Webkinz STILL EXISTS Today! (The Rise and Fall of the Popular Pet Phenomenon)

[@prismations]

Webkinz obsession with kids is WAY better than Fortnite obsession with kids Webkinz: Yeah, I have lots of them! Wanna play online together after school? Fortnite: **Insert cringe dance** I’ve also been playing Animal Jam for more than 5 years.

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

I stopped playing animal jam because pretty much everything i wanted was membership and i didn't have any points

[@lilaplayz7116]

@@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws that's why I play Animal Jam: Play Wild! Instead ( the app version )

[@galaxytoons4608]

I play animal jam but the play wild version And webkinz! And my pets are a bengal tiger and a pink poodle!

[@skydog0_038]

true

[@skydog0_038]

@@galaxytoons4608 i play both animal jams

[@goldenhusky1640]

For Someone who is 17 and still adores webkinz, the reason it’s still here today is because of the plush it’s self. I have an Instagram and KZbin for them and so do a bunch of other people I know. Not many of us including my self play the actual online part,but the stuffed animals them self are amazing. Also a lot more kids stopped playing webkinz possibly because in 2014 they stopped releasing webkinz signatures. So more people are on the hunt of finding the webkinz signature plush itself since it is now considered a collectors item than worrying about the online game. Ganz is slowing fading with a bunch of us growing older and soon will grow out of them but for right now they are actually doing well with people still buying their products. And for the video they post showing the plush, they are showing it for people who still enjoy them to get more interested in the item than just looking at a picture of the plush. :)

[@JustinY.]

Webkinz? Now that's a name I haven't heard of in a long time...

[@marcellusturner2409]

Y

[@darrenhiromasa7946]

My savior

[@ambriz202]

Yo he's back

[@WillyFreshy]

True true

[@vAqeii]

Ikr, Webkinz is super old

[@HowdyCloudy]

Wait what?!?! I had a stuffed dog with the rainbow W and had no idea why it was there, your telling me I could’ve gotten online and played with it?!?! I’m so angry at myself now how come no one told me this! EDIT: wow 30 likes? That’s like.... more people than there is on earth

[@DavidDumbedDown]

Same here

[@lilwoomy6731]

Same here but i ended up ripping off the tags

[@HowdyCloudy]

Fandom trash when I got my plush, it didn’t have a tag on it, I think my mom ripped it off before she gave it to me

[@notkingboo9323]

Did you get it in the box or loose? The packaging usually listed how the online functionality works.

[@HowdyCloudy]

Not King Boo it didn’t come with a box I think my mom said got it from a yard sale but I don’t remember much but playing with it 😕

[@bennettmiller2952]

ah the good ol days. No jake paul, just webkinz

[@Coolrecords567]

Yes

[@geraldsinger9954]

Yeah, I 'member. I still have digitally a Hippo, Velvety Elephant, Shark, Two Dalmatians, and a Pirate Parrot. Even though I used the website between 2007 and 2010. Recently, I found out that my account was still active. The same could be said for Poptropica.

[@heidysotomedina]

Wow u had a lot of webkinz,i remember i had a dragon,a peacock who looked like a dodo(and appears here 9:05),a camelion, and 2 hamsters..... Like if u remember the tunnel making game!

[@AlanA-rj7jz]

Poptropica was lit

[@cinematic_conductor]

I gave my Poptropica account away to someone else : /

[@marieism9606]

Y’all, thanks. Now I have the Cat Pajama Party song stuck in my head. I can’t believe it’s been so long.

[@Domeju]

Oh man I used to be obsessed with Webkinz when I was a kid! I would buy them all the time from multiple stores trying to collect as many as possible. Every once in a while I’ll check on my account and I still have a few of my stuffed animals just for nostalgia. Good times. Sad to see those years disappear. RIP Webkinz childhood 2007-20?? (Idk when I stopped XD)

[@foodnow6323]

Webkinz was my jam as a kid. and still is, in like 2005- 2010 my school went crazy for webkinz and people would play it after school with friends.

[@bluey8348]

I was literally playing this like 1-2 weeks ago, oof (Dont judge me)

[@Cawziiku]

i dont have enough s t o r a g e

[@weaverliss7522]

Bluey Phantom lol same! I like visiting my old pets once in a while - the nostalgia is real...

[@sammieegoldwand]

I wont judge i love old game like that

[@emiblock3634]

You are not alone 😂

[@alainart]

Same, dude!

[@JaredKinz]

As a Webkinz fan still to this day, I can definitely say that the Instagram and KZbin communities keep this company in business. Also, only about 35% of the people online are kids, the rest are the same kids from 2007 playing now as teenagers or adults. Even though Ganz has stopped creating Webkinz plush, it’s still a big part of people’s lives and the ‘Kinztagram’ and ‘Kinztube’ community continues to thrive.

[@unofficialmeme5972]

They're still in my basement, just chilling out...even though their health is 0%

[@sketchyskies8531]

I used to play Webkinz Then I forgot my username and password

[@sketchyskies8531]

That was weird...

[@CT--my4lf]

I used to, until Webkinz X came out.

[@_BeaverDuck]

Me too. 🙃

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

And u never made a new one or wrote it down anywhere

[@lilaplayz7116]

Rip

[@PigIA]

Started playing Webkinz in 2012 Still play it in 2021 I think I am single-handedly keeping the franchise alive I literally got a Webkinz plush Christmas 2020

[@erin404]

I just spent 150 dollars on a webkinz and I have no regrets

[@phantasmarina]

You are a hero, my good sir.

[@corniedog8702]

Which one?

[@funtownfollies6313]

Erin why does that sound like something I would do

[@wittykittywoes]

Nicky Fazbear is that counting for inflation or are you insane?

[@WebkinzLiker264]

Dude, you got my respect for making a Webkinz video. As if I didn't love your channel before! Seriously, Webkinz was my LIFE from around 2007 to 2011 and I still hold it dear to my heart now. I am one of those dedicated fanatics that kept playing even after it peaked and still occasionally to this day. Because it will seriously NEVER die.

[@laurenmadevideos]

Anyone remember the fashion show???

[@korrianimationbodyguard4683]

I was actually playing Webkinz today

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

Same

[@annem8152]

I play daily.

[@fortunekinz]

Webkinz actually still has a fandom! It's fairly small though, I'm in it. There's many "kinztubers " and "kinztagrammers " I actually made my own video about the rise and fall of webkinz. And for myself and many others, we're only in it for the plushes. The website went downhill. And interesting fact, webkinz started losing popularity at the same time they released deluxe membership.

[@4arms4life]

Jesus Christ Webkinz is still up after all these years? I’ve never played the game myself but I remember back during my Club Penguin addiction I used to watch a channel called CP Broadcast and in one of his videos he said Webkinz was gay and that’s how I found out about this game.

[@lilaplayz7116]

Lmao

[@Yangwolf0]

It’s mostly collectors that have stuck around for so long. Also, a very certain webkinz plushie kind of exploded the webkinz collector community(in a good way). Signatures. They have been “retired” by now. It’s one of main reasons why Webkinz is still around but mostly because there are many dedicated people that enjoy the game but also collecting the plushies.

[@kazukikurogane]

MY CHILDHOOD

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_The Christopher Walkens intro was just perfect than I expected..._*

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

Christopher -Walkens- _Webkinz_

[@feralchangeling97]

A reason not to kremit suicide.

[@wtfyoutube4873]

You know it’s Christopher Walken right? Dumb fuck

[@gregwolf3091]

Wtf youtube r/ woooooooooosh

[@bubblesthebandit]

@@wtfyoutube4873 PLEASE TELL ME YOUR JOKING

[@notkingboo9323]

@@bubblesthebandit Wtf youtube is talking about how OP spelled walken as walkens in the crossed out bit.

[@airyowo]

Webkinz actually still has a decent player base even in 2023. I’m apart of several social media groups that are filled with daily users. It’s mostly adults who played as kids and now play it for nostalgia (me included). Clearly the player base is nowhere near what it was at it’s peak, but they’re still making enough profits to keep it alive with regular updates and events. :) Since they decided to stop making Classic plushies and switched the original game strictly to virtual purchases, im sure that has helped big time with profits.

[@MilkTheCouch]

I was into Webkinz before it became popular. I found the Cocker Spaniel one at a buffet in Lancaster, PA and it began from there. My fondest memories were The Monkey and Monkey Show, The Wheel Of Wow, a game with circus-like stock music and Miss Birdy. I was addicted to it and my favorite one was the pink pony.

[@TeMMiEx3]

MilkTheCouch What even happened to the TV? I still want to watch my shows. Now, it’s a blank screen and they never turn on :,(

[@SpoonfulofCinnamon]

So sad that the TV shows are gone! The cocker spaniel was my first as well! That was my first account though. After 7 webkinz and like 25 rooms I started a new account in 2008.

[@Lycandii]

I had over 100 plushies, (I have proof if you'd like) and 3 different accounts. I now can't find a single plush anywhere, when I remember that they were everywhere. I donated the majority of them, and kept a couple I had a more attachment to. Still return and play it to this day.

[@inactive6320]

My sister introduced it to me in around 2013, after I got a Webkinz for my birthday. Years after, I tried to keep up with the site, but after they made all the member features and made Dr. Quack retire and such, I just gave up. I revisited the site recently, and it's even worse than the last time I played in 2017. D: My first webkinz, who was a cat named Buttercup, is sitting on my bed right now, and she will always be very meaningful to me.

[@narwhal6112]

I hope you know when "dog on the front of the tag" started playing I sang along

[@kawaii.universe2003]

Webkinz was (and honestly still is) my life! I have 97 Webkinz as of right now and I don’t plan on stopping my collection any time soon. I actually got my first Webkinz almost exactly 11 years ago, when I was 4. Ah the memories.

[@SudokuBro]

I still have my Striped Alley Cat, I nicknamed him Ozzy.

[@SpoonfulofCinnamon]

Mine is named Santari

[@DatDaDatty]

i had a neopets account instead

[@boiz9552]

Imdatai

[@kllaterall]

Dat what’s gud

[@nasayalucero1703]

ahh i miss neopets😭

[@BlueTails2828boom]

I don't play neopets anymore some things no working in flash.

[@TheWeekndGaming]

I had Club Penguin

[@Rosa-et1cv]

I remember that several stores around my area would remove the code tags off of the plushes because people were shoplifting the tags... just the tags.

[@Alt_eri]

*It’s NeoPe- Webkinz!* Neopets: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@StormTeeVee]

I have tons of those!! So nostalgic!

[@shaysela6989]

I and my friends made full lives for them. They were in relationships, broke up (my webkinz's girlfriend heard a rumor that her boyfriend, my webkinz, cheated on her and we spent an entire saturday helping him to convince her it wasn't true), got married, had kids, and even went to school. One girl made a real school for them, and anyone who joined got a small paper backpack and some small notebooks. Every break we would take them to class and she even gave them homework, we had to "help" them with. Kids can be so creative sometimes

[@mikkyy188]

OMFG I STILL PLAY WEBKINZ BUT I LOST MY 24 PETS SO I HAD TO PLAY THE NEW FREE TRASH VERSION!!!!!!!

[@guineapigplace]

mikkymoo 13 go on eBay and get a basic googles code or something. They’re around 3$

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

Pc works better. U'm chillin with my cool pets cuz i still play this game and got everyone else to play it

[@cardionema]

There are a lot of middle-aged women playing Webkinz now. Including me!

[@SpeedBoltz]

Webkinz was the best! It was my childhood and it was a simpler time. When I went into my old account to see what has become the website...Mostly everything was for "Deluxe Members" and my heart just sank.

[@postalplayingpyromain]

I legit showed my aunt Webkibz yesterday and she remembered be being obsessed with it. We watched all my old movies that i had saved and i bashed them so hard.

[@laidback2719]

This reminds me of the 2009 beanie babies from McDonald’s I owned radish the dog

[@macdam2370]

I remember Webxinz i used to play it all the time!

[@greentoadgirl]

Omg I used to play this obsessively from when I was like 5-9. I remember I got my first one for Christmas '07! Ahhh nostalgia... I feel old

[@alainart]

I still have Webkinz. I lost my original account, as I was 5 or so, but I made a new one 4 years ago and I still have it. 😅

[@darrenhiromasa7946]

How can I send fan art?

[@noodlesinabox538]

The Webkinz website isn't going anywhere any time soon. They just announced that they have stopped making plush (for now) because there weren't enough people purchasing them. However, Ganz is now putting their full attention into the website/app. Also, due to flash being shut down next year, Ganz realized this and made a desktop app for windows, so you can still play next year. As for mac users, I'm unsure what Ganz is going to do for us, but we still have the mobile app! Hope this helped!

[@CoasterQueen8799]

I joined in 2007 and I am still keeping my account active by adopting one pet a year. 😊 I occasionally log on but not that often.

[@sarahmchugh4169]

I remember all of these games so vividly. I'm not joking, I remember ALL of those games.

[@nadiafalcone9665]

OMG yes a webkinz vid!! I like these nostalgic vids u make bc i use to play these computer games 😂

[@carlitoburrito2428]

I didn't expect this return! Great video bro!!! :D Remember me?

[@peathedisneyfanmediacorner6160]

Webkinz are found everywhere in the Web

[@Metal_Dragon_]

I think the deluxe membership contributed to the fall of webkinz, it took 3/4 of the things that used to be free on the website and made you pay for it with a monthly subscription. (I think it was like $3-$5 per month) And of course most parents won’t buy something like that for their kids. And when kids get money they have better stuff to spend it on.

[@lefatenathy]

Nice video Vail. Sorry for watching this late. I don't think I ever heard, seen, or played Webkinz. :3

[@Nightcaat]

Congrats on 600k!

[@eggnogg1112]

**INTENSE FLASHBACKS TO WHEN I WAS IN SECOND GRADE**

[@werecatqueennic864]

"How has it somehow managed to outlive Club Penguin?" Well for one, webkinz is actually playable without a deluxe membership 🤷‍♀️

[@TheSleepyWarlord]

I noticed over the years webkinz started to make more and more things membership exclusive so they are still a little money hungry

[@werecatqueennic864]

@@TheSleepyWarlord are you talking about deluxe membership(gold emblum) or full membership (silver paw) because you originally couldn't even play webkinz without paying for a pet in the first place

[@somerandomnothings]

Press F for respect for Vailskibum's KZbin channel

[@judychen1038]

2:54 or wonder what club penguin coins currency exchange rate is

[@justawallflower7587]

5:18 The nostalgia hit me hard

[@unoriginalusername1748]

I loved webkinz so much, I was so pissed when they started that ‘deluxe membership’ crap. Of course I had outgrown them by then, but my little brother had to deal with it. I had at least ten different pets. Who else LOVED the arcade games?

[@emilybenzing5920]

I'm 22 & I pay for a deluxe membership on Webkinz lmao. It's actually really fun and helps my anxiety. Also, it's not really kids who play on Webkinz anymore. It's people my age who used to play when they were younger and also elderly people like to play. If you go on Webkinz Newz, you can see comments from a ton of people who are older. There's definitely some kids that play though.

[@Anikathewolf]

I joined webkinz on March 29th 2009 and I joined on my birthday.

[@taylorbrumby2776]

Happy 600k subscribers

[@limeliness]

Webkinz's biggest problem, if you ask me, was the addition of Deluxe Membership and the subsequent decline in rights you had as a normal user. We bought the pets. We bought access to the site. And then that would only last for a year? Then, more and more features were locked behind the Deluxe Memberships, including existing features (it was a sad day when Polar Plunge was relegated to Deluxe only). It routinely alienated it's userbase (paying userbase! don't forget that the plushes costed a pretty penny and free membership wasn't a thing for a very long time) and got greedy. It also got more and more expensive ingame. And, in the effort of making things more "safe", they made the whole experience so much more restrictive. Remember when you could name your rooms however you wanted? yeah me too. The state of Webkinz today is such a shame, I'd love to play it the way it was back in 2007-2010

[@lifewithtodd7870]

Congratulations on 600k bro

[@loudragonblood5129]

Good grief, I Remember all of this stuff! AND I STILL HAVE ALL OF THE ONES I HAD AS A CHILD AND REMEBER THEIR NAMES!

[@AuroraKnux]

I still have the Webkinz that my best friend gave me when we were kids. I don't think I played the online game much, but I did play with my plushies a lot.

[@laineydonoghue6980]

Surprisingly, there’s a bunch of college kids that still go on and chat.

[@noelleo.9778]

You can’t hide Deltarune songs from me Val. The song perfectly fits the mood.

[@katysikkema]

I have all of my webkinz still. I’ll never give them up ❤ I was webkinz royalty back then! There’s so many memories I have :)

[@britishchick09]

I remember buying a Webkinz dog and made an account right after I got it. ...And I never went back.

[@Slam-]

This toy and game was the start of my internet addiction. I played everyday online in grade 3&4, starting back around ‘06… I had a huge collection of them.

[@coffin.prinxess3254]

the fact that I have over 20 webkins makes this weird and I have a collection of them

[@siborgjed8737]

Webkins was my childhood I still have my original webkins when I was 5

[@AyyyngelC]

this is my first time seeing a webkinz commercial

[@TheArceusftw]

How did I miss out on this when I was a kid?! I was obsessed with stuffed animals as a kid! This game seemed like the perfect one for me!

[@crazilily]

Honestly I still vividly remember the user information to my childhood account

[@EthanCrossMedia]

The nostalgia, I played it from 2007 to 2011.

[@lactobacillusprobiotic7029]

I’m happy that Webkinz still hasn’t shut down.

[@billjohns5943]

I remember getting my first Webkinz in first grade in 2008. It was a racoon and I loved it.

[@johnnybernard]

Do people still play moviestar planet?

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

I stopped because it never worked and always froze and i had to restart my pc and phone

[@SOOWOOGEE]

yeah people still play msp

[@pokeleoantiqua7326]

Johnny Bernard I sometimes get on

[@-basic-6540]

I used to until my acc got hacked and i was like level 32

[@cecileward6672]

Yes but it’s getting worse and more boring

[@izzys_internet_bookshelf4531]

Just found out after an ebay search that my white Arctic Fox is apparently very rare!

[@riverspade2492]

I started a new account since I couldn't find my old one about a year ago and there's a surprising amount of people playing. The webkinz reddit has over 4k users and they constantly are bringing in new stuff to keep it fun and exciting.

[@nickdegugs7190]

You can’t log in unless you’ve purchased a webkinz within the year. And they’re nowhere to be found.

[@Epiano-le9rz]

I started it in 2007 with my reindeer, and my collection expanded to at least 155 Webkinz until I eventually grew out of it and got rid of most of my Webkinz. However I did keep a few that are dear to me, like the reindeer and my hyena, (in which I sewed a Mohawk onto last week!). I was curious to see what the game was like in 2018 a few weeks ago, so I logged onto my old account and saw that non-members are not allowed to do ANYTHING anymore. They took basically everything you were able to do and left it for member use only. Not only that, but everything new in the little store is E-points and not cash like it used to be. It seems as if that’s a way of trying to stay alive. A very, very desperate one at that! 😂 Oh, and the best pet of the month videos were the googles one, the Stay away from me thing, and piggy plum pie. I can’t believed I remembered the names to those! Lol.

[@ひより田村-b7c]

My sister and I were obsessed back in the day... we had around 65 webkinz. Each.

[@danithedanii]

5:51 "While it's used all the time today in stuff like skylander's" *"Skylanders"* *_"Skylanders"_* *_"SKYLANDERS"_* press f to pay respects for the toys-to-life aspect of skylanders. We haven't gotten a toys-to-life skylanders game in 2 years and probably never will... ;-;

[@corruptcandyy]

I was born in 2005 and never knew about webkins!! EVEN THOUGH I bought a plushie in 2008 xD. I must have thought it was just a brand or something (if you are wondering what pet i got it was a black and white cat)

[@theypoisonwolf162]

you made me wanna play it now . . thank you

[@HarmonyBunny]

Ahh so many memories! Of not being able to going into the site since I live in Syria and not having a Webkinz plush of my own!

[@bellablondon6172]

I still remember Webkinz. I even remember my first one. I named her Daisy

[@RoseCalyx]

I remember I recently tried to log into my old account just for the heck of it, and apparently after a minimum six months of inactivity you need to confirm your account by entering the code of one of your pets. Unfortunately, little me always threw out the codes after registering my pets in... so rip my old account.

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

I miss DiceKinz and those games you could put in your house, especially Go Fish. Ah, the memories...

[@levic1995]

My 90+ webkinz are in a big bag in my attic... man I was obsessed with my webkinz

[@foxtailzerda9108]

Ah, good ol' Webkinz. I remember that having the most out of everyone in my class was my big claim to fame in elementary school. Then it's like something clicked and it just wasn't the cool thing everyone was into anymore. But I never stopped caring about my plushies, I still have them

[@silver_dragon128]

Omg the nostalgia is overpowering I used to play webkinz almost every day I was OBSESSED with that game I still have all my webkinz and zums and hamsters

[@QueenA.G.]

I played Webkinz a LOT as a little girl! I STILL have my yellow Webkinz dog I named Nala that I got back in 2006. I gave her that name cause Lion King was my favorite movie back then

[@eslot_]

I have so many Webkinz but never played the game, welp this video encouraged me to do so!

[@R4WRY_Creepy_Claws]

I still play it

[@SiblingStoryProdOfficial]

Oh boy, I just started playing, I wish i could have been there in the days when it was popular!! Now I am feeling like a weirdo. But it is still fun. In Webkinz, THE COOLEST THING IS EVERYTHING. 🤣

[@rorysuperstar]

Same!

[@sebbysolace3043]

My mom told me this game was taken off the internet... I loved Webkinz soooo much! I can’t even log back into my account because it’s been so long!