There seem to be so many high-profile vegan YouTubers dropping the diet at the moment, and I thought it would be constructive to create a page to list the most-followed folks and track which of them fall off the wagon (either honestly or by being busted and outed).
My reason for making this chart is not to disparage, embarrass, or criticise these people or any of their choices, but to collate the information with the goal of being able to share the facts about how many vegans are forced either to abandon the diet or to cheat - even those whose livelihoods and public identities are so firmly based on their veganism!
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Criteria: I have excluded inactive channels or those who have under around 100,000 followers. Numbers are rounded down to two significant figures.
They do not have to have a channel dedicated to vegan lifestyle. I will include anyone who happened to have a large following and who, at some point, clearly identified as vegan.
Vegan YouTubers are dropping like flies
If you know any other high-profile channels that should be on this list, or if you hear of personalities abandoning strict veganism, please let me know, thanks.
My conclusion: From what I can see, high-profile vegan celebrities are dropping like flies! As the list stands, just over half of these online celebrities have already abandoned veganism. How many more will follow?
Name | Number of followers (at the time of adding) | Status |
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45,000,000 | ||
34,900,000 | ||
19,000,000 | ||
18,000,000 | ||
14,000,000 | ||
10,500,000 | ||
8,900,000 | ||
6,100,000 | ||
4,700,000 | ||
4,000,000 | Quit February 2019? | |
3,100,000 | ||
3,000,000 | ||
2,600,000 | ||
2,400,000 | ||
1,900,000 | ||
1.600,000 | ||
1,600,000 | ||
1,500,000 | ||
1,500,000 | ||
1,400,000 | ||
1,200,000 | ||
1,200,000 | ||
1,200,000 | ||
1,200,000 | ||
1,100,000 | ||
1,000,000 | ||
1,000,000 | ||
1,000,000 | ||
1,000,000 | ||
1,000,000 | ||
990,000 | ||
980,000 | ||
Megan Bowen (Megan Moon) | 800,000 | |
780,000 | ||
770,000 | ||
730,000 | ||
690,000 | ||
690,000 | ||
650,000 | ||
650,000 | ||
640,000 | ||
600,000 | ||
590,000 | ||
570,000 | ||
570,000 | ||
570,000 | ||
550,000 | ||
550,000 | ||
550,000 | ||
510,000 | ||
500,000 | ||
500,000 | ||
480,000 | ||
480,000 | ||
470,000 | ||
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460,000 | ||
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450,000 | ||
410,000 | ||
400,000 | ||
390,000 | ||
380,000 | ||
380,000 | ||
380,000 | ||
360,000 | ||
360,000 | ||
360,000 | ||
360,000 | ||
340,000 | ||
340,000 | ||
340,000 | ||
340,000 | ||
Earth Mama Medicine (Veladya Organica) | 330,000 | |
320,000 | ||
320,000 | ||
300,000 | ||
290,000 | ||
280,000 | ||
270,000 | ||
250,000 | ||
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109,000 | ||
107,000 | ||
101,000 | ||
101,000 | ||
Sun Fruit Dan (original YouTube channel removed) | (90,000 in April 2019) |
Came across this youtube mentioning the top 10 highest paid vegan youtubers. https://youtu.be/GPYsvOlUOFI
And Healthy Crazy Cool has 122,000 subscribers…still vegan.
Thanks Tam, added Healthy Crazy Cool.
Technically Steve-O was never vegan, since he was eating fish the whole time.
Not sure what your point is about Joey Graceffa, he’s made 3 videos in the past 3 years mentioning veganism (1 to quit, 2 about some random foods). That doesn’t make him a vegan youtuber… does it?
I mean you left out Blair White (500k), who claimed to be vegan (wasn’t really) but quit, she is a youtuber, but not a youtuber about veganism.
I suggest you also add Nutritionfact.org (500k) and Ask Yourself (17k)
Just my $.02
Hi Anon.
Steve-O said he was vegan, so I’m taking him at his word on that. I suspect a lot of professed vegans cheat when no-one’s looking anyway.
Re Joey Graceffa, this isn’t just for channels that are predominantly about or promoting veganism. I agree Joey’s case is more tenuous.
I didn’t leave out Blair White, she’s on there.
Ask Yourself only has 17k subscribers, so too small for this list.
I will add NutritionFacts.org, as it is pretty much Dr Greger’s personal channel.
Why add Greger if he is still a vegan.
I thought your list was fails
No, it’s all serious YouTubers who are either vegan or ex-vegan.
As someone who’s read Joey Graceffa’s YA science fiction, I’m glad he was put on the list; he was definitely still drinking the Kool-aid when he started writing the Eden series and in the most recent one you can tell he had started to question it.
Another one bites the dust. Almost 500000 subs
https://youtu.be/mLY48ya0jbA
Thanks, Tori’s already on the list.
Hi there,
Bobby Risto from Bobby’s Perspective on yt is also no longer vegan since a few months ago. You’d have to check though. He’s also quite responsive online too, you could ask him, he’s a very good guy.
Thanks for this list, it’s awesome.
Yes, I’d love to add Bobby to the list, but he doesn’t publish his follower numbers, so I’ll have to reach out to him direct.
First time here, so haven’t delved into you history. I used to be vegan and then became vegetarian. I was subscribed to several PBWF “guru’s” Facebook groups and pages. Something I started to notice was the difference in their appearances from the first time I saw them to the last time. Lightbulb moment for me – something was definitely off! So I did a Google search on images for some of them. Here’s one. There is an image that has a “New” designation. Interesting, doesn’t look healthy at all. https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1259&bih=663&ei=dcyXXKnxDcvn-gT74qDQDA&q=john+mcdougall&oq=John+Mcdoug&gs_l=img.1.0.0l4j0i5i30l4j0i8i30l2.5359.18064..22462…0.0..0.56.526.11……1….1..gws-wiz-img…..0.0q0eAT0EYrQ
Still vegan:
Ellen Fisher
Unnatural Vegan
Jenna Marbles
Durian Rider
No longer vegan:
Stella Rae
Lyss Ryan
Vegan Cheetah (now CMC Broadcasting)
Thanks. Added a few of those. Appreciate the tips.
MORE TO ADD ON TO <3
Adina Rivers
Alexandrasgirlytalks
Annie Tarasova
Claire Michelle
Bananablondie108
Boho Beautiful
Bridget Nielsen
Fit Shortie Eats
Freya Haley
Hitomi Mochizuki
holistichabits
Infinite Waters (Diving Deep)
Isabel Palacios
KasumiKriss – left
Leeor Alexandra
Ryan Cropper
Sheer Lev
Primal Edge Health – left
Charles Marlowe – left
Healthy Crazy Cool
Maddie Lymburner
Stella Rae – left
Pbunny97
Bobby’s Perspective – left
Awesome, thanks. I’ve added most of those.
Check out yogagirl, huge number of followers and turned vegan over the last 2 years.
Thanks, but she’s too far under 100k followers.
Caitlin Shoemaker has 553k followers on youtube and is still vegan
Thank you, added.
Logan Paul is also one of them
Great, thank you.
MinimalistBaker has ~68k subscribers and is no longer vegan for health reasons. They made an announcement on their instagram page a few days ago.
Thank you, unfortunately 68k subscribers is a little low for the list.
Fair enough, their YouTube following is a little low compared to the rest. However, they have about 1.5 million Instagram followers. I’m sure there’s potential for an Instagram version of this list with all the vegan ‘influencers’ on there.
In that case, I’ll make an exception. Thanks again.
Earthling Ed 206k
Erin Janus 163k
Regan the Vegan 105k
The increase of veganism is 600% in some developed countries. It is becoming a trend, so people think they are vegan, until they find out about what veganism actually is.
Veganism is not a diet. It is a movement. Vegans are activists giving their voice to animals.
People eating plant-based food because of their health (or trend) are not vegans if they are not aware of animal suffering.
Vegan diet with variety of fresh food is one of the healthiest diets (WHO reports from past few years). Eating healthy food does not require additional supplements, but the transition is not easy- it takes time, effort and creativeness.
People going vegan and eating processed vegan food get ill, of course, or need supplements, and than blame it on the veganism, which is unrelated.
Okay, if you say it’s healthy, great. I prefer to use my own senses rather than studies, and what I see and hear is that people are FAILING all over the place to follow this regime, even those who are “professional vegans”. I’m not here to tell anyone what they should or shouldn’t eat, I really don’t much care. But from my experience I’ll never set foot down that path.
Every diet causes suffering. A vegan diet just causes suffering that you can’t see on your plate. There is literally no possible way you can do the math to determine which diet causes less suffering. Vegan diets use monocropping which denudes the land of every life form from bacteria and earthworms to elk and deer, it shipps foods around the world, uses third world laborers who also use animal labor instead of tractors and plow, grain farmers kill millions of rodents a year, fertilizer requires either chemicals or animal manure or the dead bodies of fish, etc. You’d like to think it’s cut and dried because there is no flesh on your plate, but it’s not that simple.
What about Cammie Scott and Amy Ordman? Do their channels have to be about veganism or does this include Youtubers who happen to be vegan?
Thanks, I’ve added them both.
Vegan Zombie, 170,000 followers. Still vegan
Thanks Pauline, added.
Hi,
This is great. It could be so cool to see how long they were vegan for before they quit.
i’m wondering if the breaking point is similar..
Yes, that would be interesting. I haven’t done the research though.
Lonijane…400 k followers on Instagram. 8 year vegan is now eating oysters.
https://www.instagram.com/lonijane/?hl=en
That’s great. Couldn’t find her on YT, but thanks for the info.
Here’s another one, Dorothea_v, July 22 2019. Only 11k YouTube subscribers, so doesn’t make it onto the leaderboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuRxBw0Cqk
Found this one that I hadn’t seen before and not on the list. She’s got over 300,000 subs and began meat eating meat 2 months ago and seems to be continuing after her 30 day experiment.
Star Brady
https://youtu.be/_zZaQA_eygY
Thank you Cassandara. I just got the news and logged in to add her 🙂
Another vegan down. Brian Rose of London real . Hard to say if its a “vegan channel” but he was vegan and had a lot of vegan info on his channel,although he does balance it…so judgement call for sure, but over a million subscribers.
https://youtu.be/kUVcR6RHqKM
I found a video from April 2019 where he said he had “Almost 90k subscribers” at the time it was taken down. Combine that with his other channels and he would have been over 100k.
Another vegan bites the dust. I think this one should actually count because he’s sun fruit Dan and he just had his primary channel of well over 100,000 people just taken down and this one is 40,000
https://youtu.be/a76H4zb_N-w
Thanks. I had seen this one, but didn’t realise that his main channel had had >100k subscribers. I’ll look into it soon.
This guy went vegan for a year and then quit. He’s got 225k on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/fk_z_IsP0O4
Thanks. Good find.
Hello Ben,
Thank you for compiling this list. I would like to propose additions to your table which I think will add some value, and not necessarily take too much effort:
* Reason for quitting
* Estimated length of time vegan
I recognise that ‘reason for quitting’ is often contained within the linked videos, but clearly summarising ‘why’ as opposed to ‘how many’ vegans quit is very useful for those trying to become vegan themselves (or just wanting to understand the downsides). Categorising these reasons could be tricky! I’d likely preference a high level reason e.g. poor health, then a specific e.g. B12 deficiency.
Length of time vegan could help separate the more serious attempts from the less so.
Thanks again for putting this together, it’s an interesting resource as is.
James
Hi James. I guess your suggestions make sense, and it would be possible, but the point of this list is simpler. I’m showing that even “professional” vegans suffer very high fall-off rates. If you dig deeper, you will discover that the reasons why are pretty straightforward: people get sick! I think that’s all we need to know.
I see Meghan Elizabeth doesn’t have 100k but she was vegan for a long time and isn’t anymore… she was pretty big in the raw community.
Almost certainly Fairly local vegan is going to be announcing she quit veganism. Serious health issues, this video, and a name change as well as her ig talking about bug changes and a new adventure that she was afraid of. 230,000 subs. Keep an eye out.
https://youtu.be/zIzvw5rlF1Y
Thanks for the heads-up. It can only really go one way, eh?
Turns out, she just dropped the label. She got pissed off at the anger from vegans when she bought her kids leather sandals at a thrift store. Lol. But she’s not healthy and can hardly wait anything. So just more time.
Well we shall wait and see. I wish her the best of health.
There are plenty more coming out, such as Brianna Jackson who just posted this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_HsTbhlCg
Looks like Grimes , Elon musk’s girlfriend, has 675,000 subs and quit 20 year vegan diet due to pregnancy cravings.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8091597/amp/Pregnant-Grimes-ditched-strict-vegan-diet-craving-butter-milk.html#click=https://t.co/jDZ3CzlSrz
https://www.youtube.com/user/Grimezsz
You can add Edyn Jacks (Edyn Loves Life) to the list. She announced dropping veganism 3 weeks ago, she currently has 62.9k subscribers.
Thanks. That’s not enough subscribers to make the list, but good to keep an eye on.
David Wolfe handover 15 million subs on facebook, but must just not have got into YouTube , +377k on instagram, and has been a raw food pioneer for decades.
He’s now eating dairy. Here’s the link to his interview.
https://youtu.be/69VxlY589Uw
Great suggestion, unfortunately he only has 4000 YouTube subscribers.
Looks like vegan hustle is no longer vegan. Apparently he put up a video about then, but then quickly took his whole site down not long afterwards and his site has been down since 2018.
This is a screenshot of this video,.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEyiIxFHOv/?igshid=180wuyq8108lw
And here’s the reddit thread on it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/veganfitness/comments/92wzwh/comment/e3joion
Easy vegan and Bite Size Vegan have been missing in action for over a year.
Yes, I notice I already have that one. Thank you.
It still shows vegan hustle tv as vegan.
I hope you consider an exception for David Wolfe considering he’s got 15 million Facebook subs and 379 k IG followers and is considered a pioneer who has been writing books , doing workshops and interviews , etc for decades.
Updated VHTV, thanks. I really can’t add David Wolfe as he doesn’t have a YouTube presence, but many people who are following this will also know his story I’m sure.
AlexandrasGirlyTalk is not vegan anymore. She started eating animals again in spring or summer of 2019 and made a video about it.
Yup, got it, thanks.
It also still shows Alexandra’s girly talk as being vegan. Here’s a video of her saying she’s not vegan any more.
https://youtu.be/N3e-aNurY1I
Done, thank you.
The “Fairly Local Vegan” is now the “Fairly Local Family”, the change dates back to late 2019/early 2020. Like Jon Venus they are still mostly plant based. Their non-vegan “sin” was giving their kids second hand leather shoes.
Also, Whacko Jacko Vegano (I hope I’ve spelled that correctly) quit veganism in the latter part of 2019. I have to say I was surprised he quit, he gave the impression that he would go to his grave, mad and malnourished, before he would eat any animal products. He may not have had enough subscribers to make it onto this list.
You can add Jon Venus (387k subscribers), a body builder that accidentally filmed his eggs in the fridge, and later admitted to eating eggs “from time to time”.
Got Jon as well, thanks.
Jon just quit veganism. Not clickbait.
https://youtu.be/DxGjFIfbW3Q
And now he “officially” quit. I wonder what his brother thinks about this
Found your list because I found out a vegan YouTuber I followed for a while decided to not be vegan anymore. She doesn’t have near the number of followers this list of people though, but she was one person I never thought would stop being vegan. Edyn Jacks.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately she only has 65,000 subscribers, not enough to make my list.
Add Maddie lymburger to the vegan fail list.
Great, thank you. However, it seems that her Instagram post was a joke, as she had accidentally eaten a product that contained egg.
I think that Maddie Lymburner has definitely quit. Here’s a link to a copy of her instagram video, and it sounds completely sincere to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RP_0-kZBP4
If there’s no retraction to what she said here, then she ought to be added to the list of ex-vegans.
I agree, it’s pretty clear. I’ve added her to the list. Getting close to 50% failure rate now!!
Her coming out video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RP_0-kZBP4) is extremely poignant.
Miley cyrus is the next one to have failed. She wasn't on your board as a vegan, but she definitely was an outspoken vegan.
Fantastic, thank you!
You can add Mike Tyson now as well. His channel has 1.45 million subscribers, and his quitting was announced today on Joe Rogan.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtNjOwfQpgVK0FyOeLyzrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-IC0Yi9UN0
Thanks, added.
Found another ex vegan was wasn't on your list when he was a vegan. Pro boxer Mike Rashid King was a vegan for two years. In this video, he states he was a vegan for two years and added in fish.
https://youtu.be/KDASsK_pFqA
In his "my new diet" video 5 months ago after he tore his bicep he's also eating bison.
He's got over a million followers.
Thanks Carnivoreisvegan. I’m not going to add Mike to this list for one reason. He says in the video that, “I’m not a vegan, I never was a vegan, I did eat like a vegan, I ate a vegan diet for two years.”
He says he ate like a vegan, that MAKES him a vegan.
I mean I can say "I eat meat but I still think of myself as vegan!" it won't make me vegan. It's about the diet.
"the vegan athlete" moved to an off the grid location, is now "the off grid athlete and says he's eating meat now. He has over 200 k subs. He made about a dozen videos as the "off grid athlete" and then quit making videos. That was 10 months ago.
Here’s an interview he did last year where he talks about adding in meat
http://www.plantbaseddietbenefits.com/2019/04/10/003-jake-maces-journey-to-go-plant-based
Here’s his last video talking about veganism or his vegan diet and explaining he won’t be vegan any more.
https://youtu.be/vHWXIX-7aqo
Thanks, I’ll add him to the list, if you’re sure he’s no longer vegan. Great work!
Don't forget to add Mike tyson and miley cyrus onto the list of failed vegans. I don't see them in there.
Done.
And just for your records, here's Jake Mace, formerly "the vegan athlete" on his new channel with over 500 k subs catching and eating shellfish between 20-25 minutes timestamp.
https://youtu.be/3zG7zyYVH3Y
The house of cards is crumbling. Many on your list, like Bite Sized Vegan, are mia for over a year now.
Thanks.
I hate to be the one to add a current vegan to the list, but rachel ama is vegan and has 500k subs.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelAma
Thanks Cassandra. Keep them coming! It’s all good, the truth shall set us free 🙂
You can add him, he’s vegan.
https://www.youtube.com/c/AidanRGallagher1
Polina beregova quit vegansm in 2019. Not sure how we missed that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AnnXzfgK2g
Thanks, I will add her now!
Another one bites the dust — Sarah Lemkus.
234k subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkSROSol9J-VS8Au5-iALQ
Announcement mentioned in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKieTNkTLrY
I think the original announcement was on Instagram, and you can probably track it down there, if necessary.
Thank you.
Found another vegan we’ve seemed to have missed. Mina Rome with almost 500,000 subs
https://youtube.com/channel/UCBy9QPDqagPyrdV_01-c9Xw
Thanks, added!
Stephanie lange has left the vegan building. Over 1 million followers.
https://youtu.be/Vb2otXzFlcY
Good find, thank you!
I just realized that Matin Bislik isn’t on your still vegan list. 1 million subs and vocally vegan for many years.
Thanks, I’m assuming you mean Mayim Bialik? Added.
Cami Petyn – 500k subscribers. Shes still vegan.
Thank you.
Tiffany Ferg , almost 700k subscribers and vegan
Thanks, added.
Life with beans quit vegsnism with over 250 k subs.
https://youtu.be/enAJLper-As
Thankyou!
Found another quitter with around 150 k subs. More Salt Please is the YouTuber.
https://youtu.be/dciyv3W2Gl8
That’s great, thank you.
And another one down. His video is a bit confusing as it sounds like he’s mostly just dropping the label, but he does say hell still be eating vegan “ad much as possible” implying he’s going to sometimes est animal products. 250 k subs.
https://youtu.be/Z5M_Sdo3XFQ
Cool, thanks.
And in case it wasn’t clear whether More Salt Please was actually eating animal products again, here she’s eating salmon.
https://youtu.be/baUNF0DEfao
Found another exvegan with 110 k subs. Rob Stewart.
https://youtu.be/1A_qq2cwdwU
Thanks Cassandra, but I need a bit more info on Rob. Did he ever identify as vegan, or was he promoting a plant-based diet for skin health (which is insane)?
I don’t see “shine with plants” on the vegan side with almost 500k followers.
Thanks, will add now.
How about including a category of vegans who are MIA- those who haven’t updated their social media for over a year? It’s actually a significant % .
Just a suggestion. Certainly a bit more work to implement, but would be interesting.
It’s a thought, but I think what we’ve got here is enough.
Another one down. This is MsVaughn with 200 k subs.
https://youtu.be/EiDia3yOxuA
Thanks so much.
Geesh, and another one with 800k subs.
https://youtu.be/kmFcm8YYtNw
Cool, thanks again. However, we already had this one under the name Megan Bowen.
I think we missed Action Jacqueline, who quit with 135 k subs. Now we’re at about 50/50. Crazy.
https://youtu.be/m0-__yIUzzc
Thanks, the magic 50% mark!
Damn, looks like you listed Yovana Mendoza and Rawvana as separate accounts when they are, in fact, the same person. We are back under 50/50 again.
Thanks and well spotted. I’m sure you’ll find another one shortly, you’re doing awesome work for the team.
A couple more vegans to add
Taina , Mother of 10
https://youtu.be/_iahCCes5vs
And ‘That Vegan Teacher” who just attained 100,000
https://youtu.be/Mbz2xsYGN18
Thanks, added! Great work!
Gosh, I couldn’t access the site for a few days. I thought that was it
Is there any way that we can support the site?
Thanks James, appreciate the kind thought. I had a temporary web hosting issue, missed an important email. If you’d like to tip me, I won’t object. You can use paypal@benhunt.com, cheers.
Jinti fell, almost 500 k subs. Several people say she announced it on her Instagram stories.
https://youtu.be/w4d07q8vW-o
Here’s the announcement from jinti fell on her stories 500,000 subs.
https://youtu.be/zUz6jMcKs7M
Thanks!
Another one.
https://youtu.be/N-nXzXGCDf4
Thank you.
Earth mama medicine, over 300,000 subs, has quit veganism.
https://youtu.be/N-nXzXGCDf4
Thanks Cassandra, you’re doing great work… but Brian already pipped you on this one 🙂
A couple more missing vegans with over 100 k
Slightly crazy vegan
https://youtube.com/channel/UCOSNwftisP4JCZYlV3wFX1A
Veggie Rose
https://youtube.com/channel/UCOSNwftisP4JCZYlV3wFX1A
Rainbow plant life.
https://youtube.com/c/RainbowPlantLife
And another ex vegan with more than 100k.
Keara Graves.
https://youtu.be/EYXQke-ZnuU
Many thanks! 49%/51% again 🙂
Carli bybel is now ex vegan for a year now. Several million followers.
https://youtu.be/6wBjFI68C1U
Great work, thanks again!!
Dr Kevin jubbal, md. 100k – subs.
https://youtu.be/2Sv8hya3dv0
Appreciated, thank you Cassandra.
Marissa Lace quit veganism last year. 189,000 subs.
https://youtu.be/gkcwl4q2vxU
Awesome, thanks, that makes it exactly 50/50!!
I forgot about Nina and Randa that should be added to the vegan side.
https://youtube.com/c/NinaAndRanda
Added, thanks.
Another on the still vegan side is OKraw -john Kohler. 150k +
https://youtu.be/ZSO9uPAKBLU
Got it, thanks!
Added.
Another in the vegan side. Eat, move rest with 150 k
https://youtube.com/c/Eatmoverest
Thanks again, I really appreciate all the work you’re doing on this <3
Taina Licciardo- Toivala mother of 10 is not vegan anymore. Read her description in the video below . She says she was “never vegan” but she has multiples of videos talking about their vegan diet.
https://youtu.be/swU74xwKzzw
Thanks, she was on the list as vegan, so now switched.
I forgot about cosmic skeptic on the vegan side.
He went vegan not long after this video.
https://youtu.be/C1vW9iSpLLk
Zoey Arielle has 150k + subs and is no longer vegan.
https://youtu.be/Q1B4SLMu4HU
Chloe kian is a vegan that’s not on your list and had #00k+ subs.
https://youtu.be/qaAwY-Ru96M
Alexandra Anderson is another vegan with 130k+.
https://youtu.be/Chl1-d2vv3Y
Thanks, all added.
Kashi star has 300k plus subs, was a nearly lifelong vegan vegetarian and started eating meat again.
https://youtu.be/EXXVx39ZNHg
Thanks my friend!
Annette Larkin’s has 100k+ subs and cleims to be a long time raw vegan. ..
https://youtube.com/c/AnnetteLarkins1
Thanks, added.
Billie eilish is a long term vegan. She has millions of followers.
https://youtube.com/c/BillieEilish
Thanks, added.
Goodful is a vegan account with over 1 million subs. .. not sure if it’s an individual or an account though.
https://youtube.com/c/Goodful
Yeah, they refer to “us” in the About description, so if it’s more than one individual, one could fall off and be replaced, maintaining the integrity of the brand. I’ll exclude.
Vegan Hustle TV
122k subs. No longer vegan.
https://youtu.be/xQh2rKKLagQ
Great, thank you!
Great? Do you think being no longer vegan is great? What about the animals should die for them? What about their pain and suffering? Are you happy with that? No offense, btw.
Joen, I can easily refute the argument that veganism helps animals in any way. Row crops depend on ecocide, the literal obliteration of entire ecosystems to permit the growing of monocultures. That goes against nature in countless ways. I have written other posts about the ethics, so will not repeat myself here. Needless to say, I have been deep into these questions and I have concluded that eating meat (preferably entirely pasture-raised) is the more ethical approach. One day someone may succeed in changing my mind, but it will take a far more powerful argument than any vegan has so far been able to summon.
You know what? The numbers of followers haven't updated at all. Btw, I'm vegan for animals and all for the ethics. And I eat enough protein, fat, iron, iodine(from sea vegetables and so important for thyroid hormones and hormones in general. Most people don't care about iodine and that's why they've developed a lot of hormonal issues while being vegan and they said they got all cured after eating fish because fish has a lot of iodine! So eat your sea vegetables), calcium, choline, omega-3DHA(from algae, omega 3 is absolutely important for brain health especially DHA if you didn't know), vitamin(A, B, C, E), I take b-12 and d-3 supplement because everyone should whether you're vegan or not. And so on. I did scientific research to get all the essential nutrients and I take care of my health well. I do exercise every day and I'm so freaking healthy. You know what? I don't care about all those no longer vegans who went vegan for health and fame or just because it was considered as a 'trend'. I don't give a shit about them and will be vegan forever. Once you realize what's going on with the animals because of what you eat, you should never look back. They've lost their track and went for a wrong track.
Yes, you can get DHA from marine algae, but you also need EPA for good brain health. You may also look into vitamin K2, as that’s another of the fat-soluble vitamins that no plant-derived fat can store or provide.
Your comments about ex-vegans is very typical of the cult, pouring scorn on the apostates. I see this very much as blaming the victim. Practically every vegan, at some point, is forced to face up to the consequences of malnutrition, and very often those who take the brave step of admitting they didn’t know it all and changing their minds and habits get ostracised by the vegan community. It’s terribly sad. It’s their fault, they “did it wrong”, they didn’t understand veganism properly… I’ve heard it all a thousand times.
Well, algae also contain EPA and not only that, our body(in liver) can convert ALA omega-3 from plant food like flaxseeds and hempseeds into EPA and DHA as well.
You can buy algae based omega-3 containing EPA/DHA at the same time, but the reason why I specifically take algae omega-3 DHA is because it's harder to convert ALA into DHA than ALA into EPA.
Also, about the K2 you mentioned, our body also can convert K1 from plant food into K2. And there are so many K2 supplements in market in case your conversion rate is low.
And have you heard Dr. Ellsworth Wareham? He went vegan in his 50s and lived until he was 104 years old. He was very healthy and smart in that age. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FX58PyQwrcI#searching) check him out.
The reason why I get so upset at someone like you is that, you only believe in what you believe in(I'm saying you believe you need to eat animals to be healthy) and think every vegan will be 'malnourished' in some point.
I know vegans can be as healthy as non-vegans when they do well because I absolutely am.
Finally, I just want to make this clear.
The real victim is the non-human animals(pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, all types of fish and the animals being exploited for experiment or for zoos), not human animals.
Do you know more than 50 million chickens and turkeys have been killed by humans because of the bird flu? Check this article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/avian-flu-outbreak-wipes-record-5054-million-us-birds-rcna58725
Don't you think it was caused by humans wanting to consume those animals as food? As a result they put all the birds into small and crowded places.
If humans are trapped in that kind of facility, much severe viruses will be happened.
Remember, the real victims are animals that are eaten by humans.
And I apologize for writing as if I'm blaming them, but I didn't intend it.
I was just upset because the 'no longer vegans' are actually causing more people to eat animals and consequently, more animals will have to suffer and die.
Veganism is not a religion and not a cult.
It's a philosophy considering animals as precious being and we want less animals to be harmed.
I'm moslty very peaceful person and just want to change this world into a better place where no more animals(including humans because most slaghterhouse workers are suffering from ptsd, you'll see if you type slaughterhouse workers in google or some other website, 'slaughterhouse workers ptsd' or 'slaugherhouse workers mentalhealth' come at the top)have to go into the pain anymore.
I want all humans to be free including women, men, black people, asian people, white people, LGBTQ people, old people, young people, disabled people, and so on.
And I don't want any more climate change. The earth is suffering.
You'll know the leading cause of environmental distruction and climate change is animal agricultures and it's been proved by all the experts in this area. I'm not just saying this.
I intend no harm.
I want peace.
And I want you to think over what you're doing.
Not trying to force you to do anything.
Don't you think it's wrong that those innocent beings should suffer and die just for humans?
Ok, I'll stop writing here.
And I won't come here anymore because realizing more vegan youtubers went no longer vegans makes me feel so bad.
Thanks Joen. All I’ll say is, I really have thought over what I’m doing. I’ve done it for years. Just about 5 years ago, I was obsessed with designing living solutions that incorporated greenhouse spaces to aid in self-sufficient plant-based living. That led me to attend numerous conferences on sustainable food and farming, which is where I first had my eyes opened to the vital importance of ruminant animals for environmental and human health.
Believe me, I could counter every point you’ve made, but I have wasted enough time arguing with vegans over the last few years that I’ve learned not to bother, as you’re dealing with an ideological motivation first and foremost. So probably the biggest difference between you and me is that I not only think a lot about my choices, but I’m prepared to change my views and behaviours based on new evidence. I’m not sure you could admit to being ready to do the same.
Dr. Ellsworth Wareham? is not vegan. He eats fish
And yeah, the follower numbers are not really the point. I have much better things to do than regularly update them.
Of course, apologize for pointing that out. Like I said in the previous comment, I was a little upset and wanted to write whatever. You know I'm a human and I make mistakes although I'm trying not to.
Hey no worries. Please feel safe to write anything you want. I’m a big boy and can take it.
It really worries me to see the stress and upset, which I believe is part of an agenda designed to weaken the population. Unsuitable food (heavy on grains, soy, corn, seed oils, sugar) is just the start. I’m cynical about the climate change narrative too, having been a mad greenie for most of my adult life. It’ll all be in a forthcoming book, “The Red Pill Food Revolution”, due out in January 2023.
And another one.
Mona Vand.
624k subs
https://youtu.be/jnjInbHP-M0
Thanks Brian, added!
Jazmin Tyler is no longer vegan 122 k subs
https://youtu.be/Vxjv-3cQRuM
Thanks so much!
I am Linda Elaine is no longer vegan. 200k subs.
https://youtu.be/bM3jASfInTM
Added, thanks!
The Fund Guru is still vegan and had 750k subs. Ironically, she hasn't uploaded for a year! So maybe she's not vegan any more. But for now, he channel is vegan..
https://youtube.com/@TheFindGuru
I think I’ll exclude this if the channel is inactive.
You have Vegan Hustle TV twice. Also, Bobby's perspective, ex vegan, now published his YouTube subscriber numbers and he's over 100 k.
Oh wow, thanks. Well spotted. And great suggestion to add Bobby, he’s actually a mate 🙂
Amber Alexander
https://youtu.be/n4PAtGYjkdU
Thanks!
Cosmic skeptic quit veganism..
https://twitter.com/CosmicSkeptic/status/1624925928169127944?t=a3L9JlZ7gzTFWPHJulckbw&s=19
Thanks, adding!
Chloe Kisn is now eating animal foods.
https://youtu.be/FyQT1kJDfBs
Cosmic skeptic announced on Twitter that he's now eating seafood.
https://twitter.com/CosmicSkeptic/status/1624925928169127944?t=q28eyy56C_AxPjwhUbbD6A&s=19
Thanks. I added Cosmic Skeptic recently. Already got Chloé Kian too 🙂
.merle oneil is a vegan withote then 100 k views.
https://youtube.com/@MerleONeal
Brilliant, thank you.
.merle oneil is a vegan with more then 100 k views.
https://youtube.com/@MerleONeal
And a vegan YouTuber with more than 200 k views
who just quit veganism, who is not on the list.
https://youtu.be/Fz14fdQKU6M
Super, thank you.
Fitgreenmind is a current vegan with more than 100 k subs.
https://youtube.com/@FitGreenMind
Added, thanks! Really appreciate all your help researching this.
chloe kian and cosmic skeptic are still on your list as vegans/ but have quit recenrly.
Doh, you’re quite right! Not functioning today 🙂
Is this close enough? This family has 98 k and the 5 year vegan daughter started eating meat again..
https://youtu.be/umqjnCrRPdA
If that's close enough to 100k to count, then we can add James aspey, a vegan with
Hi. I don’t think I can really use that one, as the channel itself (or main personality) wasn’t identified as vegan. But thanks.
Bianca Taylor is a current vegan with close to 200 k subs.
https://youtube.com/@BiancaTaylorFit
Thanks, added. The vegans are now behind the former vegans. I wonder if that will ever change, doesn’t seem that way, as the trend is clear. More quit than join.
Stephen Hilton
https://youtu.be/6hwm6ybHDPM
Thanks Brian!
Sophia Esperanza
https://youtu.be/D_Ob8ZcwSgc
Great, thank you. I’m listening to her Why video now.
Looks like Sophia Esperanza didn't actually make it into your list.
Oh, that’s weird. I definitely remember looking at her vids. I shall add her now. Thanks mate!
Wild we roam with 300 k subs is now hitting veganism..
https://youtu.be/bXksLE51X1I?si=O-JLz3YsPYloJM0a
Thanks Cassie, added!
Maya Henry 200k+ is no longer vegan..
https://youtu.be/4UJ4W5YBqAs?si=B6zR4ES4HE5ERZ_o
Yeah already caught that one, thanks.
I realized Rich Roll isn't in your list of current vegans 1 million plus subs.
https://youtube.com/@richroll?si=2nTFwuMCpCo6j1CG
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Jane essylstein also. 140k+ subs.
https://youtube.com/@JaneEsselstyn?si=QvfMJ9sbuDWrPNkd
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This seems to also be a vegan individual, Jeff Nelson with 200k.
https://youtube.com/@vegsource?si=S3u-S_agQbANCHD0
Thanks as always Cassie, updated. The vegans are still behind, and I can’t see that changing as this is a one-way street.
It's irrelevant anyway, as it's a revolving door. New vegans start up, and older vegans quit. It would be interesting to take the oldest accounts and see the % that have quit. But would be quite a lot of work to do that.
I've also been contemplating taking all your current vegans and getting the %: that haven't posted in a couple of years and the ones with admitted and diagnosed mental health issues. The number is quite large from my initial glance. 20%+ I'm estimating.
Hitomi m is no longer vegan.
https://youtu.be/LWqJCDqmFvU?si=hZ_U1XWriEALwCqr
Yup, now added.
Mike Tyson is listed twice.
Lenny kravitz is a vegan that isn't listed.
https://youtube.com/@LennyKravitz?si=0rK-9I9oKbDywlQZ
Thanks, done.
Hitomi Mochizuki is no longer vegan.
https://youtu.be/RJY4h5HNor0?si=aR6IvRdI7sEWgu_J
Thank you.
Missed a high subbed vegan
https://youtube.com/@thenarddogcooks?si=l4eFbZVFvm1yldpL
Thanks, added.