Controversial internet personality Nico "Sneako" has garnered attention on social media after saying he is "retiring from streaming." On October 1, 2024, the content creator hosted a four-hour-long livestream, during which he announced that his Rumble contract had expired. At the four-hour-12-minute mark, he played MGMT's Little Dark Age and "officially announced" his intention to "retire from streaming."
Claiming that he planned on studying at Medina and learning Arabic, the 26-year-old said:
"I'm officially announcing, now that my Rumble contract is over, I'm retiring from streaming! I'm retiring. I'm going to go and study in Medina, learn Arabic, and become a Sheik. It's been a really good time. The JQ days on Rumble. The Blueberry IRL streams. The N3on streams. The H3... shoutout to [unintelligible] and Steve. Shoutout to all the OGs, the day-ones, everybody. But I'm out."
With the music blaring in the background, Sneako seemed to say the following in a hushed tone:
"I'm not going. I'll let someone use that."
Sneako addresses the community after his Rumble contract ends
After claiming that he intended to "retire from streaming," Sneako talked about the expiration of his Rumble contract. While thanking those who supported him on the livestreaming platform, the permanently banned YouTuber said:
"I love you guys, man. Thank you for supporting me on this... run. Big things (are) coming. Who was here when we came over to Rumble two years ago after getting YouTube banned? When the Rumble layout was like Reddit! I'm 26 and retiring! Whoo! You were there, right?"
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Questioning which other streamer had been banned across multiple online media platforms, the content creator remarked:
"You were there, chat? I love you guys so much. Long live Love Speech. Could not have done this without you on Rumble! Who else got banned on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and everything? And surpassed on Rumble? Who did that?! I love you guys. I love you so much! Remember the Christmas stream? You remember the $1 donos (donations) on Rumble?"
While expressing hope that he would be unbanned on YouTube and Instagram, Sneako said he might "go to Kick":
"Big things now. Unbanned on Twitch. Maybe I'll go to Kick. Inshallah, maybe I get my YouTube back and my Instagram back."
In other news, Sneako recently claimed Hasan "HasanAbi" "made it clear" that he was attempting to get him banned from Twitch, whereas Adin Ross would "never get unbanned" on the Amazon-owned platform.