What Happened To Ray William Johnson? | What Happened To...?

On this special episode of KZbinr News, we return to our series 'What Happened To...?', which looks at once-prominent KZbinrs who have stepped back from the limelight for a variety of reasons. This episode, we look at the career of Ray William Johnson, once the most subscribed person on all of KZbin. Where did she come from? Why was she so beloved? And most importantly, why did she leave and where did she go? All will be revealed.
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[@scrolldeep]

Who shall we have a look into the murky depths of KZbin at next????

[@janew5550]

Natalie Tran from communitychannel

[@lucyroberts-clark5861]

What happened to Daniel Howell? Absolutely definitely true edition.

[@riannaf927]

unrelated, but will you be skipping a Friday for the bank holiday weekend?

[@annalizzard]

Mitchell Davis (livelavalive) and/or Nate + Des!

[@Leslie.__.]

Benedict's son Tavin

[@adeliciousbutterydong7664]

zoomer here - i was watching ray william johnson during the peak smosh/nigahiga years. =3 was unmissable.

[@soft_lex3820]

Same here! It's weird being on the older end of gen z

[@Hudini901]

its fred, shane dawson, etc etc

[@ThxCoreHunter]

You said the word I have to cancel you sir

[@heathervikre6630]

I think the wrong episode of this was uploaded to Snapchat… it’s about the Russian gun guy who wasn’t really Russian.

[@feroth33]

Yes definitely wrong one. I was very confused

[@Kryturbo]

Same here

[@theepicduck6922]

Fps Russia

[@brokenbrastraps]

his youtube shorts honestly give me the same vibes as his old content but like more modern lol

[@Pahricida]

I've been on this platform too long.. I swear this is the 4th in depth "what happened to RWJ ?!?" I've seen in over a decade

[@sarahsings8468]

The squidwussy was unexpected but welcome

[@spudhead169]

I'm not an expert but I think if he's adding commentary, opinions and "humour" as well as limiting the clips he shows to short durations it would qualify as fair use.

[@rubeeverno9062]

He still makes lots of content on his channel and is bringing Your Favorite Martian back too😊

[@andreasbuscheskesennielsen3655]

Idk if anyone else uses Snapchat, but I think the wrong episode has been uploaded instead of this one

[@shelbyvgt1999]

Came here to say then then thought it was a clever marketing plot to get us all to subscribe on YT 🤣

[@satansshadow2163]

Going to go watch it

[@gaaraslover13]

U forgot to mention that today marked the return of Your Favorite Martian

[@kayleighengdahlspencer3424]

i am extremely early for once what an accomplishment

[@wowyahitsmeh]

The snap episode uploaded was an old one and so I came here

[@chi-kun204]

Delightful

[@riannaf927]

as a ✨zoomer✨, I can confirm that I've never heard of this man

[@CarbonFlash]

as a zoomer I think this man has some of the best content on this website and you should watch some of his stuff especially the animated music videos he makes, he was way ahead of his time

[@HopperHopsGaming1st]

@@CarbonFlash i grew up listening to your favorite martian

[@jessicas5098]

It looks like he’s back. His old format was too oldschool, he’s adjusted to the current trend aka reels/youtube short/tik tok storytelling. It looks like his views are going well again

[@waalex11]

Looking back at Ray's legacy, I guess he had 2-4M views on his last =3 episodes as host. After the new hosts, it went down to less than 500k generally, but in the latest 2 months he's consistently 1M views. A little sad he's not as big as he was, but cool that he's rising once more. The OG.

[@hellobubble]

I remember watching, and slightly enjoying, whose driving dug, but I had no idea that was Ray William Johnson at all. I wasn't old enough to enjoy his vids when he was popular, but I remember seeing him around KZbin

[@xxsniperkittykatxx]

I'm glad your version of a zoomer is 1000% an 80s kid

[@AH-qo3ix]

Nothing happened to him. He's here in my closet.

[@ArcaneKeeperD20]

Would love to see you cover CharlieIsSoCoolLilke! Feel like he was a pretty OG KZbinr.

[@notcharliemills]

He was making a show a year or two back, so I think he’s moving over to production

[@Themeekgeek21]

The Snapchat episode for this just plays the fpsRussia one lol

[@cancelPayingYToversssniperwolf]

He also did standup for a while. I saw him live in Indianapolis.

[@harrycapizzi3822]

I’m glad he’s doing well

[@dustbun]

He was quite funny according to me, and i enjoy his content.

[@ellecimz6618]

Omg doin your mom ahahahah i forgot I knew that song i was young so at first i was offended but eventually ended up finding it hilarious and catchy haha

[@big_bird8597]

brother asked me to answer a math question but threw an S on the end brother before we get to solving the "maths" lets not make math plural

[@NeuronRobberyVictim]

I have no idea whats been happening, but for some reason recently his shorts have been getting tons of likes and views, but no comments. None.

[@mikemut89johnson52]

He blew up on Tik Tok

[@xiongly435]

Ray William is great! :)

[@alfredocamarena1401]

On snapchat this video title is wrong, it plays the Russian dude's video, not Ray's

[@Olivia120000]

as a zoomer I used to watch all his videos

[@Ramsey461]

I heard he sold his channel for a billion dollars but I haven’t seen evidence of that

[@tumultuousv]

He's literally still making content

[@barron204]

Apart from an occasional reference years ago, I didn’t know he existed. I thought he was a 90s comedian or something.

[@tumultuousv]

Dang this video didn't get as much views you'd hoped eh?

[@ellecimz6618]

Apparently I'm a zoomer but idk what squidwussy is and I definitely used to watch =3 tons lol

[@dbuzman]

If you can't get the fact that Ray is a he correct in the description then I can't trust the video.

[@mslizzieforbes]

Wait you mean he was a KZbin? I legit only know him from KZbin shorts/tiktok

[@CarbonFlash]

you might wanna see his older videos because they’re better than the newer ones

[@tumultuousv]

@carbonflash eh, how so

[@cowboymothman]

far more important than RWJ was his short-term girlfriend Anna Akana, who was able to use some of this dudes clout to get people into her own channel (speaking for myself)- which is full of helpful psychological content and brilliant film and story telling. Thankfully she is still around tho and what a legend. Mediocre men vs absolutely stunning and incredible women.

[@wowyahitsmeh]

Yes she is so great!

[@RageAye]

Always gotta be about gender yet you want equal rights. why couldn't you have just explained she triumphed over mediocrity? clown

[@RageAye]

Not to mention he's far from a mediocre man when he still garners success on the platform😂 nobody cares if you're offended by his content. Don't watch it

[@NIRVU]

RWJ is such a “mediocre man” that his comedic formula has lastest over 13 years 🤣 big time COPE

[@souljaboyisbad]

Meh. She was hot but crazy. Rwj is better

[@90ezKid]

Bro your actually hallarious LOOOL

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

fair use do not need permission.

[@tshimologomolope7185]

i only see zyzz

[@SantaBantaClips]

Ryan higa

[@jocpop2998]

Answered nothing

[@alchemist00157]

This is ten minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

[@asfandmajeed9891]

What happened to lets play guitar!

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

he was a quitter

[@javelynngallagher1411]

"I fell in love at the Apple Store" 🍎🧡

[@Thisisjosh42]

How did you not start with capital hill gangster?? It preceded =3 and he stopped because it was hurting his job prospects.

[@SteveHasACamera]

You need the rights to commentate on videos? What happened to creative Commons?

[@hlherm]

I remember when he cheated on Anna akana

[@Evelyn-ix4lq]

i dont mean to be this early sorry

[@PerversePoster]

I was actually looking for answers. Not *another* smug, completely biased opinion. You sound a lot like a professional news outlet, all impartial and stuff 🙄

[@nashgilbert13]

OMG I knew I recognized him! I couldn’t figure out what it was until you mentioned the KZbin shorts. I used to watch them, and then he said something that I thought was slightly offensive (I think it was something transphobic, but don’t count me on that because it was a while ago, I just remember that he said something offensive) so I stopped watching him.

[@fastdetective3813]

If you stop watching someone because they said something slightly "offensive" (in this case, it was something probably very lighthearted that you overreacted to) then you're hopeless and weak. You should grow some tougher skin because the real world is a lot worse.

[@nashgilbert13]

@@fastdetective3813 um dude, I know what the real world is like, you don’t have to try and explain it to me. And yeah if he said something I didn’t like, I have the right to not watch the dude anymore. If you don’t like a tv show, you’re not gonna keep on watching the tv show. I don’t like this dudes content, because he says some offensive stuff sometimes, so I stopped watching him. You can keep on watching him if you want, I truly don’t care, but I’m just not gonna watch the dude anymore.

[@souljaboyisbad]

Lol...

[@TX_b]

Dude has shown his extreme liberalism and I lost all respect for him. Not because of his political beliefs, but rather his extremist and unrealistic views. Such a shame he was one of the greatest growing up

[@szabo_bakter]

He was realy anoying and I'm glad youtube don't pushing he's unfunny videos in my face anymore...

[@VidelxSpopovich]

Transphobic? Subscribed!