Lying about something in the title and thumbnail of a video to get some clicks.
Then using phobias of young children to get them to put a like on the video.
Then using phobias of young children to get them to put a like on the video.
Clickbait YouTuber: If you don't like this video in the next three seconds, there will be a spider in ur bed 2night!
by kylerrat May 19, 2020
by Thicc_Pyrocynical_Thicc May 07, 2018
a type of video were it has the one who made this video say "(insert religious idol) wants you to see this" or "scroll if you hate (this religious idol the audience believes in)" to make the audience believe that the person who created this video is talking about how the audience from any religion can be saved according to the religion the audience believes in but in reality the people who make these videos are in it for the money and don't want to spread their religious views which then that video then gets remixed so that either the original owner of those types of videos or the person who remixed that video gets more views/likes/subscribers and mostly do it for attention and clout.
video: scroll if you hate (religious figure the audience believes in) person 1: ok I'm a (insert religion related to that video) and i know for a fact that this is religious clickbait
by Alefain December 11, 2024
a form of false advertisement, uses hyperlink text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, with a defining characteristic of being deceptive, typically sensationalized or misleading.
these 5-mintues craft videos are clickbait
by anonymous November 08, 2020
Radio show presenters/hosts who do not achieve their status by merit or talent but by their ability to divide opinion and create social media mountains out of molehills. They are also prepared to endorse conversational topics which would, in regular discussion, send a glass-eye to sleep. Naturally, they think twitter is a reflection of the zeitgeist.
"Welcome to the show. Today's topic, is Donald Trump really an introvert? Call in now on..."
"Ugh! Turn that sh*t off; bloody clickbait jockey"
"Ugh! Turn that sh*t off; bloody clickbait jockey"
by Diogenetics October 10, 2017
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Example: **OMG** I FOUND A ALIEN IN THE FORTITE VORTEX ***CRAZY*** or Making my duck a roblox account :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
|Clickbait= people who make titles and thumbnails that not represent the video/post for millons of clicks and views they usally make money outta this.
|Clickbait= people who make titles and thumbnails that not represent the video/post for millons of clicks and views they usally make money outta this.
by idontknowwhattoputheresoleave September 30, 2018
Me:*browsing Youtube*
Me: *sees title: "I am allergic to masks! (worse than COVID)*
Me: Wow I wonder what kind of story this could be? *clicks*
Video: *protagonist is a stolen art drawing from Faline San and turns out not to be allergic*
Me: thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my life with your pathetic clickbait, extorting children and giving Karens more excuses to keep exisiting!!!
Everybody else: Why'd you click on the video? Everybody older than 5 knows these channels have no life and are fucking disgusting human beings.
Me: *sees title: "I am allergic to masks! (worse than COVID)*
Me: Wow I wonder what kind of story this could be? *clicks*
Video: *protagonist is a stolen art drawing from Faline San and turns out not to be allergic*
Me: thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my life with your pathetic clickbait, extorting children and giving Karens more excuses to keep exisiting!!!
Everybody else: Why'd you click on the video? Everybody older than 5 knows these channels have no life and are fucking disgusting human beings.
by unnamed7billion September 23, 2020