From tutorials to the so-called ASMR, you can find all kinds of videos on YouTube. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
With 17 years of life, YouTube has become the most famous video platform in the world and these days it not only serves users to watch musical or funny clips, but it is also used by many to watch tutorials and learn, to fall asleep with the famous ASMR, visit other countries through various video bloggers and a lot more.
Although YouTube has seen the birth of platforms that have wanted to compete with it – such as Dailymotion, Vimeo and the social networks Instagram, Facebook and TikTok -, the website of American origin continues to be liked by Internet users, which has led it to be the second most searched site only behind Google.
In this scenario, YouTube launched its own trends section in 2018 where users can watch the new music videos that are very popular in real time in 61 countries, so that they do not miss any of the clips. more important, then It is estimated that more than 500 hours of content are uploaded every minute while around 5 billion videos are viewed every day.
1. ALFA
Artist/channel: Club Misterio and Fede Vigevani
2. APT.
Artist/channel: ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
3. Barro
Artist/channel: Duki
4. noviogangsta 3
Artist/channel: Emilia
5. The love of my life (Official Video)
Artist/channel: j mena and Ulises Bueno
6. Single woman
Artist/channel: Shakira
7. CHECKATE
Artist/channel: Yeri Mua, La Joaqui and Gusty DJ
8. Whiplash
Artist/channel: aespa
9. I’m still doing well (Live)
Artist/channel: Camilú and Q’ Lokura
10. LIT killah, BUY – BAD LUCK (Visualize)
Artist/channel: Lit Killah
*Various titles may be repeated in the ranking because some may be official videos and others may be song lyrics.
YouTube was launched in February 2005.when three former employees of the Paypal company – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim – got together and created it after they experienced difficulty sharing a couple of videos with each other after attending a party.
The domain was activated on February 14, 2005 and almost a month later, on April 23, the first clip was uploaded to the platform called “Me at the Zoo.” It was a matter of time before everyone started uploading content and sharing links through other social networks like MySpace.
One of the big companies that saw the potential of YouTube was the Nike brand, which uploaded an advertisement starring Ronaldinho, which made other large companies turn to YouTube and feel attracted.
Such was the great reception by Internet users of YouTube that by December 2005 the platform went from 50 million visits a day to 250 million views after a channel uploaded the musical clip Lazy Sunday, originally broadcast by Saturday Night Live.
For the following year, in 2006, the site was compared by the internet giant, Google, for a value of 1.65 billion dollars. At that time, 100 million videos were viewed a day and 65 thousand clips were added daily. They also signed agreements with record labels to be able to play music videos.
In 2022, YouTube users leaned more towards urban music videos. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
Since it was launched, YouTube was a site that revolutionized not only the Internet, but also the way users watch content. proof of this the recognition that Time magazine gave it in November 2006 when it was named “Invention of the Year”.
Having become the best means of dissemination, enjoying so much popularity has also put its owners in trouble, such as when to host school fights or where there is bullying, clips related to terrorism, drug trafficking or other topics considered sensitive due to their intimate content or for showing crimes like murders and more.
For the United States one of the more delicate topics is that of school shootings, which is why YouTube has been in the eye of the storm more than once for hosting content filmed by attackers, as was the case with the Virginia Tech massacre, when Cho Seung-Hui, the attacker, He previously uploaded a speech to the facts.
More recently, following the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, concerns have also been raised about how the platform allows content monetization which can be misleading and risky for the population.
Although not everything is bad, because through this platform many people have been able to be recognized for their talent, as was the case of Susan Boyle, who participated in the program Britain’s Got Talent whose extract uploaded to YouTube managed to make the woman a complete stranger to one of the most viral, famous and acclaimed people on the internet.
