How CollegeHumor Became Irrelevant

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2022
  • During the early days of TH-cam, CollegeHumor was a powerhouse that had found huge success with the help of a huge corporate budget and a large professional team. These days however, things look a lot different on the CollegeHumor channel. Following the loss of its funding and the lay off of over 100 staff, CollegeHumor has been clinging on to life as their viewership declines every month.
    This is, The Tragic Decline of CollegeHumor (-86%)
    Thank you guys for watching, like and sub if you enjoyed, SunnyV2 XO ❤
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  • @Transdimensional
    @Transdimensional 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28786

    I'm guessing they all graduated..

    • @frysank
      @frysank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      we all do

    • @kryptomanik
      @kryptomanik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +975

      Actually, they Dropped Out (ha ha get it because their current subscription service is called Dropout).

    • @shuzuc1724
      @shuzuc1724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@kryptomanik :(

    • @OfficialDoyLum
      @OfficialDoyLum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      @@kryptomanik please never explain a joke again, you are welcome.

    • @dropout
      @dropout 2 ปีที่แล้ว +512

      @@kryptomanik James....you are correct (psst everyone subscribe to Dropout)

  • @babishculinaryuniverse
    @babishculinaryuniverse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13626

    Man these are fascinating and really well done, but I am not looking forward to watching the one about me.
    "How Binging with Babish Lost it All and Went Insane Trying to Perfect the Cheese Grater (He's Finally Dead)"

    • @nutcrackerreal100
      @nutcrackerreal100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +548

      fitting end.

    • @sisronweasley2074
      @sisronweasley2074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +415

      Death by Banana probably

    • @catdog69kool
      @catdog69kool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      I foresee a Howard Hughes like downfall, but instead of making the world's largest plane, you try to make the tiniest whisk.

    • @LickMyMusketBallsYankee
      @LickMyMusketBallsYankee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      A verified with a crappy generic comment. Let it be known I was here before TH-cam shoved this to the top of the comments

    • @maducrutz9384
      @maducrutz9384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Damn didn't think to see ya here babs, hope ya well

  • @andrewharris5327
    @andrewharris5327 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

    Literally only clicked on this video to make sure that the comment section was setting the record straight about Dropout, aka college humor, absolutely thriving with their new model. Glad the people know what is actually happening.

  • @bonzupippinpaddleoxacoppil484
    @bonzupippinpaddleoxacoppil484 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +441

    This is such a bad take you’d think it was written by Grant Anthony O’Brien.

    • @novAviator01
      @novAviator01 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Which stands for Grant Anthony Of Brien obviously

    • @evertime123
      @evertime123 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      50?

  • @AirmanJack89
    @AirmanJack89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9615

    They actually aren’t that bad in a position right now. Their app is doing good. Their D&D stuff is incredibly popular and their game show format is doing great

    • @Matheus_Braz
      @Matheus_Braz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Im glad to hear that

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +379

      CollegeHumor has D&D content? Now I'm morbidly curious

    • @AirmanJack89
      @AirmanJack89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

      @@CrizzyEyes oh it’s amazing and played true to the game but very funny. It’s called Dimension 20. They even have some stuff with Matt Mercer?

    • @charliecoke7396
      @charliecoke7396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      @@CrizzyEyes First 2 and a half main cast seasons are the absolute bomb.
      After that, the lacking of other high traffic content on their streaming service lead to basically all their funds flowing into the D&D part which, like Critical Role, ended up kinda mutating and warping the thing.
      If you watch you may really enjoy the like 6 seasons after A Crown of Candy (Season 3) but I don't know, there's a shift in there, and it just kinda changed.

    • @MythrilShotgun
      @MythrilShotgun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@charliecoke7396 Dimension 20 dives in on thematic stuff pretty deep with shorter campaigns. I really dug Mice and Murder, but bounced off "The Seven". The content is different enough that I can't hate on it myself.

  • @suntzuandrew
    @suntzuandrew 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +680

    One year later seeing how well Dropout is doing puts this in perspective. A real "My death was highly exaggerated" moment.

    • @MyMika2004
      @MyMika2004 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      i mean, its a complete rebrand so can you really attribute college humor to that?

    • @mirtos39
      @mirtos39 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      @@MyMika2004 i mean a rebrand is one thing, but its still the same shows that was being done towards thee end of college humor. the fact is its "no-longer in college humor". In otheerwords, its Gen X and millenial not Gen Z humor. But its always been aging.

    • @MyMika2004
      @MyMika2004 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      true, but just because you change the content before rebranding doesnt mean its not a new thing. im sure theres many others like me that loved the previous skits and stuff and while the show is well made, its a completely different thing
      @@mirtos39

    • @ocdemon8999
      @ocdemon8999 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I really don't get why people expect these homebrewed drama news reports to be accurate 😂

    • @CharlieSmurffy
      @CharlieSmurffy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yeah dude the channel averaging less than 50k views in its last 4 videos is really booming.

  • @earthboundfan15
    @earthboundfan15 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +141

    Gotta love how this age poorly, while Collegehumor is gone in name. From what's been shown, Dropout is flourishing in the new direction it went

    • @forlorndream
      @forlorndream 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @beaugantz4888
    @beaugantz4888 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    So it seems like most of us agree that this guy either isn’t aware of what CollegeHumor has really become or decided to ignore it for content. Dropout is worth it, some of the funniest and most charming shows I l’ve seen.

  • @CalebRuiz
    @CalebRuiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8256

    I will 100% add my voice to the “Dropout is worth it” crowd. Maybe these guys aren’t good at making money on TH-cam but they are dam good at making content

    • @wasprider7239
      @wasprider7239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      I watch more dropout than I do Hulu or Netflix.

    • @ColeCash
      @ColeCash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      @@wasprider7239 it’s easily one of the best value subscription services for me, right there with TH-cam. I’m excited to see them hopefully grow a bit now that the pandemic is chilling out.

    • @colleen6440
      @colleen6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Definitely, Dimension20 alone is perhaps the best DnD live play on the internet, and I say that as a Critical Role fan. GameChangers on top of that made it an easy choice to subscribe.

    • @Kevin-sf9zr
      @Kevin-sf9zr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      thx to the woke cancel-culture.

    • @tim.noonan
      @tim.noonan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      @@Kevin-sf9zr a comment devoid of substance from a mind much the same

  • @thedankgnasty1890
    @thedankgnasty1890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2038

    Collegehumor is gone, but Dropout is still going strong as ever, Dimension 20 and Gamechanger are so goddamn good.

    • @ZombodyDead
      @ZombodyDead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Agreed.
      Breaking News is also excellent.

    • @suki426
      @suki426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Yeah I will admit it was a bit strange to me that none of that was mentioned

    • @mossdeep
      @mossdeep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      gamechanger is excellent!

    • @patt5085
      @patt5085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Matt and Brennen are a ray of sunshine wherever they go

    • @thedankgnasty1890
      @thedankgnasty1890 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patt5085 very true

  • @author_abe
    @author_abe ปีที่แล้ว +1488

    I cannot express enough how worth it dropout is. The content is incredible and idk if I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life as I have watching their shows

    • @Gh0stSh33p
      @Gh0stSh33p ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I haven't watched this vid yet but I'm guessing it's gonna be biased because dropout is amazing and the company seems sustainable

    • @encryptify3625
      @encryptify3625 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I bought dropout for one reason: Fantasy High

    • @author_abe
      @author_abe ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@encryptify3625 if that ain’t true. I just finished s2 last night

    • @vegitoboy7780
      @vegitoboy7780 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Love all the DND content and especially Game changer

    • @author_abe
      @author_abe ปีที่แล้ว

      @Arthur Morgan what a shit take

  • @moltyz6787
    @moltyz6787 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +875

    They didn’t fail, they just have a smaller, yet SIGNIFICANTLY mroe dedicated fanbase that pays for their content, and is actually thriving off that model.

    • @EnclaveSgt
      @EnclaveSgt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Definitely not worth paying for

    • @Desopolis
      @Desopolis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

      @@EnclaveSgtdropout is 100% worth paying for.

    • @EnclaveSgt
      @EnclaveSgt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @Desopolis hah not for cringe woke content they make now

    • @elytra404
      @elytra404 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      @@EnclaveSgtits so much more then that, dimension 20 and game changer, make some noise, etc. its wonderful. and yeah some of its 'woke', they've always been left leaning. if you think they weren't before you didn't really watch it

    • @godemperorofmemes992
      @godemperorofmemes992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      ​@@EnclaveSgtthe brain rot is terminal, I'm afraid. You'll never awaken from this state, but the good news is you can still digest Ben Shapiro commentary and maybe enjoy NASCAR until they acknowledge a gay driver or run a Bud Light commercial. My condolences for your lost grey matter.

  • @deepbluesaltsea
    @deepbluesaltsea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2548

    Something to note is that when CollegeHumor lost their funding, they still had months of content that had already been filmed and was either on track to be released or in post production. The technical staff focused on completing the content that had already been filmed, and they continuted their Dimension 20 series, as DM Brennan Lee Mulligan was the only creative who was retained during that fallout. Also, much of the creative staff still appears in videos, though it is likely that most of them are paid on a project basis vs Brennan who is on the payroll. The transfer of power from AIC to Sam also happened right before the pandemic which made it nearly impossible to create new content under COVID guidelines until more recently. As they return to their studio, I am hopeful for a revival of the brand.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But it won't be the same as back when it was edgy, when it had bite.

    • @Agaetis181
      @Agaetis181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      so edgy they follow covid guidelines for two years

    • @SeymourDisapproves
      @SeymourDisapproves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@SirBlackReeds It's hardly cutting edge to make the same kind of content for a decade. Besides, what you're describing is the natural life cycle of an entertainment career. Edginess isn't sustainable, especially if you don't want to keep kicking out older writers and roping in new ones just to get a chance at keeping your "edgy" card for a couple more years. The culture changes, people who were the products of that culture age and change, and at the end of the day I'm glad that the people who have been working at College Humor for years are still working there and working on projects they actually seem to enjoy instead of either being tossed or being confined to the kind of content they made in the past. I'm glad things are different now.

    • @meliya7816
      @meliya7816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree, this is the one thing I take a bit of issue with in the video.

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So they had a lot of unreleased material.. and then Covid happened? I would think that to be a good thing.. ?

  • @prodigyproductions1373
    @prodigyproductions1373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4530

    I honestly only knew this channel cause of the "If Google Was a Person" videos. But hey this video was very entertaining to watch. 👍🏼

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got fired from my job because i almost beat up my 50 year old coworker.. and It got toxic yo so now i smoke weed on my TH-cam channel now, meanwhile i get back to the hustle 🥶

    • @tihs402
      @tihs402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      your comment has been invaded by bots lmao

    • @GoodlyPenguin
      @GoodlyPenguin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I skinned a Italian boy alive in 1997 and I showed the evidence to the police but they didn't care.

    • @SophieMerau
      @SophieMerau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Isnt it called „If Google was a guy“?

    • @Logan-td8yk
      @Logan-td8yk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jake and Amir is worth a watch

  • @CleffedWings
    @CleffedWings 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    You should do a video about their SUCCESS story. They're ALL I see online now and everyone I know is trying to get me to watch Dimension 20!

    • @ar12456ar
      @ar12456ar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He won’t, he only does videos about the decline of a channel, he couldn’t give two shits

    • @YourPalJamieEllis
      @YourPalJamieEllis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah it's unfortunate that people will just see the video title and maybe watch a few minutes of this and not realize Dropout is fucking crushing it by basically any metric.

  • @TheMrBonzz
    @TheMrBonzz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    Glad everyone agreed to call him out on his cherry picked arguments, Dropout was doing fine and most of genuinely would recommend them shows like Game Changer, Make some noise, and Dimensions 20 has been some of the most fun tv shows i watched these two years.

  • @graysonspider11
    @graysonspider11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    As a current member of Dropout, I feel like I can give some insight behind the paywall (lots of text be ready):
    1. Skits are gone. They are solely doing about 5 full series now, which get new episodes either weekly or Bi-weekly.
    These series are:
    Dimension 20, their dnd show with Brennan Lee Mulligan
    Game Changer, their game show with Sam Reich
    Um-Actually, their correction game show with Mike Trapp
    And Breaking News, their no laugh game show (I said 5 because they have the occasional side project)
    2. All of the cast is still there...kinda.
    You will still see the full CH cast (Ally Beardsly, Grant O'Brien, Lou Wilson etc) on any and all projects, it's just that they are hired on for the individual projects, not full time. (Something like that, don't correct me)
    3. They have a pretty good amount of support.
    If the number of people in the dropout exclusive discord is a fair measure of support, they are doing very well. Even if you said half of the members on there only subscribed to a month or less, thats still several thousand members paying $6 a month for a production team of probably under 20
    4. The Content is really well done.
    While you only get about 2 to 3 new uploads a week, the content is genuinely strong enough and unique enough that I have no intention of canceling my subscription any time soon.

    • @graysonspider11
      @graysonspider11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      You'll also see a lot of comments saying they just recently learned about CH, thats because they are going extremely hard on making a lot of "Shorts" content, which is huge on TH-cam right now, drawing in a lot of traffic

    • @mattiesteck7604
      @mattiesteck7604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@graysonspider11 They also have a ton of stuff on TikTok as well

    • @michellel9739
      @michellel9739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      They have solid staff (writers and producers)! I like the new shows but they are different from their past content. Which is good! and should've been done waaay earlier.

    • @lauramarschmallow2922
      @lauramarschmallow2922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah, the problem is that "umm actually" and dimension20 are put out on other chanels, that's why assumed they also went indipendent like drawfee or some more news. Visited their youtube page and they only posted those terribele "don't laugn newsroom" stuff so I thought they were dead.

    • @jccjccjoanne
      @jccjccjoanne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I only liked the CH skits and never the other content (animated videos, breaking news, umm actually, etc). Thank you for confirming what shows are available under the sub.

  • @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721
    @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2072

    I think the problem also was something unavoidable: they grew with their audience. I watched CH when I was in college and the humor was what you'd expect. Staff and cast moved on (Streeter, Sarah, Jake, Amir, Adam, Dan, etc) and the new cast filled in. But by the time they did, the tone shifted from college kids to people adjusting to the "real world", jobs and etc. Then it morphed into just office stuff. Funny, but it was just cubicle talk from a brand that used to produce legitimately funny music video parodies. As they grew up, they resembled basically everything else on the internet and got drown out by literally everything else. And I like many of the later cast members (Grant, Katie, Mike Trapp, others), but I also can't tell you the last time I sought out one of their videos, even going pre-layoff.

    • @thawhiteazn
      @thawhiteazn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      They are still producing great content through their Dropout service. They’re going the “quality over quantity” route at the moment and I’m a big fan.

    • @YouKnowMeDuh
      @YouKnowMeDuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's to be expected. The only way any channel can stay true to a certain audience is to have members of that audience contributing to the content: college aged people. Only college kids know what college kids want 🤷 last video I watched from them was with Badman explaining how his one rule was to not kill, just for people to realize that Badman doesn't even know what killing is. Both my mom and I got a good hoot out of that, and that's one of the only later videos I go back to.

    • @YouKnowMeDuh
      @YouKnowMeDuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@thawhiteazn Interesting. I don't blame them for using that platform. TH-cam just isn't the place for them anymore, mainly because TH-cam's policies are so harsh on channels like that regarding monetization.

    • @logTopic
      @logTopic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You nailed it

    • @nicolew672
      @nicolew672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      straight fax. on their old websites they said no one allowed over 32, I mean they must be well in their 40s. College Humor had a good run! Rip

  • @300IQPrower
    @300IQPrower 2 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    gotta love when these video essays just ignore everything that doesnt match their agenda going in.

    • @stepanpytlik4021
      @stepanpytlik4021 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And that is?

    • @GHOST-in-the-MACHINE
      @GHOST-in-the-MACHINE ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@stepanpytlik4021 The popularity of Dropout, the main way "CollegeHumour" makes money nowadays? Sam more or less migrated off TH-cam, it's only used for shorts to promote their various shows now. The fact that Dropout's immense succes isn't mentioned anywhere in this video and the focus is solely on the TH-cam channel they barely even use anymore is slightly dishonest.

    • @KC-gb4vr
      @KC-gb4vr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GHOST-in-the-MACHINE think its because their mainly refering to the TH-cam Channel and not the company as a whole

    • @melonmanwill
      @melonmanwill 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@KC-gb4vrbut the video is called “How CollegeHumor became irrelevant” which ya gotta admit is a little clickbaitty

    • @LetMeEatDem
      @LetMeEatDem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@melonmanwillare you new to the internet?

  • @KQKQ23
    @KQKQ23 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    My girlfriend does on set work for dropout Aka college humor. They do very very well for themselves, the business model just had to change in order to keep up with the times.

  • @Flea
    @Flea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5794

    this channel was my childhood, after your buzfeed video it made me think what happened to college humour. TH-cam 100% doesn’t promote them anywhere near as much. Sad

    • @rikamelo100
      @rikamelo100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      But they didn't fall wtf? They're putting out full on productions on their app and making that money for themselves. They still make great videos just behind a pay wall. But hey anyone watching a dude literally clickbaiting us.

    • @tayslaywift9361
      @tayslaywift9361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@rikamelo100 defending paywall and deflection. Yep, looks like someone's salty.

    • @rikamelo100
      @rikamelo100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      @@tayslaywift9361 oh shit sorry I forgot internet is against making money. I'm sorry you feel hurt.

    • @SerperiorChaos
      @SerperiorChaos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok

    • @monkeydoesnotpaytaxes
      @monkeydoesnotpaytaxes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      who the fuck is faze flea

  • @queazeproductions
    @queazeproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    As a frequent “dropout” content watcher I don’t think they failed, they changed course. The game shows are great and dimension 20 is phenomenal.

    • @SandwichGlitch
      @SandwichGlitch ปีที่แล้ว +31

      D20 is one of the best dnd stuff ever filmed

    • @summonersriftgarbage4426
      @summonersriftgarbage4426 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      They didn’t fall out still now dimension 20 is still kicking, sunny V2 is just sloppy asf and generally picks a point of view from the get go

    • @jaymanishere13
      @jaymanishere13 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@summonersriftgarbage4426yes because laying off 90% of the staff screams success

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SandwichGlitch VEINY BLACK KOK OUTLINE SEEN THRU TIGHT BASEBALL PANTS

    • @DRCx_
      @DRCx_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      D20 and Game Changer are gold

  • @ameliabrittain3689
    @ameliabrittain3689 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This aged well…dropout is now possibly up for an Emmy.

  • @BatDad1984
    @BatDad1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Its great to see Sam pull the company up from the ashes and building it back up slowly. I hope they bring back some of its older scripted style content.

  • @nathaniel201
    @nathaniel201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4526

    Other people have mentioned this, but a lot of this isn't quite accurate to CollegeHumor's current situation. The general arc of their history and loss of funding is correct, but the company's doing much better now than the video makes it out to be. Long story short, they are profitable at this point in time. Their business model is pretty much entirely focused on Dropout which still has a lot of content being produced. Dimension 20, their D&D show, is incredibly successful and has a strong fanbase, and they still produce mostly unscripted content like Game Changer, Um Actually, and Breaking News (the last one is technically "scripted" but it's the same concept). The TH-cam channel is pretty much there to draw people into Dropout at this point, as that's how their business is structured now, and they have other side channels for the individual shows (like Dimension 20 and Game Changer) that do the same thing. Although most of the cast members at the beginning of 2020 don't officially work for them anymore and they're doing their own things, they're all still very good friends and come together on a project-by-project basis. They don't really see themselves going back to a lot of the scripted content anytime soon, as it just isn't financially sound, but they're doing quite well on the unscripted content.
    No disrespect meant to SunnyV2. The video provides a good intro to the topic. But it's important to know that Dropout is thriving, and, in my personal opinion, it's producing some of the best stuff out there. Everyone's working together to keep the content going, and better yet, they're all lovely people having a great time while still pursuing their own careers. It's a wonderful sight to see and it's honestly much more hopeful than it may seem at first glance.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Shill, we all know that Dropout isn't harkening back to their edgy era. They have to keep it clean for sponsors/advertisers, and they sure as hell don't want to be labelled as problematic. Not to mention that the main channel has a hard time reaching 1M viewers, which is still a fraction of their subscriber count. That is in no way good.

    • @nathaniel201
      @nathaniel201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +347

      @@SirBlackReeds I won't deny the content's changed in several ways, and the discussion of whether CollegeHumor is "as good as it used to be" is subjective. I really like the stuff they're producing now, and a lot of other people do too, but it's not for everyone. Anyways, it's beside the point. The discussion is whether the company is successful, and the fact that the company is profitable is seemingly true. Sam Reich has explicitly stated this, and I can't think of a reason why he would lie about that. The fact that the TH-cam channel isn't their main source of revenue is also no secret. So a lack of views there doesn't mean they're not successful. It's also worth noting that the argument of "they have to keep it clean in order to make money" doesn't really make sense since Dropout is ad-free and they don't censor things on that particular platform. If there is a lack of "edginess" in their content now, it's because the people have changed, not because of financial restrictions.

    • @abcdefg2120
      @abcdefg2120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@SirBlackReeds Dropout has no sponsors or advertisers. It’s a subscription service. I’m not subscribed to it but it doesn’t take a shill to realize you’re talking our of your rectum.

    • @tim.noonan
      @tim.noonan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      @@SirBlackReeds stop embarrassing yourself, they don’t have advertisers. That’s why Dropout was created in the first place.

    • @georgepeters6073
      @georgepeters6073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I agree I've been subbed to dropout since it came out and the contents great. Dimension 20 is one of my favourite media series'. I think it's unfair to analyse the yt channel but I would love to know the number of subscriptions dropout gets

  • @josephl5128
    @josephl5128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1816

    Collegehumor has gone from strength to strength via Dropout, survived an almost unfathomable situation with the job cuts and funding being pulled, and is a successful streaming platform that has outgrown its youtube channel, something that seems to be glaringly omitted.

    • @thepjup4507
      @thepjup4507 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      the video is about "CollegeHumor" the youtube channel. It's not about the people associated with it and their ventures, it's about the youtube channel alone. You said it yourself, "outgrown its youtube channel", which is complimentary to the title and content of this video. So you agree.

    • @jalepezo
      @jalepezo ปีที่แล้ว +53

      yeaj, sunny v likes to throw stones and gawk and caw at people for no reason: no sarcasm implied

    • @ugaboj
      @ugaboj ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@thepjup4507 Yeah, but DropOut is literally just CollegeHumor going back to having their own independent site. The name changed, but its all the same people that were on CollegeHumor. It's like saying that Facebook is gone, because its rebranded to Meta. Its the same company, doing the same things, just through a different platform.
      CollegeHumor is literally just the youtube channel for posting Dropout content now. (Plus they have made additional new youtube channels for clips from their invididual DropOut shows.)

    • @komentierer
      @komentierer ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thepjup4507 College Humor is the parent company to Dropout tv

    • @Kaarington
      @Kaarington ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@thepjup4507 oof bad take

  • @Xantexhunter
    @Xantexhunter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Adding to the dropout train. Its really good, their skits are great and there is a lot of content to choose from.
    Honestly, with how things in youtube are trending, I wouldn't be surprised if Dropout expanded to other creators like youtube did back in the early days. We need a streaming site that puts creators first and profit second.
    This video is good, but it is slightly misleading, Collegehumor is thriving and Sam Reich, as of the writing of this comment, is beloved and well respected.

  • @Birdsoumds
    @Birdsoumds 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They’ve made an amazing comeback

    • @iamtherealbread
      @iamtherealbread 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They have their own website now

    • @Wotanson56
      @Wotanson56 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao their content is shit and barely get views wdym?

  • @JamesRoyceDawson
    @JamesRoyceDawson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Running a comedy channel indefinitely is basically impossible. I’d say CH got a decent amount of years at the top and that’s as good as it could get. They started the careers of many talented comedians and writers. I’d consider that a success

    • @cmm3699
      @cmm3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I love seeing familiar past members names, and especially faces, in more mainstream media.
      I totally geeked out when I saw streeter in an snl skit a few months ago.

    • @jacobammon
      @jacobammon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah I feel like Jake and Amir/Headgum is killing it. Sarah’s show is on HBO now and it’s been mad successful

    • @cyberzombie038
      @cyberzombie038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This, as times changes so does trends.

    • @MAORIguy25
      @MAORIguy25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jacobammon especially Jake being a part of NADDPOD, Murphs DnD project with Emily (from CollegeHumour) and Caldwell (was on Drawfee, but mainly other stuff)

    • @OmniDan26
      @OmniDan26 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      simp

  • @Ruminations09
    @Ruminations09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1678

    This video feels like it ends the story 1 year early. CH is currently doing great. The reason this video makes it look like it's suffering is because it's focused on the TH-cam channel, but there's a specific reason the TH-cam channel looks the way it does now: it's no longer the focus of the business. Dropout is.
    And Dropout is doing phenomenally well, with some of the best content CH has ever made. The company is now profitable, and Dimention 20, Gamechanger, and Um Actually are all extremely popular.

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I guess that's why I've never heard of "Dimention" 20, Gamechanger, or Um Actually... because they're all extremely popular...

    • @Ruminations09
      @Ruminations09 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      @@encycl07pedia- SunnyV2 has well over 2.5 million subscribers. With the sole exception of this one single video (which I only saw because I'm a fan of Dropout), I have literally never heard of this TH-camr. I had never seen any of their content before this video, and in the 6 months since I watched this video, the only other time I've been made aware of SunnyV2's existence was literally right this moment when you replied to my comment on this video.
      Nonetheless, I think it's fair to say that a TH-camr who has achieved such a large following could be fairly called "extremely popular" despite the fact that I personally have never heard of them.
      Sometimes people just don't hear about popular things.
      Dropouts current shows (most recently adding Make Some Noise to the list of shows mentioned above and also including Breaking News which I didn't mention last time) **ARE** all very popular. The fact that you, personally, have not heard of these shows is completely irrelevant.

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@Ruminations09 oh wow, that was a slow but painful burn

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Ruminations09 2 million subscribers in 2022 isn't that great. This isn't 2007.
      Extremely popular is like Katy Perry or Justin Bieber. Linus Tech Tips has over 10 million subscribers and I wouldn't call him extremely popular, either.
      Just because you've heard of them doesn't make them extremely popular, either. Somehow I doubt anywhere close to 10 million people subscribe to Dropout. SunnyV2, to whom I'm not subscribed and only recently watched his videos, might have more subscribers than Dropout does. I'd love to see figures on how many people are actually paying for the most obscure streaming service I've ever heard of.

    • @Ruminations09
      @Ruminations09 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@encycl07pedia- All popularity is relative. Katy Perry and Justin Bieber are popular in the mainstream (or... they were like a decade ago), but that's not the only definition of the word. I'm not going to sit here and argue over what "popular" means because it's not a rigidly defined word.
      Honestly, if your definition of "popular" excludes someone who literally *millions* of people have heard of, then I feel like your definition is too restrictive.

  • @AWOJD03
    @AWOJD03 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We now need the rise of Dropout video.

  • @lucaswickmansound
    @lucaswickmansound ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Recently subscribed to Droupout, literally $5 a month for some of the funniest original series I’ve seen
    D20 and Game Changer are almost too good, I feel like I’m not paying enough for this kind of quality

    • @starlightrains
      @starlightrains ปีที่แล้ว +4

      why pay for funi when i can just look up “funny memes” on youtube

  • @NotEcons
    @NotEcons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I didn't actually get really into CollegeHumor until 2021. Now, I'm subscribed to the Dropout service. I dont regret it. As a matter of fact in the official Dropout discord, the CEO Sam Reich states that Dropout is currently profitable. Dimension 20, Um Actually, and Game Changer are all great shows.

    • @kenkune55
      @kenkune55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah I'm really hoping they keep up the great content. I had mostly ignored College Humor in recent years but Game Changer has been absurdly funny.

    • @Correa24bori
      @Correa24bori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I was gonna say lmao. the overreaction to "CollegeHumor died" is like no one realizes that dropout exists. And it's honestly worth the $4-6/mon without advertisers for really great shows. D20, GameChanger, Um Actually, BNN, and many more.

    • @alexdavis665
      @alexdavis665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if they'll resurrect dead series like Paranoia or Ultra-Mecha-Tron Team Go

    • @LickMyMusketBallsYankee
      @LickMyMusketBallsYankee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Correa24bori Well CollegeHumor did die. They lost most of their staff, were never profitable and have one video that they just reupload with a different coat of paint on the main channel now. The peak success of CH ten years ago is gone, even the post peak comedown is dead now. The channel and the idea of CH is gone.
      Dropout isn't College Humor, it's a successor to it in the modern form. A subscription streaming service. It's successful because it's just that, and those are all the rage right now. Once the fad of a million different subscriptions dies out we'll see how well Dropout holds up. But for now that's alive and well, so people will continue to pay for content of equal quality to their former TH-cam videos. (That they used to watch for free.)

    • @Correa24bori
      @Correa24bori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@LickMyMusketBallsYankee technically dropout is owned by College Humor media. Sure the CH name and brand as we know it did die a few years back. But I wouldn’t expect a 23 year old digital media company to remain the same. Dropout is simply the next evolution.
      And if anything the content of a paid subscription service like dropout, offers a higher quality of video than anything TH-cam can offer. And to cap it off no ads. I’d rather my money go towards content I like and enjoy than watching something for free a quick minute that’s subpar quality.

  • @hero3281
    @hero3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +727

    This feels like a school project where you were trying to make a point and decided to ignore half of the evidence, which suggested that your point was wrong and called it a day.

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The title makes no sense lol.

    • @grantkeller4634
      @grantkeller4634 ปีที่แล้ว

      College tumor subscriber detected

    • @Ocean_Man
      @Ocean_Man ปีที่แล้ว +2

      on god

    • @appropriate-channelname3049
      @appropriate-channelname3049 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he is right though. College humor is dead. Dropout is pretty diffrent content wise than what College humor was about.

    • @theshadowofmango9209
      @theshadowofmango9209 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@appropriate-channelname3049its misleading. It makes it seem like the company “collegehumor” failed, when they didnt. They just changed course

  • @andresacosta5318
    @andresacosta5318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dropout is thriving. The amount of shows and the level of quality of said shows is great. Even if their youtube is hurting they are thriving

  • @tandraarisandi6680
    @tandraarisandi6680 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    At their peak. College humour is a better SNL that we never get

  • @grahamwaldo331
    @grahamwaldo331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1343

    This leaves out a lot of stuff. Adam Conover a former cast member and now the host of Adam Ruins Everything (which started as a CH series) said that one big reason for the company’s downfall was that they got misleading metrics from Facebook and TH-cam. It made them think that videos were way more profitable than they actually were. This led them to neglecting things like the website.
    Also with regard to the channel’s current videos, those are all from dropout and were recorded in 2018-19.After the layoff, they had to put nearly all of their time and energy into the platform that was for sure making money as opposed to the one that was dependent on ads. And they have continued making new content for dropout. Recently they seem to have built up enough of a buffer to start really increasing the budget on some of their projects. I know it’s behind a paywall, but you could have paid $5 to see that there was a very steady stream of new stuff coming out and then canceled the subscription.

    • @craigyeah1052
      @craigyeah1052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Yeah I was surprised this wasn't mentioned. They hint at and mention it in their own videos so even I knew, and this is supposed to be a documentary.

    • @zekeiwa5837
      @zekeiwa5837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      This guy doesn't research jackshit as long as the video gets past the 10 minute mark. Just a poor man's Down the Rabbit Hole

    • @Miglow
      @Miglow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Or just made a free trial account.

    • @oliviacarolinanogueira7769
      @oliviacarolinanogueira7769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, if you're trying to tell CH's history without the whole fb mishap you're basically lying
      and CH's dropout is doing p good afaik

    • @bobby218
      @bobby218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      people at facebook should’ve went to prison (and sued for damages) for what what they did to hundreds of companies and thousands of lives by knowingly misleading people with their wildly inaccurate video numbers. what they did amounted to fraud and the theft of millions (billions?) of ad dollars.

  • @Pookyloo
    @Pookyloo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    This makes sad, because college humor has some of the most professionally produced content and they are decently funny, I had no idea any of this has happened to them.

    • @volactic5240
      @volactic5240 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to

    • @CarlMcKenzie
      @CarlMcKenzie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They may have survived intact if the concept of sponsored videos had gained traction much sooner into the adpocalypse.

    • @danceteras2884
      @danceteras2884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not dead at all, just look at the comments. Dropout is building popularity and has a dedicated fanbase and they produce high quality shows there. Also, it seems that they ar profitable and trending up. Don't count them out :)

    • @nixmilt3040
      @nixmilt3040 ปีที่แล้ว

      College humor is doing fine, they have one if not the best dnd live plays on the internet. The DM is so good he took over critical role for a side story

  • @Antifrost
    @Antifrost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I rediscovered CollegeHumor sometime during the pandemic and had a whole lot of old and new content to get through. I eventually loved the Breaking News segment enough to buy a channel membership to see all of the episodes that were behind that paywall, and I haven't regretted that decision yet. It's also opened me up to the whole host of other shows they do, and I truly hope they can find a balance of what to release for free and what to keep for Dropout/channel members. I don't have a real stake in the matter, but I do hope that CollegeHumor can keep doing what they're doing.

  • @Rick1sFunny
    @Rick1sFunny ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If you have ever even chuckled at a college humor video getting dropout will be 100% worth it. I finally broke down an bought it the other day and i havent gotten any work done ive been watching it so much

  • @viewer-of-content
    @viewer-of-content 2 ปีที่แล้ว +496

    I just wanted to say that Collegehumor also split off basically every show into a different TH-cam channel. Some with there own patreon pages, seperate corporate structures, and decent viewership. Everyone slimmed down staffing and used the promoted guest or contract work model though. Really it just makes it look like everyone who was friends kept popping up on others content and that properties was split to better monitor and prioritize user donations, since you can't ad monitize large portions of there work.
    Collegehumor spinoff channels include:
    Lowbrow (the contracted animation studio)
    Um Actually!
    Dorkly (seperate brand before layoffs)
    Dimension 20
    Drawfee
    Dropout
    The biggest thing I notice is the reduction in set pieces and travel locations. Now they're sticking to set places much of the time to actually make some profit maybe, also cheaper location filming is probably banned in California during focus unless you get a permit for waver. Really I'm just glad to have seen some things stay alive and focus on financial sustainability.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Drawfee is now independent of Collegehumor

    • @mobi4482
      @mobi4482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@DeathnoteBB yeah I was gonna mention that. Pretty sure they've been independent since the layoffs too

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mobi4482 No it took a few months for the legal stuff to be decided

    • @mobi4482
      @mobi4482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DeathnoteBB ah my bad. I guess I got some of that stuff mixed up cuz I got into drawfee after they Became indipendent

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mobi4482 I mean, you’re not wrong, just it took a while, cause laws or whatever

  • @AlexBowesVideos
    @AlexBowesVideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    Just like with Smosh, the mismanagement of the brand ultimately led to the channel's demise. Very sad

    • @oliverbs0417
      @oliverbs0417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Smosh is doing perfectly fine check the Chanel still millions of subscribers new management, it has had no demise yet

    • @NeoRidero
      @NeoRidero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@oliverbs0417 yeah but we can't deny Smosh is just a shell of what it used to be, as a channel (not talking about content).

    • @teddysoul85
      @teddysoul85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@oliverbs0417 smosh fell as hard as stampy did. they never grew with their original audience and that damaged them, their still around ofc but its never going to reach its peak again

    • @unnot5706
      @unnot5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It always happens to the og channels

    • @Strato_Casterrr9898
      @Strato_Casterrr9898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@teddysoul85 that is true. However, you should check out SMOSH PIT. It gets more view than the main channel, and its jsut the cast fucking around oding whatever challenges. The are slowly and steadily growing a new audience.

  • @jaina8648
    @jaina8648 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Years later, Dropout TV is a financial success and growing annually.

  • @newyorker122
    @newyorker122 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Except, they're back and popular now with their improv comedy show!😄

  • @DoubleL11862
    @DoubleL11862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    There are some things to note here. CH content wasn't limited to its main channel. It could also be found on the Um Actually channel, Dimension 20, and Drawfee (the latter now independent from CH). This is not even taking into account the Shorts that they have been putting out recently which are doing really well despite them being chopped up clips of their shows on Dropout. This has been a real boon to their membership count according to Sam.
    I can personally advocate that Dropout is well worth the cost. They regularly have 3+ new videos a week with no drop in quality of content (some drop in quality of video during the pandemic though).
    I wouldn't count them out just yet. It seems like they are rallying back.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      They never left. I can’t imagine why people think they ever died, but I guess they strictly watched the Collegehumor channel, never saw any of the spin-offs/series they made, and decided being cut off from IAP meant they were dissolved. Because they’ve been going strong for the entire time, just no longer doing sketches.

    • @kratoast9469
      @kratoast9469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yeah, I agree. They make some REALLY good shows (Total Forgiveness being one I’ve just finished recently). Not having Drop Out sub numbers here really skews the picture. From what I can tell, they’re doing the right stuff to build a loyal and engaged audience.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Sabizos Bruh it’s literally the same as it was before it went independent

    • @DoubleL11862
      @DoubleL11862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chhoyla I always saw Dorkly as a sister channel to CH. But I believe you're right.

    • @kbub1234
      @kbub1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is dropout worth it if game changer and dimension 20 are basically the only things I care about from it?

  • @zukawastaken
    @zukawastaken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I don't know how "sucessful" dropout is but I must say some of their shows like Dimension 20 and Game chager are really good and enjoyable.

  • @MothsInALampshade
    @MothsInALampshade 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm pretty new to Dropout. Only been watching for about a year. And I'm no businessman but I don't think it's all that bad of an idea to really start paring down to multiple shows whose formats have been tinkered to peak likability and fun comedy and guests. Um, Actually is a perfect premise for a show. Game Changer allows them to be able to do almost anything so it lets them always be doing something new. Dimension 20 is a staple and will always be as long as the service is around. And I feel like No Laugh News can be another hit series like that as long as it stays fresh.
    But I think my main point to really keep Dropout successful is put Lou Wilson in as many episodes as possible.

  • @smithyathome
    @smithyathome 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A lot of people have mentioned here and I agree I think they just shifted gears. Shows like Um, Actually and other spin offs with the CH cast are still pretty enjoyable just a lot less edgy, a lot more approachable for a more family-friendly audience. Which is nice as a now father to be able to watch a cast I like, with my son around.

  • @charliehalliwell2238
    @charliehalliwell2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1241

    This video is like saying Netflix failed since they don't sell any DvDs anymore. Like maybe before saying something is a financial failure check their main revenue source?

    • @ninvusoogoar6098
      @ninvusoogoar6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      their youtube channel failed.... that was the point of the whole video.... it was covering the youtube channel only bud... cant be that dumb to not realize that right? leading up to dropout

    • @chastermief839
      @chastermief839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      "Nintendo really went down the toilet after they launched the switch. I mean, they're barely releasing any more Wii u games these days! Sad. I miss jake and amir :(((("

    • @SpirusOfH
      @SpirusOfH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      For real! It really feels like this guy read a couple articles and watched a TH-cam video and then decided to regurgitation half-understood points.

    • @Kadereuh
      @Kadereuh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      When 100 people lost their job I call that a failure

    • @charliehalliwell2238
      @charliehalliwell2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Kadereuh Good (and based) point, however Netflix recently fired 150 people so technically I'm still correct in the comparison.

  • @janecowie3626
    @janecowie3626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1619

    The ending of "they now only make this 1 show and :\" is straight up misinformation, they have a lot of good shows, dimension 20 and game changer are literally some of the best online-centric content out there to my mind.

    • @brandonhuber8618
      @brandonhuber8618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      Um, actually they have some other good content as well.

    • @car0_lineee
      @car0_lineee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Plus all the spin-offs that Sam just announced? I'm so hyped

    • @jazmindodds
      @jazmindodds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Um actually was a show I didn’t expect to like as much as I did! They’ve lots of great content that I feel is looked over.

    • @WatanabeNoTsuna.
      @WatanabeNoTsuna. ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Couldn't agree more! Game Changer; Um, Actually; and now Make Some Noise are great!

    • @christopheraplin
      @christopheraplin ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jazmindodds For sure... I like almost none of the content referenced but its always hilarious.

  • @Boostocalypse
    @Boostocalypse ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would say their programming expansion and focus on shorts and showing just enough to get you hooked in the last year has had a major impact on their channel. I haven't looked at any numbers but just based on the changes I've personally seen

  • @liogamer7o6
    @liogamer7o6 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Got this as a recommendation while watching a college humor video

  • @jezzuh9120
    @jezzuh9120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +855

    I would actually say that the shift into only uploading No Laugh Newsroom instead of a diverse variety of small sketches is actually indicative of their shift away from being a youtube channel and into being a streaming network. Rather than a bunch of small, unrelated sketches, they're pouring resources into recurring shows like Gamechanger and Dimension 20, which are incredibly good. No Laugh Newsroom has very short episodes, which makes it more suited for the TH-cam audience. Honestly Dropout is where CH is now, and measuring its health or success by TH-cam metrics doesn't make sense. Their money is coming from subscriptions to the service. It's like saying that Hbomberguy is a failing channel because he's uploading like 3 videos a year now, but he has 11k patreon subscribers. Getting good TH-cam analytics is not how he pays the bills.

    • @chastermief839
      @chastermief839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Hold on... You're telling me that a sketch comedy company realizes they can't fund their entire staff on youtube revenue alone, nearly dies of demonitization completely but barely manages to pull itself together thanks to a few strong series behind a $5/month paywall. And when they're finally back on their feet, they decide "hey, what if instead of going back to youtube, lets keep making the shows that are profitable? and we keep putting them on the platform that actually makes us money"?
      Shocking. Truly, college humor has become utterly irrelevant.

    • @QuibbleTrouble
      @QuibbleTrouble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@chastermief839 I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

    • @SMAB2007
      @SMAB2007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@QuibbleTrouble the username is chaster mief, thats all that really needs to be said 💀

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's one important thing you're forgetting though: Nobody knows Dropout.
      TH-cam is how they suck people behind their paywall. So if TH-cam fails, the new paying subscribers stop and after that it's just slow, certain death.
      Unless they were to run advertising or something, but History Hit's (another formerly TH-cam based team that moved behind a paywall and ditched TH-cam) mediocre performance suggests that sort of business model also doesn't work.

    • @aj-sz8mu
      @aj-sz8mu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chastermief839 irrelevant don't matter. as much as you don't matter. im sure you care that your job makes money and nothing else about your job matters. Same for them. whatever makes money. TH-cam doesn't pay, if thats not obvious with the hundreds of channels that has patreon cause of it.

  • @jennyneon
    @jennyneon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    CollegeHumor became irrelevant..
    *because of being in debt, being a college student is hard..*

    • @hyperion3145
      @hyperion3145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not as hard as being a spam bot on a TH-cam comment though

  • @lax1dude940
    @lax1dude940 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I watched most of colledgehumor's backcatalog way back in like 2013 when I was 10 years old on my phone in incognito mode every night, those vids made me grow up way too early lol

  • @ChetMantooth
    @ChetMantooth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I actually just subscribed to dropout last week and I feel like they are doing great work.

  • @novahazx5723
    @novahazx5723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I used to love CollegeHumor. Great group. Its a shame they stopped doing well.

    • @funky_monke991
      @funky_monke991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same they have so much talent but they just stopped producing content

    • @Meow_Meow_Hurts_Real_Bad
      @Meow_Meow_Hurts_Real_Bad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@funky_monke991 They are still active, but they seem to aim for something else at this moment.
      But their content frequency isnt't as prominent as how they did their things before, and well, their financial issues caused most of this fall of their channel, and the audience, they simply grew alongside the channel, while I think CH is still good, I am aware that they aren't as great as what they used to anymore, which is sad, but that is reality.

    • @funky_monke991
      @funky_monke991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Meow_Meow_Hurts_Real_Bad yeah I know they still post but I just feel bad about the demise because you can tell they truly care because they keep the Chanel alive and I think they deserved better

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ??? They’re fine. They’re doing Dropout, and have a Discord you can talk to Sam himself on. Like why do people think they’re dead??

    • @Belowone
      @Belowone 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      the OG group was the best era too bad they left one by one

  • @coasterthekid8867
    @coasterthekid8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    For anybody that doesn’t know college humor has had financial problems for a few years. A lot of this is because they made content that wasn’t considered advertiser friendly and only made money off channel members, Patreon, and sponsors. They had investors and a parent company but after a while it reached a point where they were basically making the same amount of money that they were spending to create the content which isn’t good for a business. However they do still make videos on TH-cam but they’re a bit different than what they used to do. They do some game shows now and a couple skits here and there

    • @jubilee7019
      @jubilee7019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      they have a subscription platform with a large fan base.

    • @Correa24bori
      @Correa24bori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dropout TV is the successor for CH.

    • @PropheticShadeZ
      @PropheticShadeZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Correa24bori and its fantastic

    • @PurgPurg
      @PurgPurg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol guess I don’t need to watch the video now since you restated it

  • @raytippin8062
    @raytippin8062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    College humor is thriving rn, they just changed their name to dropout and the company is run my Sam.

  • @akeemrollins2327
    @akeemrollins2327 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly don’t know how I got to your channel not why it was o Ku recently suggested to me, not do i know roughly 72% of the people you cover, but this kind of video essay deep dive expose style of video is really working for me. So glad to have found this and I will continue to watch/ listen while driving to work or doing chores at home. It is perfect for this.
    Thanks for making these.

  • @superrswalkthrougn
    @superrswalkthrougn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Honestly I only subbed to their dropout because I love Brennan and his work on dimension 20. But then I came across Total Forgivenes, where two of the most in debt cast members do a show to pay off their student debt (More like put a small dent in it) and that is easily one of the best 9 episodes of something I've seen in my life. Hilarious and tragic. I'm glad they aren't doing a S2.

    • @Westiedog123
      @Westiedog123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ally and Grant and Adam (the producer from Total Forgiveness) are collaborating on an indie film together, it was a really successful campaign on Kickstarter! It seems like it will have similar themes

    • @Rick-oi3xm
      @Rick-oi3xm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just found total forgiveness a couple weeks back and it's easily one of my favorites on the channel

    • @icantdraw3781
      @icantdraw3781 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brennan is a total chad, and seeing how much chemistry he has with the others even without a script is really heartwarming.

  • @arthurdurham
    @arthurdurham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    It's fascinating to me bc I started watching Colleghumor when I was young and never even thought about how the business works, especially having a full actual office (esp in NYC originally) and team for high production internet comedy videos.
    I just thought things work out if you make content people like; then it should just exist. Now as an adult I'm surprised that they were ever financially stable enough to last as long as they did.
    It's kind of like internet SNL, an ever changing ensemble comedy cast that gets boosts of ratings due to specific actors but then they leave and the show struggles trying to replace them, except CH doesn't have a network that completely owns the IP footing the bill.
    And comparing it to Smosh's decline I feel like we're seeing the end of the early internet video content era. It was a new an exciting time when these comedy channels that were the progenitors of turning video content on the internet into businesses, with investors trying to get in early.
    But they were kind of set up like traditional production companies, and we eventually have seen that smaller scale personality driven content is what works. Especially with the pandemic, needing an office structure only hurt them more.
    Keeping budgets low and having consistent faces keeps the audience around and leads to profitability (Linus is a great example, he grew slowly and has been there the whole time, which I feel like has helped his sustainability).
    Sad to see a staple of internet content falling under, but personally except for ones with Brennan I don't really find most of their output entertaining anymore.

    • @laneythelame
      @laneythelame 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      After sara left it definitely changed...she writes for SNL now i think

    • @mistybaylock
      @mistybaylock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their office was in the sickest building in NYC too! I remember as a kid always passing by it thinking how sick it must be to work there.

    • @Rafalski7
      @Rafalski7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The decline of Smosh and College Humour all stems to them trying to centralize their content on their website.
      If they kept just doing shit on youtube or vine or tiktok and not have a whole website that they have to operate and fund. (why pay for servers when youtuvbe already does it for you)
      Why have a NY office with tht cost of rent and shit? Move them to a diff state.
      ounds like they just had terrible business sense.

    • @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721
      @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @K A E L Y N 💋 This looks TOTALLY legit, guys. Give her all the social security numbers NOW!

    • @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721
      @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@laneythelame She did, even helped get Streeter a job there, but she and her writing partner left a couple years ago to work on their own pilots.

  • @jonrainbow123
    @jonrainbow123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Came here looking for people talking about Dimension20....guess the connection between them isn't as obvious as I thought. They've moved fully into the nerd side of culture and seem to have carved out a spot for themselves just fine.

  • @dustinswafford9232
    @dustinswafford9232 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I watch way more dropout than Netflix these days. Its completely worth the sub.

  • @markcharron
    @markcharron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    It's just crazy to me that media that has literally millions of people watching it monthly can't survive "cuz TH-cam"... but mainstream TV where their viewership may be 1000 TV sets tuned in at any given time, is able to stay affloat. Just goes to show how backwards-thinking the whole advertising world is.

    • @billmilligan7272
      @billmilligan7272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We've accidentally created a new class structure in society. If you're Will Smith or Stephen Colbert or someone else of the "celebrity class" you have a lot more information privilege than if you're J Random TH-camr. And that kind of disconnect breeds all kinds of bad stuff. It's not a good sign for civilization at large when your pop culture celebrities hold their audience in such contempt, and vice versa.

    • @royaltyblessed2454
      @royaltyblessed2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Disagree on the slight given that its backwards thinking. Perhaps that television is still so relevant that it is still more financially stable than TH-cam based on a point you made. Plenty of people and places (restaurants for example) still use cable and thus advertisements will flow daily since they have since the introduction of televisionmany decades ago. Whereas TH-cam consumption is still relatively new in comparison especially with advertisements (less than 10 years). However, in time, I'm sure this will change as older generations and thus older ways phase out.

    • @markcharron
      @markcharron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@royaltyblessed2454 I never watch TV and yet I watch TH-cam and streaming almost 100%... because what's on TV? "Local cat caught in tree" local news fluff? Jerry Springer "I'm sleeping with my sister" stuff? 10 channels that aren't even in the language you speak? Infomercials? ... Biased mainstream news? ...Trust me, millennials are throwing away their cable packages. Daytime court shows ain't worth 90 bucks a month.

    • @gilded_lady
      @gilded_lady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The real reason: its about spending power. Content that attracts more affluent established (and realistically older) adults gets more $$ than content that is geared at 20-somethings and cpm reflects this. Combine with content that isn't advertiser friendly and this outcome isn't a shock.

    • @daisybelle2336
      @daisybelle2336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's not true, 68% of Americans are still cable based and news channels bring in millions of viewers. It's more like hundreds of thousands/millions vs just thousands.
      The football games lately averaged 5-10 milion. With the Dallas game bringing in 20million viewers.
      People still watch things like The Amazing Race, (The show, "Let's make a deal" which was a total sleeper just scored 4.3 million viewers) CBS's Ghost 6million and
      Fox averages 3.29 million. Cbs/NBC/ABC are the dominant channels, ranging from 5-3 million.
      In 2019, cable industry subscriptions in the US were worth $92.44 billion. In the second quarter of 2020, Fox News made over $203 million in advertising revenue.
      So with CBS/NBC/ABC/ESPN pulling millions in viewership. Ranging from averaging 5million down to 1 million. Nickelodeon being in the 1 million range, cable isn't out of the game in advertising.
      Cable obviously isn't *as huge* as it was, due to streaming, however those numbers are still MASSIVE and to advertisers, worth it. Especially seeing as how you can buy an ad that will be aired to millions vs skipped- Lastly, TH-cam views are NOT unique. A play = a view vs more concrete data within cable network views. So often times you can account for multiple views per person with TH-cam/streaming.

  • @KidChardonnay
    @KidChardonnay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Even though they fell off you got to respect that they were on the internet creating for over 20 years. Not many people can do that

    • @exotictacos5460
      @exotictacos5460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s what these videos are about just because they fell off doesn’t mean they weren’t awesome you can only be relevant for so long

  • @bernlin2000
    @bernlin2000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love CH, always will have a special place in my heart

  • @YourPalJamieEllis
    @YourPalJamieEllis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I kinda shook me head and laughed to myself when I saw Dropout was premiering as a platform six-ish years ago in bumpers they'd put on the CH videos. I remember thinking "wtf are you guys doing, people won't pay for that."
    Joke was on me, the platform is incredible. It's certainly the last streaming service I'd axe from my lineup in a budget situation. They make quality shit and people get paid what they're worth across the board.
    Sam Reich is the patron saint of ethical modern media production who deserves so, so much more recognition.

  • @nujevad28
    @nujevad28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I'm glad that the Drawfee crew was able to get back on their feet after the downsizing.

  • @alijoc
    @alijoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    It’s a shame that collegehumour had to deal with this, but im happy to let you all know that yes even though there’s a paywall, the content that is on Dropout is soooo good (esp Dimension 20) and im very happy to keep subscribing :)

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Shill, that sounds like a cope. After all, their Dropout content doesn't harken back to when they had edge, bit. Gotta keep that content clean for the sponsors and advertisers.

    • @robosexxxual
      @robosexxxual 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@SirBlackReeds you must be fun at parties

    • @dropout
      @dropout 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      hey everyone listen to Alisha!!

    • @joshgroban5291
      @joshgroban5291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@SirBlackReeds that sounds like bullshit considering the whole point of dropout is keeping that edge without getting demonitized. If it was as clean as you say they would still be on YT

    • @spocite
      @spocite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dropout i agree, listen to alisha

  • @TopcatsLair
    @TopcatsLair 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got hooked on Dropout and it's now something I look forward to watching MORE than youtube if you can imagine that. That's probably why their viewership is down on youtube. I just can't stand the excessive advertisements.

  • @cerseil4717
    @cerseil4717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the awesome nap time video Sunny. Very informative too!

  • @willhamilton297
    @willhamilton297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    They just hired me a while back for a freelance job in production design. It’s a lot of that kind of work, more controlled budgets, and clearly a more small but very very driven core team. I actually the opportunity to talk so Sam for a very quick second and he seemed very excited about how things were going. This video is being overly negative, and not all changes are bad.
    Edit: almost 95% of their content is Dropout now, and I think that’s great. It’s reasonably priced, very funny, and they know exactly what it is, unlike a bunch of other streaming services like paramount plus. It’s a pretty good system, and I don’t think this video represents that.

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE ปีที่แล้ว +3

      E‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

    • @Dvdshake
      @Dvdshake ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you land that gig if you don’t mind me asking?

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why pay for stuff when there's free content that's just as good if not better?
      I'm old enough to remember College Humor and Break before TH-cam. CH was good for 5-10 minutes of laughs a week, maybe. And it was free. I seriously doubt they've gotten much better than that. I think asking college kids (in reality or in spirit), famously some of the most broke people in the United States, to pay just for some laughs isn't a great business strategy.

    • @thatblueseed7992
      @thatblueseed7992 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@encycl07pedia- Sorry mate, but im gomma have to disagree. The content in the DropOut streaming service is absolute 🔥🔥. They have Musicals that are entirely improvised, extremely well-produced DnD content, and hilarious game shows. My 5 dollars a month is extremely worth it

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thatblueseed7992 Musicals are a reason to unsubscribe.

  • @themanyouwanttobe
    @themanyouwanttobe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +892

    Hot take: College kids are just more serious and depressing now than they were in 2008-2014.

    • @ltb1345
      @ltb1345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The ones who aren't serious and depressing are those privileged with high IQs. So, the ones who can actually make it in college.

    • @LagrangePoint0
      @LagrangePoint0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Correction: they TAKE themselves too seriously and self diagnose themselves with all sorts of mental illnesses.

    • @yukiandkanamekuran
      @yukiandkanamekuran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      opposite actually. We're just not into offensive humor, and prefer absurdist humor and stupid memes. We're the kids who grew up with vine after all.

    • @ismaeljimenez6562
      @ismaeljimenez6562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@ltb1345 it sounds like you take college waaay too serious bro

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Hot take: cultures change.

  • @tylerriver5615
    @tylerriver5615 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dropout is FANTASTIC and so worth the small subscription fee. So many incredible, original series and 100s of hours of content

  • @generalgamer50
    @generalgamer50 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Something important you forgot to mention, or didn’t think it prevalent, is that college humor on TH-cam specifically has almost entirely shifted focus to the shorts. They’re hilarious, get a lot of views and comments, and as far as I’m aware, probably make them a good bit of money for the level of production. Take a game changers clip, edit it a little for time, add subtitles, and boom you’re done. Really helps that the whole cast and guests are always fucking funny, so they get like 8 shorts out of one episode from dropout.
    Also, the TH-cam shorts function allows them to get more traffic directly to Dropout, because you can’t find the full episodes on TH-cam. Admittedly I subscribed for D20, but if I hadn’t I probably would be now to watch the full episodes of Gamechangers and Make Some Noise. I think College Humor is on a steady growth at this point (a year after this vid… oops.), not going to go viral, but still exist and make good content under this crew.

  • @DavidJamesHenry
    @DavidJamesHenry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I was applying to work for CH Media before the shutdown, I was really sad about losing the opportunity, but now that I've seen their newer content, I'm even more motivated to join their smaller team

    • @LeatherCladVegan
      @LeatherCladVegan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Please hire David. He is so diligent and devoted to the cause that he represents CH even in his downtime, as you will see from his earnest comment above.

    • @PrairieDogFan
      @PrairieDogFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@LeatherCladVegan well thats David’s reference sorted

  • @ForceflowX
    @ForceflowX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Really weird timing to release this now, when College Humor/Dropout is actually operating in the black and preparing to launch multiple new shows. If that's what irrelevance looks like, I'll take it.

    • @CalmClamFam
      @CalmClamFam ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was very surprised at the range of shows Dropout had when I got the free trial. I never expected Dimension20 to be so engaging. Game Changer and Dimension 20 are my favorites. Dirty laundry and Play it by Ear are fun too

  • @neonicon8500
    @neonicon8500 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best thing College humor has going for it now (idk if it's even still part of college humor) is Um, Actually. I freaking love that show and catch every episode.

  • @aff77141
    @aff77141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What went wrong is I can't find a single goddamn video when there's one I actually want to watch

  • @FanboyFlicks
    @FanboyFlicks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2085

    Another well edited and researched video, good stuff!

    • @alexdavis665
      @alexdavis665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Good video but not enough research, there's a lot that's missing in terms of modern CollegeHumor, specifically how content is now being created for Dropout and not TH-cam. He brought it up very briefly but that's where all of their resources are going. No mention of Dimension 20 is leaving out a particularly large chunk of modern CH.

    • @roguemarvel
      @roguemarvel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@alexdavis665 I was thinking the same thing. If you actually pay for the plus version of the channel there's new content constantly via new episodes of their other shows, which Also have their own channels.
      College humor runs dimension 20, um actually, and game changers which are all incredible. And try not to laugh is a lot of fun.
      And almost all of that content is free eventually. And it's all making revenue and getting views for college humor.
      The main channel may not seem active, but the company is doing very well

    • @wonderfulworldofmarkets9033
      @wonderfulworldofmarkets9033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It was not well researched. He got many things wrong from who Collegehumor was owned by, how collegehumor stopped making profit after FB/TH-cam dominance, what cast members jobs were, etc. By far the biggest thing he got wrong that's almost embarrassing: The reason Collegehumor maintained quality content for 6 months after the layoffs because they had prerecorded that much content. After that all the expensive content by talented people were gone, so all the content after that and up until till today were just talk shows and game shows that are cheap to produce.
      Collegehumor failing showed that channels (like this one) where one person talking about drama who puts little effort and talks to a screen with stock footage is the only thing that runs. Look at the rise of all the podcasts by every youtuber. Any movie or tv quality content will die because TH-cam does not pay enough and only rewards constantly uploaded cheap, low quality, clickbait content.

    • @archieblue2801
      @archieblue2801 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Mark I'm a massive fan love your content!

    • @grifffourn8200
      @grifffourn8200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@alexdavis665 also didn't mention how Facebook screwed over everyone (like Cracked, for example). They weren't accurately showing view count and the money didn't come in. CH changed their content to appeal to Facebook, and it ruined them.

  • @Nick9n
    @Nick9n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Slight correction: They ARE uploading more than just breaking news, it's just locked behind a youtube paywall now. They're uploading most of their dropout content to youtube, you just have to pay to access it, and youtube doesn't put videos you have to pay for in the uploads section for some stupid reason.

  • @emmad799
    @emmad799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i’ll add a voice to those backing dropout- i absolutely love it. it’s one of the only streaming services i pay for. i think it would be more than enough just for the dimension 20 content, but everything else is great too. definitely worth checking out, i’m happy to help support these really cool and talented people

  • @heroclix0rz
    @heroclix0rz ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I feel like CH's current cast is 👌. I'm subscribed to dropout. It reminds me of the British Dave channel with a bunch of different shows staring different combos of the same set of comedians. Best it's ever been IMO.

  • @hadesandmars
    @hadesandmars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    Hard to commend this as 'well researched' when he doesn't bother getting a 3 day free trial to check out the mountains of content CH are putting out on Dropout, plus all their sister channels. Got the blinders on here! Also no follow through on where CH staff went/any curiosity beyond numbers.

    • @BalloonFN
      @BalloonFN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @youtubeaccount7089
      @youtubeaccount7089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A 3 day trial? I’m sorry but that’s pathetic. They should at least do 7 days or a month

    • @cendrieeR
      @cendrieeR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@youtubeaccount7089 I thought you were joking for a moment but your handle checks out. Must be tough saving for a cheap dropout subscription when the ruble is going to shit.

    • @thepurpleman119
      @thepurpleman119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He’s talking specifically about “CollegeHumor” and not any thing else, like in his buzz feed video he specifically talked about the main channel. Talking about they’re websites, channels, shows, ect. Would have been way too long and probably less interesting

    • @thepurpleman119
      @thepurpleman119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cendrieeR dw it’s probably a troll (hopefully)

  • @4478nick
    @4478nick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    The originals cast members of College Humor were legit huge talents. I highly recommend their Hardly Working sketches. A lot of them were comedy gold. Jake and Amir was fantastic too. Those videos are still on TH-cam, no reason not to watch them!

    • @SoccYT
      @SoccYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There are some newer talents as well that got extremely high praise like Brandon.

    • @alexdavis665
      @alexdavis665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Also a lot of CH talent has gone on to far larger stuff, such as Siobhan Thompson now being a head writer on Rick and Morty, or Lou Wilson going to write for Jimmy Kimmel

    • @grelkie
      @grelkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SoccYT he’s the only one holding the channel together comically for most

    • @arthurdurham
      @arthurdurham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I never liked Jake and Amir for some reason, felt like it was the exact same joke over and over. But I agree, so much of the original cast made gold. And even the generation after the original was great too

  • @crazyman6257
    @crazyman6257 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love your channel, these short informative videos are more addicting than pellets of crack

  • @fahimmuntaser9997
    @fahimmuntaser9997 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how they still kept true to their passion

  • @katarixy
    @katarixy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    The sheer amount of talent behind Brennan Lee Muligan is astronomical

  • @AwfulWaffle8474
    @AwfulWaffle8474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I remember Jake was at my college for one semester. He seemed like a pretty cool guy but then he transferred to a college in NYC. I was like "whatever happened to that guy" and then i saw him on CH and that is the weakest flex of meeting a celebrity.

  • @333Vampirewillrule33
    @333Vampirewillrule33 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CollegeHumor has never been stale and chewed up while 90% of the youtube gold stars. They retain their zing, money always gets in the way of comedy, now their zing is behind a pay wall. Doesn't mean it's no longer what it was. It just means the people making it are getting paid (or so I hope). Companies have no place in youtube, it was never their platform. Can't make a round peg go into a triangle hole. The video did shine some light on layoffs but it does treat them like a one hit wonder, a one trick pony, when it's completely incomparable to Bu**f**d.

  • @skunkjo3195
    @skunkjo3195 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just got dropout the other day and it slaps. I love Game Changers and Make Some Noise. I like Dirty Laundry and Breaking News. And I absolutely loved the series Total Forgiveness, where Ally and Grant do increasingly awful things to each other in order to pay off their student loans (... It's SO funny and then it gets SO real).

  • @sawbutt
    @sawbutt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I remember when I used to watch collegehumor all the time when I was a kid really sad to see how far they had fall

    • @abramslion1
      @abramslion1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah new people came in and they started dawn fall. No more funny skits. Its all film around the office. none of them left their offices to make a good comedy skit.

    • @joaquingonzalez834
      @joaquingonzalez834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sista Rahman por favor, aprendé a hablar español antes de spammear tus comentarios

  • @marglizcarolmorris
    @marglizcarolmorris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I feel like the rise of their Dimension 20 concept is really beneficial to the business. The episodes are dirt cheap to make and provide hilarious content.

  • @rocker99000
    @rocker99000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dropout is still a super good streaming app. The show they did ‘total forgiveness’ made me laugh and cry like no other

  • @heavyaf_deuce3791
    @heavyaf_deuce3791 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They are putting out new episodes on dropout TV on 5 different shows and have 4 seasons of D20 in post production. They are doing just fine

  • @PrimmsHoodCinema
    @PrimmsHoodCinema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    - Says "Making internet videos pays dick"
    - Hires 100 employees

    • @samhyde6395
      @samhyde6395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yo Primm! Cool to see you here.

    • @jamalhughes7553
      @jamalhughes7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My nigga primm out hea

    • @jamalhughes7553
      @jamalhughes7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sad college not so hood movie

    • @reallyriley123
      @reallyriley123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well making good FUNNY videos does kinda pay dick at least with the way youtube is so prude now.

    • @Seffyzero
      @Seffyzero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well, they weren't relying on youtube ad money when they did that. They had proper funding through a partner.

  • @ExtraD0G
    @ExtraD0G 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I find it strange that you didn't dive more into their dropout content. Where they still have widely successful shows like Dimension 20, Um actually, and Game Changer, along with any new sketches.

    • @cdigames
      @cdigames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      This whole channel seems like clickbait surface skims of 'what happened to' things. TH-cam keeps pushing me videos from it and yet, they never are.. good?

    • @ninvusoogoar6098
      @ninvusoogoar6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cdigames or they were only covering the main channel...... like use the brain fella...

    • @laughingatyou711
      @laughingatyou711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ninvusoogoar6098 that's like saying Netflix is failing because they don't sell DVDs, ignoring a major part of their business model and hyperfocusing on their failure in another doesn't mean the whole business has failed, only that part has

    • @ninvusoogoar6098
      @ninvusoogoar6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@laughingatyou711 no they failed at selling DVDs and rebranded... legit what i said. they FAILED at one thing and switch to another... this is not a hard concept. CH youtube channel FAILED and thats okay to say, and as a fan you wont betray them by saying facts. wouldnt know if drop out is a success for i stopped following them long after they went hard into the alt left side of politics with their content.
      but it doesnt mean that they did not fail on youtube, for they did they were no longer bringing in good enough profits and made major mistakes on the platform they could not adapt to and failed at youtube.... THEN started their own thing and survived. this is not hard to grasp.

    • @laughingatyou711
      @laughingatyou711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ninvusoogoar6098 if the video was named why college humors TH-cam channel became irrelevant the video would be far more accurate, I'm just saying to imply they are floundering isn't exactly true, I haven't seen any of their stuff to see how good it is but after looking at their website analytics they ain't doing half bad

  • @shreym03
    @shreym03 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It feels like you didn't do your reasearch on all the parts of College Humour. Granted this was made a year ago

  • @molokoplus0612
    @molokoplus0612 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The "Badman" series produced some of the funniest videos ever uploaded to TH-cam.