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With over 6 million views in total, I wonder what makes 'Umbrella' THIS popular compared to other songs/videos out this month.

Are the clips with low ratings being 'boosted' by the makers somehow? Perhaps this is also happening with the v popular clips too.

How many of these clips appeal to you? For how many did you think 'yeah this was worth watching'?

Do you wish YouTube could be more 'global'? And is the seeming dominance of humour/entertainment clips frustrating at all?

I like that the site is able to clock the most popular clips and present them in this way so you can grasp trends in one easy session, but I really wish there were more/better filters.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Patada subte Times Square	5
Guy catches glasses with face	4
Husky & Kitten	3
Rihanna - Umbrella	2
Incredible tornado video, Ellis Co. OK	1
Meh, these all sucked	1
Domino PCs: The Real Thing: 86 PCs in a row! The Original	0
colour changing card trick	0
Kennedy - Your Mama	0
Mario: Game Over	0
Starcraft 2 CGI Announcement Trailer	0
PixlChix	0
glass illusion	0
Perez Hilton presents Britney Attempts A Comeback	0
David Hasselhoff intoxicated	0
butter soft laces	0
The Used - The Bird and The Worm	0
Orebro SK - IFK Goteborg 0-4, Andres Vasquez	0

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

pick the one you like best in case that wasn't clear, cheers

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

I voted 'Guy catches glasses with face'

― onimo, Thursday, 24 May 2007 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

one thing to note is that some 7 million views for a video is actually not all that much compared to television, in especial since a lot of people have probably watched it obsessedly. my conclusion: web 2.0's spread is overstated.

― Jeb, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

7 million is pretty good for a TV show in many countries! as TV gets more 'when you want' and they can count views accordingly it'll be interesting to see if/how figures change for shows established and new.

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Does this stat track if a person actually watched the clip or just visited the page? And what about referrers like blog embeds and such?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

i'm sure it's just page hits. wonder what the percentage of 'completed views' is for something like that Mario thing (5 mins plus). ADD 2.0 baby.

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

I voted 'Guy catches glasses with face'

Without even watching any of them, so did I. That kind of dedication to the craft of glass-catching must be honoured.

― accentmonkey, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

'Guy catches glasses with face': the intellectual's 'man hit in groin by football'?

― chap, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/5357/fun1sz5kd4go.gif
Patada subte Times Square uber alles

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

watch da clips you ADD swines

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

I JUST VOTED FOR ONE, DON'T YOU TALK TO ME WITH THAT SASS.

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

holy shit that Times Square one

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

bwahahaha remix

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

lolololol Times Square never gets old

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

I voted for the tornado video. Tornado & waterspout clips are one of the joys of YouTube.

― Pashmina, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

This one, for instance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBd0sG559aA

..is amazing!

― Pashmina, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Husky & Kitten is ADROABLE

― blueski, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

barump

― blueski, Friday, 25 May 2007 10:15 (nineteen years ago)

poor turnout video hataz ;_;

― blueski, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

I love glasses face guy.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

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