Casey Neistat Unplugged: Why He Left YouTube & What’s Next

In this unfiltered sit-down on The Diary of a CEO, Casey Neistat—the guy who practically invented daily vlogging—talks about what led him to finally step away from YouTube after years at the top. It’s not just about burnout or needing a "break"—no, it's deeper. Casey opens up about how he was raised in a chaotic, practically supervision-free environment, which fueled this intense desire to prove himself, to make something of his life. He describes how “patience”—a quality he used to scoff at, by the way—turned out to be crucial in getting where he wanted to go, even if it didn't always make sense at the time.

As they talk, you can feel this shift in him, this move away from chasing views or revenue—he’s not even interested in that anymore. Fame, financial success, the crazy highs and lows of building and selling a company…it’s all behind him. These days? He’s focused on things that are creatively fulfilling, things that actually resonate on a personal level instead of just "feeding the machine."

There’s something so raw here—Casey’s journey from a scrappy kid with nothing to lose, to a guy who literally broke new ground in the content world, and now, he's looking for something real, something meaningful. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a creator who’s seen it all finally starts questioning what it’s all for, watch "Casey Neistat: Why I Quit YouTube & What I'm Doing Now!" on The Diary of a CEO channel. It's a conversation that might just change the way you see success, or at least make you rethink how you're defining it.