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The YouTube Effect

[crowd cheeringand cameras clicking] YouTubecelebrities are laughing alongwith their fans...

[crowd cheering
and cameras clicking] [male reporter] YouTube
celebrities are laughing along
with their fans all the way to the bank

Full Transcript

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[crowd cheering and cameras clicking]
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[male reporter] YouTube celebrities are laughing along with their fans
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all the way to the bank.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:06
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
[female interviewer] How do you go from working in a supermarket five years ago - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[female interviewer] How do you go from working in a superma...
Part of me is not sure. I just do something that - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Part of me is not sure. I just do something that
♪ I don't need money I don't need cars ♪ - The YouTube Effect 00:18
♪ I don't need money I don't need cars ♪
[Steve] And then you fast forward a few years, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[Steve] And then you fast forward a few years,
[crowd screaming] - The YouTube Effect 00:10
[crowd screaming]
[Anthony] Our channel was one of the first ten channels to ever be monetized. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[Anthony] Our channel was one of the first ten channels to e...
They said we will give you $10,000 dollars each month if you have - The YouTube Effect 00:07
They said we will give you $10,000 dollars each month if you...
Obviously, that's a shit ton of money for, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Obviously, that's a shit ton of money for,
[crowd screaming] - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[crowd screaming]
[Natalie] That really affects the kind of content that you can make - The YouTube Effect 00:12
[Natalie] That really affects the kind of content that you c...
[reporter] For more than a month, Mona Lisa Perez said her boyfriend - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[reporter] For more than a month, Mona Lisa Perez said her b...
I may fail, but if I fail, I wanna die trying. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
I may fail, but if I fail, I wanna die trying.
I know this sounds like a prank call, but he was trying to film a YouTube video. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I know this sounds like a prank call, but he was trying to f...
Dear fat people. Ah! Some people are already really mad at this video. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Dear fat people. Ah! Some people are already really mad at t...
[Talia] So much of it is about generating clicks. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
[Talia] So much of it is about generating clicks.
Like, it's even rougher than the news clickbait economy - The YouTube Effect 00:09
Like, it's even rougher than the news clickbait economy
And for a lot of people, it's their sole livelihood, - The YouTube Effect 00:12
And for a lot of people, it's their sole livelihood,
We've been getting 50,000 likes - The YouTube Effect 00:06
We've been getting 50,000 likes
[soft music] - The YouTube Effect 00:15
[soft music]
YouTube started rewarding the content that had - The YouTube Effect 00:09
YouTube started rewarding the content that had