Most of the YouTube channels with emojis in their handles have now been made handleless.
How? Did YouTube intervene?
I think so. The emoji handle URLs still work, though.
Can you still create them?
Unfortunately, no.
Sad
I found a video that explains how you can make a channel have no handle: https://youtu.be/HID6KvcD_T0
You need monetisation? That’s so hard