The Channels That Conquered YouTube
In short: An educational look at how T-Series, MrBeast, and CoComelon used different strategies to become YouTube's most successful channels.
A 2:20 short film in the series “The Story Behind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: BBC, “T-Series: The Bollywood record label that conquered YouTube”; Britannica Kids, “MrBeast”; The New Yorker, “How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention”; Los Angeles Times, “How 'CoComelon' became a mass media juggernaut for preschoolers - Los Angeles Times”; Wiley, “9780470945018.excerpt.pdf”; NPR, “YouTube turns 20 years old today”; Internet Archive, “Youtube: uImk2RgCq_U - The 20 oldest Videos on Youtube : 1nterwebs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive”; Victoria and Albert Museum, “Acquiring an early YouTube watch page and its first-ever video · V&A”.
Sources used in this film
- BBC — T-Series: The Bollywood record label that conquered YouTube · View →
- Britannica Kids — MrBeast · View →
- The New Yorker — How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention · View →
- Los Angeles Times — How 'CoComelon' became a mass media juggernaut for preschoolers - Los Angeles Times · View →
- Wiley — 9780470945018.excerpt.pdf · View →
- NPR — YouTube turns 20 years old today · View →
- Internet Archive — Youtube: uImk2RgCq_U - The 20 oldest Videos on Youtube : 1nterwebs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive · View →
- Victoria and Albert Museum — Acquiring an early YouTube watch page and its first-ever video · V&A · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: BBC: T-Series: The Bollywood record label that conquered YouTube
- Also: Britannica Kids: MrBeast
- Also: The New Yorker: How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention
- Also: Los Angeles Times: How 'CoComelon' became a mass media juggernaut for preschoolers - Los Angeles Times
- Also: Wiley: 9780470945018.excerpt.pdf
- Also: NPR: YouTube turns 20 years old today
- Also: Internet Archive: Youtube: uImk2RgCq_U - The 20 oldest Videos on Youtube : 1nterwebs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Also: Victoria and Albert Museum: Acquiring an early YouTube watch page and its first-ever video · V&A
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