# OfflineTV
**OfflineTV**, usually shortened to OTV, is a Los Angeles-based American collective of content creators and live streamers that was established in 2017 and is recognized for producing gaming, social-deduction, IRL, and variety content together.[1](https://www.creatororbit.io/tag/offlinetv) It began as a content house in which streamers lived together to make collaborative videos alongside their individual streams, and it has become a defining example of the content-house model.[2](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/all-past-and-present-offlinetv-streamers)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017, Los Angeles, California, by William "Scarra" Li with his former manager Chris Chan and Twitch streamer Pokimane[3](https://charactermedia.com/tuning-in-to-offlinetv/) • [4](https://toptwitchstreamers.com/team/offline-tv/) |
| Format | A content house producing collaborative YouTube videos, group streams, and the OfflineTV Podcast, alongside members' individual channels[5](https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/offlinetv-reveal-which-members-make-the-most-money-1291949/) |
| Current members | Scarra, LilyPichu, Disguised Toast, Yvonnie, Michael Reeves, QuarterJade, Masayoshi, and Sydeon[6](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/Offline_TV) |
| Notable departure | Co-founder Pokimane stepped away from full-time membership in 2023 to focus on the next chapter of her life and career[6](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/Offline_TV) • [7](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/why-did-pokimane-leave-offlinetv) |
| Audience | 40M+ followers claimed across YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitch; the main YouTube channel reports about 3.3 million subscribers, 1 billion views, and 477 videos[8](https://www.linkedin.com/company/offline-tv) • [9](https://www.speakrj.com/audit/report/UCDK9qD5DAQML-pzrtA7A4oA/youtube/media-stats) |
| Twitch team | The OfflineTV Twitch team counts 5.81 million total followers across 7 member channels[10](https://streamscharts.com/teams/offlinetv) |
## Founding and early years
The collective was first conceived of in 2017 by Scarra, a former professional *League of Legends* esports player, who joined up with his former manager [Chris Chan](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-chan) and the Twitch streamer Pokimane with no real goal in mind.[3](https://charactermedia.com/tuning-in-to-offlinetv/) Chan ran the project as manager, and the group began recruiting streamers, starting with Based_Yoona and Pokimane.[4](https://toptwitchstreamers.com/team/offline-tv/) OfflineTV was also Scarra's second attempt at creating a content house.[11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about)
The early roster lived together in a shared house, and the group organizes its history into informal "seasons" corresponding to different houses and roster changes.[11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about) A season listing of that first era names Scarra, Pokimane, LilyPichu, Pokelawls, Based Yoona, Fedmyster, MarkZ, and Xell among its residents.[12](https://thetvdb.com/series/offlinetv/allseasons/official) [LilyPichu](https://www.edgepedia.org/lilypichu), Disguised Toast, and Pokimane are all counted as founding members from 2017.[2](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/all-past-and-present-offlinetv-streamers)
## Content and operation
The OfflineTV members' combined social media following numbers in the millions, and while their output centers on gaming, Michael Reeves instead makes engineering videos.[3](https://charactermedia.com/tuning-in-to-offlinetv/) Creative director Brodin Plett, a [Chapman University](https://www.edgepedia.org/chapman-university) graduate with commercial and music video production experience, leads the content on the OfflineTV YouTube channel, and his direction has produced more polished, conceptually ambitious videos while keeping the friendship-based appeal of the brand.[3](https://charactermedia.com/tuning-in-to-offlinetv/) • [11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about)
Beyond the main channel, the group records the OfflineTV Podcast, which regularly attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers as the members discussed a wide-ranging variety of topics.[5](https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/offlinetv-reveal-which-members-make-the-most-money-1291949/) The organization also operates an "OfflineTV and Friends" channel with 657,000 subscribers and an "OfflineTV Podcast" channel with 585,000 subscribers, alongside associated clips channels.[11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about) Its Patreon offers extras such as chances to appear in OfflineTV videos.[13](https://www.patreon.com/cw/offlinetv/sitemap?l=en-GB)
The organization supports itself through several revenue streams, including YouTube advertising, brand partnerships and sponsorships, and cross-promotion of the OfflineTV brand and its members' individual channels.[11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about) • [14](https://www.fanpage.wiki/podcasts/offlinetv-podcast-n4ihq) A sponsorship marketplace lists 30 deals from 15 brands for the collective.[15](https://brandbookings.com/creators/offlinetv)
## Roster changes and controversies
**The Fedmyster removal.** In 2020, OfflineTV removed founding member Federico "Fedmyster" Gaytan after multiple counts of sexual misconduct were revealed by women in the OTV group, particularly Yvonnie, LilyPichu, and Fuslie; he had been a member from 2017 to 2020.[16](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_people_in_OTV_%26_Friends) Kotaku reported that the fandom surrounding the house became divided, with viewers debating the idea of forgiveness, and that Pokimane discussed her own experiences with Gaytan on stream; Gaytan admitted he is flawed but denied he is a predator.[17](https://kotaku.com/offlinetv-fandom-divided-after-popular-streamer-thrown-1844236222)
**Pokimane's departure.** In May 2023, Pokimane confirmed via a YouTube video, published May 19, that she was leaving OfflineTV, stepping away from her position as a full-time member to focus on the next chapter of her life and career after co-founding the group in 2017.[6](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/Offline_TV) • [7](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/why-did-pokimane-leave-offlinetv) An academic profile of the streamer describes her as having officially "graduated" from OfflineTV in 2023 to pursue solo projects.[18](https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/37855/1/Luke%20McFarline%20PhD.pdf) The roster later settled at Scarra, LilyPichu, Disguised Toast, Yvonnie, Michael Reeves, QuarterJade, Masayoshi, and Sydeon, alongside housemates, pets, and support staff who are not formal members.[6](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/Offline_TV)
## The content-house model
Group content has depended on physical co-location. Having spent the pandemic apart, most members had moved back together into a fresh house by December 2022, a moment fans view as the start of the group's present era.[11](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about) Living or working together gives a collective a production advantage, and a shared brand can outlast the ups and downs of any individual member's output, absorbing members stepping back or moving on while the group continues to operate.[19](https://streamernews.gg/news/content-houses-offlinetv-and-amp-explained/)
Individual members have also made platform moves of their own. In 2022, LilyPichu signed an exclusive deal with YouTube, part of a wave of streamer exclusivity agreements that included [Sykkuno](https://www.edgepedia.org/sykkuno) and Myth.[20](https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJLBF_Spr2024_Agranat_FinalProof.pdf)
## Audience and standing
The main YouTube channel stood at 3.28 million subscribers with 1,066,211,342 total views across 499 videos in early October 2026, according to [Social Blade](https://www.edgepedia.org/social-blade); SPEAKRJ's snapshot reports 3.3 million subscribers, 1 billion views, and 477 videos.[21](https://socialblade.com/youtube/handle/offlinetv) • [9](https://www.speakrj.com/audit/report/UCDK9qD5DAQML-pzrtA7A4oA/youtube/media-stats) The group's combined following across platforms is self-described as 40 million or more.[8](https://www.linkedin.com/company/offline-tv) On Twitch, the OfflineTV team counted 5.81 million total followers across 7 member channels, led by channels of 2.42 million, 1.25 million, and 665 thousand followers; in the measured week its 73,000 hours watched ranked 431st among all Twitch teams, well below leading talent collectives such as Mythic Talent at 6.75 million.[10](https://streamscharts.com/teams/offlinetv)
Within the wider streaming industry, OfflineTV is treated as a defining example of the content-house model: a shared brand that outlasts individual members stepping back or moving on while the group continues to operate.[19](https://streamernews.gg/news/content-houses-offlinetv-and-amp-explained/)
## References
1. [OfflineTV — Organization, CreatorOrbit](https://www.creatororbit.io/tag/offlinetv)
2. [All past and present OfflineTV streamers, Dot Esports](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/all-past-and-present-offlinetv-streamers)
3. [Tuning In to OfflineTV, Character Media](https://charactermedia.com/tuning-in-to-offlinetv/)
4. [Offline.tv Streamers, TopTwitchStreamers](https://toptwitchstreamers.com/team/offline-tv/)
5. [OfflineTV reveal which members make the most money, Dexerto](https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/offlinetv-reveal-which-members-make-the-most-money-1291949/)
6. [Offline TV, OfflineTVandFriends Wiki (Fandom)](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/Offline_TV)
7. [Why did Pokimane leave OfflineTV?, Dot Esports](https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/why-did-pokimane-leave-offlinetv)
8. [Offline TV, LinkedIn company profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/offline-tv)
9. [OfflineTV YouTube Video Stats, SPEAKRJ](https://www.speakrj.com/audit/report/UCDK9qD5DAQML-pzrtA7A4oA/youtube/media-stats)
10. [OfflineTV Twitch Team Stats, Members, Streams & Analytics, Streams Charts](https://streamscharts.com/teams/offlinetv)
11. [OfflineTV — CreatorSpin Biography](https://creatorspin.com/creator/offlinetv/about)
12. [Offline TV — All Seasons, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/offlinetv/allseasons/official)
13. [OfflineTV — making memories w/ friends, Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/cw/offlinetv/sitemap?l=en-GB)
14. [OfflineTV Podcast — host, contact & episode insights, fanpage.wiki](https://www.fanpage.wiki/podcasts/offlinetv-podcast-n4ihq)
15. [Sponsor OfflineTV | 30 Deals From 15 Brands, BrandBookings](https://brandbookings.com/creators/offlinetv)
16. [List of people in OTV & Friends, OfflineTVandFriends Wiki (Fandom)](https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_people_in_OTV_%26_Friends)
17. [OfflineTV Fandom Divided After Popular Streamer Thrown Out Over Abuse Allegations, Kotaku](https://kotaku.com/offlinetv-fandom-divided-after-popular-streamer-thrown-1844236222)
18. [Appendix A: Streamer Profiles, Luke McFarline PhD thesis, White Rose eTheses](https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/37855/1/Luke%20McFarline%20PhD.pdf)
19. [The Content-House Era: How OfflineTV and AMP Rewrote the Group Format, StreamerNews](https://streamernews.gg/news/content-houses-offlinetv-and-amp-explained/)
20. [Uncovering The Role of Hubs, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance](https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJLBF_Spr2024_Agranat_FinalProof.pdf)
21. [OfflineTV's YouTube Statistics, Social Blade](https://socialblade.com/youtube/handle/offlinetv)
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