YouTube.

Since its creation in 2005, YouTube has been a hit with people of all ages. The popular video site was created in February of 2005 by three friends created the site that is now viewed over a billion times a day worldwide. The company is based in California and uses Adobe Flash Video to show a wide-variety of videos to their audience. There are several ‘shows’, vlogs, music videos, and short movies that have made several people “YouTube stars.” WhatTheBuck, a gay male who has a consistent show of popular events that happen in the entertainment industry, is one of the most viewed shows on YouTube. The host, Michael Buckley, is viewed by thousands each day. He is one of the most subscribed YouTube stars of all time with 600,000 subscriptions and is most widely known for his flamboyant personality and barely breathing while he talks at speeds unheard of. Watching one four minute video often feels like ten minutes.


Brother duo John and hank Green are also on the top list of the widely watched YouTube stars. John Green is a novelist, who has written books such as Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska, while his brother Hank is a singer/songwriter and founder of ecogeek.org. The brothers started their vlog in 2007 with Brotherhood 2.0, where the two pledged to cease textual communication with each other. Instead, they would create a vlog to keep in touch with each other. After three years, they are going strong and have several thousand subscribers. Their faithful watchers are known as “Nerdfighters” who are “made of awesome”, as stated in several videos. Every once in a while, there will be a Nerfighter Gathering, in which many of the loyal fans will meet with the brothers.

Julia Nunes started out as an amateur ukulele player with a heart of gold. Several years later, she is a YouTube phenomenon. She frequently playing shows, often times with the Vlogbrothers. The 21 year-old singer and songwriter is from Fairpoint, New York and has come out with three CD’s to date through Rude Butler Records and DFTBA Records.