Yoffa

Yoffa is a gaming YouTube channel founded by Joe "Leannice" Whitehead (born: ). Joe would later introduce Joe "Joeboy" Risely (born: ) to the channel. The duo uploads and streams Roblox.
==History==
===2009-2012: Beginning===
Hatmahatman555 was created by Joe "Leannice" Whitehead in 2010. Leannice mentioned his very first videos were WWE wrestling videos. This is the first YouTube channel Joe owned.
===2012-2014===
In 2012, Leannice created a new channel named 'hatmanhatman5552'. He focused on Runescape and Minecraft, briefly moving on to Slender, then Minecraft once again. He was accompanied by Joe "Joeboy" Risely in most of his videos. Joeboy continues to join Leannice in his live streams, and becomes a permanent member of Yoffa.
During this time, Leannice changed the channel's name to Quavers, then Joebusters. The duo played Minecraft mods and Hardcore Survival. Most notably, the Legend of Notch. They did a few Minecraft challenges such as the F5 and F1 challenge, where you press the keys F5 and F1 on your keyboard causing your crosshair and taskbar to disappear, also putting you in the third-person perspective.
===2014-2016===
During this time, the duo played The Forest; a survival video game. The series gathered around 300 views in total.
In 2014, Leannice uploaded a video announcing Joebuster MezzT and Joebuster Smiley joining the channel. They focused on Garry's Mod, Fifa 14 & 15, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Minecraft Minigames.
Joebuster Smiley leaves the channel.
===2016-2018: Inactivity and Decline===
The channel is renamed from 'Joebusters' to 'Yoffa Gaming' by MezzT and later shortened to 'Yoffa'.
joe_auto_x1.png|Leannice
Joeboy 2 auto.jpg|Joeboy
On January 3, 2016, the channel reached 1,000 subscribers. To celebrate this, Leannice recreated  Thorpe Park in Minecraft. Thorpe Park is a theme park in Chertsey, England. Famous for the UK's fastest and second tallest roller coaster, Stealth.
According to SocialBlade.com in 2016-2018, the channel lost 6 subscribers per day and got far fewer views. They did not upload videos and live stream as much as they used to.
===2018-2020: Growth===
On July 29, 2018, Leannice created a video titled 'hello'. This was the first video published on Yoffa in four months. They live-streamed again, 5 days later on August 3, 2018. Leannice live-streamed Roblox. This was the first Roblox live stream in 8 months.
On February 11, 2019, Leannice announced MezzT leaving the channel after 5 years. This was announced in a video. 3 months prior to Joeboy leaving on May 13, 2019. Joeboy would later rejoin in June 2020.
According to SocialBlade, August 2020 was the best month in the channel's history. The channel accumulated 28,000 subscribers and over 1.3 million views in a single month. Joeboy's return contributed to this.
On September 21, 2020,  the duo reached 100 000 subscribers and on September 26, 2020, they became verified. 4 weeks later on October 14, 2020, they received a Silver Play Button for reaching 100,000 subscribers.
===2021-Present===
In early 2021, the duo continue to live stream and upload videos. Leannice begins to appear less in live streams, and focuses on uploading videos. Joeboy continues to live stream videos.
From February 1st to February 9th 2021, the channel is met with a period of inactivity with no official explanation. On February 10, 2021, Leannice made an official announcement regarding the future of their YouTube channel on their Discord server. "I feel like you all deserve an explanation as to why there has been no streams lately and what will be happening regarding the future of the channel. Me and Joe are currently both doing our final few months of university before we achieve our degrees." Leannice elaborated by saying, "In the meantime I don’t plan on doing any streams/videos however if there is any special events or anything like that I may do a one off stream." The duo were on a hiatus.
On May 14, 2021, a video was uploaded to the channel. Leannice stated that the duo would be moving their main focus away from livestreams and towards videos. These videos were all 'Roblox Piggy' videos - usually predictions or animations. These videos amassed millions of views in total. The channel's most viewed video was in fact a Roblox Piggy video. Initially, this move was met with criticism and backlash, mostly by members of his Discord server. However, Leannice defended himself by claiming the videos were more successful than streams and it was the way to support himself before he goes into the real world.
==Subscriber Milestones==
*100 Subscribers: August 17, 2012
*500 Subscribers: May 5, 2015
*1,000 Subscribers: January 2, 2016
**MoreYoffa: June 24, 2020
*5,000 Subscribers: March 20, 2019
*10,000 Subscribers: July 19, 2019
*20,000 Subscribers: March 30, 2020
*30,000 Subscribers: June 4, 2020
*40,000 Subscribers: June 17, 2020
*50,000 Subscribers: July 6, 2020
*60,000 Subscribers: July 23, 2020
*70,000 Subscribers: August 11, 2020
*80,000 Subscribers: August 20, 2020
*90,000 Subscribers: September 1, 2020
*100,000 Subscribers: September 21, 2020 
*120,000 Subscribers: December 1, 2020.
*140,000 Subscribers: December 26, 2021.
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010