Andrew Kibe main YouTube channel, which had 474,000 subscribers, was terminated on September 11, 2023 in what Google termed as a violation of terms of service.
The controversial blogger opened up about the revenue his terminated YouTube channels used to generate while speaking during an interview with Mungai Eve.
Kibe disclosed that he had six YouTube channels, but two of them had not yet started generating income before they were suddenly closed.
The content creator claimed that the YouTube channels that were earning him money were bringing in approximately $10,000/Ksh1.4 million a month.
“They shut down all 6 channels, something bad that someone did. And I think it’s you and your colleagues who did it. You joined together and said you would go report me. It’s not just one person; I believe there were many people who came together after seeing jealousy for what I was earning from YouTube,” Kibe said.
Adding; “I was making a lot of money. One channel was giving me at least $10,000 every month. Such a thing doesn’t just happen by itself; I believe there are certain people who were jealous and went to report me to YouTube. All six of my channels went down.”
Google’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs for Africa Dorothy Ooko last year responded to concerns on the termination of Andrew Kibe’s channel.
Ooko was responding to a tweet that she was tagged in, where a user named Wairimu Mariam criticized the action, calling it an embodiment of cancel culture.
“Cancel culture cannot be allowed to take root in content creation. @kibeandy termination of YouTube accounts is NOT about his message but a direct attack on the creative. Restore his accounts. Say NO to CANCEL CULTURE,” Wairimu tweeted.
In response, Ooko explained how Kibe violated YouTube’s terms of service, leading to the channel’s termination.
“While he was restricted from using YouTube features, including uploading videos on his channel, he used another channel to get around these restrictions aka circumvention, resulting in termination of all his channels,” Ooko wrote.
