I fully believe that Patreon is what's keeping him afloat enough to keep beating the dead horse that is his YT channel. I still don't think he's working or at least working in any capacity like he was when he moved down.Didn’t he say a while ago the patreon money was not just for content creation but to pay for “rent”, food and everyday expenses?
I think his Patreon + YT money was paying is $2500-$3000 (estimated) mortgage. Now? Yikes.
It's all estimated, but according to a Patreon estimator and Social blade he is, BEST case, bringing in $2800. That's pretax AND cut from Patreon.
A perfect storm of his own creation has been slowly brewing and is hitting him. He's losing people watching/commenting. He's losing Patreons month over month. He's clearly not getting *generous gift cards* like he was. Even before fumbling the bag with his cruise video, he was already showing he wasn't going to grow/adapt to what theme parks are looking for.
A year ago, his videos mostly averaged 10k+ views. Now? Half that in many cases. I think he's stuck in a perpetual wheel of tit.
He SHOULD stop doing videos for a bit, SELL that bleeping house, move into a more reasonable house/apartment/condo, take time to seek help from a licensed professional because it's pretty clear he has something that is unaddressed/untreated, focus on a job, STAY OUT OF THEME PARKS, and then reevaluate what his channel should be going forward.
Instead he's going to continue to let his ego drag him down until he reaches a point where he isn't able to just walk away unscathed. Heck, he might already be in the hole and we just don't know it yet.