Outdoor Boys, a massive YouTube channel primarily run by a man named Luke Nichols, will be going on indefinite hiatus effective immediately. He cited his massive YouTube growth as one of the main reasons, wanting to stop now before he gets too big to live a “normal life”.
Nichols isn’t wrong, he’s one of the fastest growing YouTubers on the platform. He gained 12 million subs in 18 months, going from around 2.5 million subs to almost 15 million in near record time. He’s up there with YouTube giants like MrBeast, all without enabling comments on his videos and rarely posting to social media.
His adventures around the world, both with his family and solo trips, have captivated audiences, and he’s gained a huge amount of recognition due to him filming outdoors content that’s on an entirely different level from what other YouTubers are producing.
However, he’s stepping away from the Outdoor Boys channel due in large part to getting a little too famous.
Outdoor Boys explains sudden hiatus
Nichols explained that he’s spent a tremendous amount of time and energy creating content over the years, producing over 1100 videos across 2 channels. And, while letting up on the sheer amount of effort involved with that is part of the battle, the biggest reason is the amount of attention it’s brought his way.
“The sheer volume of fans trying to contact me, trying to take pictures with me, or just trying to come up to me and talk in public can be a bit overwhelming at times. My wife and I, we both have real concerns about what this will do to our family if I keep growing my YouTube channel at this pace.
“The time to stop is before this problem gets so out of hand that my family and I can live normal lives.”
He explained that all three of his sons want to be YouTubers at this point, and that he wants to help them grow their channels and learn how to make content rather than just focusing on his own channel.
Nichols doesn’t plan on stepping away forever, but he won’t be making any new content for a long time. He has some unfinished YouTube videos to wrap up that he wants to release, but he’ll be dropping all of those at the end of 2025 and then stepping away from it all.
And, while this means that it’ll likely be a long time until Nichols steps back on camera in his own content, he’ll likely show up in his sons’ YouTube content on channels like Outdoor Tom.
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