Youtube Most Memorable 2008

[hugh]

YouTube today announced the 2008 YouTube Year-End Video Roundup.

Every minute 13 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube and every day hundreds of millions of videos are viewed. This list highlights just some of the YouTube videos people were thinking and talking about most through a formula that includes view counts, most shared, most discussed, top rated and general popularity or influence on popular culture.

"This year's list offers a glimpse at the tremendous growth YouTube has experienced as a company and as an online community," said Hunter Walk, Director of Product Management for YouTube. "We are pleased to see the diversity of content that YouTube users are watching and talking about. The most popular videos on YouTube come from regular users, emerging online studios and the largest of media companies. YouTube has truly leveled the playing field for all content creators."

See each of the following threads for description and to view each video.

• Pork and Beans (see post #2)
• Christian the Lion
• Fred Loses His Meds
• Frozen Grand Central
• Rick Astley "Never Going To Give You Up"
• Star Wars According to a Three-Year Old: Spoiler Alert.
• Super Mario Rescues The Princess: Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade
• The MILEY Story
• Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)
• Will.i.am "Yes We Can"

[hugh]

Pork and Beans

Weezer's "Pork And Beans" video debuted on YouTube in May. Drawing on 24 of the biggest viral hits the site has seen to date -- from "Dramatic Chipmunk" to "Miss Teen USA 2007 South Carolina" to Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain" -- the video salutes some of the more memorable moments and people in YouTube's history, generating more than 15,500,000 clicks in the process.

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[phaeton]

Thanks for posting these Hugh. There are some pretty awesome and cute videos there.

[NB Josh]

Pork and Beens is a really good song, so it got my vote.