Nerd City, also known as Doctor Downvote, is an American YouTuber who focuses on unveiling shifty practices on YouTube. With the help of his girlfriend (Nicky Lochlear) and good friend (Ask The Devil), he has gone on to spread information regarding YouTube censorship and oust content creators such as Jake Paul, Tana Mongeau, and DaddyOFive.
Nerd City is also known for his new-retro lighting/ editing and his outreach with fellow YouTubers.
Series
Doctor Downvote
Nerd City, under his mad scientist alter ego: Doctor Downvote, brings to light the unethical or borderline illegal activity of popular Youtubers. He has also done informative videos on Youtube's secret tags and demonetized words & phrases.
Ask The Devil
Ask The Devil follows a Q&A format. In full makeup, The Devil participates in mock interviews, all while critiquing on celebrities, technology, and pop culture.
Thot Patrol
Thot Patrol is an exposé series, detailing the countless lengths e-celebs and Instagram models go through to fake glamorous photographs. Photo manipulation is a common tactic employed by these tricksters, and the Thot Patrol is here to call them out on it.
Nerdline
Nerdline dissects the response videos of popular YouTubers. In two particular instances, Nerd City exposes the lies of Jake Paul and SSSniperWolf.
The Try Hards
The Try Hards trilogy features Nicky Try Hard and Nerd City on an adventure across Europe. Their mission is to grow an Instagram account, so the SoundCloud rappers can "slide into Nicky's DMs". They are not afraid to duplicate other models' shots, fake body proportions with temporary implants/ photoshop, or abuse the system in any way to achieve that fame. The Try Hards concluded on January 29th, 2018.
How To Make Merch
YouTuber merchandise is thoroughly examined on its originality/ style/ cost, in this two part series. Nerd City also explains how to approach and commission freelance artists. How To Make Merch concluded on June 28, 2019.
Guest appearances
- "State of the YouTube" Podcast with Rusty Cage, Mumkey Jones, EmpLemon, and Whang!
- Cold Ones with Anything4views and MaxMoeFoe
- No Jumper with Adam and Whang!
- Loud Mouths Podcast