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Top 10 Amateur videos on YouTube

Monday, June 23, 2008

Display quality video imaging sensors are now being incorporated into cellphones, cameras and fad gadgets like The Flip. This coupled with the fact that media and video production software now comes standard on windows and mac computers has resulted in a ProAm era where consumers are outproducing the producers.

To put this into perspective: When Elvis Presley first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show during prime time, 60 Million viewers tuned in. It was the second highest rated US Television show ever (based on viewers). In April of 2006, Judson Laipply started off his YouTube video “The Evolution of Dance” to Elvis Presley’s “You Ain’t nothin’ but a Hound Dog”, 89.5 Million viewers have watched to date.

Here are a list of the top 10 Amateur videos on YouTube today, ranked by viewcount…

1. Views: 89,589,770 Evolution of Dance — middle aged man emulates the dancing styles from 1959 to the present.

2. Views: 52,780,635 Hahaha — a guy makes strange noises that cause a baby to laugh uncontrollably.

3. Views: 46,150,038 Potter Puppet Pals in “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” — Harry Potter finger puppet musical.

4. Views: 45,100,920 guitar — Canon played by funtwo (pretty amazing really).

5. Views: 38,939,867 Pleasing Partner with Mouth — halfway decent looking blonde with a tongue ring talks about providing oral pleasure.

6. Views: 34,246,273 Charlie bit my finger - again ! — little Brit kid puts his finger inside his baby brothers mouth. Twice.

7. Views: 27,898,840 Free Hugs Campaign — Grimey looking guy offers free hugs, the campaign spreads and everyone engages in public display of affection… well hugs anyway.

8. Views: 25,072,974 Remember Me — Slideshow dedicated to American Soldiers overseas.

9. Views: 22,779,132 Hey clip Lip Sync video produced by two jailbait girls in tight and or revealing clothing.

10. Views: 20,928,688 Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! It took me a while to decide if this was a really ugly (and scruffy) girl or a metrosexual (at the very least) guy. It’s a guy… this was pimped heavily by the mainstream celebrity gossip shows.

There were two videos on this list that I questioned whether they should be included or not. The first one is #5, I think the video title was probably misconstrued, resulting in the large number of hits. However, the girl in the preview is the girl that you get in the video (no image splice trick) and she does explain the topic at hand. The second video that I had to question was #7. This video is done to a music score and they even pimp the background track in the title. However, the music takes second stage to the story line, so I figured it was like an amateur hour silent film with music.