Also known as the pre-influencer age of YouTube.
An umbrella term for both the Golden age (2005-2009) and Silver age (2010-2013) of YouTube.
When the only drama on YouTube was either family based, (I.e. Onision) openly staged for the audience entertainment (The Angry Video Game Nerd Vs. The Nostalgia Critic) or limited to one type of site (The 2008/9 Boxxy civil war on 4chan)
The time when creativity ruled, when Jenna Marbles, Nigahiga, Ray William Johnson, James Rolfe, Jacksfilms, Freddie Wong and Co., Fred, Shane Dawson and several others were around.
One million views on a view was considered the pinnacle of internet success.
Memes were more fun and the people who created them were often made famous by accident and had the creativity to make characters based on those memes (Overly attached Girlfriend)
The period started at the inception of YouTube (or arguably a year after) and ended when Video Game High School (made by Rocketjump, Freddie Wong's production company) released its last episode in 2014.
An umbrella term for both the Golden age (2005-2009) and Silver age (2010-2013) of YouTube.
When the only drama on YouTube was either family based, (I.e. Onision) openly staged for the audience entertainment (The Angry Video Game Nerd Vs. The Nostalgia Critic) or limited to one type of site (The 2008/9 Boxxy civil war on 4chan)
The time when creativity ruled, when Jenna Marbles, Nigahiga, Ray William Johnson, James Rolfe, Jacksfilms, Freddie Wong and Co., Fred, Shane Dawson and several others were around.
One million views on a view was considered the pinnacle of internet success.
Memes were more fun and the people who created them were often made famous by accident and had the creativity to make characters based on those memes (Overly attached Girlfriend)
The period started at the inception of YouTube (or arguably a year after) and ended when Video Game High School (made by Rocketjump, Freddie Wong's production company) released its last episode in 2014.
James: remember YTP videos?
John: yet that was the artisan age of youtube. Real artists who made cool stuff for fun and their audiences. I miss those times
James: yeh dude, simpler times. All we have today are influencers giving money while having it recorded for clout. Zero creativity now.
John: yet that was the artisan age of youtube. Real artists who made cool stuff for fun and their audiences. I miss those times
James: yeh dude, simpler times. All we have today are influencers giving money while having it recorded for clout. Zero creativity now.
by DarkI3INARY January 11, 2024
A community with kids and teenagers (some may be adults) who has a username like “S1LLY_L0VER” with their favorite character in it. Or maybe “1_LUV_” and then their favorite character. They also hate Neal Mohan because they think he terminates their channels. They are known for making posts with “share this post if you hate” and then they put their least favorite character, a bad user, or anything they hate. This community was formed by 7 users in spring 2024. And now theirs like 2000 of them users in there
by SSSophieRain June 14, 2025
Mike was a popular Minecraft youtuber. He was up there with the greatest of all time until a person smaller than him called Best Trends made a video called "5 Minecraft Youtubers Who've Sworn" which brought him to his knees when an earlier video of his containing him saying the f-word was featured in the video. Now, Mike is in a mediocre 9-5 clerk job at a supermarket. Don't swear, kids!
by OninIsNotSomebody July 02, 2024
Mike was a popular Minecraft youtuber but when he was featured in a video called "5 Minecraft Youtubers Who've Sworn", where he said the f word in an earlier video of his, he's now working in a tedious 9-5 job in a supermarket. Don't swear, kids!
by OninIsNotSomebody July 02, 2024
by nerdatrons May 08, 2020
A few examples of popular YouTubers who faded into YouTube obscurity are Fred, Shay Carl, Ray William Johnson and the Annoying Orange.
by CelticEagle February 17, 2019
1: He's been on the computer all day, why won't he stop?
2: He's got a serious YouTube problem.
1: Oh shit!
2: He gave it to Grandpa
2: He's got a serious YouTube problem.
1: Oh shit!
2: He gave it to Grandpa
by deadpool kills ignorance July 24, 2019