The Downfall Of Animal Jam And How It Lost It’s Popularity

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[@LeamonPuppy]

How do you guys feel about animal jam? Do you still play the game? Or have you quit? Let me know. Pink Bowtie Giveaway Video Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmG3eIpmrKiIY7c

[@kayhill3744]

Yo

[@haxsmax69]

i started playing when i was 7 and when i started getting older i grew outta it

[@cloudywillowwastaken]

I'm quitting because of the pervert problems. I got really bored of it to...

[@Glitterwolfpack]

I still play. I’m going to find a way to save this community. It might not work but I’m going to at least try.

[@turtelrock7997]

I quit for a time

[@milaaj2099]

Animal Jam, and it's security, is on a constant decline. With the game being weakened by the loss of popularity and funds, there is several hacker groups targeting the game, as it has become weak, as stated, and there is obviously no, or at least good, security. It is sad to see Animal Jam, once such a prosperous game, turn in to this. I would not be surprised if it is shut down in the next year, or even earlier than that. The only reason I keep on playing is to fulfill old dreams. Once that's done, I'm out. The rarity system is unstable, and the community, well, I don't even know. It has it's times.

[@dookie346]

I agree so much. I feel like they don’t deepened the security level like its so so easy to get hacked or get access to personnal informations. I didn’t even gave my password to ANYONE not even my friends and I got hacked- idk why but I lost all my stuff is so annoying pls

[@axellmao197]

I agree.

[@trashpandaRaku]

i agree, i keep trying to do friends on ajpw but they just care about trading, and i dont have that much good stuff, i wish not everything was about trading and rares and had the fun it had before

[@sosopwsi829Jjw9]

Nigga you make it sound like an ancient empire

[@bethrawlong240]

@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 it basically is 😭

[@DaffodilAJ]

I guess people are growing up.. I still play animal jam and im 16+! Animal Jam will always be my childhood ❤🥲

[@thecutiefoxgirl]

Same but I'm not 16+ XD

[@bearyellow3653]

that’s kinda sad

[@shootingsmilla1239]

@@bearyellow3653 how is that sad

[@coffins786]

same im almost 17 and just remembered this game existed it was a huge part of my childhood

[@X.lo.]

@@shootingsmilla1239 bruh

[@tyle560]

Mid 2014 player speaking here. Saying that I'm disappointed in the AJ community as a whole would be an understatement. For the majority of my time on Animal Jam (apologies, /Animal Jam Classic)/ I wasn't even aware of most of the community's elements of their tight-knit bond, such as KZbinrs or the general trading economy, until I got back into the game in late 2020 after taking a year-long break. I wasn't expecting it to be doing very well, but I was surprised by how much the community shrunk. The majority of players I saw were in their late teens and either bored out of their minds during the pandemic or simply seeking nostalgia. If you genuinely have a problem with AJ or any petty drama surrounding it, you aren't hesitant to speak out about it despite your status in the community; that's something I really appreciate about your channel. I'm not naming names, but I see other AJ KZbinrs constantly trying to sugarcoat their content and steer away from unrest in the community just to avoid AJHQ's "wrath", which makes me physically sick.

[@aperoll9481]

I feel like people quit because of hackers and scammers. But some people just leave due to the amount of toxic-ness in the community. Like some of my best friends left because less rarer jammers got mad at us rare jammers for not giving them our stuff. Some of my friends left because it got boring. I’m just staying because I just like using it to talk to my friends.

[@aster6419]

I quit after my lizard or whatever was hacked. He was one of those exotic ones 😩

[@duck5830]

Yeah, I quit AJ classic because someone scammed me, and i was pretty young at the time too..

[@phrog8731]

That’s one of the reasons on why I left, the game got boring and the community was toxic.

[@starrobloxhacks6605]

Yes, i left due to a hacker

[@armeniatolliver1326]

"less rarer jammers "us rare jammers" You are the problem of the fall of Animal Jam. So worried about rares, economics. I remember the roleplays and old slang. No dramas, just games and Warrior Cats roleplayers. Nowadays it's about "Rares" and accumulating wealth for looking cool, then buying their way to poverty and repeating the cycle over again. It's disgusting. Nobody roleplays, plays the games or does anything except trade. All they care about is being rare, and recent trends. The bigger youtubers have milked it hard enough to quit. Animal Jam is nothing more than a barren wasteland, destined to become another ToonTowns or Club Penguin, dead in the water.

[@Sayo_81]

Hi, if I had to be honest the community is really falling apart. I really hate to see the community like this. I have had so much toxic people come and ruin me and make me wanna quit. I hadn't quit yet. There are still some amazing jammers out there trying to bring light. You have inspired me to try to help the community. So many people have hurt so many others and it hurts me aswell. Me and alot of other jammers are trying to show the light. But I definitely understand how toxic the community is getting. In fact I could try to be nice or whatever and I'll get bullied or ignored cause of it. The community really sucks and I hope more people could help our community be better.

[@buggles7473]

I agree so much.

[@Enchantedtinyfriend]

The community is actually barely toxic at all. People are only looking at the bad. Most games have WAY MORE TOXICITY. Such as roblox. Everyone is 100% focused on the very little bad, and nobody looks at the good. The people who keep saying Animal Jam is toxic are the real toxic ones here. Animal jam is a disliked game for some reason, and there are liked games that have AWFUL COMMUNITIES. The liked games don’t get acknowledged for the toxic communities, but Animal Jam does. And it’s not even toxic. Think about it this way: It’s toxic to not look at any positivity.

[@buggles7473]

@@Enchantedtinyfriend I guess this is true, but I do think it has gone on long enough. I think personally that AJHQ should get their stuff together. Us people that try to make this game a better place get treated badly as well. I just recently did a video on giving random things away to random jammers and guess how many “Thank You’s” I got? 1. ONE. Now that is a problem that needs to be solved. I remember a few years ago that Aj was a nice, fun, creative game. I loved it. Played it every day and wouldn’t get off. But now I only go on there to make videos… and like you said, we should focus on the positive, and that there is a lot of games that are way worse, and I agree INTERLAY. But like I said, it needs to be noticed. It really needs too. I say we should try to make Aj a better place. Isn’t that what we want for it? Our generation is full of mean, bad, horrible, toxic people. Now not all of them are like that though, I do believe that there is more good people then bad, but it’s probably very close. Now, I really want Aj to be a nice fun game, but it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. As much as that sucks. And I know that if I could look back and say, “I made Aj a better place then it was before.” I would be very proud. Don’t you agree?

[@AdminDestroyer1]

@@buggles7473 You really shouldn't expect thank yous when giving stuff away

[@brawlstarsmomentsandvideos6530]

I’m Glad one Of the KZbinrs Can Speak Up for the Community

[@talulupepe6846]

Ppl in my school bully me for playing aj bc I’m almost a teen I’m the only one in my whole town playing aj apparently and it makes me pretty sad

[@LeamonPuppy]

Aw don’t be discouraged jammer! It’s okay I play at 17 years old aha

[@talulupepe6846]

@@LeamonPuppy yeah ik atleast ma bff is playing now (along with her inactive brother 😅)

[@talulupepe6846]

O btw I HV fanart for u

[@creamcycle4137]

I’m 14 and I still play, you’re not alone!

[@talulupepe6846]

@@creamcycle4137 yey

[@sazzahko9931]

I entered ajpw in 2016 and aj classic in 2014 I was there at the peak years and I’m so sad to see a game and all the old jambassadors quit I don’t play aj that much anymore I only log on to get my daily diamonds/spin and that’s it the community is toxic :( I miss the old days of aj/ajpw

[@SpectacularSproutStudios]

I feel like not enough people are talk about this, and I’m glad someone FINALLY did. I quit in summer 2020 because my good aj friend quit, and my irl best friend also stopped playing, so i didn’t enjoy it as much. And a few months ago i tried logging in again, but it said the password was wrong (i had it written down on a price of paper, so i was sure it wasn’t wrong) so I’ve just gave up. I kinda miss it tho. I haven’t played in 1 years so it have probably changed a lot now.

[@Gemg6]

There was a data breach in November, and all accounts with a parent account had to have their password changed.

[@starlovelv-F2Ppanda]

the same thing happened to me when I just started back to play aj about a month ago

[@STAYYGOLDPONYBOY]

@@Gemg6 thats so stupid?? like i understand but still wtf

[@floofball6204]

There was a data breach

[@rosary9229]

FLOOFBALL FULLOFLUV YeP, that’s why I quit

[@KatieRoseHere]

Man, AJ classic was my tween years. I was going through a tough time mentally and physically. All those long nights I would play while I was in to much pain to sleep. I remember watching Appari, Wisteria Moon, bepper, and a lot of others at AJ's prime. I do log on once in a blue moon, and played it for a month during the beginning of the pandemic. I'm just being nostalgic. AJ was such a large part of my tween and early teens.

[@KatieRoseHere]

I finished the video and want to add a few thoughts on why I and probably others left AJ classic. I've played AJ Mobile a bit, but I'm more familiar with AJ classic. AJ classic got no updates is not exactly the truest statement. We got updates, but they were only reskins of animals and different versions of spikes. No adventures, unique items, and no real dens. I'm going to talk a bit about the adventures. They were (for me) the best part of the game. Both seasonal and normal ones. For context I've played AJ since it's fourth birthday. That's seven years in you include the on and off playing. I've done each of the adventures at least 20 times, minus the 2d ones because the always jumps felt too slippery. The biggest problem was nothing ever changed when playing. The hard mode on some adventures had an alternative map, but that's it. I understand that those don't need to change, but the seasonal adventures don't have the same pass. I've played each one, every year. Every year, same prizes and layout. It got repetitive. Also the lag on seasonal adventures and some of the later adventures were awful. There should of been a lag reducer mode. Items and the trade system became a mess. I mentioned no real items coming out already. The trade system was messed up big time when AJ rereleased the beta items, Top hats and some new spikes. I, a player who never traded unless for nm floors and items, knew at least the basic values of items. This is probably the straw that probably broke the camel's back for so many players. On the topic of dens, we got to many mega dens and not enough items to fill them. We got no new smaller dens. I will give AJ credit for at least giving nms seasonal versions of the basic dens. My favorite one was the autumn den. Even those dens got boring. Little side note, AJ Mobile has a way better system for dens. All players can get the same dens, it's just easier for members. I had a ton of fun with all the decorative aspects of Mobile. It's sad seeing AJ at this state. Thanks for reading my rant/perspective.

[@Angel_Of-Death]

I'm glad someone can speak up to the AJ community.. I really miss the golden days when AJ was non-toxic as it is right now... I just get the urge to quit AJ about the situation going on.. Also good luck on reaching 12K! I know you'll get there! 💚

[@vladxmir9475]

This game makes me so sad (AJ classic at least), I first started in 2013 and stopped playing at around 2017 due to boredom and losing membership. I started playing again around a week ago? (for the nostalgia ig) The game has changed so much in a very short amount of time, it has lost a lot of its charm. Sure, everyone has gotten older so its bound to change, but I'm perplexed at how no one seems to care about the actual game anymore-- just being 'rare', even then the rarity system is confusing and a complete mess nowadays. I would not be surprised if the game itself dies soon, most parts of the game have lost all meaning (the games, achievements, doing adventures for fun, most rooms) which is to be expected due to older audience, but man is it a sad thing to witness. I'd love to log onto my first account for the last time, but I lost access to it because of the data breach

[@kayhill3744]

More simple way to explain downfall in one sentence- people are outgrowing the game and the toxic people

[@glowsquid3685]

So, when flash died, a huge majority of aj classic died because they couldn't play the game anymore. And yes, that includes me, sadly. It used to be super fun because you could watch a bunch of animal jam influencers, streamers, etc. Even when it stopped getting updates it was fun. I miss wisteriamoon, aparri, bepper, etc. A huge chunk of the big animal jam influencers have either quit or lost focus in aj, or are just taking a break. Even I have lost focus in ajpw AND fer.al, sadly. Idk what to do anymore than just playing dragonvale and watching youtube, honestly. I'm sorry.

[@Pinkie-Dash]

5:58 not only that but I put this on Elipisity's vid about advice from a past Jambassador: "IDK if you already know this but Aparri posted I think a month and a half ago now, and a lot of us though he was. gonna make a comeback. He still hast uploaded since. Apparently from what I heard was that he wast doing very well on his raps and stuff an that they were really inappropriate (I remember seeing a video of someone recording their screen and on their screen they were on Aparri's Instagram and they were on a video on it and they played it and apparently it showed him smoking). I said this on Kek's video: *The Rise and Fall of Animal Jam (2010 - 2021)* (It was uploaded a month ago and it was the time around when Aparri Uploaded and you should watch it, its really good!): "Aparri is back he uploaded a week ago And to think, the starting of the fall was all bc Julian messed up and made a mistake and the AJ started drama for no reason such as kicking Julian out of the Jambasadors, and not even letting him go to vidcon, which I'm pretty sure that he's never been there with the AJ community. AJ was his happy place and how he started making friends with the other famous youtubers. Heck even Julian deleted the video he made the mistake in and AJ still acted like they never noticed that he deleted it. His fans still watched him and forgave him. Ever since his quitting/announcement video, ppl started to quit the game. Heck they gave Bepper, Aparri, Wisteria, and Twinkle a second chance. Thanks AJ for starting the drama and making your own game go downhill." Also some of the stuff in the comments was good info too ill put it in here as well: the one with the topiaries I'm pretty sure it was a wiki how tutorial he was reviewing the inappropriate jammers have done in the game. I watched the video and he was actually raising awareness to not put those two topiaries together since a jammer put them together. But it took a turn as some jammers put the topiaries together. AJHQ took this as a bad behaviour of Julian and pulled him from the Jambassadors. Just for in general: I'm watching one of beppers vids and it was don't even get me started game with Cinno and one of the topics was AJ mating. They were talking about how if you sleep and someone else goes really close to you and they hop, that you will immediately stand back up. Here's the vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5_aeoiir81ld6M Did she get kicked out of the Jambassadors??? 🅝🅞, NO SHE DIDN'T"

[@Pinkie-Dash]

@Christina Hein Agreed! 😔😞

[@lowkeyhomicide]

I quit when I was in middle school, 2017. (I just graduated) I really miss playing so much, Miss playing the beta days aswell. Animal jam used to be so much fun and things were just simple. It upset me when I notice things were taking a huge negative turn. It disappoints me because this game is my whole child hood

[@roul4842]

I honestly had no idea Nat Geo ended their partnership with Wildworks. I remember being nine-years-old and first finding out about AJ from my National Geographic Kids magazines...

[@AwesomeOtter]

Been around AJ since 2017 so I remember the days National Geographic was still with them

[@DiamondCrystalz]

The game used to be really good and fun. But now its no longer fun. If it weren't for all those scammers, hackers, pedophiles, and toxic people, this would have never happened.

[@storm3heart]

I quitted animal jam a while ago cause of toxicity. Alot of people are mean and wont stop bullying me so I had no choice. Alot of jammers quit aj but new ones come!

[@rumpleaj]

Ajpw is dead:(

[@storm3heart]

@@rumpleaj ikr...

[@storm3heart]

@@rumpleaj Also I did not expect you to be here!

[@rumpleaj]

@@storm3heart yes I am everywhere XD

[@X.lo.]

I will never delete ajpw no matter what happens..

[@user-dl3vn8ze9n]

Let's not forget AJ stopped getting good updates at 2017-2019.

[@joojoobirdx3]

I started playing Animal Jam in elementary school and just recently graduated. it's been around for a large portion of my childhood so it's sad to see this game/community fall apart over the years after 2016.

[@joojoobirdx3]

(random rant incoming lol) I can't help but feel like animal jam could come back again to the way it was (or at least close to it) if they just focused on updates that are actually meaningful & add to the game, like adventures or land that add to the lore. Instead we get boring, old/recycled updates if we even get updates at all ._.

[@aster6419]

I haven’t played animal jam in like a year- but it’s such a nostalgic game for me, I played it when I was seven.. I’m almost 13 now

[@medicmist]

I feel like another thing that led to the downfall was aj youtubers leaving. I don't hate them from this but it certainly made the game fall in popularity.

[@mysticmelodic]

Im really disappointed in ajhq. They've done nothing to prevent hackers scammers and even things such as predators. a few days ago I saw someone who needed help and they said that another jammer said if they had any other platforms and on their snapchat they asked for a picture of them. Its really scary how that person still isn't banned.. they could be hurting other people right now. Sorry if there's grammar mistakes, my keyboard is being slow

[@LunapixeI]

I didn’t officially quit I noticed myself taking breaks from Animal Jam for at least a week because of how bad it is. I really hope this could be fixed soon

[@cxndygutz2722]

I quit playing quite a while ago because of the blatant elitism of people with a Membership. As someone who didn't get a Membership, I was constantly ignored and belittled by others because I wasn't a Member and didn't get rare items easily because of it.

[@sarahfaisal2223]

I was gonna download this game and ask my dad but then I wanted to see how good the game was on KZbin turned out people get scammed a lot and there is many toxic people!

[@keqingai]

If you're careful and look up the worths of items (Animal Jam Item Worth Wiki has been helpful for me, but some of the worths might be inaccurate for the less common rares) and don't go to item giveaways you can easily avoid being scammed. There are plenty of things to do which don't require other players such as adventures, minigames, den decorating etc. and I personally haven't met many toxic players, at least not any more than any other game I've played. This is for AJ Classic btw

[@kurt6316]

I've played it forever, and I still do even though I'm 14. It's a huge comfort game for me, I've been scammed many times but I still like it. I don't ever see me quitting even if people my age think it's childish, lol

[@kurt6316]

Also, I can see why people quit tbh. It's gotten really intoxicated with arctic wolves. Not all of them, but every toxic person I've met has been an arctic wolf for some reason. And it feels like the only point of playing is too have rare items..other than trading, aj gets boring easily 😕

[@FamiliarlyFrigid]

As a Classic player, I feel like the community has been declining over the last few years. Part of my loss of interest is simply that I've grown up, but also the lack of content or general care given to AJC over time. Updates have been on the decline for a long time now, giving people less and less of a reason to stay. Wildworks has been pushing AJPW as the new main version of AJ, at the expense of part of the community. I've never gotten the same enjoyment from talking to people, roleplaying, or playing other games in PW as I did in Classic. One reason is that PW appeals more to younger AJ fans than older ones, but another is that the fanbase is newer, and it feels less developed. I get a lot of the same feelings from Fer.al-both games just aren't the same as the Classic fanbase that's been built up for 10+ years now. I talk to some of my AJ friends outside of the game(s) now, so I don't have much of a reason to play anymore. I guess that's where a lot of older players are at.

[@Transpennine]

Thanks leamon for explaining in full detail 👍

[@LpsKittyCat_Official]

I don't want to say I've quit, but I've kinda did, but I'm still open minded to come back to aj, I don't want to say I've completely quit, because I worked hard for certain items, but also I've not gotten on for quite a while now, but I still love to toon into/or rewatch my favorite ajtubers like Leamon Puppy, Pawalunar, PuffyPuppeiz, Tiffany AJ, Anniian7 AJ, Akasai, and a few others.

[@Lumi_poupette]

I got discouraged from playing animal jam when one day I just couldn't log into my account. It used to be a HUGE comfort game for me and it was one of my longest lasting special interests ever. Recently I've been thinking of starting to play it again tho bc I really miss it :(( do you have any tips for me starting it again ? You don't need to respond if you can't btw !!

[@antena2778]

Exactly the same thing for me

[@antena2778]

Except I didn’t make a new account

[@Lumi_poupette]

@@antena2778 yeah me neither ://

[@UozaExtras]

*I got locked out because it expired and then my password was... Wrong??* *Yeah...* *I created a new account. I was having fun. But then it just got boring.*

[@eliz1041]

if this happened in november, there was a data breach and every password had to be reset. you had to click forgot password, and do all of the steps. your account is most likely ok!

[@huhiwonderwhothatsfor2394]

Hey, former AJ player here (2014-2016) It's honestly so cool that even after I left around the peak in popularity, the community seems to be as close-knit as it always was. I returned to AJ Classic around December to get in some last nostalgia before it closed and damn I realized how much changed in those 4.5 years. Y'all got new adventures, loads of new animals, and for some reason the crocodile was removed..? Anyways, much support from a grown-ass teenager reminiscing about his childhood

[@notomoo]

I used to be popular on animal jam play wild, i quitted for reasons, First fake friends, when i used to be play with friends and its boring without friends, but found out they are not real cause they dont care about me anymore. Second, toxic, yes toxic very toxic, the admins ban lot of good people even fancyshort. Third, bad jambassadors Forth, admins dont do what people want Fifth, they support 18+ artist

[@storm4738]

Honestly, I think supporting 18+ artists is fine unless they’re child predators, their art is inappropriate, or they’re bad people in general *cough cough hyenine1 and chocolate4froggy*

[@cryptical1210]

@@storm4738 wait what happened with chocolate4froggy?

[@storm4738]

@@cryptical1210 she supports Hyenine1 and threatened the victim I’m pretty sure (idk about the threatening but I heard that)

[@storm4738]

@:D no I mean an artist that is 18 or older. I would never support 18+ art in a kids game.

[@notomoo]

@:D i meant hyenine1 and other players they dont do anything about them i heard in play wild someone used to do a commissions on instagram they got expose when they find out he is pdo but animal jam didnt ban him.. but he left by himself i foorgot his name... i think its cartoon thing idk

[@elsixie]

in my case i played classic since maybe around 2013/14 to 2016/17 (i'm 15 going on 16 now so i must've been playing since i was 7-8 til i was 10-11) and i think the main reason my demographic grew from the game was because a lot of key aspects were kind of falling off, i was notoriously a warrior cat roleplayer so when the hype for the series started falling off and sarepia forest was emptying out there felt like there was nothing to do , same with the trading system getting significantly worse and i think the ageing out of the game part is huuuuge, along with the numerous problems jammers had with AJHQ back in the days. it also didnt help my acc got perm banned after not touching it for a while so i just gave up entirely after losing my rare collection :[

[@tabitha5231]

Wow this makes so much more sense now thank you your videos are pawesome

[@channah14_]

Im gonna be real this is mostly Play Wild's fault (no hate on the players)

[@lolitisjustme]

I also joined in 2017! The Animal Jam classic thing is just so sad to me, I remember when they did the name change and everyone was FURIOUS. I’m not that angry about it that much, but it kinda takes away from the nostalgia.

[@AwesomeYena]

There's way too many inappropriate players on AJ now, their excuse? "No children play AJ anymore" I flipping hate rule-breakers man.

[@CDJAM-webm]

I stopped playing aj suddenly when I started playing sky cotl and super smash bros. i never got bullied or assaulted or something, I just.. lost interest.

[@8snuc]

I’ve not played for over a year as I came my account away but even staying away from aj I can still tell that they’ve change mostly everything from when I last played

[@norrisfamily2419]

I still love it. I still play with an occasional break here and there just bc of school and other activities. I don't plan on quitting any time soon. I really don't want anything bad to happen to ajpw. Thanks for the video leamonpuppy!

[@peachteachREAL]

i remember when the wind up keys were rare xD

[@Mandy-mf8ks]

I didn’t realize they wherent rare anymore until now lol

[@Gl1tchyGuy]

@@Mandy-mf8ks they still are rare XD

[@PigeonNuggets]

played this game from 2013-2016 and beta tested for Play Wild back in 2014 and 2015. I still log on once in a while just for the sake of nostalgia though. I found your points to be interesting but I do think part of the reason why its losing interest is because of a generational shift of interests with younger kids along with the fact that people just grow out of it; like I and many others did. The community as a whole was an honor to be a part of despite the amount of drama there was and I do miss it dearly. keep up the great work!

[@dfghsjhjkasnjdbs]

I quit because of getting hacked, scammed, and the toxicity. Multiple reasons, yes. One day, on 2020, someone offered the Komodo Dragon set (i forgot what its called) for all my good pets (ponies, rooster, etc) When I had accepted the offer, the person deleted all the items quickly and went to accept. It was too quick for me to see, and so I accepted it too. Then realized I got nothing in return. My favorite pet, my rooster, was gone. October 2020. Toxicity and hackers. Many players started to start saying homophobic things, and as someone part of the lgbt community, this hurt me. Soon, the Halloween Hack happened. I knew it was all a joke afterwards, but a few months later, my classic account, Truxyy, was taken over. I didn’t log in on a long time, but it said “online 4 days ago.” Didn’t share the password with anyone. Then my main animal jam account, Lucyevy, was hacked too. I couldn’t log in, despite knowing the password and always double-checking. Later, my Play-Wild account, Sphinxlord was not letting me log in, despite knowing the password. I changed my main accounts password, and I still knew it, but no. The account, was not able to log in. May 2021, I was able to log back into my Main Play Wild account. I had restarted the game, and traded some stuff to me and my friend to get a good start in the community. But, I gave up. No reason why, but I did. I was just burnt out of the game, and I think I grew out of it anyway. There’s my whole reason of why I quit the game entirely. :,)

[@catglitchofficial1686]

Honestly, I couldn’t agree any more. Aj is a very toxic game and I have almost quit because of it. The amount of times iv gotten scammed is unbelievable. I really think that this should, stop, because I’m afraid the game will “disappear” soon, in popularity. In fact, some people can really just be unbelievably rude. Like the time I gifted random jammers rares in the sapphire shop, or the time I bought jammers anything they want OR the time I accepted big under trades from people for my items just to be nice. And guess how many people actually thanked me. None, none of the literal 8 people I traded. Not a single one thanked me. I feel like all jammers really care about these days are rares. On the other hand though, there are the nice jammers but there are few of those left too. Even once someone by the name of “happycl0udss” one of my best friends scammed me. My rainbow tail ARMOUR and my favorite pet. I thought I could trust them, but nope. Don’t even trust your best friends guys. A life lesson I should’ve learned a LONGGGGGGGG time ago.

[@Soysauceggs8889]

This is sad, I havent played Animal Jam for quite some time. I wish I could get back into it but it just seems a bit boring but now I hear that there’s toxic-ness in the game. *surprised*

[@creamcycle4137]

The main reason I quit was because i lost my account due to the parent email issue that happened. Animal jam used to also be a free game and I was able to log into the game through my school chrome book, now you have to download animal jam? It’s very messed up. I also tried making a new account after I lost my childhood one and I looked at the new animals in the sapphires shop and they’re very scary. The bunny’s, cats, dogs. I don’t like animal jam, it’s not the same anymore.

[@dookie346]

It’s true it’s not the same anymore tbh

[@santiago600]

Ive been playing since late 2010 and it was so fun. It makes me so sad to see it today falling apart and slowly dying...

[@JustCallMeEevee]

I grew out of the game a couple of years ago. I usually lose interest in a game after a couple of months. Heck, it didn’t even make it to the point where I began having hyperfixations. And yes, I’m a new viewer. Your channel got recommended to me just this week. You have good videos, ngl.

[@sopheybarlock1583]

I quit Aj around 2 years ago but to see what’s happened to it makes me sad and I might try to go back to it and try to help

[@marwakhann]

I used to play aj in 2014, soon going into ajpw in late 2016. Looking back, its hard to believe that the popularity has decreased by so much. I missed those times...

[@tweettweetie]

i never really hard-quitted? (if thats even a term lmao) i just kinda fell off from playing it yknow? mostly just because everyone on classic is just trading and no one really wants to get adopted or go on some weird adventure anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Honestly my relationship with animal jam as a whole right now is just that one meme thats just like "DONT TALK TO ME OR MY SON EVER AGAIN" and that oc i made that came from animal jam is my son (his name is darwin btw lol, idk just wanted to say that)

[@Gemg6]

According to one of my friends when she tries to trade, she never sees people trading, even in Aldan. All she's seen is people asking for stuff and rarely any trades xd

[@gabriellesorgenfrei8998]

I played animal jam from 2012-2017. I logged on yesterday and was utterly shocked. It really has gone downhill. Rip my childhood 😢

[@_ok4aii]

I’ve actually noticed this. I got AJPW near last year in Summer, then 2020 Halloween time I took a break until March this year. Now there are so much less people. There are still Jammers, of course, but there are not as many to trade with and I feel like now that so many people are gone it’s a bit boring. I hope an activity burst comes to the game soon.

[@linceajpw4399]

I still like Animal Jam, but several people have already stopped playing it since it has several things that not many agree on in animal jam play wild is that the animals are very expensive and in AJC almost everything is for members

[@thefirebirdflock3440]

For me it’s just because I’ve experienced just about everything there is to do. With no new updates or additions to existing assets there’s not much for me (or anyone) to do other than trade. What AJC needs is a massive overhaul of existing content. May it be ab event or whatever but I’m thinking something along the lines of landscape redesign and perhaps better incorporation of flying animals, because as far as they serve in terms of function is little to none at all as there’s only the forgotten desert and that one shop in the coral canyons no one visits anymore. Perhaps teaming up with organizations like National Geographic, 4Ocean and perhaps various zoos to emphasize their conservation efforts will help get the game out there more. On the technically side of things, AJC desperately needs an app of its own that could connect to pc servers with internet or data connection. The pc version of the game needs to be fully optimized and secure to keep it from running like shit and drop to 2 fps every 30 minutes.

[@localdreams7722]

After coming back from taking a break on classic, my account was gone, everything i worked for just poof. This discouraged me from coming back i started playing again recently but it'll be awhile until i get back to where i was, if i decide to keep playing after losing everything.

[@Hello-mk6pl]

Im so glad you speaked up about this!!

[@4nge112]

Hi i found u japan xd, i Also quit a Little but not official quitted, because of toxic and animal jam is Now making The Game not good, and Also i Take a break from The Game

[@Hello-mk6pl]

@@4nge112 awe okeh!

[@Rabbitjewel0aj]

Well I’ve been playing AJPW right after the beta ended and now I’ve been playing ever since, though it kinda got boring after a while because I had to force myself to log on everyday when all I wanted to do was quit because of hackers, scammers, and how toxic the community was getting. Though now a days I still play it and I’m starting to enjoy it again. But for AJ classic after julain2 quit I just couldn’t look at it the same anymore.. Julian basically raised me to love this game but now that most of the youtubers are gone I haven’t looked at it the same way.

[@piretiris8223]

It all started when AJPW added *membership*

[@fwMMVII]

I've been playing AJPW ever since it first came out. I quit for some years after being hacked, but eventually came back. Now my play time is very sporadic, ranging from once a week to once every 5 months or even some years.

[@ジャック-d8t]

i remember when i used to play this all the time it was so fun but after coming back because i remembered how fun it was all i saw was just a community of 6 year olds farming trades, countless microtransactions and everyone at spawn afk

[@blaketheythemtheirs4237]

I got hacked on Animal Jam Play Wild and my items that I worked EXTREMELY hard for were all gone. I literally ended up quitting because of that. Some of the items were: Cami's frog, Cami's Phrog, galaxy wings, black spiked collar, and a masterpiece that was absolutely beautiful

[@fawnn63]

I remember in 2019 I was a nervous kid and I got the courage to talk to some people i thought we cool eg. red flower crown, broken heart earrings, blackout spike, etc. So I went to talk to them, we were having a nice time, and then I said I was gonna go get a pie and I never left the game and I ran to get my pie and I checked the chat and they were saying stuff like, “i get we’re cool but why is she talking to us”, “she’s not even funny”, “i feel like she’s a 10 year old tbh..” and I lost all my courage and I have not grown in buddies/friends as much through 2 years, as I was scared of embarrassing myself. a year later I was on a cruise for 2 weeks so I had no internet and I lost 18 friends. The community can be kinda toxic sometimes and it sucks :((

[@IceDragon-xy4mq]

I use to play animal jam all the time it was my life but u are right less people are playing it and it’s sad. But they made a new game for older kids

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

I heard someone talking about a jammer who was chasing the person all over the animal jam world all because he didn't win a prize in a fashion show quote unquote he kept pestering and bullying until she quit

[@antonioalbul00]

i heard about this game in my childhood but because i came from a poor country i saw the game as to predatory because you need a subscription for everything that being said I'm glad plp had fun with it even though i didn't, all good things must come to an end especially online games

[@phoenix_cryptid4129]

The main reason I quit animal jam was because of the membership. You couldn't do ANYTHING without a membership. Everything in the shops was for members only. Except those like 2 items but they were always so ugly. Plus the memberships cost SO MUCH! IDK if I'm just a cheapskate but FIFTY DOLLARS IS A LITTLE MUCH! I did have a membership and it was fun while it lasted, but after it ended, I just quit since without a membership, you can't do anything. So anyways rant over :)

[@AwesomeOtter]

That’s the same reason I quit the classic version! It was fun while it lasted, then the membership expired, and since you can’t do anything without one, I never played classic again. I only come back to play wild now

[@IcedOcean]

I play it and I'm almost 11, I left at about 8 because I thought it lacked on features, but I decided to come back, me and my friends love the mini games!

[@MEOWZERINO]

I used to be an Animal Jam classic (Pc) player, but I stopped playing because most items and animals were membership only. I've played AJPW for way longer than classic because there were barely any membership items and all the animals could be bought by anyone. The only reason I quit was because they started adding member only items and I was scared that ajpw will be the same as classic. This could be the reason as to why a lot of jammers are quitting, not saying that it is why tho.

[@lydiatill1518]

I left animal jam in 2018-2019 and I don't really know what happened. All of a sudden I just left? The main reason was it was getting boring and I belive I just needed a break from it. However, one day I logged out and never logged back in. Kinda sad about it to be honest as it was my childhood and I had spent quite a bit of money on it aswell. :/

[@thebeginningchq9689]

Oof I started playing January this year. I had seen ads for it since 2015, and i was bored one day so I thought I'd try it! To me its very good and apparently it used to be much better.. man.

[@karotfartr]

yea..animal jam has changed alot. I started in 2016 not long after beta was over

[@milamt4]

I almost quit animal jam a few weeks ago because i got scammed and the only reason why i started to play this game is because of my friend (sadly she hasn't played in quite a few years until a few days ago she reconected) But i feel like quitting this toxic comunity.

[@moonstarstudios491]

I quit after I got hacked in 2017 and lost all of my stuff from when I started in 2012 and after over a month of back and forth email they told be they couldn’t find the records of my missing items. still like to log in every once in a while for the nostalgic and I always feel really disappointed when I see how ajhq and wild works have pretty much stopped updating the pc version and only focus on their app, my personal favorite part of animal jam was adventures which is something they haven’t added into play wild and I’ve always preferred the 2D computer version over the 3D mobile version. Nowadays wild works also has terrible support service for people who have been scammed and hacked. In my personal opinion the game actually started going down around the time I got hacked and quit around the time of the eclipse when they got rid of club geoz and restored the broken zios statue. After that update it seemed like they really stopped caring.

[@progress3576]

I whole heartily agree with this, but it's just sad.... so much awful stuff happens in animal jam with people being disgusting or being rude. I hate how so much people start fights in it- but I still like the game and play it sometimes? '' *sometimes* ''

[@lacemaker88]

What happened? Look no further than the toxic community AN has become. My daughter was scammed out of most of her rares by someone who pretended to be her friend over time then moved in for the scam! When contacting AJHQ they did nothing. The site quickly became a not kid friendly place. The site stopped being recommended by her school. By the way she was 6 at the time. Because of their experience she quit playing and has not wanted to play again. Not all who play are this way but I would say at that time it was 90% that were this way. I am glad that some of you had a great experience with AJ but understand AJ became something filled with scammers, bullies and had inappropriate content in chat. Not kid friendly at all! Again AJHQ did next to nothing to combat the problem. So why would I keep paying for a membership fees so the abuse could continue? No thanks AJHQ. So sad to see something that could have been great so mismanaged.

[@ori5092]

That is the problem The game is supposedly made for kids but it's full of predators, scammers and stuff like that. It really just doesnt feel safe

[@emmitnossaman9309]

I love animal jam and I cant believe that people are leaving it even though I get how they grow out of it.When i herd abaut it from my close friend and we promised never to uninstall it then we invite a nother good friend. I started at the age abaut 7 and now I'm welll only 9. But me and my friends love this game it's crazy to think how long aj has been working and animated. I love there new updates. But animal jam like you sead is going down hill and I'm a little worried that aj is not going to be able to keep going. But I'm still going to keep playing and routing for aj! Keep going

[@whatthatthecommenter1767]

I can tell that animal jam did go down on popularity becuase of the issues going on with scamming and hacking.. but animal jam was still successful when it reached 130 million users wow what a big number!

[@sototallypotter7031]

I've been gone from Aj for a long time HOW DID YOU GET 11k SUBS WeOw NEW BEPPER ALERTTTT

[@maple-o-lord750]

It happened a very long time ago, but I still would like to say it, ok so- I had this glider for a while now and I loved it, it was my Fav pet, then somebody starting trading me for no reason, and saying if I didn't add them or give my glider they would block me- then everyone started coming after me bout that and like 30 ppl blocked me, I was so shocked, like what did I even do? Then I told them, and I never heard back from any of em, but like geez, why did that person start a whole fight just for a glider? 😑🙁

[@Databrained]

I quit animal jam because it had logged me out and when I put in my info it said it wasn’t valid and I had a lot of really good stuff there (well, stuff that mattered to me) and I wasn’t able to play anymore so I quit. The same thing happened to my sister, but she created a new account. I was too mad to make a new account and I still hold a grudge.

[@aextellica680]

Hey there! So as an 2014-2015 player ill drop my opinion here. So basically I grew up with aj and tbh its dissapointing to see how aj turned out, wht updates came, how community became. Ppl became so toxic and all, only wanting rares and all. Updates got lazier, and ajhq got CRAZY over money. Overall the downfall is their fault but a bit fault goes to the community aswell.

[@DarkNugget39]

I loved the mobile version aka play wild but after they added memberships it just got kinda bad I noticed that a lot of people stopped roleplaying or advertising roleplays in the pillow room (at least whenever I play) more people are focused on advertising their shops and half the time they have common items or those rare Monday items over priced by A LOT now I haven’t traded in a long time so I don’t know the worth of things anymore but I’m pretty sure nutcracker boots aren’t with 5,000 sapphires. I used to love playing with my friends but then all of them quit or don’t play often. I myself don’t play for two reasons: I liked it because it wasn’t like the computer version but now it’s to similar to the computer version so I don’t like it. 2 I’m older now and outgrew it + one of my close friends stop playing and went to feral but I never got their user. And the other just stopped playing abruptly maybe 2 or 3 years ago. The games boring and all anyone ever does is advertise their shops

[@chocogoat2600]

it makes me feel so bad that i have to make peace with the fact that a great game i've been playing for years is slowly dying :(

[@ozpin707]

Ngl I just redownloaded the game this week after stopping for over three years but- yeah. It’s honestly quite upsetting

[@Green-jo5vm]

I don't really play anymore but I want to get back into it

[@ashiscoolerthanu]

I used to play animal jam so much when I was younger, and I was forced to quit when animal jam made play wild the only non downloadable version on computer. I have such amazing and vivid memories from animal jam and now i can’t even play it without having to download it to my computer. #bringanimaljamclassicback

[@thegaymothman]

I grew up on animal jam, school was tough and very draining for me then and even though I was rather "Cringy" It helped me alot. It's sad that it's community is dying, but most of the jambassadors are In college now. Also, ihave alot of Online friends that were also animal jam players. we've all quit noe unfortunately. and just one more thinf, does anyne remember Fman122?

[@karotfartr]

i remember fman122, i used to be a huge fan of it

[@crazylillynx4889]

1:27 "spurspistipating" - LeamonPuppy 2021

[@Brookiesbees]

I love how Leamon isn’t afraid to talk about things like this

[@kapon1845]

it's because of adults still playing the game rather than other children: the TRUH IS parents feel UNSAFE having their children play with adults who still play a children's game. that means they could be a bad influence, or worse (child predator). although i know a lot of people who are older dont feel this way, there is those people that are predators, or bad influences, and play animal jam.

[@switchedaccounts3918]

Yeah, I sort of quit.. I felt like the community is falling apart...

[@gabbytsiftilis3190]

Love your vids!!

[@karotfartr]

Animal jam has changed alot, but not really in a good way.. I started playing in 2016, either around or before pets came out. I miss the old circle sapphire shop, well they did change it back to a circle but it’s just too big and I hate the design. I rěmember the old update log layout, i love it much more then the current one. I also miss treasure hunts..much better than these wheel prizes. When that data breach happened, I lost one of my accounts from 2016 named phoebee3, I had so much dens and animals. I was hacked there once, but all they did was just take away some items and left the animals and dens. I miss that account so much..even tho it had bubble chat. I don’t know if it had a email at all, probably did, but I wasn’t smart enough to figure out how to change the email. Also not lomg ago around September 2021, my email got PERMANETLY banned from animal jam. I lost my account that had 2 black longs solids on animal jam, and had a few good stuff on ajpw. I had a bunch of accounts there tho, maybe some of them got hacked or something... But as of. now, in aj I got 2 black longs/solids again. I think I didnt get bullied, I also was smart enough not to get scammed out of my whole time playing ajpw and aj. I remember when member prizes werent a members only item, now wildworks is making every ajpw item that they release members-only (well not every but alot) I wont be suprised if animals start becoming member-only. Ajpw is starting to become pay-to-win, just like animal jam.. Tbh, im thinking of quitting both aj games. I started a new account but I did give my self everything from it. If you wanna buddy me, im czechia10725. I wont be on much though.

[@MuiSlayz]

I used to have a aj on the computer. But it got super glitchy and it would never load so I had to delete it :(

[@lpskitty6137]

I think your computer was old and electronics get old and glitchy

[@Ieattoast913]

Today I logged on AJ and went to the pillow room to look for buddie., and I found this poor jammer that got hacked do I gave them some items! And we are buddies I really didn't want someone to leave so I gave them some items. AJ needs to make there security better that's 50% why jammers are quitting the other 50% is toxic jammers and community it really bad to see AJ like this. I remember when it was PACKED with jammers now there's not as much. It's still kinda popular but not a it use to be : (

[@chels3aab]

I have had a bully and I've tried to contact Ajhq in every way I could but they never got back to me.

[@TeddyGang]

I have quit animal jam but I still enjoy watching the videos. I have tried to come back but honestly I think that because it is aimed at a younger audience; I have grown out of it. Personally, i think in a few years animal jam might shut down, exactly like the downfall of animal jam classic. Fer.al, tho, might spike up in popularity (very unlikely tho because of the downfall of aj less people will know of fer.al) But I mean this is my opinion, I may be wrong.