(Edit: Wow this got popular. Nice to see that people still remember most of OG YouTube. Thanks for the silver!)
With YouTube Rewind 2019 out today, a quick look at YouTube’s past: 2010 vs 2019.
At the start of the decade, independent, new content creators flourished on the site. Whereas today, mainstream singers/celebs and companies hog up most of the limelight.
People often claim YouTube favours the latter group nowadays for the advertising revenue, with the home/trending pages filled with videos from such celebs/companies. It’s thus important to remember that YouTube would not be where it is today without the YouTubers and the content and communities they created on the site.
This is so cool! So many familiar names in the 2010 list. Ive also noticed advertisments are more intrusive in 2019 as well
Edit: Ah yeah, I've got uBlock Origin on my laptop and YouTube Vanced on my phone but the only place I encounter ads is on my iPad, which is ironically the place I probably use youtube the most. I haven't found a workaround for iPadOS other than a jailbreak or paying for premium :(
![image showing YouTube's Top 100 Most Subscribed 2010 vs 2019 [OC]](1a7ba983-4cf4-599b-8dbf-de7f878a72d1.jpg)
Stefan0_ on December 6th, 2019 at 12:48 UTC »
(Edit: Wow this got popular. Nice to see that people still remember most of OG YouTube. Thanks for the silver!)
With YouTube Rewind 2019 out today, a quick look at YouTube’s past: 2010 vs 2019.
At the start of the decade, independent, new content creators flourished on the site. Whereas today, mainstream singers/celebs and companies hog up most of the limelight.
People often claim YouTube favours the latter group nowadays for the advertising revenue, with the home/trending pages filled with videos from such celebs/companies. It’s thus important to remember that YouTube would not be where it is today without the YouTubers and the content and communities they created on the site.
Tools: Excel
Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20101130231252/http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels, https://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostsubscribed
danndeacon on December 6th, 2019 at 12:58 UTC »
This is so cool! So many familiar names in the 2010 list. Ive also noticed advertisments are more intrusive in 2019 as well
Edit: Ah yeah, I've got uBlock Origin on my laptop and YouTube Vanced on my phone but the only place I encounter ads is on my iPad, which is ironically the place I probably use youtube the most. I haven't found a workaround for iPadOS other than a jailbreak or paying for premium :(
ImIntellects on December 6th, 2019 at 14:55 UTC »
Man I used to watch so much nigahiga back in elementary and middle school, totally forgot about them. The original how to videos are absolute classics