YouTube’s top 100 channels double monthly viewsMarch 2, 2015 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YouTube’s top 100 channels have more than doubled their monthly views in the last year, with toy-unboxing channel Funtoys Collector emerging as the biggest star, the Guardian reports. The 100 most popular channels generated more than 14.7bn video views in January 2015 according to figures published by industry site Tubefilter based on data from analytics firm OpenSlate, which tracks YouTube. That’s up 110% from the 7bn views accrued by the top 100 in January 2014. It’s not the same 100 channels, but rather the most popular ones in each month – showing strong growth for YouTube’s biggest creators. For much of 2014, the biggest star of them all was gamer PewDiePie, but he’s now been relegated into second place in the rankings by Funtoys Collector, the toy-unboxing channel formerly known as DC Toys Collector – and before that, Disney Collector. The channel racked up 517.3mln views on YouTube in January 2015 alone, well ahead of PewDiePie’s 417.9mln. However, both are well up on their view counts from a year ago: 175.6mln and 266.5mln respective views in January 2014. The latest month’s top 10 is a mixture of music, games and children’s channels, including Taylor Swift (361.3mln views in January); Russian cartoon channel GetMovies (359.5mln); nursery rhymes collection Little Baby Bum (302.1mln); Russian animated series Masha and the Bear (287.8mln); games channel Popular MMOs (266.9mln); more toy-unboxing with Blu Toys (255.3mln); child-friendly Minecraft gamer Stampy (252.9mln); and BuzzFeed Video (239.4mln). With six of YouTube’s current top 10 channels aimed at children, the rationale for the company’s launch of a standalone YouTube Kids app that filters out inappropriate videos and advertising is clear: those six channels alone notched up nearly 2bn views in January, according to the Guardian. According to Tubefilter, 55 of the top 100 channels that month were produced in the U.S., ahead of the UK’s 10 and Russia’s eight. Music video service Vevo was the most well-represented multi-channel network with 21 of the top 100 channels, followed by Maker Studios’ 15. YouTube’s top 100 channels may have grown their views by 110% in the last year, but the service tends to use other metrics to judge its success. YouTube says that the amount of time its 1bn visitors spend watching videos is up 50% year-on-year, as are its payments to partner channels. The Google-owned video service does not publish detailed figures for its own traffic or growth. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |