From tutorials to the so-called ASMR, you can find all kinds of videos on YouTube. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
In such a fast-paced and stressful modern world, it is normal for people to look for different ways to relax and forget a little about the problems of the day, whether it is going out with friends, watching movies with the family, watching a series before going to sleep, doing yoga or good to resort to YouTube videos.
YouTube, which emerged in 2005, has become the largest digital video library in the world and there you can find everything from music to horror stories. until we reach the famous ASMR clips among millions of channels.
To the platform, which is also the second most popular site in the world only behind Google, More than 500 hours of content are uploaded every minute and it is estimated that profits for the video network reach $15 billion per quarter.
Added to the statistics is that YouTube has a presence in at least 104 countries, available in a total of 80 languages.
Depending on the platform, around the world Users watch 5 billion videos a dayso since it is a titanic task to decide what to see and not get lost among so many new features, in 2018 the platform launched various charts where you can check which are the most viewed videos of the week (general), the most popular music videos reproduced in the last days and the trends of the day, which is updated in real time.
1. Get rid of
Artist/channel: Hernán and La Champions League
2. So You Remember | CROSSOVER 8
Artist/channel: La Joaqui, Big One and Tiago PZK
3. DRUNK AND CRAZY
Artist/channel: Abel Pintos, Emanero and The La Planta
4. Single (Official Video)
Artist/channel: Shakira
5. The same as me
Artist/channel: Marcela Morelo, LA TY LA M and The La Planta
6. FANATIC (Official video)
Artist/channel: Lali
7. Get Rid of Vol.2
Artist/channel: Callejero Fino, Hernan and La Champion’s Liga and BM
8. SAN TURRONE
Artist/channel: La Joaqui
9. Newly Single
Artist/channel: Paulo Londra
10. STEAL A KISS (Official Video)
Artist/channel: Luck Ra
*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 2006, a year after it was created, Time magazine named YouTube the “Invention of the Year.” (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 Britain’s Got Talent program, 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.