accident | July 12, 2019 | ||
| Altın Elbiseli Adam | 337,000 | Motorcycle Accident | July 24, 2017 | ||
| Jacek Bejmert (Member of Adam i Tata) | 329,000 | Heart Attack | October 21, 2018 | ||
| Tim Jewell (Member of AlbinoBlackSheep) | 319,000 | Suicide | September 18, 2009 | Died after being in a coma since September 12 after an attempt to save his life | |
| Mr. Marowak (member of SilvaGunner) | 316,000 | Unknown | June 17th, 2019 | ||
| Claire Wineland | 291,000 | Stroke | September 2, 2018 | ||
| Sarmand 22 | 285,000 | Leukaemia | 2017 | ||
| Clara Cannucciari (Great Depression Cooking) | 280,000 | Natural Causes | November 29, 2013 | Died in her sleep. | |
| JayJay Jackpot | 278,000 | Organ Failure. | April 14, 2020 | Had a heart problem since the age of 12. | |
| ProgramacionATS | 275,000 | Knee Cancer | August 2, 2019 | ||
| Diário da Nara | 264,000 | Stomach Cancer | May 21, 2018 | ||
| Steve Hall (Cooking with Shotgun Red) | 247,000 | Natural Causes | December 29, 2018 | His fiance and one of his friends continue the channel in his memory. | |
| Crowley | 244,000 | Sudden Illness | March 26, 2018 | ||
| Grand Diable | 240,000 | Cancer | June 9, 2017 | ||
| Mighty | 237,000 | Lung Cancer | May 1, 2015 | ||
| Natalie White (Cloveress) | 205,000 | Drug Overdose | September 21, 2019 | One of the biggest ASMR channels, known for her Banana Video. | |
| Moony (Member of Man on the Internet) | 202,000 | Unknown | July 18, 2017 | ||
| ヒトリエ / wowaka | 196,000 | Heart Failure | April 5, 2019 | Vocaloid producer and lead vocalist in the Japanese band Hitorie. | |
| Freddy E. (Garyosk543) | 195,000 | Suicide | January 5, 2013 | Shot himself with a pistol. | |
| Homemade Everything | 193,000 | Cancer | March 19, 2020 | Tool, repair, and DIY channel, and brother of DemolitionRanch Sources. | |
| Maxie | 188,000 | Plane Crash | January 8, 2020 | Died after a passenger plane was shot down in Tehran. | |
| Go EunBi and Kwon RiSae (members of LADIES CODE) | 185,000 | Car Accident | September 3rd, 2014 (EunB), September 7th 2014 (RiSae) | When returning to Seoul, the group's manager was driving the van and speeding and he suddenly lost control of the vehicle, causing the group's van to hydroplane and skid several times before crashing into a protective wall in the vicinity of the Singal Junction on Yeongdong Expressway. EunB was found dead, while RiSae was declared dead later in a hospital. Ashley & Zuny were released from hospital, while Sojung stayed. Later, Ladies Code continued as a trio without EunB & RiSae. | |
| Yeardley Diamond | 183,000 | Cardiac Arrest | August 20, 2014 | ||
| John Witherspoon | 175,000 | Cardiac Arrest | October 29, 2019 | ||
| Franc Tausch (social distortion) | 174,000 | Unknown | August 3, 2012 | ||
| RobertHimler | 174,000 | Cancer | April 22, 2015 | ||
| Lele Joker | 169,000 | Neuroblastoma | March 28, 2018 | ||
| Kazim Akboga | 169,000 | Suicide | February 9, 2017 | Jumped in-front of a train. | |
| Daniel Thomas (PeeWeeToms) | 167,000 | Cancer | September 28, 2018 | ||
| SassEsnacks | 167,000 | Pancreatic Cancer | April 10, 2019 | ||
| TheQuxxn | 160,000 | Lung Infection | July 20, 2013 | ||
| Greg Plitt | 160,000 | Train Collision | January 17, 2015 | Racing train to promote energy drink for video. | |
| Sophia Gall (So Fia) | 157,000 | Cancer | June 1, 2018 | Battled stage 4 Osteosarcoma until her death. | |
| littlexloves | 147,000 | Diabetes | January 19, 2016 | ||
| Glenn Webb | 145,000 | Myocardial Fibrosis | August 26, 2016 | ||
| Phyllis Stokes | 143,000 | Natural Causes | January 25, 2020 | ||
| Chronically Jaquie | 139,000 | Sepsis | April 29, 2019 | Died in hospital following complications from her feeding tube. | |
| Martin Nesrsta (DaniPeNET) | 138,000 | Cardiac Arrest | December 12, 2014 | Died in his sleep. | |
| Brain4breakfast | 137,000 | Unknown | February 2019 | ||
| Griffin Alexander Klaus (Dillon The Hacker) | 136,000 | Suicide | July 28, 2019 | ||
| Seo Minwoo (Member of 100Percent) | 133,000 | Cardiac Arrest | March 25, 2018 | He was found dead in his home in Gangnam in a state of cardiac arrest. 100% continued as a 4 member group without Minwoo and 100% has no leader because of Minwoo's death. | |
| Ryan McCutcheon (Member of Erin Noelle) | 131,000 | Car Accident | October 1, 2017 | ||
| LittleMissKit | 122,000 | Suicide | March 13, 2008 | Took her own life due to online bullying. | |
| 陳俊傑 | 110,000 | Multiple organ failure, pulmonary embolism, pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, hyperosmolar state, recurrent epilepsy and hemorrhagic stroke. | November 13, 2019 | ||
| Baba Sen | 108,000 | Cardiac Arrest | October 19, 2018 | Baba Sen was an Indian barber/massager/Asmrtist who was known for his cosmic massages and was known as a legend by the ASMR community, now his son does the massages. | |
| Ane Li | 102,000 | Suicide | July 11, 2016 | ||
| Ivan Varela | 100,000 | Reasons Undisclosed | Feburary 19, 2020 | ||
| Graham McHardy (Streetcap1) | 94,200 | Heart Attack | June 2018 | ||
| MissGerbit | 93,100 | Thrombocytopenic Purpura | December 3, 2013 | ||
| Edward Jones (Aussie50) | 90,000 | Suicide | May 28, 2019 | Edward was found dead in his car, having died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He was 33. | |
| Longhairdontcare2011 | 89,600 | Lupus | April 9, 2014 | ||
| Stevie Ryan | 86,800 | Suicide | July 1, 2017 | Hanged herself. | |
| Antti Pendikainen | 85,000 | Racing Accident | May 26, 2019 | ||
| Renee Davis (Nanaluvstroubles) | 83,200 | Skin Infection and Kidney Failure | October 17, 2014 | Some believe that her obesity is what caused her kidney to fail. | |
| Frox | 75,700 | Disease | November 21, 2017 | ||
| Hayven Games | 71,900 | Epithelioid Sarcoma | March 18, 2017 | ||
| Zhenya Yakut (Женя Якут бомж блоггер) | 71,500 | Pneumonia | October 29, 2015 | ||
| PHiZZURP | 70,500 | Car Accident | October 2, 2016 | ||
| Mattburger Balázs (HackerB1) | 68,200 | Cardiac Arrest | November 5, 2018 | ||
| Amanda Todd (TheSomebodytoknow) | 65,800 | Suicide | October 10, 2012 | Suicide by hanging after a long-term period of cyberbullying. | |
| Frank Wolf | 62,700 | Suicide | November 24, 2013 | Hanged himself. | |
| Emily Hayward | 62,100 | Cancer | June 26, 2018 | Battled Stage 4 Melanoma Cancer for 8 years until her death. | |
| Eskild Fors | 60,500 | Suicide | May 16, 2017 | ||
| Peter Oakley (geriatric1927) | 60,700 | Cancer | March 23, 2014 | ||
| Tech Showdown | 57,000 | Unknown bacterial/viral infection and blood issues. | October 28, 2019 | Confirmed by his brother Adam. | |
| Giorgio Michetti | 57,700 | Natural Causes | circa July 2019 | ||
| Andrea Mills | 56,000 | Cancer | August 19, 2019 | 9 Children, non-monetized by choice, family vlog, livestreamed events of her death. Christian family, Homeschooled, Andrea went from undiagnosed stomach pains to death in a week. She was 14 weeks pregnant with their 10th child when she miscarried the day before she died. Andrea Mills was 41. | |
| Richard Schepp (Morfar) | 54,900 | Heart Attack | January 30, 2014 | ||
| Elijah Mainville (Member of Family Of Hope Vlogs) | 54,100 | Cancer | January 8, 2017 | Battled stage 4 cancer (neuroblastoma) for 4 years until his death. | |
| MeechyMonroe | 52,300 | Brain Tumor | June 27, 2017 | ||
| Carlos Aquino | 49,800 | Unknown | February 4, 2016 | ||
| SonicKAI | 48,100 | Unknown | January 9, 2019 | He was (and probably still is) the biggest Sonic music channel in the 2000s, managed by one person. His uncle confirmed his death on YouTube after sonicKAI stopped posting on social media. | |
| Marcel Adams | 47,800 | Unknown | September 23, 2014 | His family has withheld his cause of death. | |
| psyclonesteve | 47,100 | Brain Cancer | September 28, 2016 | ||
| Nabeel Qureshi (Member of NQMinistries) | 45,300 | Stomach Cancer | September 16, 2017 | ||
| TristanTyrcha | 45,200 | Unknown | October 18, 2013 | ||
| Shelley Lubben | 44,700 | Drug Overdose | February 9, 2019 | ||
| King Jojo | 44,200 | Brain Aneurysm | March 12, 2015 | ||
| Jasper Daze | 43,600 | Diabetes | December 12, 2016 | ||
| Marcin (małyrekin filmy wędkarskie) | 40,900 | Methane Explosion | December 20, 2018 | ||
| Kim Jonghyun (realjonghyun90) | 40,800 | Suicide | December 18, 2017 | He committed suicide by inhaling either toxic fumes or smoke. Police clarified that it is a possible suicide due to carbon monoxide poisoning. | |
| Jeremy Soncrant (SaikyoMog) | 39,800 | Cancer | February 20, 2015 | Battled Terminal Cancer for 3 years until his death. | |
| Malina WRP (gracz94) | 39,900 | Motorcycle Accident | September 24, 2012 | ||
| Edward Muscare | 39,600 | Lung Cancer | January 8, 2012 | ||
| Ronnie Edwards (DigressingNSQ) | 37,500 | Suicide | July 4, 2018 | Ronnie had been struggling with some mental illnesses and long term family issues which may have contributed to his suicide. | |
| apartje. | 37,100 | Heroin Overdose | October 2016 | His death was confirmed by Life of Boris on Twitter. | |
| Praise Media | 36,700 | Illness | October 29, 2012 | ||
| Svengalie | 36,600 | Suicide | February 4, 2012 | Self-immolation | |
| HiddenTreasureHunter | 35,600 | Testicular Cancer | November 1, 2016 | ||
| VortexxyGaming | 33,600 | Car Accident | Unconfirmed | ||
| Sean Stephenson | 33,500 | Serious Head Injury | August 28, 2019 | Sean Stephenson was born with a genetic disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, which results in very fragile bones and other symptoms like short height. Stephenson only stood three feet tall and had to use a wheelchair. He was a therapist, author and a motivational speaker. | |
| Aziz Shavershian (7zyzz7) | 33,000 | Heart Attack | August 5, 2011 | He suffered a heart attack in a sauna causing him to pass away. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead. | |
| Justin Carmical (JewWario) | 32,800 | Suicide | January 23, 2014 | Shot himself with a shotgun | |
| Pedro Ruiz (member of La Monalisa) | 32,600 | Accidentally Killed | June 26, 2017 | Pedro attempted a stunt to be YouTube "famous". He held a book against his chest and his wife, Monalisa Perez, would shoot the book with a Desert Eagle 50 caliber gun 1 1/2 foot away from each other. They thought the book would stop the bullet from coming through and it didn't. Pedro was shot in the chest and died on his way to the hospital. | |
| Adam Suonborai (Pie Pivot-O) | 32,500 | Suicide | February 16, 2019 | Adam fought through 7 hours of intensive care and surgery. He suffered pulmonary contusions, bruises, fractures, and internal bleeding from a high fall. It is believed that he attempted suicide by jumping off from a high area. | |
| Hgtpsh | 32,000 | Ruptured Bowel & Neuromuscular Disorder | August 18, 2013 | Suffered a ruptured bowel with added complications from an underlying neuromuscular disorder. | |
| Gru Official Channel | 31,600 | Kitesurfing Accident | September 9, 2019 | On September 9, 2019, Gru was kitesurfing in Belgrade, Serbia next to the Nautic Club Zemun when a gust of wind lifted him out of the water and slammed him back multiple times. It is assumed that the kite's handle hit him in the head, after which he lost consciousness and dropped into the water; the ambulance came quickly, but they could only declare him dead at around 3:20 pm. | |
| Carter DAWG | 31,200 | Cancer | March 31, 2015 | ||
| Jive51 | 30,600 | Thyroid Cancer | November 28, 2011 | ||
| Michael McBride (AngelXMikey) | 30,100 | Complications of Cystic Fibrosis | January 23, 2019 | ||
| Shaun Miller (The Shaun Miller Foundation) | 30,100 | Chronic Heart Rejection | May 1, 2012 | ||
| Magdalen Berns | 30,000 | Glioblastoma | September 13, 2019 | Died in her sleep. | |
| Ben Breedlove (BreedloveTV) | 29,100 | Cardiac Arrest | December 24, 2011 | ||
| Skylar Ginn | 28,400 | Cancer | October 26, 2019 | Skylar was a FNaF YouTuber, and he aimed to reach 100,000 subscribers. He was 12 years old and lived in Ellerslie, Georgia. | |
| Nitrocses | 28,300 | Cancer | July 21, 2016 | ||
| Jimmy Tan (JIMMy陳吉米) | 27,600 | Suicide | February 14, 2019 | ||
| Esther Earl (cookie4monster4) | 27,400 | Thyroid Cancer | August 25, 2010 | ||
| Lexii Alijai | 27,000 | Drug Overdose | January 1, 2020 | Her death was confirmed by Kehlani and others, on Twitter and Instagram. | |
| Ryan Harryman (3PACTVHD) | 26,800 | Drowned | October 17, 2015 | Severe loss of oxygen while underwater at water polo practice. Put on life support, passed away on deactivation of life support system. | |
| Claudio Maddox (CMaddoxBiitch) | 25,700 | Cancer | June 19, 2014 | ||
| Carl Herold | 25,300 | Suicide | November 3, 2014 | Hanged himself in his jail cell after facing multiple child sex abuse charges. | |
| Les conneries de Jon | 25,100 | Accidentally Killed | April 8, 2014 | Found with a butterfly knife in his chest. It is unclear weather he was stabbed in a game, or in an argument that occured in his hotel room. | |
| Kimberly Nichelle (TheKimberly'Nichelle) | 25,000 | Sickle Cell Anemia | 2015 (Unknown Month and Day) | ||
| Messy Mya (TheeHHGz) | 24,800 | Murdered | November 15, 2010 | Gunned down on a street corner in New Orleans. | |
| Alexander Polli | 24,500 | Base Jump Accident | August 22, 2016 | Polli crashed into a tree while jumping in the Couloir Ensa near Chamonix shortly after 5 AM EDT, PGHM Mountain Rescue Officials told NBC News. Polli died at the scene, which is popular - and dangerous - for BASE jumpers. | |
| Tai Couture TV | 24,300 | Suicide | November 2019 | He battled with depression. His death was confirmed on a Instagram post. | |
| Charlotte Eades | 24,300 | Brain tumor | February 26, 2016 | ||
| R. Lee Ermey | 24,300 | Pneumonia | April 15, 2018 | ||
| Samantha Jaelle | 23,900 | Brain Cancer | January 10, 2020 | She died on Friday, 10 days after her 50th birthday. It was only four months after doctors discovered her condition was incurable. | |
| NowLetsPlayMinecraft | 23,100 | Suicide | August 15, 2013 | He killed himself during his holiday in France. | |
| Clouds by Zach Sobiech | 22,500 | Terminal Osteosarcoma | May 20, 2013 | ||
| UltimotePictures | 22,200 | Suicide | January 27, 2015. | He committed suicide by poisoning himself. | |
| SOULSEEKA | 22,200 | Suicide | May 7, 2015 | SOULSEEKA was a 360 wave channel who would post barber and haircut tutorials, christianity videos and hair product reviews. According to his wife, he had been suffering from depression for a long time. He is survived by his wife and 7 children. | |
| hobestobe | 21,500 | Dragged to Death | November 9, 2017 | While he was recording a train hopping video, his straps on his bag became tangled on an Amtrak passenger train car and dragged him. Some people claim that he became trapped on a bridge. While he was trapped, he lost his balance and fell on a bridge below him, killing him. | |
| M4rty09 | 20,300 | Car Accident | March 1, 2013 | ||
| Random Toon | 20,300 | Heart Failure | June 24, 2018 | Random Toon was commonly known as "Kong". | |
| oscar clandot | 21,100 | Unknown | July 16, 2017 | ||
| alliedftw1 | 19,600 | Lung Cancer | April 30, 2017 | ||
| Kevin Gregg (Theme Park Maniacs) | 19,100 | Diabetes | October 8, 2015 | ||
| Nathan Wills (Paradigma) | 19,000 | Suicide | July 27, 2012 | Stabbed himself in the chest. | |
| Heluś Official | 19,000 | Cancer | July 3, 2017 | ||
| BBWKristy Love | 18,900 | Heart attack | November 16 2016 | ||
| Emer Prevost | 18,600 | Surgical Complications | August 6, 2017 | ||
| Stephen Fitzpatrick; Audun Laading (Her's) | 18,100 | Road Accident | March 27, 2019 | On 27 March 2019, around 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick (age 24), Laading (25) and their tour manager, Trevor Engelbrektson (37) from Minneapolis, were killed in a head-on traffic collision and subsequent vehicle fire near Milepost 68 on Interstate 10, close to Centennial, Arizona. They were travelling from Phoenix, Arizona, where they had played at The Rebel Lounge on 26 March, to perform a show on the following evening in Santa Ana, California, some 350 miles (560 km) away, as part of a 19-date second tour of North America. The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Engelbrektson had been driving the band's Ford tour van at the time. The driver of a Nissan pick-up truck involved in the collision was also killed. At the time of the crash the Arizona Department of Public Safety was already responding to reports of a Nissan pick-up truck travelling at speed in the wrong direction going eastbound on the westbound carriageway. | |
| Jerimin Dilao (Jerimin19) | 17,300 | Suicide | October 4, 2017 | Jumped from the fifth floor of a mall. | |
| Christina Newman | 17,300 | Cancer | October 21, 2014 | ||
| Hannah Stone | 17,200 | Suicide | November 1, 2017 | ||
| Jonathan Chen (Vappyvap88) | 16,800 | Died from Cardiac Arrest | April 22, 2020 | ||
| Synestria (Sphirex) | 16,000 | Drug Overdose | July 26, 2015 | ||
| Kreed Joshua (Kreed's World) | 15,800 | Lack of Oxygen | May 12, 2016 | Postmortem, he was diagnosed with a defect in the Mthfd1 gene, which caused the lack of oxygen. | |
| rodgerswan | 15,800 | Pancreatitis | January 26, 2010 | ||
| Luthfi Ramadhan | 15,700 | Motorcycle Accident | August 8, 2019 | A truck crashed into his motorcycle. | |
| Tamisha Ridge (Meesha Booh) | 15,500 | Murdered | May 14, 2014 | Shot in her sleep by ex-boyfriend. | |
| Mac P Dawg | 15,300 | Murdered | April 7, 2020 | Rapper Mac P Dawg was gunned down in Los Angeles at 24. | |
| Kimspiriert | 14,700 | Breast Cancer | January 1st 2018 | She was fighting against Breast Cancer but lost. | |
| UmikaSayoji | 13,600 | Natural Causes | February 15, 2015 | ||
| Willdabeast | 13,600 | Tornado Disaster | May 28, 2011 | Pulled through the sunroof of his car during the Joplin Tornado. His body was found in a shallow lake. | |
| John Harden (Matches860) | 13,500 | Heart Attack | January 28, 2020 | Died of a heart attack due to an allergic reaction. He had also been under medical care for the past few months due to health problems. His daughter has posted pictures and info on his Instagram, YouTube, and especially Facebook page. There are many videos by other pipe-smoking channels mourning his death. | |
| Mari Lopez (Member of Liz & Mari) | 12,900 | Breast Cancer | December, 2017 | Lopez claimed being vegan cured her stage 4 Breast cancer, the disease however then spread to her blood, liver and lungs. | |
| Dawnyele | 12,800 | Heart Attack | October 19, 2012 | ||
| Tribto | 12,500 | Suicide | December 18, 2014 | Killed themselves due to drugs. | |
| Sarah Sevilla (In Memory of Sarah Sevilla) | 12,300 | Suicide | May 2, 2019 | ||
| Aehzo | 12,200 | Car Accident | January 15, 2015 | ||
| Tyreik A. | 11,900 | Heart Complications | September 5, 2014 | ||
| Billy Musick (Billmaa) | 11,400 | Heart Disease | December 24, 2016 | ||
| Randy Stair (PioneersProductions) | 11,400 | Suicide | June 8, 2017 | Shot and killed 3 people in Weis Market before killing himself. | |
| MelodicPony | 11,300 | Alleged Stroke | December 12, 2014 | ||
| Thegameblock | 10,800 | Heart Attack | 2013 | ||
| z0mby | 10,700 | Heroin Overdose | March 2, 2018 | He injected two doses of heroin while on a video call. | |
| Zachary Tyler Ward (TylerTDubs) | 10,600 | Suicide | December 15, 2019 | TylerTDubs lived and was supposedly born in Knoxville, Tennessee, previously living in Sevierville, Tennessee. He was known for being a skilled Call of Duty player. He was battling with depression, and after death threats and constant cyberbullying, Tyler took his own life with a shotgun in his home. He was almost 22 years old. | |
| Danijel Jagodic (Paintborg) | 10,600 | Suicide | August 17, 2011 | ||
| Pan Rysownik | 10,300 | Suffocation due to epileptic seizure | April 2020 | His death was confirmed by @SzaryKot on Twitter. | |
| John Rovic (rbxcbd) | 9,654 | Suicide | April 13, 2017 | Rovic was in a Discord call claiming to start overdosing on pills. He then claimed it was a joke after his friend said he was calling the police. Minutes later, he was unresponsive. | |
| VinnyTheRuler | 9,548 | Brain Tumor | March 26, 2014 | ||
| Rana Zuhair (Lahori Vines) | 9,314 | Shot | December 26, 2018 | Zuhair attempted to do a prank where he was disguised as a ghost and was scaring people, however while attempting to scare a family, one of the family members took out a gun and started shooting Zuhair, killing him. His 2 friends, Hasnat Ali and Abdul Sahoor ended up being arrested by the police. | |
| Zerodragon243 | 9,276 | Cancer | June 23, 2012 | ||
| BigE dad | 9,088 | Head Trauma | December 7, 2015 | ||
| DjuramineMusic | 8,971 | Suicide | July 9, 2012 | ||
| Ninja Tom | 8,886 | Suicide | October 2018 | ||
| MrGmview | 8,703 | Stroke | June 23, 2014 | ||
| Ninjievious | 8,544 | Suicide | August 13, 2014 | Commited suicide due to depression. | |
| Ronaproject | 8,531 | Car Crash | April 12, 2010 | ||
| PrincepTV | 8,177 | Murdered | 2013 | Shot by sister's boyfriend at a birthday. | |
| Jamey Rodemeyer (xgothemo99xx) | 7,476 | Suicide | September 18, 2011 | Hanged himself due to school bullying. | |
| Gvloanguy | 7,201 | Melanoma | August 2013 | ||
| Zodiakironfist | 6,858 | Heart Attack | January 7, 2010 | ||
| Robert Gelormini Jr. (member of Robbie and Me: Autism Reality) | 6,836 | Seizure by Epilepsy | November 7, 2017 | ||
| sola Channel | 6,834 | Choked on a red rice bean. | April 10th, 2019 | ||
| Gerardus Nurwandi (BigBossFelipe) | 6,385 | Suicide | May 22, 2015 | ||
| Tomi Karppinen (Tri.Moon) | 6,279 | Suicide | August 16, 2018 | ||
| Loïc Neiger (member of Jacky Le cancer) | 6,210 | Rumoured drug overdose. | November 17, 2019 | ||
| Reggaefrank09 | 6,006 | Heart Condition | July 3, 2013 | ||
| Asia McGowan | 5,970 | Murdered | April 10, 2009 | McGowan was shot dead at Henry Ford College by Tony48219. | |
| ABilly90 | 5,752 | Cystic Fibrosis | June 23, 2014 | ||
| Terrence Andrew Davis (Terry Davis) | 5,740 | Struck by a train. | August 11, 2018 | Terry Davis was a paranoid schizophrenic who was known for creating TempleOS after what he described as a revelation from God. He kept making channels on YouTube which were constantly deleted due to profanities and racism. In his videos, he talked about features in his OS and his personal situation while in a seemingly endless state of paranoia. Terry was homeless at the time of his death. | |
| rjthesmoker | 5,720 | Lung Cancer | November 6, 2016 | The lung cancer was caused by his excessive indulgence in tobacco. | |
| laffer 35 | 5,652 | Suicide | April 24, 2015 | ||
| Cedric Smith (CeddyBu da Rap Sumo) | 5,609 | Car Accident | January 2, 2014 | ||
| Andreas Aebi (BKingAndy) | 5,536 | Motorcycle Accident | August 13, 2013 | ||
| Jason Edward Joseph Walkow (T Rucker) | 5,070 | Cancer | October 16, 2018 | Died after a year-long battle with cancer. | |
| Ántrax aguilar | 5,045 | Died during surgery to heal his cancer. | June 23, 2019 | ||
| Danielahnen | 4,982 | Fell to his death | January, 2012 | Tragically fell into a deep glacial crevasse while filming an expedition on the Indian Himalayas. | |
| Chris Arnett (The Real Mens Channel) | 4,793 | Heart Attack | October 1, 2017 | Died not long after ending his final livestream. | |
| Ryan Poirier (Baryonyx825) | 4,690 | Infection | January 26, 2015 | Died from diabeties, complication from a bone marrow transplant, and Chronic Granulomatous Disease | |
| Karla Estupiñan (Karlion) | 4,511 | Car Accident | September 6, 2018 | She died in a severe car accident possibly due to alcohol. | |
| Rebecca (Ticktatwert) | 4,492 | Brain Swelling | February 23, 2018 | ||
| Antisocialfatman | 4,329 | Pulmonary Embolism | October 25, 2011 | ||
| Ryan McHenry (ZombieMusical2013) | 4,274 | Osteosarcoma | May 2, 2015 | ||
| TheZachman18 | 4,397 | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | March 25, 2015 | ||
| David Alcott BadWolfGaming | 4,182 | Cancer | March 11, 2015 | ||
| Marley Joy Prusmack (thiccbeefcake69) | 4,160 | Bacterial Meningitis | April 25, 2019 | ||
| Mabe | 4,144 | Hodgkins Lymphoma | July 17, 2015 | ||
| Harley Dilly 2.0 | 3,950 | Compressive Asphyxia | January 13, 2020 | He was a YouTuber who made gaming videos, and also vlogs about his life. He was found dead in a chimney after he went missing for 24 days. | |
| Slain | 3,824 | Skiing Accident | March 9, 2015 | ||
| Gary and Michelle Amirault (Tentmaker777) | 3,804 | (Gary Amirault) Issues related to prescribed drugs after the death of his wife. | November 3, 2018 | Gary and Michelle Amirault ran the channel tentmaker777 until Michelle's death in November 2018 which led the founder of the channel, Gary Amirault to become depressed. The channel stopped uploading until eventually their good friend Gerry Beauchemin produced a 3 video series explaining what happened to them. | |
| Afridza Munandar (Afridza Syach) | 3,790 | Motorcycle Racing Accident | November 2, 2019 | ||
| KKD1247 | 3,692 | Unknown | December 9, 2009 | The specifics of the condition that killed kkd1247 remains a mystery, but his friend Ray eluded to kkd1247 suffering from heart-related health problems. | |
| Dr. Larry Lindsey | 3,661 | Colon Cancer | December 19, 2016 | ||
| Justin Heard part (BigMastadon) | 3,584 | Heart Attack | February 22, 2016 | ||
| TWZTED INTENTIONS | 3,500 | Motorcycle Accident | September 25, 2017 | Suffered a fatal crash after jumping on a motorcycle on livestream. | |
| Moto Frogger | 3,495 | Motorcycle Accident | 2015 | ||
| Павел Кашин (MrPavelKashin) | 3,334 | Accidental fall | July 7, 2013 | ||
| Boris Tapic | 3,286 | Fatal Injuries | November 13, 2016 | He died by doing a backflip on a building and failed. He was also battling cancer. | |
| Maddi McKenzie Snowey2576 | 3,234 | Cancer | June 13, 2018 | She was suffering through a rare Cancer called 'diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma'. | |
| CollosalCarnage08 | 3,031 | Suicide | November 8, 2010. | Hanged herself. | |
| Kylie Rae Harris | 2,998 | Car Accident | September 4, 2019 | She died in a car crash in Texas, which killed one other person. | |
| MrFailGame | 2,954 | Liver Disease | September 16, 2013 | ||
| creativewritings247 | 2,797 | Brain Aneurysm | January 2015 | ||
| Joshua Hodges Kline (joshuajoshuakline) | 2,710 | Cancer | May 2011 | ||
| John Noveske | 2,700 | Car Accident | 2013 | ||
| Subtle Art | 2,591 | Suicide | February 8, 2011 | He was considered one of the most technically skilled players in Team Fortress 2. Shortly after his death, his sister reuploaded some of his old deleted content. | |
| Rebecca Burger | 2,514 | Domestic Accident / Heart Attack | June 18, 2017 | A malfunctioning whipped cream dispenser exploded, hitting Burger in the chest and causing her to suffer a heart attack. She died at the hospital the following day. | |
| Cameron Boyce (member of XMOB Crew) | 2,436 | Seizure | July 6, 2019 | Passed away in his sleep in his Los Angeles, California home due to a seizure. According to his family, the seizure was induced by a medical condition. | |
| HCDDWarhero | 2,421 | Car Accident | March 5, 2010 | ||
| Bpblu | 2,376 | Suicide | August 11, 2009 | He committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. | |
| DerGTA4Hater | 2,133 | Accidental Fall | June 20, 2012 | ||
| Fortyniner235 | 2,073 | Suicide | December 10, 2009 | Hanged himself. | |
| The Tales End | 2,021 | Lung Cancer | May 22, 2012 | ||
| Martyn Hett | 2,008 | Murdered | May 22, 2017 | Martyn was one of the 8 victims killed in the Ariana Grande Manchester Arena Bombing. | |
| Chopper Read | 2,004 | Liver Cancer | October 9, 2013 | ||
| Sean Edwards | 1,873 | Racing Accident | October 15, 2013 | Race driver in Porsche Supercup; died during a test race in Queesland as a co-driver in a Porsche. | |
| Thomas Brinkley | 1,864 | Murdered | March 3, 2014 | Stabbed a professor in College, later was shot by the police. | |
| Joshua Brown | 1,854 | Car Accident | May 7, 2016 | ||
| Jeremy Norman (usedtobe803) | 1,779 | Cardiac Arrest | December 23, 2007 | ||
| Lizzy Winkle | 1,730 | Cancer | November 29, 2019 | She was a 15 year old girl who famously worked on ROBLOX's Royale High. | |
| Jasmine Sanchez | 1,728 | Suicide | April 25, 2014 | Jumped in front of a train. | |
| Keebthejokinggamer | 1,700 | Natural Causes | February 8, 2014 | ||
| Madalyn davis MUA | 1,680 | Accidental Fall | January 2020 | She was a 21 year old girl who did makeup tutorials on Instagram. She had over 20,600 followers on Instagram and she died in Sydney, Australia. | |
| Arlene Cole (Narlee Vlogs) | 1,485 | Suicide | November 16, 2017 | She had bipolar disorder which may have contributed to her suicide. | |
| Łukasz Kramarz | 1,470 | Cancer | June 12, 2017 | Before death, he recorded vlogs about cancer treatment. | |
| Orangishred | 1,450 | Drug Overdose | 2014 | ||
| Michael Bonar (LordZaix) | 1,444 | Complications during Lung Transplant | January 9, 2019 | ||
| Rafaiser F.T | 1,429 | Pneumonia | September 16, 2016 | ||
| Timothy McCormick | 1,356 | Car Accident | February 16, 2013 | Timothy was an EMS Private in an ambulance vehicle with Medic Cody Medley on patrol. At 3:37 AM, they were struck by another vehicle who ran a red light, and both did not survive. | |
| Nicky Hayden | 1,299 | Bike Accident | May 22, 2017 | ||
| 99wasup | 1,228 | Surgical Complications | September 4, 2011 | ||
| thewyldwulf | 1,186 | Car crash | August 31, 2015 | ||
| itsme_jmo | 1,160 | Undifferentiated Carcinoma | August 26, 2019 | ||
| Daruhan | 1,140 | Suicide | November 30, 2017 | Drowned himself in a pool. | |
| Siz Mimoun (MimouNoVitch) | 1,100 | Heart Attack | Unknown | ||
| carl kish | 1,080 | Heart Attack | December 15, 2018 | Passed away 3 days after finishing his 2 final livestreams. | |
| Hydro SFM | 1,078 | Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia | July 26, 2019 | Died in her sleep. | |
| Florida Skyline | 1,021 | Thrombosis | December 5, 2019 | ||
| Kenton Jackovelli (Red_Jacket) | 1,014 | Disease | April 2018 | His family was unaware that Kenton had a YouTube channel until his mother saw an email sent by Chris Gillman that was a farewell. Kenton had also made a special knife to send to Chris because he didn't like the knives avabile on the market. The death was between April 19th and April 23rd, because Chris mentioned an email sent on the 19th and also uploaded the video to say Kenton was dead on the 23rd. | |
| Jade McCann | 1,010 | Cancer | October 24, 2019 | She was diagnosed with rare pecoma, and she battled with this until her death. | |
| Jasen Tamiia | 977 | Autoerotic Asphyxiation | December 31, 2015 | ||
| Shuaiby | 932 | Suicide | March 14, 2018 | Shauiby published a livestream in which he wore a bandana over his head and held up a piece of paper saying “Bye /r9k/” before shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, followed by a woman discovering his body. | |
| Wertpol | 926 | Suicide | May 2017 or 2018 | He was an indie game developer for Presentable liberty. | |
| Chazz Petrella | 920 | Suicide | August 21, 2014 | Committed suicide after long bout with severe mental illness. | |
| Alex V. (Rabbit96848) | 900 | Unknown | May 7, 2015 | ||
| DonutCopper | 883 | Car Accident | March 10, 2017 | He was hit by a 21 year old man in a pickup truck who was under the influence of heroin. | |
| Amayirot Akago | 878 | Suicide | June 11, 2018 | Took his own life due to depression. | |
| GavinRoskamp | 854 | Car Accident | June 6, 2011 | ||
| Dreggler | 798 | Accident | March 18, 2015 | ||
| Jim Wilson | 775 | Natural Causes | May 5, 2015 | ||
| Bonkuraps | 766 | Heart Failure | September 13, 2007 | ||
| Calvin (Hi-Fi The fox) | 741 | Cardiac Arrest | November 25, 2018 | ||
| Bill Mead | 712 | Cancer | November 22, 2014 | ||
| ReubenKee | 712 | Motorboating Accident | November 23, 2007 | Motor boating accident that killed several other contestants during the 2007 Cambodia Tonlé Sap competition | |
| Vladislav Roslyakov (Big Slims) | 703 | Suicide | October 17, 2018 | Vladislav Roslyakov was the shooter behind the Kerch Polytechnic College massacre. On October 17, 2018, Vladislav killed 20 and injured 70 people with a shotgun and/or a bomb explosion in the cafeteria, then committed suicide in the library by self-inflicted gunshot. | |
| May and Nizhonii | 677 | Suicide | 2017-2018 | ||
| Shaun Appleby (Waster) | 667 | Sudden Adult Death Syndrome | February 26, 2015 | His obesity is said to have played a part in his death, despite beginning to lose weight due to participating in a weight loss program. | |
| Rémi Gazel | 595 | Cancer | May 25, 2019 | Composed the music for the video game “Rayman”. | |
| Tetris | 586 | Unknown | December 31, 2017 | ||
| Thomas Blackshaw (YourFavSkier) | 585 | Complications During Heart Surgery | June 22, 2015 | Tommy was undergoing his second heart transplant surgery, and was unsuccessful. He died due to complications of excessive bleeding brought on by numerous prior open-heart surgeries from the past. | |
| Erich Stelzer | 502 | Tazed to Death | December 28, 2018 | Stelzer stabbed his girlfriend Maegan Tapley multiple times, which they both first met on Tinder. During the scene, the police came in and Tazed Stelzer twice. He became unresponsive while being transported to the hospital and later died. |
Deceased YouTubers whose channels were deleted
This is a list of deceased YouTubers whose YouTube accounts were shut down by YouTube following their deaths or by themselves before their deaths.
| Channel | Cause of Death | Date of Death | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abby Macintosh (AbbyFallProductions) | Murdered | October 7, 2006 | Macintosh was going to a church when her ex-boyfriend shot her and her best friend. Her channel was deleted but her videos were re-uploaded by her other best friend and can be watched. | |
| MHarris1920 | Natural Causes | November, 2006 | ||
| MarioXbox4018 | Heart Failure | September 18, 2007 | ||
| Pekka-Eric Auvinen (Sturmgeist89) | Suicide | November 7, 2007 | Auvinen killed himself during a school shooting. His channel was deleted but his videos were re-uploaded and can be watched. | |
| Ashley Miller (fatwrecked) | Organ Failure | May 12, 2008 | ||
| Tony48219 | Suicide | April 10, 2009 | Suicide after killing Asia McGowan | |
| ShayeSaintJohn | Gastrointestinal Bleeding | February 25, 2010 | Channel deleted sometime in 2017. | |
| SquidwardFan1982 | Suicide | December 6, 2010 | ||
| TheSevenWinds | Suicide | 2011 | ||
| Misskaiix3 | Suicide | May 21, 2012 | ||
| RedFrenzy64 | Unknown | September 3, 2012 | ||
| 2Real | Accidental Fall | December 5, 2012 | ||
| Keith Ratliff (kydivemaster) | Murdered | January 6, 2013 | Shot in the back of his head in his office. | |
| FilipeCaldeira24 | Drug Overdose | August 14, 2013 | After making his last video, Filipe Caldeira was in hospital for drug overdose and after 5 days he died due to nearly 30 years of depression and lung cancer. | |
| Elliot Rodger | Suicide | May 23, 2014 | Rodger killed 6 people in Isla Vista, California before killing himself. His channel was deleted on April 25, 2018, after he was publicly praised as "The Supreme Gentleman" by a murderer in Orlando. | |
| Kirk Willemse (Dameathook) | Overdose | November 22, 2014 | ||
| AussiePrankzTV | Suicide | May 8, 2015 | After making his goodbye video, the channel was permanently deleted and was never heard from again. There are no videos of him uploaded from other users. | |
| Goldenrebel25 | Leukemia | May 17, 2016 | Lost a battle to Leukemia after 2 years. | |
| Nexless | Suicide | June 21, 2016 | Being a motion designer from New Zealand after many controversy's of plagiarism and impersonation, Nexless took his own life after a live stream of himself slitting his wrists. | |
| ITZ DOLLY | Suicide | December 30, 2016 | She has had personal problems throughout her life, bullied at school, argued with parents, and became emo. She hanged herself in her backyard on a livestream. | |
| Sophie Rose (Sophie's Joy Breastfeeding Mama) | Motorcycle Accident | May 8, 2017 | Sophie was riding on a motorbike with boyfriend Danny Glass when a truck hit them from behind after they changed lanes to avoid a parked vehicle. The force threw her off the motorbike and the truck ran over her, resulting in fatal head injuries and did not survive. She was six months pregnant at the time, and her unborn child was also lost. | |
| Nasim Aghdam | Suicide | April 3, 2018 | Nasim was the shooter behind the YouTube HQ Shooting. She shot herself in the head after injuring three of her YouTube coworkers. She owned multiple channels named Nasime Sabs, Yesil Nasim, Nasim Handmades and Nasim Wonder1. All of the accounts were immediately terminated during the shooting | |
| Nicholas McCrary (Barbra MKray) | Suicide | September 19, 2018 | Set himself on fire after struggling with mental illness. | |
| Desmond Amofah (Etika) | Suicide | June 22, 2019 | Struggled with mental illness and was missing for 5 days before announced dead. | |
| Trần Vũ Toàn (Toàn Shinoda) | Chronic Respiratory Failure | July 24, 2014 | One of the first and most famous Vietnamese vloggers whose clips contain vulgar words. His videos are reuploaded posthumously by his fans. | |
| Machelle Hobson (Fantastic Adventures) | Illness in hospital after arrest | November 12, 2019 | She got her channel demonetized then deleted. Then she was charged with child abuse due to leaving children without food, forced ice baths, pepper spray, etc. The children were not allowed to go to school and punished for failing to do lines, but the adult children were charged for failing to report child abuse. | |
| SSTEAS | Suicide | August 25, 2019 | He had around 9340 subscribers at the time of deletion. Some people think that his death might be fake and there is one video where the channel is "back" and shows a video of SSTEAS's channel. He usually uploaded Emergency Alert System videos. |
After their deaths
}| Person(s) | Details |
|---|---|
| Geriatric1927 | The last video of Geriatric1927, uploaded on February 12, 2014. |
| XXXTENTACION | The murderer of XXX was found on June 20, 2018, his name was Dedrick Williams. XXX was condolenced by multiple other rappers, especially ones who are featured in radios, such as Kanye West and Chris Brown. His YouTube channel also gained an average of 20,000 - 50,000 subscribers every hour, according to SocialBlade. And on that day, his channel gained 291,000 subscribers that day. He also gained at least 850,000 subscribers after XXX was announced dead 24 hours later. His channel also gained 791,000 subscribers the next day he died, which is now one of the top records of the most subscribed channels in 24 hours. |
| Mac Miller | He was buried at Homewood Cemetery in his hometown of Pittsburgh, in a Jewish funeral. After his death, 3 men were charged stated to be in connection with Mac Miller's death over drug sales. The rap community mourned his death along with Ariana Grande. There were theories that Tana Mongeau was involved in Mac Miller's future and fate. He gained numerous subscribers on his channel following his death. |
| Taliajoy18 | Her parents keep her channel alive, as well as announcing events and other important info for Talia's charity. |
| TheQuxxn | Her younger sister adapted her channel, currently making videos in her honor, but however, she decided to stop uploading on November 6, 2014. |
| Monty Oum and Scott Yakiwchuk | Monty was a part of Rooster Teeth. The people who worked at Rooster Teeth condolence Monty and made a tribute video sharing moments with Monty and a podcast explaining their history with Monty and the aftermath. Their friends both held charities for their families, each raising thousands of dollars to help those close to them in their difficult time. |
| Yoteslaya | His death was commented about all over the gaming community, and he gained many subscribers. After a while, some of his friends and his two sons still had access and continued the channel, but didn't upload. |
| Eddsworld | After he died from cancer, his friend Thomas Ridgewell - who is known as TomSka - took over the channel and his animation series, with the quote "Edd may be gone but his world will keep on spinning". The channel now has a full time animator and new voice actor for Edd. |
| Frank Wolf | After his death, many fans made videos with his cutest images. People are saying that he killed himself due to being bullied in school. |
| High On Life | The 'High On Life' Team set up a GoFundMe page for funeral services for Rykah Gamble, Alexey Lykah & Megan Scraper (Members who died). They need at least $50,000 for it to be successful. |
| Alex Vujaçic | Following the legal declaration of his death in absentia, his channel was transferred to his close friend and Vine user KingFurry. Should Alex be found alive, however, the ownership may be shifted back to him. |
| Kerry Decker | After his death, his friend Ray Glasser poses many of posthumously videos for Kerry including his tribute video about him. Many of subscribers are commenting about Kerry's death, saying that he was greatly missed by most of the subscribers that remembers Kerry. |
| RuebenKee | After his death, fans made stages in a game he made characters in called M.U.G.E.N and videos to remember him. |
| NLPMinecraft | Rumors how NLPMinecraft killed himself spreaded in his last video. Rumors continue to this day NLPMinecraft's friends said it was a sudden event of his life that caused him to commit suicide. |
| 3PAC | After his death, A load of people make images to tribute Ryan's death. |
| Cyndago | After Kyre's death, the remaining two members of Cyndago moved on and started a new channel called 'SuperMega'. The channel has been up since April of 2016. |
| La Monalisa | Monalisa Perez pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in December, 2017 due to accidentally killing Pedro Ruiz while attempting a YouTube stunt. Monalisa is sentenced to six months in prison (released on June, 2018), and on probation (house arrest) for 10 years (until 2028). Additionally, due to the incident, she is prohibited from holding any fire-arms for the rest of her life. She had returned making YouTube videos on July, 2018 with more dislikes given in her video, but does get a lot of supportive comments. |
| Elijah Mainville | His family still uploads daily vlogs on the vlog channel momsvlog80. |
| KKD1247 | KKD1247's friend Ray made a multi-part tribute for him following his demise. He said "I knew it was a matter of time because his heart was so bad, he had so many health problems" and did not elaborate any further so the specifics of the condition that killed KKD1247 remains a mystery. |
| VortexxyGaming | VortexxyGaming's fanbase remains conflicted due to the lack of definitive evidence to confirm her death (the one who stated that she died refrains from revealing further details as they believe VortexxyGaming would not want people to know her personal information). Nonetheless, her last theory has been developed and released by a group of her collaborators, and a fan tribute video has also been uploaded. Countless fans have expressed sorrow for her absence/death. |
| TheAngryGrandpaShow | The Angry Grandpa Show channel is still managed by Charles' son Michael, and has been uploading unreleased pranks, unreleased vlogs, and other vlogs containing Michael and the family. |
| Billmaa | After the death of Billy, his long-time friends, Kevin and Tracy has managed the YouTube channel. |
| Go EunBi and Kwon RiSe | Ladies' Code continued as a trio, and released new music without EunB and RiSe. They made a comeback with Feedback in 2019, and Ladies' Code has not disbanded. |
| Seo Minwoo | 100% continued as a 4-piece group with no leader. They released a song in 2019 and have not disbanded. |