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The YouTube Effect

Digital video is exploding

[upbeat music] [applause] [Robert Kyncl]
Digital video is exploding

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[Robert Kyncl] Digital video is exploding.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:20
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.
Already the youngest millennials are watching - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Already the youngest millennials are watching
And in fact, it has overtaken social media - The YouTube Effect 00:08
And in fact, it has overtaken social media
If you were to ask college students, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
If you were to ask college students,
Do you want to bring a sort of a laptop - The YouTube Effect 00:15
Do you want to bring a sort of a laptop
I was seeing a lot of other people on YouTube - The YouTube Effect 00:06
I was seeing a lot of other people on YouTube
[kids yelling] - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[kids yelling]
[Jared Reed] This kid, Ryan, who's on the top - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Jared Reed] This kid, Ryan, who's on the top
[reporter] He has more than 12 billion views on his YouTube page. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
[reporter] He has more than 12 billion views on his YouTube ...
I started filming with just my phone. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I started filming with just my phone.
And, you know, when I started to do more research, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
And, you know, when I started to do more research,
We just happened to have a tablecloth that was green. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
We just happened to have a tablecloth that was green.
And we're like, "Hey, we can make this work." - The YouTube Effect 00:06
And we're like, "Hey, we can make this work."
[Shion Kaji] Definitely after four months, we started the channel, - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[Shion Kaji] Definitely after four months, we started the ch...
We started seeing views from, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
We started seeing views from,
Okay, guys, let's open up - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Okay, guys, let's open up
[Shion] Around the same time, we started our own channel - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[Shion] Around the same time, we started our own channel
[Loan] The most important thing we tried - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[Loan] The most important thing we tried
And make sure that even though yes, - The YouTube Effect 00:22
And make sure that even though yes,
[all yelling] - The YouTube Effect 00:18
[all yelling]
[Dave] Now, it was really maybe a couple years later - The YouTube Effect 00:24
[Dave] Now, it was really maybe a couple years later