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91 unusual facts about YouTube


1909 VFL Grand Final

The near-complete silent film can be viewed on the National Film and Sound Archive's YouTube channel (see external links).

AB Moteurs

Numerous clips of Sprint Cup Series races from recent seasons with Angeli's and Chéreau's excitable and enthusiastic commentary have been uploaded to YouTube.

Amr Ellissy

Some of his interviews and investigative documentaries are uploaded on YouTube, under the title of "Egypt Journalist Amr Ellissy".

Andover Estate

Ms Widdecombe is refusing to watch the 10-minute video, which is posted on the YouTube website.

Animal Planet

In November 2012, Revision3, the Discovery-owned online video network, entered into a partnership with Fishbowl Worldwide Media to distribute and sell advertising for its pets-focused YouTube programming, as well as to fund development of new shows, on its YouTube channel PETSAMI, run by FishBowl Digital Studio senior vice president and general manager David Beebe.

Anthony Graber

On March 10, Graber posted the video of the encounter on YouTube.

Antonio Martínez Luna

In May 2007 a video uploaded to YouTube and released to the media portrayed José Ramón Velázquez, a drug dealer working for the Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. "El Chapo") criminal gang, accusing the governor and Martínez Luna of protecting drug dealers.

Basil Chivers

Better known from the well known site YouTube for uploading videos of events that he attends around the country.

Benjamin Cook

Benjamin Cook (journalist) (born 1982), English journalist, Doctor Who author, YouTube personality

Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

He frequently posts tutorials and walk-through videos on his primary and secondary YouTube channels and is known to go into great depth about the processes and tools he uses to create his music.

BriTANicK

The group's videos have been featured on major internet video sites including YouTube, CollegeHumor, Cracked, Break, and FunnyOrDie.

Chap Petersen

She also claimed that Petersen's campaign uploaded a video to YouTube which brought up her daughter's armed robbery conviction of several years ago.

Count von Count

His first performance of the Count was in a YouTube video called "Counting the Yous in YouTube", a song about the celebration of Sesame Street's YouTube channel reaching 1 billion views.

Cudworth, Saskatchewan

They posted a video on YouTube showing them illegally shooting ducks and grebes out of season and from a vehicle, creating widespread public outrage.

Damien Walters

On YouTube he is one of the most watched Freerunners, with his videos having a total of over 80 million views.

Demetrius Crawford

After spending a year out of football, Crawford put out a motivational video with amateur film-maker Eric Gomes on YouTube entitled #DreamChasersNeverSleep.

Dino Zamparelli

The video of the incident quickly went viral and was viewed over 600,000 times within the first two weeks after being uploaded to YouTube.

DIscovery And Launch

DIAL, an acronym for DIscovery And Launch, is a protocol co-developed by Netflix and YouTube with help from Sony and Samsung.

East Bridgewater High School

Below, you can view the YouTube video of the proposed new high school's layout and appearance.

En Busca de un Ídolo

The matches took place exclusively on the Friday night Super Viernes shows and as the first round they could only be seen on radiocmll.com and on CMLL's official YouTube channel.

Initially the tournament matches were not shown on TV, they could only be seen on radiocmll.com and on CMLL's official YouTube channel.

Extraordinary Canadians: Marshall McLuhan

As Coupland has written about the effects of technology in previous works like Microserfs and JPod, he discusses the relations between modern technology and McLuhan's ideas in the modern context, with subject matter like Wikipedia and YouTube.

February 2008 in Pakistan

February 24: Pakistani censors cause most of the Earth's Internet users to lose access to the Internet site YouTube for up to two hours.

Festus Baise

The video was featured on the website of the British newspaper The Sun and was viewed over five million times on Internet site YouTube.

Flashed Face Distortion Effect

The phenomenon, which has gone viral on YouTube, also represents an example of scientific phenomenology which outstrips (in this case) neurological theory.

Forward Intelligence Team

Footage that they have recorded has also been uploaded onto YouTube in an attempt to catch people they believe have reoffended.

Giuliano Stroe

Stroe performed the stunt in front of a cheering live audience on an Italian TV show, and has become an internet sensation as hundreds of thousands of people have watched the clip of him performing the stunt on YouTube.

Hikaru Koto

Since retiring from the adult industry, Koto has become one of Japan's most popular YouTube personalities under the name "cotorich" and is known for her frequent use of "Ohayō. Konnichiwa. Konbanwa".

Hsin Ting

In 2011, Hsin Ting launched a personal Facebook page as well as a YouTube channel for the purposes of reaching out to younger Buddhists.

Humboldt Gymnasium

In 2009, the school won the 361-Degree Tolerance competition, which was started by YouTube, and which had the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, as patron.

Indira Radić

The song achieved huge success, collecting over 100,000 views on YouTube within the first 24 hours of its release and after a week got seventh place of most commented YouTube videos worldwide.

Iván Hernández González

On March 2012, an audio was leaked to YouTube in which Hernández is heard chastising municipal employees for their lack of support to activities of the campaign of the New Progressive Party and Luis Fortuño.

Jeannemarie Devolites Davis

Devolites Davis also claimed that Petersen's campaign uploaded a video to YouTube which brought up her daughter's armed robbery conviction of several years ago.

Jeremy Arel

Jeremy Arel aka “The Gerbil” is a North American grappler in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu who is well known for his blog on living and training in Rio de Janeiro as well as his YouTube tutorial channel.

JerryC

At the height of its popularity, "Canon Rock" was one of the top 10 downloaded guitar tabs on the Ultimate Guitar Archive, and was once one of the most viewed videos on YouTube.

Jerzy Płaczkiewicz

On YouTube, as jurek46pink, he maintains extensive library of Polish and Central European songs, including old tangos and interviews with Wiera Gran.

Jody Littleton

Littleton is an avid ATV racer, as shown in several YouTube videos at Little Sahara, Oklahoma.

Jorge Uliarte

In 2010and 2011 he realized a successful tour with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra through China and Moscow, also in Orvieto/Italy and in 2012 the international music festival in Ushuaia was transmitted for the first time via live-stream on YouTube - worldwide.

Ken Fairweather

The exchange, which had been filmed, was posted on YouTube, and made front page news in the Post-Courier, the country's largest-selling daily newspaper.

Kieran O'Neill

He started one of the first video sharing websites, similar to YouTube, when he was 15 and sold it aged 19 for $1.25M.

Kimmo Wilska

Wilska received much support from viewers after the incident, and the clip of the gag became an Internet meme amongst Finnish YouTube users.

Lalit Goel

In 2006, Goel became a YouTube celebrity after someone uploaded a five-minute snippet of one of the his lectures to the site, in which he mentioned humorous comments about him made by second-year students who had attended his circuit analysis classes.

Larry Sonsini

He has also worked for the well known Internet firms Google, Netscape and YouTube.

Lee Barden

Barden's video company, Black and Blue Productions, provides some of the nunchaku content on YouTube.

Lehman's Hardware

Their YouTube channel has more than 100 videos, including one of a store employee churning butter that has received more than 47,000 hits.

MacX YouTube Downloader

MacX YouTube Downloader is implemented as a web video downloading program which downloads videos from YouTube in different resolution and formats for Mac OS X.

Marija Ugrica

Marija Ugrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Угрица) (born July 27, 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a pop singer well known by her strong live performances and YouTube music covers.

Mc Kresha

He is one of the most popular music artists in Kosovo who rose to fame after releasing "Lyrical Warfare" and "Lej Flleshat", both of which has had over two million views on YouTube.

Metal Wolf Chaos

Despite not receiving a Western release, Metal Wolf Chaos gained cult status after a series of YouTube videos depicting the game's cheesy voice acting and nonsensical plot were released.

Michael Jagmin

On April 10, Etienne officially released his new single "Honey Is Sweet But The Bee Stings" as well as a music video for it on his YouTube.

Mike Score

On February 4, 2013, Score indicated, via his YouTube account, that he had left the band to pursue his solo career and on the same day, Score uploaded a music video of his new song "All I Wanna Do".

Nattawut Saikua

On 22 June 2013, a music video surfaced on YouTube featuring Nattawut singing about and promoting grocery stores.

Network2.tv

Where YouTube and other sites are video sharing sites and hosting sites that organize around the video clip level, Network2 offers a guide to shows with characters or hosts that repeat from episode to episode, and shows that are the original work of the content producer.

No Deliverance

First news of the album came with a few videos posted onto YouTube from a fan who had apparently sneaked into the band's rehearsal space.

Orson Welles' Sketch Book

He fosters an intimate, even conspiratorial tone that makes him an impeccable embodiment of the medium's proverbial status as a guest in the front room … To our digitally accustomed eyes, the one-to-one timbre of the programme comes off like a monochrome forebear of Skype or YouTube.

Owen Hargreaves

Hargreaves posted YouTube videos in a bid to convince potential suitors of his fitness, and in August 2011, Manchester City offered a one-year contract to Hargreaves, which he accepted.

Owen Schmitt

Schmitt attracted media and YouTube attention in the aftermath of a game during the 2009 NFL season during which he smashed his helmet against his head until he opened up a large gash.

Pablo P. Garcia

His son, Byron, the former security consultant for the Cebu provincial government, gained attention in 2007 after instituting a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and uploading the routines on YouTube, including the popular Thriller viral video.

Patrick Boivin

Many of his films have been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.

Peekvid

Video hosting sites that were linked to Peekvid included YouTube and Dailymotion.

Pepsi Tate

In the summer of 2006 a series of videos appeared on YouTube depicting a fictional band called The Pepsi Tate Jazz Band.

Pro Wrestling X

Several gameplay videos have been uploaded to YouTube showing the game's progress so far, as well as several screenshots of the game being uploaded to Facebook.

Punggol East Single Member Constituency

There were 2 rounds of rallies in this by-election, Workers' Party's rally drew the most audiences amounting to over 5,000 and 12,000 audiences, with Singapore Democratic Alliance using the social media and technology to draw audiences via a series of videos posted to YouTube.

Ray Chi

That project would lead to the collaborative creation of ZeroTV.com, a precursor to YouTube and MySpace.

Rick Spleen

However, when it is revealed that an advertising agency wants to use the duo's song "Tragic", which was put up on YouTube, Rick changes his mind and starts enjoying the music.

Royal Württemberg State Railways

The comic song "Auf der schwäb'sche Eisebahne" (On the Swabian railways) has been sung by many artists, and versions can be seen on YouTube.

Rubén García Rey

In the 2012 summer, after playing two years with CD Alhaurino, one in Tercera División and the other in the regional championships, Rubén signed for Scottish First Division side Cowdenbeath, after his agent sent YouTube videos to club manager Colin Cameron and the player impressed in a subsequent trial.

Ryan Farish

A Farish song, "Pacific Wind," was featured in a popular YouTube video, entitled "Remember Me," created by a 15-year-old high school student named Lizzie Palmer.

Ryuji Ito

The match has since become a hit video among hardcore wrestling fans on the website YouTube.

Sad Singalong Songs

On December 27, 2012, Anouk released the song "Stardust" via her own YouTube-channel as a preview to her new sound.

Shahrzad Rafati

Shahrzad Rafati is the founder and CEO of BroadbandTV Corp., a leading digital entertainment and technology company that operates one of the world’s largest entertainment networks on YouTube.

Shaun Wilson-Miller

Shaun remains a true inspiration to over three million people who viewed his accidental My Final Goodbye video on YouTube.

Shraga Simmons

This video garnered over 200,000 views on Aish.com and YouTube.

Sickology 101

On March 24, 2009, the music video for "Red Nose" was added to YouTube by Strange Music's account in high-definition video.

SL-1

The video was subsequently released and can be viewed at The Internet Archive and YouTube.

SoCo Music Project

SoCo Music Project regularly posts ‘Balcony Session’ videos on video sharing site YouTube, filmed on location at the Creative Hub.

Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi, and began streaming it on YouTube in both English and Japanese, with captions for up to 7 other languages.

Tarah Toohil

In late 2012, an unknown person posted a photo montage on YouTube, entitled "Pizza Party," showing Toohil at a party ten years earlier.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny

In January 2010, the film faced controversy, when a major chunk of the film was released online in 5-6 parts over the online video sharing website, YouTube.

It was supposed to release in 2008 but was delayed, it was then set for an early 2010 release but in January 2010 it was further delayed because parts of the film were leaked on YouTube while still undergoing post-production work.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

YouTube clips of vampires committing suicide are popular, and Midnight has a popular blog and vlog site.

The Museum of Innocence

Pamuk said he used YouTube to research Turkish music and film while preparing the novel.

The Oregon Duck

Due to the agreement with Disney in place at the time, the creators had to take the video down from YouTube.

The Sweet Sound of Smosh

The Sweet Sound of Smosh is the fourth album by YouTube comedy duo Smosh, released on November 30, 2013.

Tom DiCillo

DiCillo also directed "Weeping Willow", a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, was inspired by the lonelygirl15 videos on YouTube.

ToyWatch

The Guardian reported on March 5, 2012 that actress Sandra Bullock is suing the watchmaker for an ad seen on YouTube which represents the Swarovski-crystal encrusted watch she wore in the Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side as identical to the company's white band watch encrusted with synthetic mineral glass stones.

Voyage.tv

Voyage.tv also has a branded YouTube channel (VoyageChannel), which broadcasts select videos from Voyage’s slate and provides an alternate portal for viewers to access content.

WLUM-FM

Airchecks of WLUM's "Hot 102" days, including clips from a 1991 television program that they co-produced with WCGV-TV, can be found on YouTube.

WUBE-FM

A video with audio of a WCPO-FM legal ID can be seen on YouTube.

Yuval Harari

YouTube Video clips of Harari’s lectures on the history of the world

Zoran Krušvar

DVD distributed with the book contains music video soundtrack to the novel, and the trailer for the book was released on YouTube a month before its publishing.


Alex Désert

In 2011, Désert starred as Wise in the YouTube web series The LeBrons.

André Walker

Robert Bobbin, a fellow passenger on a commuter train from Waterloo station, recorded the conversation and placed it on the YouTube along with a picture he took of Walker in his seat.

Brandon Hardesty

In November 2008, Brandon participated in YouTube's first live show: YouTube Live.

Continental Championship Wrestling

YouTube clips are included to show the Possible Forerunner To ECW? section is not based on original research.

Eating live animals

A YouTube channel called "Food for Louis" shows videos of Louis Cole eating live animals.

Elizabeth Gillies

Gillies has a YouTube account called LizGilliesOfficial, where she uploads covers of popular songs including: "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones, "You and I" by Lady Gaga, "For No One" by The Beatles, "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens and "One and Only" by Adele.

Fitzrovia News

Like many hyperlocal media the Fitzrovia News makes extensive use of freely available digital media: blog software Wordpress and social media Twitter, Facebook; location-based social-networking Foursquare; and visual media Flickr and YouTube.

Google Web Designer

The advertising feature set is more complete with components to add Google Maps, YouTube videos and more, as well as automatically including the tracking code events for DoubleClick and AdMob.

Jefferson Han

TED released the video online 6 months later and it spread quickly on YouTube.

Keith Kerr

On November 29, 2007, Kerr submitted a YouTube video that was used as a question in the Republican Presidential Debate in St. Petersburg, Florida on CNN.

Keo Nozari

In 2010, Nozari announced work on the final stages of a brand new album Love Boutique which he documented on his namesake YouTube channel.

Koichi Toyama

He gained notoriety with his provocative 2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election speech, which was posted on YouTube.

Kung Fu Bear

(Some versions of the video were eventually taken down from YouTube, due to copyright-infringing use of Carl Douglas' song "Kung Fu Fighting"; its popularity is greater than its currently displayed viewer counts indicate.)

Lisa Donovan

In a Forbes magazine article, YouTube founder Chad Hurley highlighted Donovan's success as an example of the changing paradigm of entertainment.

More Than a Feeling

Former Boston band member Barry Goudreau made appearances with Huckabee both live and on YouTube stating that he was of the band Boston, though he had been out of the band for over two decades.

Nar Williams

In 2012 his feature screenplay about YouTube, rocket science, and the occult was sold to Fox Digital Studio.

Norman North High School

Ray William Johnson- A YouTube Comedian/Personality, who had the most subscribed channel in the world (Now 2nd most).

NuvoTV

Video entries were judged by the public and a panel, including CNN anchorman Rick Sanchez, actress Rosario Dawson, Craiglist's Craig Newmark, former Texas congressman Henry Bonilla, YouTube's Steve Grove and Danny Vargas, chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.

Pink Man

In 2012, Pink Man was also mentioned briefly in a short video by Lev Yilmaz entitled "Coffee Shop Customers" which appears as part of his YouTube series "Tales Of Mere Existence.".

Polina Semionova

Appearing in Herbert Grönemeyer's music video "Demo (Letzter Tag)", which was later uploaded to the popular video site YouTube, brought her to the attention of both the dance community and the general public.

Renee Paquette

Young began co-hosting the World Tour segments, which is a segment detailing the city they are filming in, showcasing various tourist attractions, before later being promoted as a third main presenter on The JBL and Cole Show, which is shown on YouTube and WWE.com.

Robert Tanitch

He has written and directed several revue sketches for YouTube, some starring Timothy West and Prunella Scales.

Say When!!

A portion of this footage was used on both NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments and VH1's Game Show Moments Gone Bananas; the full version is available for viewing on YouTube.

Scott Stanford

Stanford also makes appearances in Zack Ryder's weekly Z! True Long Island Story YouTube series.

Sekretagent Productions

The company eventually produced two 3D spots, one of which was a joint effort with Coca-Cola Zero, Mentos, and Eepybird of YouTube fame.

So Seelisch, So Schön!

A low-budget music video was made for the song and is available at YouTube.

Strange Company

The most recent Strange Company release is a short film adaptation of a Lord Byron poem entitled, "When We Two Parted.", which was featured on the front page of YouTube UK upon its release.

Student life at Brigham Young University

In February 2012, a YouTube video called "What do you know about black history?" of students at BYU surfaced, exemplifying some students' knowledge about Black History Month and African Americans in general.

The Conway Sisters

However, she does have an active MySpace profile and YouTube channel.

The Scientist

Labs using YouTube, Wikipedia, JoVE, and other tools to best collaborate, communicate, and research were nominated by readers around the world.

Tom Cosm

Users are able to access a multitude of regularly updated tutorials for free in standard, YouTube-style format, or high-definition through a monthly subscription.

Uniontown Ninja

The day after the initial burglaries, a video appeared on YouTube with a man purporting to be the Uniontown Ninja, appropriately dressed as such, demanding that police cease their investigation and demanding a case of Milwaukee's Best.

Wendy Sulca

In April 2010 Sulca released the song "En tus Tierras Bailaré" (In your land I shall dance) with the "YouTube stars" Delfin Quishpe and La Tigresa del Oriente.

Zach Sobiech

Rainn Wilson's YouTube channel SoulPancake released a documentary about Sobiech, directed by director-actor Justin Baldoni, a part of its online reality series, My Last Days.