iDubbbzTV

Background

Ian Washburn, popularly known as iDubbbz, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from California State University, San Marcos. During this time, he worked for Gap. In 2013, he launched his first YouTube channel, “iDubbbzTV.” It is classified as a comedy and unboxing channel, with currently over 7.77 million subscribers. Although his parents encouraged him to find a stable job, by the time he graduated, his YouTube channel had grown to the point where it was financially viable for him to pursue it as a full-time career. PewDiePie, Boyinaband, Filthy Frank, h3h3Productions, HowToBasic, Anything4views, maxmoefoe, Vsauce, Erik Hoffstad, and Jacksfilms are among the other famous YouTubers and channels that have featured iDubbbzTV acts on their channels.

His “Content Cop” series spotlights other YouTube channels, critiquing their content and their owners’ social media behavior. Fellow YouTube commentators have dubbed each episode of “Content Cop” an “event,” with each new episode igniting debate. From December 2015 to October 2017, he aired “Content Cop” episodes about a wide range of YouTube personalities, including Keemstar, LeafyIsHere, Tana Mongeau, and RiceGum. His first “Content Cop,” ‘Jinx Reload,’ was released in December 2015. Daniel Keem, better known as Keemstar, and his channel DramaAlert were featured in a “Content Cop” video that he released in May 2016. In the video, he accused Keemstar of threatening big YouTubers with negative coverage and promoting small channels, as well as accusing them of concealing something. He referred to Keem as a “very rash decision-maker” and showed clips of him saying “really regrettable words.” Keem responded by calling the “Content Cop” video entertaining and denying his desire to attack other YouTubers, saying he has no problem booking guests or landing exclusive interviews.

He released a music video for a new diss track titled ‘Asian Jake Paul,’ which has over 85 million views today. The 31-minute video was not about YouTube personality Jake Paul, but about rapper and YouTuber Bryan Le, also known as RiceGum. In October 2017, he released a video titled “Content Cop — Jake Paul,” in which he analyzed and criticized him in a format inspired by the seven deadly sins. In the first two weeks after its release, his “Content Cop” video received 20 million views. It now has more than 51 million views. The featured song reached number 24 on the R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales Chart.