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CoryxKenshin
Personal information
Born
Cory DeVante Williams

(1992-11-09) November 9, 1992 (age 31)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • YouTuber
WebsiteOfficial website
YouTube information
Channel
LocationFarmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Years active2009–present
Genres
Subscribers15.8 million[1]
Total views6.57 billion[1]
(January 1, 2023)
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2016
10,000,000 subscribers2021

Cory DeVante Williams (born November 9, 1992), known online as CoryxKenshin, is an American YouTuber. Williams joined YouTube in 2009. Known for his comedic playthroughs of horror games, Williams was ranked the fourth top creator in the United States in 2021.[a][2] As of December 2022, his channel has over fifteen million subscribers.

On August 24, 2022, Williams uploaded a video onto his channel alleging that "racism and favoritism" may influence YouTube's review process. In the video, he recounted an incident where a reviewer age-restricted his video of the horror game The Mortuary Assistant (2022), thereby lessening his visibility and monetization. As many other videos featuring the same content were not subject to the same restrictions, Williams felt unfairly targeted. Numerous other YouTubers voiced their support online, and the video reached No. 1 on the trending tab.

Internet career

Williams began uploading videos to YouTube in 2009.[3][4] Although he originally created comedy sketches, Williams began to play popular horror games such as Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) and Bloodborne (2015) instead.[4] He also plays other video games and triple-A games such as Elden Ring (2022).[5][6] His video of the rhythm game Friday Night Funkin' (2020) became the fifth most-viewed video in the United States in 2021.[2] IGN Africa described the video as "part music video, part playthrough" and praised Williams' use of comedy in the video.[7] Besides his let's plays, Williams is known for his humor[4][8] and energetic, light-hearted personality.[9]

He also went on to create Spooky Scary Sunday, which is a collection of his reactions to horror content on YouTube, both animated, live-action, or otherwise. The series has been running on the channel since August 2018.

Williams was ranked the fourth top creator in the United States in 2021 by subscriber growth[a][2] and many of his videos have stayed on the YouTube trending tab for several days.[4] He takes frequent hiatuses from his YouTube channel; at one point, he did not post any new videos for two years.[9] However, he managed to reach ten million subscribers despite being in a period of inactivity[5] and, as of December 2022, his channel has over fifteen million subscribers.[4]

Williams has been dubbed "THE SHOGUN HIMSELF" by his fanbase, as well as "THE ANKLE BREAKER".[3][9]

YouTube: Racism and Favoritism

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video icon YouTube: Racism and Favoritism
The video uploaded to Williams' YouTube channel on August 24, 2022.

On August 24, 2022, Williams uploaded a video onto his channel alleging that "racism and favoritism" may influence YouTube's review process. In the video, he recounted an incident where a reviewer age-restricted his video of the horror game The Mortuary Assistant (2022), thereby lessening his visibility and monetization. As many other videos featuring the same content were not subject to the same restrictions, Williams became confused and submitted an appeal, which was rejected. He sent a clip of a more popular YouTuber, Markiplier, playing the same game to his partner program representative. Although he expected them to restrict Markiplier's video, YouTube instead unrestricted the video.

Feeling targeted that they had to use Markiplier's clip to confirm that he had not disobeyed the content policy, Williams again contacted his representative, who inquired to the policy team. The company then restricted every video on the platform of The Mortuary Assistant. This led Williams to conclude that the company's favoritism of larger creators—or even, possibly, racism—were factors in reviewers' decisions. He also was unsure if it was an automated or human reviewer who restricted his video in the first place.

Numerous other YouTubers, including Jacksepticeye, Ludwig, Phillip DeFranco and Cr1TiKaL, voiced their support online. The video later peaked at No. 1 on the trending tab.[3][4]

Williams has a history of leaving for around 4–6 months but returning. As of December 2022, he is active on YouTube.

Personal life

According to Distractify, Williams resides in South Lyon, Michigan.[9] He is openly Christian. [citation needed]

  1. ^ a b The number of subscribers the creator gained throughout the year; in-country.

References

  1. ^ a b "About CoryxKenshin". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c See:
  3. ^ a b c Gutelle, Sam (August 25, 2022). "Did CoryxKenshin catch YouTube's content moderation team playing favorites?". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Winslow, Levi (August 26, 2022). "Black Horror Game YouTuber CoryxKenshin Has Everyone Debating Platform Racism, Favoritism". Kotaku. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Zuri (February 18, 2022). "These Black YouTubers & TikTokers Are Blowing Up Right Now". Black Information Network. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  6. ^ Sayyed, Rayan (August 3, 2022). "Elden Ring Was One of YouTube's Biggest Game Launches of All Time". IGN. Retrieved August 28, 2022. The most viewed launch videos for Elden Ring were by YouTube channels CoryxKenshin and AshesWolf, sitting at 6.2 million and 5.7 million views respectively.
  7. ^ Leston, Ryan (December 29, 2021). "YouTube's Top Trending Videos of 2021". IGN Africa. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  8. ^ Clear, Gina (July 9, 2022). "Local boy meets favorite YouTube star through Make-A-Wish". The News-Enterprise. Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d Gatollari, Mustafa (June 26, 2021). "Did YouTuber Coryxkenshin Really Just Throw 10 Million Followers in the Trash?". Distractify. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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