It looks like the popular YouTuber Pestily has lost access to his account on the platform, has he been banned? Or was the removal accidental? We've put together everything you need to know about the surprise removal of Pestily's YouTube Channel.
If you've attempted to watch some of Pestily's YouTube content on the morning of March 12, you were probably greeted with a message saying "This page isn't available". Fear not, you won't be the only person seeing this message as it looks like Pestily's YouTube channel just no longer exists.
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Who Is Pestily?
Paul, better known by his online alias Pestily, is a content creator from Australia. He is an official Twitch partner where he has almost 1 million followers on the platform, he also regularly uploads content to his YouTube Channel. You can find links to both of his channels below:
Currently Pestily is well known for his content surrounding Escape From Tarkov, but he also enjoys games such as Diablo, WoW, and Starcraft. Pestily was also named the 'Australian Breakout Twitch Creator of the Year' back in 2018.
Has Pestily Been Banned From YouTube?
As of writing, there's no official reason as to why Pestily's YouTube Channel was taken down, as it looks to have come as a surprise to him as much as his fans.
Pestily took to his Twitter account to announce that his main YouTube Channel had been taken down, and tagged the YouTube Team for clarification.
According to their reply, the removal has been passed along for further review. We imagine if YouTube had banned or suspended Pestily for a specific reason, they wouldn't need to pass it along for review. We've seen this happen to YouTubers before and the accounts have been restored fully in due time.
Ryan Wyatt, who is the head of Gaming and Commerce for YouTube, also replied to Pestily stating that "The TeamYouTube squad is on it. Thanks for flagging this to us".
So, although there's no official reason been given, judging by the response of the YouTube team it's likely that this was a mistake and Pestily's Channel will be restored in due course.