How 25 of the Biggest YouTubers Have Changed Since Their First Videos

It’s pretty crazy how YouTube has already been around for over fifteen years. The video sharing site officially launched on February 14, 2005 and was purchased by Google in 2006 to later grow so much more.

And along with that growth came a new career of content creators who make videos on the popular site.

YouTube is a hub of fun, learning, and creators that have a career from just creating content on there. Many creators have been on the site since the beginning, but here are a few popular YouTubers that have changed quite a bit since their original videos premiered.

Liza Koshy’s First Video

Liza actually joined YouTube on the later train in 2015 after she was a successful Vine star. She grew to popularity alongside her then-boyfriend David Dobrik, whom she dated from 2015 to 2017.

Their famous breakup video, which was posted in 2018, quickly rose to 60 million views before it was set to private on the platform. Koshy also became the fastest YouTube personality to reach 10 million subscribers in 2017.

Liza Koshy Now

Since Koshy’s Vine days she has created a YouTube Original show called “Liza On Demand” and she now has a personal channel called Liza Koshy Too which has nearly 8 million subscribers, in addition to her main channel which currently has nearly 18 million.

In her career she has received four Streamy awards, four Teen Choice awards and a Kids’ Choice award. She also continues to host various game shows and awards shows.

Phil DeFranco’s First Video

Phil DeFranco jumped onto the YouTube scene under the username “sxePhil” in 2006. His username meant “straight edge Phil” implying that he didn’t drink or do drugs. DeFranco has since grown a lot on the platform and he is now known as the host of a daily news show.

And for those looking for Phil’s original sketch comedy content, they will have to dig deeper than his YouTube channel, because he has set all of his videos published before 2017 to private.

Phil DeFranco Now

DeFranco eventually got rid of his old username and while he originally did funny sketch videos on his channel, he now primarily focuses on news and current events.

His videos have garnered over a billion views since he started his account and his videos have earned him 7 Streamy awards for Best News Channel and Audience Choice for Best Series of the Year.