Pressed for answers as to why PewDiePie subscribers weren't receiving notifications of his new videos and weren't able to find his channel or content in searches, the video-sharing platform tweeted Thursday that "YouTube doesn't shadowban channels. It's possible the video was flagged by our systems as potentially violative and needs to be reviewed first before it shows up in search, etc."

But PewDiePie fans pointed out that his channel and hundreds of his most recent videos – spanning at least one year's worth of content – weren't showing up in YouTube searches on Wednesday and Thursday.

"Nah, you shadowban people," one Twitter commenter said. "We all know it. Or maybe not, but if not, then why can't we find your second-biggest YouTuber on your app?" Another critic mocked YouTube's statement, saying, "A lot of people 'didn't do' a lot of things in history, YouTube. You know you're guilty."