A video, specifically on YouTube, is an uploaded clip containing a movie/show, short, clip, animation, or other form of media made by different channels throughout the website.[1] Each video is identified using a unique Watch Link that gets assigned on upload.
The most viewed video of all time is "Baby Shark Dance"[2], with over 15.9 billion views. This is nearly double the total population of the earth,[3] due to the video being watched multiple times by many people. The most viewed non-music video is "Masha and The Bear - Recipe for disaster (Episode 17)".[4] The video has over 4.6 billion views, which is over half the amount of people in the world.[3]
Маша и Медведь (Masha and The Bear) - Маша плюс каша (17 Серия)
Masha and The Bear - Recipe for disaster (Episode 17), most viewed non-music video.
History & Characteristics
The first kind of videos were all free to make, without any risks of copyright strikes. There were only a few things YouTube prohibited, which were false thumbnails, false tags, false titles, nudity, and other inappropriate sources.[citation needed]
The first video on YouTube was posted by the channel "jawed", named "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 24, 2005.[5] The longest video of all time was 23 days long, but it was removed by YouTube due an introduction of the 12-hour restriction.[6][7] As time went on, YouTube became more business oriented, and YouTube restricted the right to put certain music in your videos.[8]
Examples
YouTube Content ID is an example of a video. This is the first public video uploaded by the official YouTube Creators Channel. While it is used to inform and educate, note that there are many other forms of video, such as Tutorials, Vlogs, Livestreams, Shorts, Music, and more.[sic]
Embedding/Usage
YouTube has been used as a utility to provide content for certain cases, such as to use an asset from a specific source for blogging, forums, and/or representing the article's topic for wiki designation/informative purposes. It is also supported by Fandom's video embedding tool via Special:NewFiles.[sic]
Thumbnails
- Main article: Thumbnail
Thumbnails are static images used in video previews taken or uploaded by the video's creator to quickly appeal and advertise the video to anyone browsing the site. Some channels, like MrBeast, uses thumbnails made professionally to increase attractiveness and clicks. Some channels do not use custom thumbnails.
Tags
Tags link a video to relevant topics surrounding it, therefore more easily linking it with its appropriate areas. Tags makes videos easier to search for, especially if it uses uncommon words, topics, or spelling. It is against the rules to use false tags.[9]
YouTube has expressed that tags do not substantially affect video discovery performance, and instead, disallowed excessive tagging.[9]
Categories
Categories are things that describe a video. Examples of categories are Music, Gaming, and People & Blogs. It is not against the rules to use false categories, as it is a common mistake. The category is set to "People & Blogs" by default. In the category "Gaming", the uploader has the ability to choose the title of the game played in the video. However, this is not necessary as YouTube can detect the game and insert the game title automatically, but only if the name of the game is clearly mentioned in the title or the video description. The game title along with the game poster is shown below the video description on playback.[10]
Shortcuts For Videos
- Main article: Keyboard Shortcuts
PC
- Pause
- Click anywhere on the video play screen
- Press K
- Press Spacebar
- Previous Video
- Click on the previous video button on the play screen
- Press J
- Next Video
- Click on the next video button on the play screen
- Press L
Mobile
- Skip 5 seconds
- Double-tap towards the right of the screen
- Rewind 5 seconds
- Double-tap to the left of the screen
Note: Every double-tap on the screen will skip or rewind the video by 5 seconds corresponding to the sides the viewer is tapping. A user can change the skip time by pressing their profile picture, then pressing Settings, then "Double-tap to seek" (or clicking General first, then pressing "Double-tap to seek") then afterward, the user can change the skip time by 5 seconds, 10 seconds, etc.
See Also
References
- ↑ YouTube. YouTube. YouTube. YouTube.
- ↑ Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children by Baby Shark - Pinkfong Kids’ Songs & Stories. YouTube. June 18, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 World. Data Commons.
- ↑ Masha and The Bear - Recipe for disaster (Episode 17) by Get Movies. YouTube. January 31, 2012.
- ↑ Me at the zoo by jawed. YouTube. April 24, 2005.
- ↑ THE LONGEST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE - 596 HOURS (October 15, 2011). Archived from the original on April 18, 2016.
- ↑ What Is The Ideal YouTube Video Length In 2022?. narakeet (February 23, 2022).
- ↑ Music and Copyright – Copyright on YouTube by YouTube Creators. YouTube. October 15, 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Add tags to your YouTube videos. Retrieved on April 25, 2025.
- ↑ Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE by Dream. YouTube. August 7, 2020.