Dr disrespectone of the internet’s most famous influencers, recently started creating content on YouTube again after taking a “vacation” due to allegations and controversies. After streaming all of October, he’s back on the charts and is now the second most-watched YouTube Gaming streamer in the United States.

Before his ban, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was one of Twitch’s most popular streamers with over 4.4 million followers. He rose to fame on YouTube after appearing on the now-defunct gaming channel Machinima and playing Halo and Call of Duty.

Dr. Disrespect has been at the center of several controversies. In March 2020, Beahm signed a contract with Twitch to partner with the company as a content creator and remain on the platform for several years. Three months later, in June 2020, Twitch released a statement saying that they were “reviewing accounts regarding Twitch-affiliated streamers” and banned Dr. Disrespect’s channel..

Beahm sued Twitch over his ban in 2021 before settling on 2022 with a statement saying, “Neither party admits to any wrongdoing.” In early 2024, he announced that he would not return to Twitch and claimed that rival streaming site Kick had offered him a contract. The internet was abuzz over this announcement and speculation continued about what caused Dr Disrespect’s Twitch ban in 2020. On June 21, 2024, a former Twitch employee broke his silence and revealed that The Doc had been banned for messages he sent via the Twitch platform to a minor.

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After the Dr. Disrespect scandal surfaced, Beahm “took a vacation” from streaming. Midnight Society, Turtle Beach and NBA 2k also ended their partnership with it. In a now-deleted tweet, Beahm admitted to the messages and said he and the minor had “casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too far in the direction of being inappropriate.” On June 27, 2024, YouTube followed Twitch’s lead and demonetized Dr. Disrespect’s account after removing him from its partner program.

Dr Disrespect returned from his “vacation” on September 5, 2024 and began streaming on YouTube. Beahm’s first stream, “LIVE – DR DISRESPECT – THE TRUTH”, has accumulated over 3 million views. In it, Beahm discusses his lawsuit against Twitch and the allegations against him. While he admits to sending messages to a minor in DMs, he has denied sending inappropriate images and dubbed, saying he should never have been banned from Twitch. In the next few streams, Beahm played Dead end before pivoting to Black Myth Wukong.

Dr Disrespect continued to stream regularly through September and October, and his streams tend to hover between 500,000 and 800,000 views. Notably, none of these streams have been monetized. Beahm returned to his roots and focused his content on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 after its launch, asking to be monetized again to capitalize on the game’s hype. YouTube reportedly rejected his application on October 24 and extended its monetization ban for another sixty days,

Although Dr. Disrespect’s streams are not monetized, they have attracted attention. According to Streams Charts, a streamer analytics platform, Dr Disrespect was the second most-watched YouTube gaming streamer in the United States as of October 2024 with over 2.2 million hours watched.. This stat places its watch time above Ludwig, Valkyrae, and TenZ – only iShowSpeed ​​is placed higher with an additional 800,000 hours. Beahm reacted to the stats on X.com, responding to @StreamsCharts’ original tweet with “Imagine if I hadn’t torn my ACL.”

Beahm states on X.com that he has no plans to move to Kick, stating: “I would retire before considering broadcasting on Kick.” He also reportedly “received more than 20,000 donations” throughout the month of October.