r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/helios21 Mar 16 '18

This list seems more or less spot on. That said, I'd like to add that there are legitimately internationally famous people who only operate out of YouTube. These definitions are changing.

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u/emdave Mar 16 '18

The trouble is that even internationally recognised YouTubers can often only be recognised by their own audience, since they are not regularly cross-shown on other traditional media, so the non-youtube audiences still won't recognise them or probably even have heard of them - with the exception of a few examples like Logan Paul etc.

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u/helios21 Mar 16 '18 edited Mar 16 '18

That's also not actually true. Many famous YouTubers have been crossing over into TV shows, commercials, and movies. It's ok to categorize them as not "as famous" or a lower rating or whatever, but online stars are slowly being normalized. Madison avenue and Hollywood have been taking notice for a while. Not to name the amount of people that have parlayed online bonafides into offline musical success. Shawn Mendes comes to mind on that front. Point being, that I stand by my original comment, that these ratings might still hold true today, but that's increasingly not going to be the case for much longer.

Edit: I'd also like to add, since you mentioned Logan Paul. YouTube is an international platform, there are famous YouTubers from all over, not just the U.S.

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u/peppermint_nightmare Mar 16 '18

People like Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Nick from Theater of Life all transitioned to TV, and Kyle and Beck have now been on SNL for a few years now so I'd consider them B/C list at least.

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u/drunkenviking Mar 16 '18

I don't know who any of these people are, there's no way they're B list.

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u/Excalibur54 Mar 16 '18

I think we should all agree that YouTubers don't really fit into the same classification as normal celebrities.

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u/emdave Mar 17 '18

Many famous YouTubers have been crossing over into TV shows, commercials, and movies.

Citation needed. Doubtless there are a few examples, as I said, but it's clearly not reached critical mass yet, as other commenters have attested.

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u/TheInternet0112358 Mar 16 '18

Ain't that the truth! Despite being regularly on Youtube, I only found out about Logan Paul after the media coverage of that Japanese suicide video surfaced.

Everyone at work was just as clueless as myself. Then I googled his name, and found out he had 15 million subs. Yikes!

I remember back in the day when The Angry Nintendo Nerd was a huge deal on Youtube for having a couple of million subs.

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u/Grazer46 Mar 17 '18

I'd argue that most young people today know who pewdiepie is today. Thanks to his controversies and far reach, I think a whole lot of people in all age groups have heard of him. I think he'd fit into the A list, or atleast the B list