The internet is full of strange corners, but few are as oddly fascinating as WHYS.video and its network of spin-offs. On the surface, these channels look like typical YouTube side hustles. In reality, they’re one of the strangest rabbit holes you could stumble into on the platform.
The WHYS Empire of Questions
The creators behind WHYS.video didn’t settle with just one channel. They built six of them, each branded with a different theme:
- Entertainment WHYS
- Gaming WHYS
- [Other variations following the same format]
Every channel follows the same formula: post a simple question—something you could answer with a 30-second Google search—and then drop in a generic response. It’s like if someone turned Yahoo! Answers into a full-time YouTube grind, minus the chaos and plus a lot more copy-paste.
The content doesn’t feel like it’s made for humans. Instead, it feels like someone challenged an algorithm to see how long it could churn before breaking down.
A Thumbnail That Says It All
Perhaps the weirdest moment comes when you first click on Entertainment WHYS. The very first video has a thumbnail that simply shows the face:
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That’s it. No celebrity, no branding, no flashy clickbait. Just an ASCII-style face that screams both “don’t take me seriously” and “what am I even doing here?”
It perfectly sums up the whole WHYS project.
Déjà Vu: AskAbout.video
If WHYS.video wasn’t strange enough, the team (or maybe a copycat?) launched a parallel network called AskAbout.video. Same concept, same multiple-channel sprawl, but with a slightly different styling.
Imagine walking into a mirror world where everything looks the same, except someone shifted the fonts and colors a little. That’s AskAbout. It’s like the “Great Value” brand version of WHYS—though, let’s be real, neither brand was winning any awards.
Are They Finally Dead?
For all their bizarre persistence, the WHYS channels seem to have finally burned out. It’s been over a month since the last upload. In YouTube time, that’s an eternity, especially for a machine-like upload schedule built entirely on pumping out low-effort content.
Maybe the creators realized the ad revenue wasn’t worth the effort. Maybe the algorithm stopped rewarding their question-spam grind. Or maybe the joke just ran its course. Whatever the reason, it looks like WHYS.video may finally be gone for good.
Why It Matters (Or Doesn’t)
On one hand, WHYS.video is just another example of low-effort YouTube spam. On the other hand, it’s a weird piece of internet history—a small experiment in how far you can stretch the platform’s recommendation system with the most minimal effort possible.
Was it art? A troll? An SEO side hustle? Or just a group of bored creators seeing what sticks? We may never know.
But if nothing else, the WHYS network leaves us with a lesson: sometimes the strangest corners of YouTube aren’t the ones filled with conspiracy theories or surreal edits—they’re the ones asking questions nobody asked, and answering them in the most uninspired way possible.
👉 What do you think? Was WHYS.video a joke, a hustle, or just a YouTube glitch that got too real?
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