Asmongold sees sponsor boycotts as a step toward deplatforming
His widely watched reaction goes beyond lost advertising to argue for platform removals and pressure on technology companies.
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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 1,453,671 views.
This is the cultural shift I’ve been waiting for..
Things we can learn from the video
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- 5:40Asmongold reviews lists of advertisers withdrawing from I've Had It.
- 10:32He argues that financial pressure should be followed by removal from major platforms.
- 19:19Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan's response becomes the focus of his criticism of the backlash's framing.
- 23:25He proposes pressuring Meta through the prospect of regulatory problems over content it hosts.
- 43:28Asmongold closes this discussion by saying he does not advocate or condone real-world political violence.
Losing advertisers isn't the endpoint Asmongold has in mind. In "This is the cultural shift I've been waiting for..", he describes sponsor boycotts as the opening move in a broader effort to remove controversial political commentary from major platforms.
The upload drew roughly 1.5 million views since yesterday. Its central argument is about leverage: advertisers can withdraw money, platforms can withdraw distribution, and Asmongold wants critics to pursue both.
He works through social media posts and sponsor withdrawal notices, including those concerning I've Had It, before watching hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan respond to the backlash. He rejects their emphasis on gun violence, arguing that political violence is the issue their response needs to address. These are excerpts selected for a reaction stream, with Asmongold stopping to dispute their framing.
His proposed response becomes more consequential as the video continues. He argues that financial pressure should lead to removal from services such as Spotify. Later, he suggests using the prospect of regulatory trouble to pressure Meta over what it hosts, extending his argument beyond consumer boycotts to government leverage over platforms.
Asmongold presents the withdrawals as evidence that this strategy is working. But the argument viewers encounter is also about what should happen next, not simply which sponsors have left. Toward the end, he states his own boundary plainly: "I actually don't support political violence."
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Where next?
- Channel
- Asmongold TV
- Subscribers
- 4,750,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 45,088,934
- Channel views, pace per day
- 8,601,964 (on a normal day: 7,131,795)
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,453,671 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,944,379
The numbers
The upload passed a million views before its first full day. Its comment count also exceeded the channel's usual first-day total.


