YouTuber MatPat Announces He's Retiring, Reveals What Will Happen to 'The Game Theorists' Channels
10.01.2024 - 02:09
/ justjared.com
Matthew Patrick, aka MatPat, has announced on Tuesday (January 7) that he is stepping away from the platform and retiring after 13 years on YouTube!
The 37-year-old started the The Game Theorists channel on YouTube in 2011 with his wife Stephanie, and since has gained over 18 million subscribers on that channel.
On the channel, MatPat has explored “the vast lore of Minecraft, piece together the craziest FNAF conspiracies, and cover the whole world of indie gaming.”
He has also started spinoff channels The Film Theorists, The Food Theorists, The Style Theorists and GTLive. All five combined have upwards of 41 million subscribers and over 9 billion views!
Find out more about MatPat’s retirement inside…
MatPat, of course, took to YouTube to share his retirement announcement, in a tearful new video posted Tuesday.
“This has been a third of my life, and I’m gonna miss you. I’m going to miss this,” he said. “I value what we have here. I value this conversation. I value this openness, this relationship that we share, and I’m sad that I won’t be able to see you every week, which then I guess prompts the question of why am I doing this.”
Mat then goes on to explain that he and his wife Stephanie knew this day would come, they just didn’t know when. To prepare for a time when he did step away, over the past couple of years, they have been “staffing up” and partnered with a larger company to help run the channels.
He noted that he has loved doing the theory videos, but didn’t love late nights, or that they have put work first for many years. Mat shared that a big reason for leaving is to just spend more time with his wife without having everything revolved around work, like playing video games or thinking about theories. He also