"I'm not going to be on Twitter or Facebook, I'm going to be learning because I know real change is coming and I want to be part of that."
The video, called Final Episode Of The Trews " Goodbye, Good Luck, hinted that Brand was stopping the series only "for now", and that he might return. The videos, often filmed on his bed or around his Shoreditch flat, have proved popular, with most getting at least 120,000 views.
Brand's interview with Ed Miliband during the British election attracted more than 1.3 million views and widespread media coverage, though many questioned whether the move eventually helped or undermined the Labour leader's campaign.
He recently backed Jeremy Corbyn in Britain's Labour leadership race, despite saying after the general election that he was staying out of politics.
Brand's hiatus may also have something to do with his planned "Trews World Tour" which takes in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand this year. He performs at Auckland's Vector Arena on October 14.
And there was a hint he might not be taking a lengthy break from social media - he signed off the video post saying he would be "back soon".
He gained controversy in July by responding to Prime Minister David Cameron's request for a minute's silence to remember the 38 people killed during an attack on a hotel in Tunisia.
Brand said the minute of silence was part of a "general policy of bulls**t" so the Government "can continue selling arms around the world and perpetuating a cycle where its own needs are met at the expense of its own citizens".
In his words
Russell Brand on:
Profit: Profit is the most profane word we have.
Sex: Not without good reason do the French describe an orgasm as a little death.
Vegetarianism: Even as a junkie I stayed true - I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.
Life: Life's never a postcard of life, is it? It never feels like how you'd want it to look.
Capitalism: Asking it to behave differently is like asking a microwave to wash your car.
The future: People don't realise that the future is just now, but later.
His legacy: I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.
- Agencies
