Apandah

About

Apandah is a YouTube meme and commentary channel primarily known for the videos providing commentary and critique of various aspects of the modern culture, such as memes, trends and fandoms, often denouncing phenomena deemed mainstream, annoying and cringeworthy. Additionally, apandah is known for aiding the spread, both directly and indirectly, of several notable memes, namely Ugandan Knuckles and Concrete Slab.

Online History

On March 21st, 2015, apandah YouTube channel was created.^[1] In May 2016, the channel uploaded its first video, titled "MLG E.T." (currently unavailable).^[2] On May 8th, 2016, apandah uploaded the earliest video currently available on the channel, an ear rape Big Brother edit, which gained over 96,400 views in one year and over 652,300 views in four years (shown below).

In the following years, apandah uploaded videos in which he commented on various cultural phenomena, often criticizing circlejerks, mainstream internet culture and low-effort content (examples shown below), with apandah often narrating his opinion over the gameplay of Overwatch and other video games.

On January 7th, 2018, apandah posted a video titled "uganda knuckles," in which he commented on the meme and which gained over 32.4 million views in two years.

As of September 3rd, 2019, Apandah had over 436,000 subscribers on YouTube, over 71,000 followers on Twitter^[3] and 36,100 members on his Discord channel.^[4]

Reputation

Apandah is known for his involvement in the spread of multiple memes, both direct and indirect through giving them early exposure through his YouTube and Twitter content. These include Udangan Knuckles, Crab Rave, Bro! You Just Posted Cringe, Autofellatio and other notable memes.

On January 20th, 2018, several members of YouTuber Apandah's Discord server devised a plan to create a meme based around something so obscure that the idea of it becoming popular was the punchline.^[4] In the following hours, Discord sever members set a decision to make a concrete slab a meme, which they consecutevily succeeded to do. On January 22nd, 2018, apandah uploaded a video titled "a literal concrete slab" which pointed out how anything could be seen as funny on the current internet (shown below).

Starting on May 24th, 2018, Concrete Slab memes gained brief popularity in the /r/me_irl subreddit.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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