Why Epic Meal Time (Eventually) Failed

At one point in time, Epic Meal Time was receiving millions of views an episode, these days, their video's average around 50,000 views each. Harley Morenstein and the Epic Meal Time channel were a powerhouse peaking as YouTube's 9th most subscribed channel, a title that feels like a distant memory after a slow downfall lasting approximately 10 years. This video will explain why Epic Meal Time's career died.

This is, Why Epic Meal Time (Eventually) Failed.

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[epicmealtime]

Been watching this channel for ages. Always wondered if we would get one!
You did a great job and it was accurate too! I really enjoyed watching this.

[TrackpadProductions]

I have to admit; hearing someone describe the early 2010s as "the early days of youtube" makes me feel so, _so_ old.

[captainthrall]

"watch me eat 45 strips of bacon!" is entertaining for about 3 minutes, and this guy made it work for 10 years. Honestly, hats-off to him. That's amazing.

[r.blackford]

Credit to him where credit is due. A lot of these huge creators that decline go off the rails and become massively bitter but this guy seems to be very humble and relaxed about it. Good for him!

[rkxiiwk]

"business just got in the way of it being fun" this literally describes modern youtube videos compared to how it was when it started.

[molseren]

I feel like we set youtubers to higher standards than other mediums. Epic Meal Time didn't fail, it had a run longer than most tv shows, and many many more viewers. It was a gigantic success. I think its cause we see Youtube channels as people rather than seeing them like shows.

[pixelgamer]

It's not entirely Epic Meal Time's fault why they declined, people just move on and sometimes things that used to be fun and interesting don't hit like they used to.

[downeedles]

Alex Perrault saying " I was'nt treated fairly considering the value i brought to the show" is one of the funniest shit ever, the dude was just there, like an NPC, not moving, not talking, just eating, not much more lmao

[PhantomSavage]

TL;DR: They basically kept making food abominations until there were no more abominations left to create.

"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer."

[BarryBruh]

Nowadays we have Nick Avocado trying to eat an entire beached whale

[burnzy]

imagine feeling so entitled to a piece of the pie when all you do is wear glasses and ear food that's put infront of you

[Killa]

Epic Meal Time wasn't a failure, all good things eventually come to an end and EMT ran its course. There's nothing wrong with that. I don't know a single person who didn't love EMT.

[tomiwaaina]

Harley needs to understand that his personality was a big part of it. He can do other things that aren't food related and people will watch

[evilwagz]

Buddy of mine is a dentist. There’s a video we watched where Harley’s first line was “call up your dentist-tell em he’s a bitch!”.
To this day!, whenever I see my dentist friend I still drop this line and we still, to this day, laugh is if we heard it for the first time.
Thanks Harley!

[-.-Monster]

Epic meal time did not fail. It lived a full life. They still post lesser extreme food vids. Their run was legitimately epic

[andrewmitra]

This basically describes the difference between early 2010 youtube and late 2010 youtube, it shifted from fun videos with friends to businesses. It’s still entertaining but just isn’t the same

[JonSudano]

This happened to me too! You can only sing Smashmouth over so many songs until it gets old. I'm very lucky that I was able to slightly rez my channel a few years ago with my drumming videos. I really enjoy making those and the response has been pretty great.

[NicklasZandeVGCP]

Same with Annoying Orange and Channel Awesome. They both seemed like fun novelties initially, but they began feeling trapped in an alorythm that they couldn't control, and with many key figures leaving the company due to mistreatment they had recieved. And now barely anyone talks about them anymore.

[nubbletv]

I was obsessed with Epic meal time when it was at its peak. I don’t think they did anything wrong, there’s just only so long you can make that type of video before people lose interest. They still killed it during their time.

[CjExpendable]

Fast food lasagna will remain one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time. Just with the natural reactions of the fast food workers alone when they hear all the food they are ordering 😂