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[–]Arafax 176 ポイント177 ポイント  (99子コメント)

What bothers me is: Why the hell is he so popular? Good for him that he can be himself and many love him. But why is he so successful while so many other great people aren't even close, nor will they ever will be?

[–]k3v1ng1994 207 ポイント208 ポイント  (12子コメント)

Kids have A LOT of spare time. Its like watching your older brother play video games. Its always been popular, but only til Youtube arrived is when you can make money off of it.

[–]Arafax 40 ポイント41 ポイント  (1子コメント)

That might be the best explanation so far.

[–]outro83 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It still baffles me that my younger sister would rather watch other people playing Minecraft instead of playing it herself.

[–]AnxietyMan 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Kids have A LOT of spare time.

Which is why I suspect these fucking grind-fest collectathons are such popular games nowadays.

[–]solid07 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yup, this is a perfect explanation. I remember when I was a kid, I went over to my older cousin's house frequently to watch him play all the violent and scary games on his PC.

[–]Scaletta467 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (4子コメント)

But...People only watch their older brother play games because they don't have their own PC/console, and the older brother always got what he wanted - which was, most of the time, playing games himself instead of letting the annoying little sibling play. So my question is, why, if so many people now have their own PC/console, which they use to look at youtube videos of some guy playing a game, do they still want to watch someone play a game? They can play it themselves with not much effort.

[–]Noujiin 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe they watch him play games which their parents don't allow them to play. I know many families who tried to hide "dangerous" games from their children. They always had a heart attack when playing on my PC.

[–]Solunatics 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

They might not own some of the games (considering how bucketloads of new releases are 60bucks EACH, to a kid), or are just not skilled enough to play some of them (Noticed I said some).

[–]rottenbananapeel 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I pirated all my games till I was old enough to work and buy them.

[–]TankorSmash 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm super lazy, I own something like 500 games on steam. I like watching games being played by other people despite me owning it already. I can basically get the same experience as playing, except I can pause and come back anytime and skip parts I don't like.

It's not that I don't have the games they're playing, it's that it's fun to watch people do stuff I like. It's not much different than watching a regular TV show, other than there's not much of a sudden script

[–]PM_ME_SAD_STUFF 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

so that explains it. Every popular product or entertainment has some freudian aspect to it.

[–]Joman101_2 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Never had a brother to watch play video games. YouTube has been a good substitute for what I missed.

[–]MantisTobogganMDPhD 85 ポイント86 ポイント  (20子コメント)

This is the part I can't understand either. I accept that he's a big deal, I just simply don't know why.

[–]drakelon91 72 ポイント73 ポイント  (9子コメント)

This might shed some light for you.

tl;dr completely by chance

[–]davidjpalmer 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is actually pretty informative. Thanks!

[–]ploa 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

But hey! That's just a theory

[–]reddituserfortytwo 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Like gravity, or the shape of the earth.

[–]AHumbleServant 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

A game theory!

[–]drakelon91 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

In this case though I don't think it is lol. I mean, if it's just a theory, it would mean he is rather bad at his job XD

[–]toleran 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That amazingly informative.

[–]InFerYes -5 ポイント-4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

My god, that video is annoying.

[–]LikesFemales 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Right timing and execution.

[–]what1how 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well the thing is his audience is the majority of YouTube.

Kids love this shit. Just like you loved stupid shit when you were little as well.

[–]justsomeconfusion 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

And that is why we are not his target demographic.

[–]MantisTobogganMDPhD 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would think I am his target demographic. Maybe I'm a little bit older. Then again, he's been around about three years, and I've never liked his stuff very much. You like what you like, I guess.

[–]brohenderson -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because no one likes to watch the people who emit the, "I'm better than everyone but I just haven't made it." And put off some bland humor that signifies their superior sense of identity.

I used to host edm events and failed horribly because of this. The successful people were the ones who kept the business behind the curtains and when showtime came around they were just there to party and enjoy music as well.

[–]Terakahn 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Appeals to the lowest common denominator. I hate his persona personally. =p

[–]dadanis 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Because kids think he is RDJ like character. They wish they could be that cool. Reddit constantly hypes everything from cute not so good musician/actress to people who are half decent at their jobs but look cool.

Kids just have different idea of what being cool adult is like, and it's what they are plus good looks, popularity and wit.

[–]MantisTobogganMDPhD 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm going to guess English isn't your mother tongue. I do sort of get what you mean though. But I also think people shouldn't be roped into demographics like they all think the same way or have the same interests. I still consider myself a kid and I've never really appreciated content like his, or succumbed to sensationalism of undeserving celebrities.

[–]baconuser098 -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's a Game Theory vid about it

[–]nathanlegit 52 ポイント53 ポイント  (12子コメント)

I don't know about you, but I was into some pretty stupid shit when I was 12-15. Can't really blame kids for being into this shit.

[–]Simoonzel 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (5子コメント)

The weird thing is, I know people who love his videos and are 18 or even older. Might have something to do with them not being native English speakers, and PDP's English isn't that great either, so it's easy for them to understand.

[–]Slavazza 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Wait, so if I suck at a language and speak it I am easy to understand to other people who suck at this language?

[–]CampyCamper 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

yes, sort of.

[–]curtcolt95 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm english, 19, and know a ton of people my age who watch him. Some people just like his humour. There's nothing mysterious about it. People think he's funny, so people are going to watch him.

[–]flipper_gv 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know a guy, completely normal, very mature 24 years old and he watches his videos. It's kind of beyond me.

I want to say he has shit taste in humor but he laughs at my jokes.

[–]35er 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I can't blame kids for being into anything after I bought Vanilla Ice's To The Extreme cassette back when it dropped in 1990. My poor parents.

[–]nathanlegit 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ha that's extremely unfortunate for your folks, but now look at you with your (probably) good taste in shit.

[–]stickbo 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

But did you also have a pair of z cavariccis that you wore while you danced to that shit smelling like 5 bucks with that fresh coat of drakkar noir? Yeah me too :(

[–]Strong_Rad 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

idk /r/homestarrrunner held up pretty well... but thats about it

[–]nathanlegit 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I haven't watched it in years and years. I'm guessing if it were to hold up for me it'd probably have a lot to do with my love of the characters.

[–]Xan2122 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty sure I've listened to every video of his. My college roommate, who was 28, loved his videos and watched them day and night without headphones. We shared a room :(

[–]Ship2Shore 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Marketability. He's good looking, he's quirky, and he presents himself in an engaging way. This all only applies to his target audience of course, but it doesn't hurt people outside of this demographic, as he is so inoffensive.

I can't stand him. I also don't enjoy Taylor Swift.

[–]DevotedToNeurosis 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If Trouble isn't your guilty pleasure, I don't even know who you are anymore.

[–]nyuphir 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You monster!

[–]DownvoteDaemon -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's good looking,

http://i.imgur.com/3vY3VfK.gif

[–]AOBCD-8663 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fred, The Annoying Orange, Fran Drescher...

Annoying voices with little substance are pretty popular with kids.

[–]ghiiirocker1 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Same reason this occurs in the music industry. Right place at the right time.

[–]irock168 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

8 year olds, thats why.

[–]Zebba_Odirnapal 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

waltersobchak.jpg

[–]Chungles 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Kids these days just don't appreciate the opera and Dostoevsky like when we were young.

[–]Arafax 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Now that you mention it ... what seems insane today, but everyone loved it 10-15 years ago? What's the equivalent to his videos?

[–]Chungles 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Taliban.

[–]Mawrathion 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's just how youtube works, no other way to explain it

[–]ZCS 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

There's a video somewhere on YouTube by some gaming theorist where they explain that he basically accidentally abused YouTube's system and became extremely popular because he moved like 3 times.

[–]richy92d 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ive seriously only had girls tell me that they watch this guy's channel

[–]imperfectluckk 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Game Theory did an excellent video on it that gives a great explanation as to the reasons why his audience might be so large. It's right here, it's worth a watch even if you don't like Game Theory.

[–]Voredoms 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think it was just luck and he probably got a lot of viewers from stuff like his amnesia videos. Once that YouTube ball starts rolling it's hard to stop. Same goes for streamers now. You see them with around 100-300 viewers on average and all they need is one broadcast with some bigger streamer to really take off.

[–]Strazdas1 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

the way youtube works is popularity breeds popularity. he was just doing it long enough. i once watched a horror lets play and youtube didnt stop harassing me with his videos as "suggestions" till i found a script to completely block his videos from even showing up.

[–]vagina_fang 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yup I'm right with you.

I saw his videos and would have accepted being jealous for him doing something I didn't think of first, or being that funny guy at the party but doing it in a different context.

But he's not.

He's that weird kid in school that is going through a strange phase.

20 years ago he would have developed a social anxiety but he's famous. I don't understand why, I don't understand his jokes.

[–]AngriestBird 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

My theory is:

  1. He made video games videos when there wasn't too much competition. Video games are popular.
  2. He has a distinct personality and attempts to seem friendly. This seems obvious but some people fail at this.
  3. His video and audio quality are decent.
  4. He makes eye catching or weird thumbnails.
  5. He made a lot of videos consistently. Once again it seems obvious but many people fail at this step.
  6. Some luck.

Sometimes simple ideas work the best.

[–]MrShawnatron 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think he just broke the mold for many Let's Players. They typically don't do weird offensive shit and being unique was a thing. IM sOOoooOo0oO r4ndumb lollzorz .!!!!!™

[–]MetallicGray 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

He joined youtube and started at the just the right time. The fact he moved while you tubing helped him get views tremendously, and the main thing that got him there is lucky timing. I believe someone posted the link to a video explaining it, I'm currently on mobile so it's hard to pull links

[–]Spawnacus 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Children with an Internet connection. Thats how..

[–]eatingonthetoilet 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Right time and right shtick. It doesn't hurt that every kid in America practically has an iphone/ipad shoved at them by their parents in order to shut them up.

[–]Scipio11 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It has to do with how youtube works. When you start a channel it shows it to people locally in the recommended videos. In his case Sweden. After getting popular there he then went to Italy to be with his girlfriend. So youtube was showing his videos to people in Sweden and Italy. And since he was so popular in two countries youtube started expanding where he was recommended until he hit #1. Then he was global.

[–]dis0riented 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's popular because he appeals to the younger demographic. The same reason seananners, skydoes mine craft and other channels meant for younger audiences

[–]SeudonymousKhan 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

One reason is he started making videos when he was in Sweden. Because of the way YouTube works it's hard to get views from other regions. When he moved he already had a lot of subscribers from Europe; so YouTubes algorithms gave him a lot more exposure than others.

Edit: or not... Video where I first heard this and pewdie's response

[–]JimmyTheChimp 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The first part is just going to be a bit of luck then once you hit say 100,000 subs then you start getting featured on more related videos until it just starts to snowball.

[–]stumppi 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I concider myself as not a dumb person but I enjoy his videos. It's a good and jolly entertainment and sometimes even funny/smart. I bet he does feel the curse of having a target demographic below his own sense of humour but as an entertainer he can pull out this crazy persona to please the crowd. If he was himself, people wouldn't watch it as much...

[–]NiceFormBro 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because children don't want great people. They want entertainment.

[–]thankqwerty 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I guess there is an idiotic part in each of us, but on the other hand not everyone can appreciate greatness.

[–]WallaceGrover 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Some people like different things.

[–]AnxietyMan 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Success like this is largely a matter of luck. You think Notch set out to make two billion dollars when he made an Infiniminer clone? Shit just happens.

[–]flamingeyebrows 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Same reason reality TV shows are so popular. Pander to the lowest common denominator and you will never go broke.

[–]HoloIsLife 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

GameTheory explained it.

[–]ustillthere 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Think of it this way: he makes a group of about 35 million people happy on a daily basis. In my opinion this ia a very good thing. We just happen to not be part of this group.

Maybe you support that one YouTuber that has just around 100 fans. But his videos make you happy and he's happy that you are subscribed to him.

Don't focus on hating the things you don't like, but on loving the things you do like. It's win-win for everyone.

[–]Arafax 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Hey, don't worry, I'm not one to scream that he's cancer and AIDS combined, or that I want to smash his skull with a brick. I was just, how do you call it in English ... flabbergasted?

[–]ustillthere 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Ok, I see what you meant to say.

BTW: thanks for "flabbergasted". This is so going into my regular vocabulary.

[–]Arafax 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

One of the perks of being a non-native English speaker - you always find words no one would ever use.

[–]oldbetsyy 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

that's the way the world works.

generally you'll find that mediocrity will always be peoples' favorite.

[–]Realnancypelosi -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wahhhh, we should all be equal!! We need Income equality!!

[–]MVRH 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Most people aren't 'great' so they won feel identified by someone 'great'.

[–]denna84 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I find his videos funny. Obviously that's not the popular opinion on this thread. What bothers me is why so many people care? I mean he makes me laugh, he makes other people laugh, and that should really be all that matters. If he doesn't make others laugh then all they have to do is not watch his videos.

[–]Kierkin 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The same reason my son thinks Sky from the Skydoesminecraft videos is the funniest guy in the world. He is just a guy streaming minecraft with his friends but the video targets everything my son loves. Minecraft? Check. Silly jokes on the topic of minecraft? Check. Mild profanity? Check. My son feels like he has a connection to sky because the content is in his wheel house. He could be watching the constant stream of reality shit on television, so I'm happy he chooses to watch this stuff.

[–]kingeryck 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's a celebrity. Why is Kim Kardashian famous? Sometimes fame just snowballs.