The game of kings has also benefited from the popularity of 'The Queen's Gambit,' an acclaimed mini-series about a troubled female chess master that dropped on Netflix in October. His most popular video, a review of a 1962 match between Rashid Nezhmetdinov and Oleg Chernikov, has garnered more than 5.5 million views to date.ĬOVID lockdowns have sparked a renewed interest in chess: Since March 2020, the server and social network has added roughly 2 million new members a month since the pandemic began, Annenberg Media reported. 'So, starting a YouTube channel kind of made sense.' 'I always loved chess but I live in a small town and there weren't too many people I could talk to about ,' he told ESPN last year. Radić, 33, started his YouTube channel in 2017 and, within a year, its revenue exceeded his day job as a wedding videographer. 'Agadmator appealed the removal, and we quickly reinstated the video.' 'We also offer uploaders the ability to appeal removals and will re-review the content,' a representative said. YouTube declined to indicate what caused Radic's video to be flagged, but told Mail Online, 'When it’s brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it.'
If someone as well-known as Radic is being erroneously blocked, he added, 'it may well be happening quietly to lots of other people who are not so well known.'
Radić, 33, started his YouTube channel in 2017 and has more than a millions subscribers. His most popular video, a review of a 1962 match, has garnered more than 5.5 million views