After over a decade of creating content on YouTube — through demonetization, algorithm changes, and the occasional existential crisis — I’m starting to suspect that my channel might be trapped in some sort of digital purgatory.

This episode digs deep into the mystery of YouTube’s algorithm: Why do older channels seem to vanish from feeds? Can a creator ever recover from being demonetized? And what happens when your best videos get buried by the machine that used to lift you up?

I’m sharing my personal story — how I'm rebuilding after demonetization, embraced SEO tactics, and still saw my reach collapse. I’m also toying with my next move: a bold new experiment called Egotastic JP, maybe? Where I’ll test whether the problem is me... or the platform.

If you’ve ever felt like your channel stopped existing overnight, ...