In news that shocked regular YouTube viewers, creator “Shaycarl” is not on today’s “most-popular” page. Shaycarl, a radio disk jockey turned full-time YouTube star, has been on a rapid rise in subscribers and views (evidenced by Google trends data below), propelled exponentially an assload in recent months due to his affiliation with “TheStation,” a popular…
Halloween videos by Nalts
YouTube Stars form a Brat Pack Collective
iJustine is well known in the west-coast and tech sector, but when I met her at YouTube Live in San Fran I realized she doesn’t have as many YouTube subscribers on youtube.com/ijustine as one might think. So here’s my attempt to pitch her on some brilliant ideas to help drive her popularity… appearing in “Pretty Girls…
Okay. I gave myself a 15-minute “time out” to reflect on why I have a difficult time wishing success upon the Hulu.com and Strike.tv. models — and a new one I found this morning called Heavy.com. And it comes down to a “David vs. Goliath” perspective. Online video, to me and many others, represents the…
You know, he may be one of the most over-exposed YouTubers of the summer. But he’s absolutely one of my favorite YouTube personalities. Having met him, I can tell you he’s really centered and a wholesome family man. So that makes videos like this Moto Man (in which he spins his motorcycle around his house…
How does a guy (Brett the Intern) with 778 subscribers solicit some of the top YouTubers to be in his collaboration? Persistence, patience and a pretty funny script. This video includes cameos by: DaveDays: http://www.youtube.com/davedays ItsBrent: http://www.youtube.com/itsbrent ShayCarl: http://www.youtube.com/shaycarl WhatTheBuck: http://www.youtube.com/whatthebuck (and me)
Editorial Update…. here’s a newer post on how much YouTube partners make. Since this post gets so many daily views via search engines, let me answer your question simply. It’s a fraction of a fraction of a penny per view. It’s not enough to cover the mortgage for most, and it’s certainly not yet the…