James Forsey

James Forsey is an Australian YouTuber.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdLlORb68kfa4MqKraFywQQ/about He is known for popularising short-form content through his witty use of titling and video length. During the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial, James created a hybrid of comedy and commentary style content poking fun at Amber Heard and her actions, boasting 18 million views across his YouTube and TikTok page.
==History==
James first created his account on July 7, 2021, and published his first video on July 20, 2021. After this, he took a hiatus of 6 months before relaunching his content production in December, 2021. His first video was recreating popular Minecraft content creator Dream’s merchandise. It is believed that this is in reference to replicating the success of another popular content creator Joana Ceddia, where a viral video of hers was copying Emma Chamberlain’s controversial merchandise line. However, this failed to gain any significant traction. In December he began uploading content with reference to the likes of Larray. There was very little if any growth throughout this period despite uploading semi-consistently. Despite this, he heavily referenced in many videos phrases that were optimistic about going viral on YouTube, such as using “when” instead of “if” when discussing having more supporters.
It was not until he uploaded the video “Watching Amy Schumer at the Oscars until I cringe”, that two weeks after uploading on April 7, 2022, it achieved virality. In this time James went from averaging 20 views a video to this one with 88k. This caused an initial boost to James Forsey’s channel and inspired future content. He used a similar format from the success of this video and applied it to the large, trending topic of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. This ended up being an extremely clever move, where his videos related to this garnered millions of views in an extremely short period. 
On April 23, 2022, he uploaded his first video related to the Johnny Depp defamation trial, "Watching Johnny Depp in court until he gets interrupted".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAbRkKdHKKs It was an instant hit garnering hundreds of thousands of views within a day. He uploaded daily to twice a day, with each video guaranteed to hit hundreds of thousands of views. His most popular video, “Watching Amber Heard until she’s rude” sits at 5.7 million views.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NJHYQt-_1A This hit this milestone incredibly quick, garnering its first 1 million views in fewer than 12 hours. This caused a massive influx of thousands of subscribers and continued his algorithmic domination. 
By the beginning of July, 2022, James Forsey’s subscriber count peaked at 23.7k. Since June 18, 2022, he has not uploaded another video. It is rumoured through posts on his community tab and website that a large project is being worked on behind the scenes, potentially involving people that he’s made videos on in the past.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdLlORb68kfa4MqKraFywQQ/community For now it seems that he is on a hiatus for an unknown length of time, although it should be noted that he’s made it clear he is a law student, which would be expected to prevent content production due to time constraints. 
==Content==
James’s content heavily revolved around short videos that were titled in a specific way to compliment the length of the video. In one video, “Watching Amber Heard until she’s nice”, he watched a compilation of Amber Heard moments for over 40 minutes until there was a moment where she was “nice”.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjh-3xP37TQ In his other videos, they revolve around negative viewpoints such as “Watching Amber Heard until she’s rude” where the video length is noticeably short.
He’s occasionally filmed parts of his house, or even outside, although this is limited to a couple of videos (for example “I edited like Emma Chamberlain”; “I didn't eat for 3 days... *SHOCKING transformation*”). 
In his video “Reacting HATE comments until I cry”, he responded to a number of comments left after his initial success. The main theme that was identified was that he was compared to looking like Edgar Wright, which James did not take offence to.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swfDK9eZD8U There were also comments speculating on his sexuality however he never clarified this. He was accused of copying the content creators OrangePeanut and ADE, however, he said that "I didn't know this person existed and this is the crazy part I had to google this person" adding "Stop comparing me I'm literally not copying this person I didn't know they existed" and moved on. There were also positive comments mentioned, complimenting his hair, voice, and accent which was speculated to be British or Australian in the comments.
James Forsey does not have any other YouTube channels. Some of his content can be found on the TikTok account “jamesfclips”. It is unknown whether he manages this account, or if it’s created by a fan. The account’s first video went viral, similarly to how it performed on YouTube, achieving 3.5 million views. The TikTok account stands at over 227k likes and over 1k followers, totalling 4.2 million views across 11 videos.https://tiktok.com/@jamesfclips 
He has not published any content on his personal Instagram.https://instagram.com/jamesforsey His Twitter account is mainly used to promote a video that’s been uploaded. He does not follow anyone on it.https://twitter.com/JamesForsey
==Personal life==
Not a lot is known about James Forsey’s personal life. His full birthdate has never been revealed, and it can only be assumed that his screen name James Forsey is his actual name. He mentioned that he has a sister, who he’s asked a question relating to a topic on women.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkoZcxi7ijE She was not shown on camera and her name is unknown, although it is assumed to be Jess Forsey, as she is referenced as Editor-in-Chief in the description.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJA77b7M5Lw
He touched on that he's in university studying law. He’s a first-year student or the equivalent of a Freshman in American colleges. James used this skillset to comment on the popular viral moment of the Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscar’s slap, where he quoted Californian law on how Will Smith could have been prosecuted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3pJxJ0cczg
He has not mentioned publicly the city or country he lives in. It is assumed that it is either somewhere in the UK, or Australia. It is important to note that the country his YouTube channel is in is Australia. 
On May 30, 2022, James mentioned he was back after a short break due to his health.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHuJYHxzXY4 The health condition that prevented him to produce content is unknown, although it is suspected to be related to anxiety and its effects, most likely caused from a massive influx of viewership on YouTube. 
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones. 
*10 subscribers: March 22, 2022.
*20,800 subscribers: May 22, 2022.
* 23,700: July 22, 2022.https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCdLlORb68kfa4MqKraFywQQ
===Video view milestones===
* 13 thousand: April, 2022.
*11.6 million: May, 2022.
*13.1 million: June, 2022.
*13.8 million: July, 2022.
==Trivia== 
*James Forsey’s appearance is likened to Edgar Wright, who is a popular English filmmaker.
*James has been referred to as very intelligent through his ability to engineer his success through manipulating the YouTube algorithm and by studying law.
==References==
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Australian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021