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From BuzzFeed to streaming: A decade retrospective of the Try Guys

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The Try Guys are a YouTube channel with eight million subscribers.

The group has survived sharks, algorithmic shifts, and even a cancellation.

In 2018 , the group negotiated a deal with BuzzFeed where they managed to keep their intellectual property and the name " Try Guys" Keith Habersberger , a tall and quirky theater major, and Zach Kornfeld , a zany neurotic with an eye for editing, had just started at BuzzFeed .

The Try Guys were forced to make six videos a week a week to make videos.

In 2022 , the channel was on the rise with their Food Network show No-Recipe Road Trip set to premiere.

A scandal shook the group to its core after members were bought out and removed from the channel.

In May 2024 , the group announced that the channel would undergo a rebrand.

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