Clickbait

Clickbait is a method of getting views from a title or thumbnail, created years ago by a Youtube channel/ Website named Buzzfeed.

"Dude, I totally clickbaited my video."
"You just pulled a Buzzfeed."

by Jazzy --> Smazzy October 23, 2019

'autistic' clickbait

A phrase made by Sawtooth18 on Scratch, someone who makes these types of projects is obviously autistic, and/or it can grab an autistic person's attention.
'autistic' clickbait projects are usually grounding/ungrounding, alphabet/number-related projects, and other cartoony, colorful characters.
Example: search up "Klasky Csupo gets grounded" and you'll see those vids, also there are 2 or more characters, 1 thumbs up and the other thumbs down.
It’s just that the chance of them being neurodiverse is very high.
(No offense to autistic people, I'm autistic myself)

Lil' austin wanted to watch the Ipad, so mom gave him the Ipad. As he was watching, older bro, Narchy, saw him watching sound effects g major stuff and 'autistic' clickbait.(Since Lil' Austin was autistic himself) He had no idea who came up w/ these

by sivorii August 24, 2025

Clickbait

Internet content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Ad blockers and a general fall in advertising clicks also affected the clickbait model, as websites moved towards sponsored advertising and native advertising where the content of the article was more important than the click-rate from users of the website. Chum boxes/chumbuckets are usually associated with clickbait, which they do, to some extent. "One weird trick" is a form of clickbait advertising that has been common on the internet since around the late 2000s. The formula used in the advertisements was first applied to weight loss products but has since been extended to cures for problems including hair loss and diabetes. Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. Sensationalism is what clickbait is.

"THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR EYE COLOR..." is a title that is misleading clickbait. "Top 10 <whatevers> that exist in real life!' is clickbait that may include Pokemon as a object. Pokemon are not real, hence the title is misleading.

by Qorptocx December 20, 2018

Clickbait Criminal

Clickbait Criminal is a provocative and manipulative person whose job is to manufacture clickbait news and videos on a daily basis. Clickbait criminals thrive on provocation and manipulation tactics to attract people by any means necessary. Either business, political, or personal reasons. Clickbait criminal doesn't stop.

Watch just few clickbait criminal headlines in action:

"CIVILIZATION IS ENDING AND YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO!!!!"
“THIS HORRIBLE EVENT YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!!!!!!”
“HOLY $&@#! IT’S WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!”

by Naktis October 2, 2023

Clickbait

A device used by Yes Cymru to foment anger amongst its members.

Yes Cymru used clickbait to get its members angry about a fifty pence piece.

by Y Gwir April 21, 2023

Clickbait Kyle

An online influencer who only makes clickbait videos.

“This dude is such a Clickbait Kyle, he’s never made a normal video!”

by TheEndDragon February 15, 2022

Clickbait

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 8, 2020