AugustTheDuck

August Bruce (born: ),https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyp9mvvMmV4 better known online as AugustTheDuck, is an American YouTuber known for his comedic commentary and reaction videos.
==Content==
August's earliest videos were uploaded in 2016. They were about random topics such as being homeless, how life was like as a single person. August also had a series called 'How to be X'. In 2019, August started making parodies of YouTube culture such as Youtubers preparing for their apology videos and Every Fortnite video ever. These videos were not popular, and in December 2021, August would react to them and mock them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1T4-ORknxY&t=165s He uploaded several storytime videos in 2020, the same year he began making commentary videos that became his signature style, and he would usually react to YouTube drama, unusual videos or people who had done irresponsible things. These videos helped him gain subscribers and he eventually reached 1,000 subscribers, with his Shane Dawson video playing a large part in it. He has also reacted to YouTube couples, anti maskers, and ASMRs.
August became well-known for reacting to Dhar Mann videos, lampooning them for being 'cringe', as well as their flawed premises. His subscribers would encourage him to react to more Dhar Mann videos, and he would also react to imitators of Dhar Mann such as Vid Chronicles, Generation Hope and Life Lessons With Luis. These videos catapulted him to fame, reaching 10k subscribers quickly. Of all the Dhar Mann copycats he has reacted to, Sameer Bhavnani is his least favorite. His subscriber count spiked after he collaborated with Pancho. He also reacts to animation story channels like My Story Animated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmhwpFdjlr4&t=30s 
August has also started to criticize many other "life lessons" style YouTubers such as Life Lessons with Luis and Generation Hope, among a copy of others as well. He is also openly critical of Sameer Bhavnani and regularly calls him the worst imitator of Dhar's, but Sameer has commented under one of his videos and never expressed any hatred of him, until he released a video called "Teen Shamed for Liking August the Duck" in which he calls August "August the Fuck". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7tH4kio_Y&t=329shttps://64.media.tumblr.com/e35a26a5454627f14d6f5f5082d51fc9/cc300c82a5e6ea34-3c/s1280x1920/69a7ef47a398470b29092c75159f5bba13cdaaa8.jpg
However, on August 18, 2021, August announced he was no longer making videos of Dhar Mann and his clones, as he felt like they dominated his channel's uploads, and how wouldn't react to Dhar's videos unless they were so absurd, they warranted him reacting. But on September 24 of the same year, he commentated on this video "No One Asks BALD GIRL To The PROM, What Happens Is Shocking" where he pointed out the creepy implications of the video depicting Dhar taking a high schooler to prom.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jfo96u38I8&t=141s 
He has mainly and mostly focused on making videos on annoying YouTubers, Karens, bad YouTube couples and obnoxious people. On September 20, 2021, he uploaded his first movie review.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkooZXU6Xpo
==Personal life==
In March 2023, he stated that he was visiting Berlin, Germanyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvr20X2KqJc, then visited the Czech Republic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3zPfCEIbyw During his European visit, he also announced that he would be starting a once a week stream on Twitch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsgs9HtbkA It is not clear when August returned to the USA considering that Augusts' first stream cannot be found yet, but it was around April 18, 2023, where he said he was editing in an airplane on apparently American Airlines (implying he was flying back to America).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI36-spDfJ8
He has also played and coached football and touch football.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhqGm4dBmzw
On July 7, 2023, August would make a video about how he bought a house.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Rj9K2-MW4
==Controversies==
=== Feud with Dhar Mann fans===
After Dhar Mann made a video where he talked about people who were critical of him, many fans of Dhar Mann flocked to August's video "Dhar Mann Just Keeps Getting Worse" and he received a mass amount of dislikes and negative comments.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlCunNyLhl0 August reacted to them, calling Dhar Mann manipulative for targeting children with his unrealistic videos and the messages in said videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNuho-kjhc He also pointed out that Dhar claimed he was "changing peoples' lives", but in real life, people don't act like they do in his videos. He said that he did not have any hatred towards his fans as most of them were kids, but he was more angry at Dhar himself. 
In his video "Dhar Mann is Worse Than Ever" he pointed out how Dhar Mann has started to insert himself into his videos, which can come off as narcissistic by making the characters fawn over him. 
On April 17, 2022, Carlos Chavez, one of Dhar Mann's actors, would make a video where he reacted warmly to August's videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF4Cmi4KiFs Carlos also acknowledged that Dhar Mann's videos were not for everyone. August commented under the video that Chavez was a "legend" and many fans praised him as well for respecting his opinion and not accusing him of being a "bully", like Dhar Mann. 
===Feud with JiDion fans===
In April 2022, he uploaded a video titled "JiDion is Bad",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1iWZsz8No4 where he criticized JiDion for many things, such as going after easy targets and and claiming he was targeted towards kids. The video was mass disliked and August was accused of criticizing him because he was popular.
===Cooking With Jack===
August was known for his videos about Cooking With Jack, where he criticized Jack's cooking. On June 23, 2023, August uploaded his last Cooking With Jack video, The Most Disgusting Pizza Ever Made, where he critiques Jack's attempt at making a "pizza cheesecake". The video was not the most well received, with many concerned and/or angry people citing that Jack had a total of 4 strokes at the time of the video's creation, and that he appeared especially unwell in that video. In response, August uploaded an apology video, Let's talk about Cooking with Jack, where he states that he realized wasn't bullying Jack as a social media chef, but rather as a person. He also announced in that video that he will stop making videos about Jack out of respect for him. Most people forgave August and appreciated the way he apologized, while some also mentioned Jack's controversial past.
On February 19, 2024, August found out about Jack's past, citing that the reason why he didn't find out sooner was due to "paranoia of clicking on links on Instagram DMs". He also apologizes for missing Jack's past despite the possibly huge amount of people telling him about it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8mmVRmZDRA
On February 22, 2024, August uploaded a video, Someone is Doxxing Me (originally titled “Cooking with Jack is Doxxing Me”), where he claims that his sister has received an anonymous email (or really a call about an email he says) from someone who is apparently apart of the team behind the Cooking with Jack show. The user threatens to dox his sister and August if he did not take down his video, Cooking with Jack is a Terrible Person. The email contained multiple addresses and phone numbers, and also included the school August is attending at and his relatives. Cooking with Jack responds to August, saying that August is lying and that the email was not from him or from any team members, since he says he doesn’t have a team to begin with. On February 24, 2024, August uploaded an update video on the situation, Cooking with Jack responded. In summary, August states that he doesn’t really care who is sending the emails in the end whether it’s Jack or not, as they are obviously just poorly written threats directed towards him and his sister.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*20,000 subscribers: June 27, 2021https://twitter.com/oohgust/status/1408966378045030400
*100,000 subscribers: July 14, 2021
*200,000 subscribers: July 18, 2021
*300,000 subscribers: July 21, 2021
*400,000 subscribers: August 4, 2021
*500,000 subscribers: October 2, 2021https://twitter.com/oohgust/status/1444332695174135815
*1 million subscribers: August 22, 2022
==Quotes==
*You know, I don't know what Sameer's obsession is with making children fight in his videos, but you know, somebody might wanna look into that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NexIVfUZnLY
* She hired a hitman to assassinate her brotherhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nIXgpvzKtE
*My god, this guy's like a Pokemon trainer for hate crimes.
*Oh my sweet summer child, you still have so much to learnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxvNYB6fwOA
*Whos entire content library focuses around this stupid fucking chicken nuggethttps://youtu.be/tYps7LKOqdM?t=115
*Oh Jack, really? Whoops? That's just an oopsie daisies - a whoopsie poopsies? You just dumped half the world's supply of pepper into this bowl of potatoes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxvNYB6fwOA
==Trivia== 
*August gives Dhar Mann several nicknames, like "Dhar Dhar", "Dhar Dhar Binks", "Dharnold Duck", "Dharpoleon Bonaparte" and "Dharack Obama".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlCunNyLhl0&list=PLka_2cWJbAKjyO3Hxtl3i-zh9p6YMlg5Shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcvNrAszKBY
*August hates hot dogs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmKQhpqUXy8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTfonkPvsUM
**He also dislikes celery, calling it "crunchy perfume water".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn5L7y9yznE
*August dislikes people not using their normal voice.
*August hates face humour with a burning passion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjTBzo_Z_c
*August hates Walmart.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhqz7nSvFD4
*August has referenced his Wikitubia page in his videos multiple times.https://youtu.be/VmhwpFdjlr4?t=22https://youtu.be/NjF2HI1S2ks?t=152
*August is a fan of RuneScape.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVVDNWhMzbohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZoOTqvYbvM
*August can't stand snow for more than 48 hours.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuDNsyp_9M
*August was diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) at around the age of 10, but has gotten a lot better with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HPA0evtHiE
*August has an older sister.https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxk98PSw2yG1e4G_G6AtI0K1KTA4bnp8BH 
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014
Category:One million subscribers