▶ THE CREATOR INDEX

dropped #016 — Displaced by merit — bottom of a brutally compressed 84-tier; re-entry candidate

dropped #009 — Breadth over depth

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit — one-issue tenure

dropped #008 — Substantially reduced output

dropped #010 — Displaced; channel in transition

dropped #012 — Upload frequency untenable

dropped #010 — Trajectory levelled

dropped #010 — Ceiling apparent

dropped #011 — Output slowdown

dropped #016 — Displaced by merit — Boss Fight loser tier; re-entry candidate

dropped #011 — Stalled trajectory

dropped #010 — Methodology criticisms (re-eval #011: 64)

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit

dropped #015 — Ceiling apparent — law-meets-pop-culture format plateaued after multi-issue slide; re-entry candidate

dropped #012 — Stalled trajectory

dropped #011 — Controversy / conflict-of-interest

dropped #011 — Upload pace concerns

dropped #012 — Displaced

dropped #007 — Quality trajectory decline

dropped #014 — Ceiling apparent — daily news commentary plateau

dropped #009 — Crowded out

dropped #006 — Corporate pivot, soulless format

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit

dropped #017 — Displaced at threshold by Machine Issue entrants — tier crowding

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit — one-issue tenure

dropped #014 — Ceiling apparent — music analysis lane saturated

dropped #012 — One-issue tenure

dropped #011 — Displaced

dropped #012 — Displacement injustice (score above several remaining); flagged

dropped #014 — Displaced by merit — below new 84 entry threshold

dropped #014 — Confirmed slowdown — re-evaluation candidate if pace returns

dropped #018 — Displaced by Fall of Civilizations (89 NEW #16); 84-tier knife fight went against the best-covered lane (gaming has GMTK/Scott The Woz/Noclip); re-entry candidate the moment the tier reshuffles

dropped #015 — Displaced — continued drift, score unchanged but trajectory flat; re-entry candidate

dropped #017 — Displaced at threshold by Machine Issue entrants — tier crowding