Youtubers

Youtubers are a weird class of celebrity that both are, and are not, famous. You say the name "Robert Downey Jr." and while some people may not be able to point him out in a crowd, they've heard of him and know he's a movie star. Same thing with Brad Pitt or George Clooney or Emma Watson.

Youtubers aren't quite like that.

They're more of real people instead of some famous, unattainable dream person.

Through the lens of their webcam, you can see more of the ~real person~ behind it. They're more in tune with their audience; many gaming youtubers ask for suggestions on games to play, while artists can ask what song the audience wants them to cover or deal with next.

There's much more of a back-and-forth with youtubers than "Proper Celebrities," so I think that may be why we see them being more of friends than distant stars.

Youtube

It's strange to think of how YouTube has progressed as a website. It started in 2005, which makes it 13, depending on the month it was released. It grew from a weird website that hosted videos, to so much more. Today it could be worth up to 75 million, which would be more than 5 Twitters. Of course, that was as of July 2017, so it could be worth much more now.

That in itself is really weird to think about.

The hierarchy of website values.

Also the fact that July 2017 was almost a year ago wow.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/top-google-analyst-says-youtube-is-worth-75-billion.html