First Ever Viral Videos

Every now and then, someone posts a video on youtube that goes absolutely viral. It suddenly becomes the only thing everyone is talking about and watching. Unfortunately that only lasts for a week or two then everyone seems to be over it.

Viral videos seem to be the main cause for people to get introduced to Youtube. It was after the first time I ever watched a viral video that I became so interested in the site. I mean, most people didn't just discover Youtube for the fun of it, it's mainly by watching a viral video everyone was talking about.

With that said, Have you ever wondered what the first every viral videos on Youtube were? I have created a list of videos that seemed to be most watched throughout the first couple years of Youtube. Im almost positive most of you have watched at least 3 out of the 5, if not.. well i guess you've missed out on some interesting videos.

1. Charlie Bit My Finger 629,688,678 views - 7 years ago

Two English brothers, Harry Davies-Carr (aged three at the time) and Charlie Davies-Carr (aged one at the time) were sitting in a chair when Harry put his finger into Charlie's mouth and got it bitten. "Howard Davies-Carr, the father of the boys, said the video was "simply an attempt to capture the boys growing up". While watching the finger biting scene on his camera after recording it, it "didn't particularly stand out". It was not until he transferred the video onto his computer a few weeks later and played it again that he realized it was funny." - The Herald 

2. Evolution of Dance 240,909,208 views - 8 years ago

"The Evolution of Dance" was first performed in March 2001 by Jusdon Laipply, at the time it consisted of 12 popular dance songs. In 2006, he uploaded a video of the performance to YouTube.

 In 2006, it was rated on YouTube as:

• #1 Most Viewed All Time Video on YouTube.com
• #1 Top Rated Video on YouTube.com
• #3 Most Discussed Video on YouTube.com

3. David After Dentist 122,276,597 views - 5 years ago

In May 2008, 7-year old David DeVore Jr. was taken to the dentist to have an extra tooth removed. This was David's first surgery and his mother could not be there so his father decided to video tape the experience only to share with her and their family. His reaction to the anaesthesia was absolutely historical and so his parents decided to share it with Youtube.

4. Leave Britney Alone (Warning.. coarse language) 47,258,250 views - 6 years ago

In the video, Chris Crocker rages out at gossip entertainers such as Perez Hilton, and at reality TV star Simon Cowell, who majorly criticized Britney Spears' onstage music performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.

"The video received worldwide attention and earned Crocker interviews on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Today Show, Maury, The Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM morning show. Wired named it the top video of 2007." - Wired

5. "Here It Goes Again" 19,324,129 views - 5 years ago

The music video of the song is a performance of the band dancing on treadmills in a single take. It took a total of seventeen attempts to complete the video.

The music video won:

• The 2007 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
• The 2006 YouTube awards for Most Creative Video 
• In July 2011, the video was named one of "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos" by Time Magazine.

Sources: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bit_My_Finger

http://www.theevolutionofdance.com

http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/story/379184.html

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Crocker

http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/

Ever Heard Of A Vlog?

Social video sites like YouTube have given people the opportunity to express themselves in many different ways as we know, one specifically being vlogging. 

Most People on Youtube who do in fact vlog, sit down in front of their cameras and talk about anything. Vloggers mainly document and video tape bits of how they're spending their day share it with their viewers. This gives their viewers a better understanding of what the Youtubers life consists of outside of YouTube. 

Some vloggers on Youtube go to the extreme where they've video tapped every single day for the past 5 years so far and posted them on youtube. These vloggers go by the name of "Daily Vloggers".

Here is a list of the most viewed daily vloggers on Youtube with up to 200,000 viewers on each of their daily vlogs:

• Shaytards
• Ctfxc
• ItsJudysLife
• BfvsGf

You may question, why would someone want to watch a video on youtube every single day for up to 5 years? Well see, these videos basically become an actual reality show for us viewers. Once a viewer starts to watch a couple daily blogs, they begin to wonder what the Youtubers did the day after that or day the day before that and their life almost becomes a necessity to watch. The viewers become a part of the Youtubers life, whatever the Youtuber goes through and experiences, viewers will go through it with them and be there to support them. For ItsJudysLife and Ctfxc, you can actually watch both of their marriage proposals as well as their weddings on Youtube.


For example, Charles Trippy, better known as Ctfxc, was diagnosed with a brain tumour around 2 years ago. Him and his wife Alli Trippy have been vlogging every single day non stop for over 5 years. Once the viewers heard the news about Charles, they reacted as any one of his family member did, he's was no stranger to them because they have watched him grow over 4 years every single day. 

Till this day Charles has been fighting against his brain tumour with the love and support of their viewers.

In addition there are also weekly vloggers as well as casual vloggers. Weekly vloggers combine bits of their week and post it into one single video weekly and then casual vloggers happen to post a video whenever they go to events or have something special happening that day.

Here is a list of some of the most viewed weekly and casual vloggers on Youtube:

• Watchusliveandstuff
• Thatshearttv
• MoreMarcus
• MoreZoella
• PointlessblogTv
• TheTimothyDeLaGhetto

I personally happen to be one of those people who watches vlogs occasionally. I find it interesting to see the lives of these Youtubers outside of the site. People think that once someone is famous their lives are perfect and they have everything they want, these vlogs however, show that they also go through troubles and they're actual no different than us. Yes, they may be famous online, but they live the exact same life as us. They go to the movies, they shop at the mall, cook their own meals and go through all sorts of stuff we do.. they're no Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus.

Let me know your thoughts on vlogs and whether you would be interested in watching them :)

YouTubers On The Big Screen

As we all know, YouTube is known for being a great outlet for amateur singers to express themselves freely, it has provided already many opportunities with being exposed to producers, record labels and songwriters. What most people seem to forget is that YouTube is not only used to showcase singing abilities, but acting as well.

Throughout the years I've spent watching videos on YouTube, I've gotten to see plenty of talented people express themselves by posting skits on the site. Most of you probably have heard of NigaHiga or have watched some of his videos. The first YouTube video I ever watched was actually his video "How to be a Ninja". At the time I was around the age of 11 and I can honestly say that I've never laughed as hard in my life as I did when I watched that video.
Most people have been too busy lately focusing on singers the past couple years, that they don't notice the hard work, dedication and talent YouTube entertainers have been putting out. Luckily, some of these YouTube have actually managed to land roles in popular movies.

I'm pretty sure most of you have already watched Grown Ups 2 by now, but little did you know that Jimmy Tatro, a YouTuber who posts comedic skits about things he considers everyday problems for a typical person in college, actually managed to receive a role in the movie. He plays the role of one of the Frat Boys who rival with Adam Sandlers posse. Also, Jimmy has actually been casted a new role in the upcoming film 22 Jump Street, so look out for that!

Here is one of the scenes where we get to see Jimmy:

Another YouTuber who has managed to make it to the big screen is Emmanuel Hudson. Most people might know him from the video "Why you asking all them questions". 

He has taken his career to the next level by casting alongside Kevin Hart & Ice Cube in "Ride Along" due for release in 2014, starring in the ABC network series "Nashville," as well as Nick Cannons MTV show Wild-N-Out.

All in all, yes these YouTubers aren't fortunate enough to receive instant fame like most of the singers on the site do, but because they have managed to take things step by step, with their dedication and hard work, the small roles they receive will constantly grow and turn into being main roles as they work their way up.