I Hate Everything

2013youtube channelsemi-active

Published August 29, 2026

I Hate Everything, often shortened to IHE, is the YouTube channel of Alex Bolton, a New Zealand-born English critic who reviews films, video games, and internet trends. Launched in August 2013, the channel drew wider attention in late 2015 after Cool Cat filmmaker Derek Savage filed a copyright strike over Bolton's review, kicking off the #FREEIHE hashtag when YouTube briefly suspended the account in January 2016.

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Overview

IHE videos follow a dry, deadpan style where Bolton talks over clips of whatever trend, movie, or internet oddity he wants to complain about, usually opening with a sarcastic hook before laying out his gripes. Early episodes that pushed the channel past its cult audience took aim at Minions, imageboard /b/, and the Don't Judge Me Challenge1.

The channel's signature series is Search for the Worst, in which Bolton picks films from the bottom of IMDb's rankings, including Troll 2, Birdemic, The Room, and Cool Cat Saves the Kids, then ranks them against each other. In that run, The Amazing Bulk (2013) sat at the very bottom of his list2. Bolton also runs a secondary channel, JAR Media, which he used during the January 2016 suspension to talk directly to viewers3.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube
Creator
Alex Bolton
Date
2013

Alex Bolton created the I Hate Everything channel on August 23rd, 2013, and posted his first video two days later, a rant about PewDiePie's fanbase1. That debut clip pulled roughly 370,000 views and 18,000 likes by late 2015, setting the tone for a channel built around pop-culture takedowns and internet-culture criticism2. Bolton was born in New Zealand but grew up in England, and narrates every video himself in the clipped English accent that fans came to associate with the IHE brand2.

How It Spread

The channel's biggest moment came in early November 2015, when Derek Savage, director of the anti-bullying children's film Cool Cat Saves the Kids, filed copyright strikes against Bolton's review alongside similar reviews from two other YouTubers2. Bolton put Search for the Worst on hold and posted a reaction video addressing the strike, then a follow-up questioning why fellow critic YourMovieSucks had not been touched4.

Bolton briefly pulled the review after Savage sent emails accusing him of bullying and threats, but reposted them along with a third video showing the emails on screen2. Support came from YouTube reviewers YourMovieSucks and Caddicarus, and on November 28th, 2015, YouTube dropped the strike. Bolton later said Savage had impersonated attorneys from a law firm to pressure him into deletions2.

On January 19th, 2016, Bolton uploaded a video to JAR Media explaining that his main channel had been suspended and asked viewers to push back on YouTube using #FREEIHE3. JonTron and h3h3 Productions boosted the tag in the comments and on Twitter, and the main IHE channel was reinstated the following day2.

Frequently Asked Questions

I Hate Everything

2013youtube channelsemi-active

Published August 29, 2026

I Hate Everything, often shortened to IHE, is the YouTube channel of Alex Bolton, a New Zealand-born English critic who reviews films, video games, and internet trends. Launched in August 2013, the channel drew wider attention in late 2015 after Cool Cat filmmaker Derek Savage filed a copyright strike over Bolton's review, kicking off the #FREEIHE hashtag when YouTube briefly suspended the account in January 2016.

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Overview

IHE videos follow a dry, deadpan style where Bolton talks over clips of whatever trend, movie, or internet oddity he wants to complain about, usually opening with a sarcastic hook before laying out his gripes. Early episodes that pushed the channel past its cult audience took aim at Minions, imageboard /b/, and the Don't Judge Me Challenge1.

The channel's signature series is Search for the Worst, in which Bolton picks films from the bottom of IMDb's rankings, including Troll 2, Birdemic, The Room, and Cool Cat Saves the Kids, then ranks them against each other. In that run, The Amazing Bulk (2013) sat at the very bottom of his list2. Bolton also runs a secondary channel, JAR Media, which he used during the January 2016 suspension to talk directly to viewers3.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube
Creator
Alex Bolton
Date
2013

Alex Bolton created the I Hate Everything channel on August 23rd, 2013, and posted his first video two days later, a rant about PewDiePie's fanbase1. That debut clip pulled roughly 370,000 views and 18,000 likes by late 2015, setting the tone for a channel built around pop-culture takedowns and internet-culture criticism2. Bolton was born in New Zealand but grew up in England, and narrates every video himself in the clipped English accent that fans came to associate with the IHE brand2.

How It Spread

The channel's biggest moment came in early November 2015, when Derek Savage, director of the anti-bullying children's film Cool Cat Saves the Kids, filed copyright strikes against Bolton's review alongside similar reviews from two other YouTubers2. Bolton put Search for the Worst on hold and posted a reaction video addressing the strike, then a follow-up questioning why fellow critic YourMovieSucks had not been touched4.

Bolton briefly pulled the review after Savage sent emails accusing him of bullying and threats, but reposted them along with a third video showing the emails on screen2. Support came from YouTube reviewers YourMovieSucks and Caddicarus, and on November 28th, 2015, YouTube dropped the strike. Bolton later said Savage had impersonated attorneys from a law firm to pressure him into deletions2.

On January 19th, 2016, Bolton uploaded a video to JAR Media explaining that his main channel had been suspended and asked viewers to push back on YouTube using #FREEIHE3. JonTron and h3h3 Productions boosted the tag in the comments and on Twitter, and the main IHE channel was reinstated the following day2.

Frequently Asked Questions