YouTube has rapidly become one of the most popular websites, with videos going viral overnight and bringing in a large amount of traffic.By now, YouTube has become a regular job for many people who create content.
The platform is addictive, and that's what gives it its power. With plenty of happening videos on YouTube, here's our compiled list of YouTube videos that went viral in a few hours.
Without a doubt, Ryan Higa became famous by causing controversies! In 2006, Ryan started uploading videos to YouTube. The great majority of his content involved lip-syncing popular songs but with humorous undertones.
Higa's rise to popularity occurred in 2008 after releasing 2 video entries. The two videos in question were called "How to Be Gangster" and "How to Be Emo". I'm sure you can see why the word controversy is included in my title now. Both videos went viral on Youtube and turned Higa into an instant celebrity. However, they were both taken down soon afterwards.
Professor Robert Kelly was just being interviewed on BBC News when his two kids, a toddler and a baby, decided to make an appearance. They snuck into the studio and disrupted the conversation.
A much more entertaining interruption is when the mother crawls in to grab the children and then attempts to seal the door quietly.
The 56-second YouTube clip, published in 2007, features two young boys from the U.K., named Harry Davies-Carr (aged 3) and Charlie Davies-Carr (aged 1). In the video, Harry is seen purposely slipping his fingers into his younger brother's mouth and getting bitten each time. Afterwards, he complains to his parents aboutCharlie biting his finger.
Davies-Carr has now told the media that when the video was first published on Youtube, his parents were offered money to take it down from the platform. However, they have since decided to keep it up and update the clip instead.
The clip was sold as an "NFT" (non-fungible token), which is a digital document that works as proof of ownership. In a bidding war, eleven bids were placed and an unidentified buyer using the 3fmusic alias won full custody of the footage.
Do you ever wonder what's inside the Tiffany jewelry box that Melania Trump gave Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day? Or what Barack Obama and Donald Trump talked about while standing side by side? Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure. However, the latest video from "Bad Lip Reading" offers some funny guesses that will have you laughing out loud. If you've seen any of their videos before, you'll recognize a portion of this one as being full of the kooky lines you've come to expect.
Rob Bliss created this video in 2014 for the "Hollaback!" organization. The title of the piece is "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman", and it features actress Shoshana Roberts walking around New York City with a spy cam.Dressed simply in black T-shirt and jeans, what happens to her is caught on camera.
The 2-minute film features footage from only 10 hours of content, demonstrating what can best be termed "catcalls" or street harassment of women by men. 100+ such incidents were reported in the footage. behaviors observed included people calling out "hello" and "good morning", hurl remarks on Roberts' looks, trying to start conversations, making frustrated comments, as well as guys following her over several minutes.
As of September 2021, the Youtube video has received 50 million views .
Why did they decide to air this on YouTube, and what does it mean for viewers? It turns out that copyright holders can commercialize their content on YouTube and make some money off of advertisements. Granted, they have to split the earnings with YouTube, but it's still a good deal. Someone at NBC realized that more people would watch Lazy Sunday if it was aired on YouTube than on their own website. And since advertisers are willing to pay for space on popular videos, NBC could make more money by airing the skit on Youtube. So now we know that big media companies are starting to see the value in sharing their content beyond just their own websites.
The video is still accessible, and we'll let you have the fun of finding out what happens for yourself!
In short, if you want your video to go viral then share it with people close to you as well as colleagues. Be sure to make content that will help people take a break from their day-to-day lives, can educate them on new topics, let them explore their interests more deeply, help make them laugh or simply feel good. Additionally, informing viewers about social issues from around the world is another way to get your YouTube video noticed and shared quickly.
