LeafyIsHere

Calvin Lee Vail, also known as Leafy, or LeafyIsHere is an American YouTuber.[1][2]

LeafyIsHere
Personal information
BornCalvin Lee Vail
NationalityAmerican
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–2017; 2020–present
Subscribers4.91 million
Total views1.15 billion
100,000 subscribers August 2015
1,000,000 subscribers February 2016
Updated June 14, 2020

Career

Vail started his channel in 2011, and uploaded his first video in 2013. He focuses mainly on commentary and Let's Play's. His videos often include him talking over gameplay footage of video-games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Superhot. He had amassed 4.8 million subscribers at his channel's peak, before he slowed his uploading schedule down and went on a hiatus in December 2017.[3]

According to Bryan Menegus of Gizmodo, Vail mocked a man in 2016 with a learning disability, and had earlier made fun of an autistic man known as TommyNC2010, after which YouTube and Reddit communities rallied behind Tommy, prompting Vail to make an apology.[4]

In 2015 and 2016, Vail was victim of a swatting campaign, with repeated calls to the police between December 2015 and February 2016. At that time he resided in Layton, Utah.[5]

Vail's account was also the victim of several mass hacks, once in 2016 by hacker group Poodlecorp and again by OurMine in 2017.[6][7]

Conflict with other Youtubers

In 2016, YouTuber iDubbbz featured Leafy in an episode of his 'Content Cop' series, criticizing him and his videos for cyberbullying, among other things.[8] The video was taken down in late 2019, after it was determined to be in violation of YouTube's guidelines.[9]

He returned to YouTube in April 2020 with a video responding to iDubbbz, after which he resumed posting frequently.[10]

Vail criticized female youtuber Evalion for supporting nazism and antisemitism. Shortly after drawing attention to her, Evalion was banned by YouTube.[11]

Vail's disparaging statements regarding transgender vlogger Milo Stewart were taken down by Youtube for harassment.[12]

References
  1. Fogarty, Paul (October 3, 2019). "YouTube: What happened to Leafy? Fans still clamouring for return!". HITC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. "LeafyIsHere Net Worth 2018". Gazette Review. March 17, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. Teti, Julia (March 31, 2020). "Leafy Returns To YouTube For 1st Time In 2 Years To Call Out IDubbbz & Fans Go Wild — Watch". Hollywood Life. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. Menegus, Bryan. "YouTube Star Makes Money Bullying People With Learning Disabilities [Updated]". Gizmodo. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. Reavy, Pat (August 4, 2016). "Popular Layton YouTuber target of 'swatting' pranks". www.ksl.com. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. "PoodleCorp Shut Down Blizzard and League of Legends (NA) Servers". HackRead. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  7. Sacco, Dom (April 2, 2017). "YouTubers hacked by OurMine including Foxdrop, Nightblue3, Kiandymundi & LeafyIsHere". esports-news.co.uk. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  8. Alexander, Julia (December 16, 2019). "YouTube is growing up, and creators are frustrated by growing pains". The Verge. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  9. Dodgson, Lindsay. "PewDiePie announced plans to take a break from YouTube, but it's not the first time the platform's biggest creator has struggled with burnout". Insider. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  10. Tenbarge, Kat. "A controversial YouTuber returned to the platform after two years of inactivity to make fun his online nemesis after his girlfriend made an OnlyFans". Insider. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  11. "Eva Lion, la youtubeuse fan d'Hitler". LExpress.fr (in French). May 31, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  12. "Trans Activist Milo Stewart's Never-Ending War on Trolls". The Daily Dot. October 17, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.


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