186-399: YouTube Rewind (stylized as YouTube ЯEWIND ) was an annual video series that was produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive from 2010 to 2019. The videos were summaries of each year's viral videos , events, trends, and music. The series' annual installments were uploaded onto YouTube's official channel . The series' 2018 and 2019 installments ( Everyone Controls Rewind and For
372-418: A fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert , played by his real-life namesake, satirized conservative personality-driven political pundit programs like the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity on FOX News . The character first made appearances on the short-lived sketch comedy series The Dana Carvey Show in 1996, described as "a self-important, trench-coated reporter who does on-location stories in
558-399: A " Colbert Report, Sport Report, Special Repor-t ", in which Colbert devotes a section of an episode, and sometimes the entire episode to a special subject. The third segment is almost always an interview with a celebrity guest, often an author or government official. Unlike the late night talk show standard of the guest walking out to the host's desk, Colbert instead runs to a separate area of
744-432: A $ 100 reward. Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video. YouTube began as a venture capital –funded technology startup . Between November 2005 and April 2006, the company raised money from various investors, with Sequoia Capital and Artis Capital Management being the largest two. YouTube's early headquarters were situated above
930-532: A 1980s new wave group, Stephen & the Colberts, and released a fictional music video from the band for the song "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)". The show's popularity resulted in Colbert headlining the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner , which he performed in character. The controversial, searing routine targeted President George W. Bush and the media, and was greeted with chilly reception from
1116-549: A 2% increase from the $ 31.1 billion reported in 2022. From Q4 2023 to Q3 2024, YouTube's combined revenue from advertising and subscriptions exceeded $ 50 billion. Since its purchase by Google, YouTube has expanded beyond the core website into mobile apps , network television, and the ability to link with other platforms. Video categories on YouTube include music videos , video clips , news , short and feature films , songs , documentaries , movie trailers , teasers , TV spots , live streams , vlogs , and more. Most content
1302-466: A Boat " ( the Lonely Island ) from 2009, " Charlie Bit My Finger " from 2007, Diet Coke + Mentos and Judson Laipply 's viral video "Evolution of Dance" from 2006. The music was composed by The Hood Internet with Avicii : On December 7, 2016, this video included references to events, headlining topics, viral videos and challenges of 2016. "YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge" became
1488-753: A British think tank, found that harassment against women was flourishing on YouTube. In his 2022 book Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination , Bloomberg reporter Mark Bergen said that many female content creators were dealing with harassment, bullying, and stalking. YouTube has been criticized for using an algorithm that gives great prominence to videos that promote conspiracy theories, falsehoods and incendiary fringe discourse. According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal , "YouTube's recommendations often lead users to channels that feature conspiracy theories, partisan viewpoints and misleading videos, even when those users haven't shown interest in such content. When users show
1674-486: A capacity of 150. NEP Studio 54 on 54th Street is owned by NEP Broadcasting which is New York City's largest production facility and also owns The Daily Show set at NEP Studio 52 two blocks south on 52nd Street . Aside from the set, the show's production offices have been described as "loft-like" and "all overhead pipes and exposed brick." Following the show's conclusion, the building was used for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore . The set for The Colbert Report
1860-405: A claim by The Daily Dot that the views had been deleted due to a violation of the site's terms of service, which ban the use of automated processes to inflate view counts. This was disputed by Billboard , which said that the two billion views had been moved to Vevo, since the videos were no longer active on YouTube. On August 5, 2015, YouTube patched the formerly notorious behavior which caused
2046-479: A comedy team, they really get into it. They couldn't help themselves," said Fenhagen. These references included the United States Constitution , a miniature Ten Commandments , and a CliffsNotes guide to American government. The set was described as "part Riefenstahlesque homage to the star, part symbologic gallery— where alert viewers are rewarded with snarky jokes at every turn." Above
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#17327941279672232-555: A copyright claim from the artist, the video was amended in 2015 to remove the song. The video was created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive. This was the first year that the YouTube Rewind Button was used; otherwise, the video was stylistically similar to the 2012 video. DJ Earworm served as the music producer for the video, mashing up six popular songs of the year. Jimmy Fallon and The Roots from The Tonight Show made guest appearances. It also marked
2418-419: A culture that's different from the one millions of people come to the platform for, and that's getting harder for both creators and fans to swallow". Meira Gebel of Business Insider shared a similar sentiment, saying that "The video appears to be an attempt for the company to keep advertisers on its side following a rather rocky 2018." In a newsletter, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke on the poor reception of
2604-431: A database. When a video is uploaded, it is checked against the database, and flags the video as a copyright violation if a match is found. When this occurs, the content owner has the choice of blocking the video to make it unviewable, tracking the viewing statistics of the video, or adding advertisements to the video. An independent test in 2009 uploaded multiple versions of the same song to YouTube and concluded that while
2790-427: A difference." Head writer Allison Silverman reiterated this trait in a later interview, commenting, "There is an essential innocence to his character." Colbert initially felt the character might not be sustainable in a longer format. Despite this, The Colbert Report was designed as an extension of the satiric goals of The Daily Show , combining it with general silliness and character-driven humor. To make sure there
2976-562: A dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco . Karim did not attend the party and denied that it had occurred, but Chen remarked that the idea that YouTube was founded after a dinner party "was probably very strengthened by marketing ideas around creating a story that was very digestible". Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy , when Janet Jackson 's breast
3162-428: A faux- right-wing spin. The program typically continues with Colbert addressing a specific topic. Colbert often calls to "Jimmy", a reference to program director Jim Hoskinson, to roll video clips. That topic will often lead into a "The Word" segment, which juxtaposes Colbert's commentary with satirical bullet points on-screen, a parody of The O'Reilly Factor ' s "Talking Points Memo". On occasion he will conduct
3348-412: A fireplace is a portrait of Colbert; it originally showed Colbert standing in front of the same mantel with another portrait of himself. On the show's first anniversary, the portrait was replaced by one of Colbert standing in front of the mantel with the first portrait above it, and with each successive year, it became Colbert standing in front of the previous year's painting. The graphics used throughout
3534-439: A fixture in the late-night lineup." At its peak, the show averaged 1.5 million viewers each evening. The intensity of the fictional Colbert anchorman character was gradually toned down over the course of the show's run, as the host believed he would eventually need to move beyond it. He began to regard it as an act of discipline to perform as the character, later remarking, "to model behavior, you have to consume that behavior on
3720-414: A group of staff coders and independent contractors developed Scripto software to collaborate on scripts in real time. By 1 p.m., the show held a second production meeting to go over scripts and determine which pieces to edit. Scripts were "hopefully" completed around 4 p.m., and a rehearsal with the entire staff would begin at 5:30 p.m. or occasionally earlier. Afterward, final changes were made to
3906-631: A guest interview, in which the Colbert character attempts to deconstruct his opponent's argument. The show was taped in New York City 's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, and the program's set is "hyper-American", epitomizing the character's ego. The show was taped and broadcast Monday through Thursday, with weeks taken off at multiple points in a given year for breaks. The Colbert Report saw immediate critical and ratings successes, leading to various awards , including multiple Emmy and Peabody Awards . The show's cultural influence often extended beyond
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#17327941279674092-414: A health segment; "The Sport Report" with the "t" in both Sport and Report silent, a sports segment; and "The ThreatDown", in which Colbert lists the five greatest threats to America, and others. His newest segment, "Thought for Food" deals with the consumption of specific foods across the world. Sometimes, there is a " Colbert Report Special Repor-t " (the final 't' pronounced with special emphasis), or even
4278-470: A hit program on par with The Daily Show , and were counting on Colbert after a string of failures. The Colbert Report drew 1.13 million viewers for its premiere episode, 47 percent greater than the average for that time slot over the previous four weeks, and 98 percent of the viewership of The Daily Show , which had Comedy Central's second-largest viewership. Averaged over its opening week, The Report had 1.2 million viewers per episode, more than double
4464-411: A later date, were often forgotten because of the pace of news. Ideas with considerable potential were put in the "hopper" to be developed and rewritten, while more fully formed ideas were placed in the "pantry." Good jokes would still be sacrificed if they did not fit the character's specific point of view, which was deemed the inverse of what "any logical person" feels. At least one writer has described
4650-579: A lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006, after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube subsequently changed its website to www.utubeonline.com . On October 9, 2006, Google announced that they had acquired YouTube for $ 1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal was finalized on November 13, 2006. Google's acquisition launched newfound interest in video-sharing sites; IAC , which now owned Vimeo, focused on supporting
4836-461: A liberal bias, noting that he himself was uninterested in modern politics. He believed that political issues reflect basic human behavior, which he viewed as his satirical specialty, noting, "If I thought I had a political point, I'd be in big trouble." In another interview, Colbert remarked, "I'm not someone with a particular political ax to grind. I'm a comedian. I love hypocrisy." The Colbert Report premiered on October 17, 2005. The first guest
5022-923: A major lawsuit by Viacom International in 2011 that nearly resulted in the discontinuation of the website. The lawsuit was filed as a result of alleged copyright infringement of Viacom's material by YouTube. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that YouTube was not liable, and thus YouTube won the case in 2012. Susan Wojcicki was appointed CEO of YouTube in February 2014. In January 2016, YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno by purchasing an office park for $ 215 million. The complex has 51,468 square metres (554,000 square feet) of space and can house up to 2,800 employees. YouTube officially launched
5208-534: A media watchdog group, reported that homophobic and transphobic content calling LGBT people "predators" and "groomers" was becoming more common on YouTube. The report also referred to common accusations in YouTube videos that LGBT people are mentally ill . The report stated the content appeared to be in violation of YouTube's hate speech policy. An August 2022 report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate ,
5394-559: A new office in San Bruno, California . Hurley announced that he would be stepping down as chief executive officer of YouTube to take an advisory role and that Salar Kamangar would take over as head of the company in October 2010. In December 2009, YouTube partnered with Vevo . In April 2010, Lady Gaga's " Bad Romance " became the most viewed video , becoming the first video to reach 200 million views on May 9, 2010. YouTube faced
5580-406: A parody of cable news pundits. When fellow Daily Show star Steve Carell left the show to pursue a film and television career, Comedy Central worked to keep Colbert at the network. Colbert pitched The Colbert Report to the channel in 2004. Stewart pushed Comedy Central to pick up the show, and Colbert was given an eight-week tryout. Following the show's immediate success, the show "quickly became
5766-416: A pebble that we throw into the puddle of the news, and then we report on our own ripples." Ideas for each show were considered in the morning pitch meeting, which could range from "harrowing" to smooth. Described as having "demanding standards", Colbert is quoted as remarking, "Let's make it perfect and then cut it." Although dozens of ideas were either chosen for the show or deleted, other ideas, saved for
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5952-521: A pizzeria and a Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California . In February 2005, the company activated www.youtube.com . The first video was uploaded on April 23, 2005. Titled " Me at the zoo ", it shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo and can still be viewed on the site. The same day, the company launched a public beta and by November, a Nike ad featuring Ronaldinho became
6138-425: A political bias in what they choose to view, YouTube typically recommends videos that echo those biases, often with more-extreme viewpoints." After YouTube drew controversy for giving top billing to videos promoting falsehoods and conspiracy when people made breaking-news queries during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , YouTube changed its algorithm to give greater prominence to mainstream media sources. In 2017, it
6324-462: A producer for the interview segments, advised guests to talk with Colbert as though he were a "harmless drunk at the next bar stool." Guests would typically take their seats around 7 p.m., when a warm-up comedian (perhaps Jared Logan or Paul Mecurio ) delivered jokes. Colbert, out of character, held a brief question and answer session with the audience prior to taping. Taping lasted as long as three hours but usually ended around 9 p.m., at which point
6510-767: A recurring bit, "ThreatDown"), only to justify his own fears and impose those onto his audience. As the show progressed, Colbert gradually began to tone down the character, allowing guests in interviews to "get his or her own message across." The show's longevity created what The New York Times described as "a winking quality to the act, a sense that we’re all in on the joke." Colbert himself acknowledged that he "rarely hit it as hard as I used to," noting that "You have to be vigilant to stay ignorant." He noted that his own personal opinions can occasionally align with his character's, when liberal guests' agendas appeared based on dislike rather than logical argument. Politician and former vice president Al Gore accidentally referred to
6696-508: A regular basis. It became very hard to watch punditry of any kind, of whatever political stripe." With his contract set to end in December 2014, he had already decided to leave the show when he was contacted by CBS to replace David Letterman as the host of The Late Show franchise. The show's ending was announced concurrently with Colbert's jump to CBS in April 2014. The last episode of
6882-451: A reporter in 2012. The core principle of The Colbert Report is that Colbert is a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot." The character believes that he himself is the news: rather than a vessel to deliver the news to the audience, or a general member of the media, the character sees himself as more important than the news. He is veracious in his approach, while often ridiculously overblown in his statements. The character
7068-473: A segment set up to resemble Five Nights at Freddy's . PewDiePie and Zoella make an appearance halfway through the video, where they are shown next to a scoreboard with two dates of December 9, 2015, a reference to Back to the Future Part II , which is set in 2015. Zoella changes one scoreboard date back to February 14, 2005, leaving the other at December 9, 2015. Afterwards, PewDiePie " brofists "
7254-472: A set of community guidelines aimed to reduce abuse of the site's features. The uploading of videos containing defamation, pornography, and material encouraging criminal conduct is forbidden by YouTube's "Community Guidelines". Generally prohibited material includes sexually explicit content, videos of animal abuse, shock videos , content uploaded without the copyright holder's consent, hate speech, spam, and predatory behavior. YouTube relies on its users to flag
7440-501: A sharper political focus to the humor than the show previously exhibited. Colbert recalled that Stewart specifically asked him to have a political viewpoint, and to allow his passion for issues to carry through into his comedy. Colbert became a fixture on The Daily Show , occasionally hosting in Stewart's absence. In 2003, the program began running advertisements for a fictional program titled The Colbert Réport , starring Colbert as
7626-697: A short interview with someone having to do with the topic. The format of the middle segment varies, but it is normally a visual presentation or skit. Often, these skits are parts of recurring segments , which may include " Better Know a District ", in which Colbert interviews a U.S. Representative from a certain district of the United States; "Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger", in which Colbert voices his approval or disapproval of prominent people and news items; "Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A.",
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7812-502: A short-form video platform. During this period, YouTube entered disputes with other tech companies. For over a year, in 2018 and 2019, no YouTube app was available for Amazon Fire products. In 2020, Roku removed the YouTube TV app from its streaming store after the two companies were unable to reach an agreement. After testing earlier in 2021, YouTube removed public display of dislike counts on videos in November 2021, claiming
7998-430: A simple "that's it for the report everybody, good night". It’s all about this [character] because there’s a culture of victimization of these hosts. They feel like they’re the ones who are the story, and they are being attacked by the powers that be or by some nefarious cabal. That’s all based upon one person. That’s how it came about, just me and the camera. Colbert on the character The host of The Colbert Report
8184-509: A skit " Lazy Sunday " by The Lonely Island . Besides helping to bolster ratings and long-term viewership for Saturday Night Live , "Lazy Sunday"'s status as an early viral video helped establish YouTube as an important website. Unofficial uploads of the skit to YouTube drew in more than five million collective views by February 2006 before they were removed when NBCUniversal requested it two months later based on copyright concerns. Despite eventually being taken down, these duplicate uploads of
8370-518: A solid hour of skewered news and punctured pomposity." Variety 's Brian Lowry commented that the show had an "impressive start with a topnotch premiere followed by a respectable second outing." Paul Brownfield of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "In the run-up to the show it all sounded a bit hard to get your head around, but in the flesh the show zinged, at least this first week." The Boston Globe 's Matthew Gilbert praised
8556-465: A system for automatic detection of uploaded videos that infringe copyright. Google CEO Eric Schmidt regarded this system as necessary for resolving lawsuits such as the one from Viacom , which alleged that YouTube profited from content that it did not have the right to distribute. The system, which was initially called "Video Identification" and later became known as Content ID, creates an ID File for copyrighted audio and video material, and stores it in
8742-591: A third app oriented towards streaming and discovering the music content hosted on the YouTube platform. The company also attempted to create products appealing to specific viewers. YouTube released a mobile app known as YouTube Kids in 2015, designed to provide an experience optimized for children. It features a simplified user interface, curated selections of channels featuring age-appropriate content, and parental control features. Also in 2015, YouTube launched YouTube Gaming—a video gaming -oriented vertical and app for videos and live streaming, intended to compete with
8928-603: A video's view count to freeze at "301" (later "301+") until the actual count was verified to prevent view count fraud . YouTube view counts once again updated in real time. Since September 2019, subscriber counts are abbreviated. Only three leading digits of channels' subscriber counts are indicated publicly, compromising the function of third-party real-time indicators such as that of Social Blade . Exact counts remain available to channel operators inside YouTube Studio. On November 11, 2021, after testing out this change in March of
9114-535: A view and just over 85% of them have fewer than 1,000 views. YouTube has faced numerous challenges and criticisms in its attempts to deal with copyright, including the site's first viral video, Lazy Sunday , which had to be taken down, due to copyright concerns. At the time of uploading a video, YouTube users are shown a message asking them not to violate copyright laws. Despite this advice, many unauthorized clips of copyrighted material remain on YouTube. YouTube does not view videos before they are posted online, and it
9300-418: A way that suggests his own presence is the real scoop." His skits included “Waiters Who Are Nauseated by Food,” “Germans Who Say Nice Things” and “Skinheads From Maine.” Colbert joined Comedy Central 's The Daily Show in 1997, a year following its launch, then hosted by Craig Kilborn . When Jon Stewart became the program's host in 1999, The Daily Show developed a markedly different style, bringing
9486-412: A year and a half later, on August 9, 2024. In late October 2023, YouTube began cracking down on the use of ad blockers on the platform. Users of ad blockers may be given a pop-up warning saying "Video player will be blocked after 3 videos". Users of ad blockers are shown a message asking them to allow ads or inviting them to subscribe to the ad-free YouTube Premium subscription plan. YouTube says that
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#17327941279679672-600: Is egomaniacal , fact-averse ("factose intolerant"), God-fearing, and hyper-patriotic. He claims to be an independent who is often mistaken for a Republican , but uniformly despises liberals and generally agrees with the actions and decisions of the Republican Party. Colbert's character has been described as a "caustic right-wing bully." The character exists not in opposition to political leaders, but to common ignorances; for example, his insistence that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama had Socialist leanings
9858-432: Is generated by individuals , including collaborations between " YouTubers " and corporate sponsors. Established media, news, and entertainment corporations have also created and expanded their visibility to YouTube channels in order to reach greater audiences. YouTube has had unprecedented social impact , influencing popular culture, internet trends, and creating multimillionaire celebrities. Despite its growth and success,
10044-448: Is "Baby Mumbles" by Cheap Trick . Colbert phoned guitarist Rick Nielsen during development of the show to discuss the theme, noting that he loved the band's song " I Want You to Want Me "; the show's theme music is largely that song's melody backwards. Following the opening sequence, Colbert most often proceeds with a run-through of recent headlines in a manner parodying traditional news broadcasts, similar to The Daily Show but with
10230-511: Is Stephen Colbert, a "self-important right-wing commentator", portrayed by his real-life namesake. The character incorporates aspects of Colbert's real life, but primarily parodies cable news pundits , particularly Bill O'Reilly of Fox News ' The O'Reilly Factor , whom he refers to as "Papa Bear". To this end, the character even incorporates O'Reilly's mannerisms, described as his "pen-wielding, hand-stabbing gestures." O'Reilly's use of "talking points"—illustrated onscreen text reflecting
10416-513: Is a caricature of televised political pundits . Furthermore, the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs, particularly Fox News 's The O'Reilly Factor . The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Central's The Daily Show , where Colbert was a correspondent from 1997 to 2005. The program, created by Colbert, Jon Stewart , and Ben Karlin , lampooned current events and American political happenings. The show's structure consisted of an introductory monologue and
10602-451: Is a very thin one indeed." Heather Havrilesky of Salon was effusive, remarking, "Not only does Colbert maintain his persona without skipping a beat throughout the entire show, but he’s got great comic timing, the show’s writers are brilliant, and the whole thing is pure foolish, bizarre, idiotic fun." Barry Garron of The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it an "auspicious debut", writing, "The new show dovetails nicely with its lead-in to present
10788-420: Is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert , played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot",
10974-585: Is left to copyright holders to issue a DMCA takedown notice pursuant to the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act . Any successful complaint about copyright infringement results in a YouTube copyright strike . Three successful complaints for copyright infringement against a user account will result in the account and all of its uploaded videos being deleted. From 2007 to 2009 organizations including Viacom , Mediaset , and
11160-520: Is more powerful than a video whose time has come"; the final two words change to "is 2012.", with an accompanying string instrument sound that resembled the musical introduction to Kony 2012 , a viral documentary film aired earlier that year. On December 11, 2013, YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say? , referencing Ylvis ' " The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) ", was released. The video also made prominent use of Psy's " Gentleman ", however, following
11346-586: Is the Colbert Report ." The show's original opening title sequence began with an eagle diving past the host, following by images of Americana, stock footage of Colbert, and words describing Colbert flying by (some of which have been used as The Word). The first word used was "Grippy", and has changed to include, among others, "Megamerican", "Lincolnish", "Superstantial", "Flagaphile", and "Factose Intolerant". The May 4 episode in 2009 featured hints planted by J. J. Abrams about when and where Colbert would be in
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#173279412796711532-419: Is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search . In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7 billion monthly active users , who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. As of May 2019 , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and as of 2023 , there were approximately 14 billion videos in total. On
11718-562: Is the real scoop." When The Daily Show ran short on time, a short piece starring Colbert, advertising a fictional program titled The Colbert Réport , was added into the program. In these sketches, Colbert began to amplify his character to parody news pundits. Colbert anchored many sketches in his persona, including "Even Stepvhen", in which he debated current issues with fellow correspondent Steve Carell , often devolving into petty name-calling and insults. Colbert and Carell were viewed as potential breakout stars by staff, and when Carell left
11904-520: Is the show where we said, oh, there is unlimited open field running." In February 2007, Ben & Jerry's unveiled a new ice cream flavor in honor of Stephen Colbert, named Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream . All proceeds were donated to charity through the Stephen Colbert AmeriCone Dream Fund, which distributed the money to various causes. In June 2007, Colbert broke his left wrist while performing his warm-up for
12090-700: The 35th most-disliked YouTube video of all time . On December 6, 2018, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind was released. Upon its release, the video was overwhelmingly panned, receiving extensive backlash from critics, YouTubers, and viewers alike. Many YouTubers deemed it the "worst Rewind ever". Criticisms ranged from the inclusion of celebrities and personalities who are not affiliated with YouTube (such as Will Smith and Ninja ), lack of tributes to recent deaths, such as those of Stephen Hawking , Avicii , TotalBiscuit , Stefán Karl Stefánsson , XXXTentacion , Aretha Franklin , Mac Miller , Stan Lee , Anthony Bourdain , and Stephen Hillenburg , as well as
12276-499: The Amazon.com -owned Twitch . The company was attacked on April 3, 2018, when a shooting occurred at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, which wounded four and resulted in the death of the shooter. By February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube videos were being watched every day, and 400 hours worth of videos were uploaded every minute. Two years later, the uploads had risen to more than 500 hours per minute. During
12462-600: The Army 's basic training regimen. On the first of the four episodes, Colbert had his head shaved on stage by General Ray Odierno who was jokingly "ordered" to do so by President Barack Obama , who appeared on the episode via a pre-recorded segment from the White House . In 2010, while in character, Colbert appeared before judiciary subcommittee hearing on the issue of farm workers and immigration . The New Yorker used Colbert's testimony before Congress as an example of
12648-551: The BBC News footage of a professor's children gatecrashing during a live interview , fidget spinners , the viral video of a train slamming into snow, D.I.Y. slime, Salt Bae , the 2017 solar eclipse , Backpack Kid , the Floor Is Lava challenge , Man's Not Hot , Riverdale , the 1000˚ knife, the song Shooting Stars , the film Wonder Woman , the controversy over the album cover of Ariana Grande's My Everything ,
12834-619: The COVID-19 pandemic , when most of the world was under stay-at-home orders , usage of services like YouTube significantly increased. One data firm estimated that YouTube was accounting for 15% of all internet traffic , twice its pre-pandemic level. In response to EU officials requesting that such services reduce bandwidth as to make sure medical entities had sufficient bandwidth to share information, YouTube and Netflix stated they would reduce streaming quality for at least thirty days as to cut bandwidth use of their services by 25% to comply with
13020-744: The Fire Noodle Challenge , April the Giraffe, Slime fight, Full face, the Rolex Challenge, and the film Get Out . It also touched on various tragedies including Hurricane Harvey , the Manchester Arena bombing , and the Chiapas or Central Mexico earthquake . Game references included the 2017 game Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator . The video referenced popular music videos including, Taylor Swift 's " Look What You Made Me Do ", Fifth Harmony 's "Sweetheart in
13206-521: The New York Comedy Festival in 2013, some writers admitted to procrastinating until the last hour before rehearsal to complete their sections; Colbert confirmed that, in the program's early days, segments such as "The Word" were scripted entirely during the rewrite before rehearsal. Both writers read their dialogue aloud to see whether they thought the Colbert character would say it. As writers were working on their respective scripts,
13392-497: The Persian Gulf , and "Farewellison" for the final episode of former producer Allison Silverman. The show's opening credits depict the Colbert character clutching an American flag. On January 4, 2010, a new opening debuted. The opening begins and ends with an eagle as before, but features new background renderings, new shots of Stephen Colbert, and is now colored in an American, red white and blue motif. The show's theme music
13578-571: The dabbing dance move. The video also references some of the most popular songs of 2016, including Fifth Harmony 's " Work from Home ", the Chainsmokers ' " Closer ", and Beyoncé 's " Hold Up ". The video ends with James Corden and other personalities in a car, re-enacting the Carpool Karaoke segments from The Late Late Show . On December 6, 2017, YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017 , referencing Ed Sheeran 's " Shape of You ",
13764-427: The " Harlem Shake " meme were also referenced. The music was composed by mashup artist DJ Earworm: Vice-producer Sparks Hopes helped draft the music and sync it with the video, helping incorporate many of the YouTube personalities and guests. On December 9, 2014, YouTube Spotlight released "Turn Down for 2014" (a reference to DJ Snake and Lil Jon 's song " Turn Down for What ") as the series' fifth installment. It
13950-469: The "polymer" redesign of its user interfaces based on Material Design language as its default, as well a redesigned logo that is built around the service's play button emblem in August 2017. Through this period, YouTube tried several new ways to generate revenue beyond advertisements. In 2013, YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium, subscription-based channels. This effort
14136-662: The "third" Colbert: "Colbert was thoughtful and sincere—and had ruined the whole thing. By speaking honestly, he had become the very thing he was mocking, a celebrity testifying before Congress." Beginning in June 2011, the show created a long-running gag that involved Colbert starting his own actual super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow , described by the character as "100 percent legal and at least 10 percent ethical." In 2012, Colbert interviewed illustrator/author Maurice Sendak , who managed to get him to break character ; show staff and Colbert himself retrospectively labeled
14322-586: The 2018 Winter Olympics , and the viral video by a boy in a Walmart store yodelling . The video also highly references the online video game Fortnite . The video references popular music videos, including BTS 's " Idol ", Marshmello and Bastille 's " Happier ", Kanye West and Lil Pump 's " I Love It ", Drake 's "In My Feelings", El Chombo 's " Dame Tu Cosita ", and Pinkfong 's " Baby Shark ". Songs mixed by The Hood Internet in YouTube Rewind 2018: On December 5, 2019, "YouTube Rewind 2019: For
14508-553: The 2018 video and mentioned that "even my kids called it 'cringey'." Everyone Controls Rewind was panned by the YouTube community, surpassing the music video for " Baby " by Justin Bieber to become the most-disliked YouTube video of all time . It subsequently became the first YouTube video to receive over ten million dislikes and accumulated over 20 million dislikes by late 2021, when YouTube disabled dislikes from being publicly viewable. On December 5, 2019, YouTube Rewind 2019: For
14694-587: The 9th of October 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $ 1.65 billion (equivalent to $ 2.31 billion in 2023). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium , a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube incorporated Google's AdSense program, generating more revenue for both YouTube and approved content creators. In 2023, YouTube's advertising revenue totaled $ 31.7 billion,
14880-477: The Colbert character as Jesus Christ . In the set, "virtually every inch emblazoned with Colbert's name or the initial C"; his name, initials and the name of the show appear on the desk's plasma screen , on the rafters above the desk, and the desk itself is shaped like a giant "C". The background includes faux artifacts from the character's backstory, which are seldom seen by viewers. "I kept saying, 'People might not really notice this.' But when you're working with
15066-520: The EU's request. YouTube later announced that they would continue with this move worldwide: "We continue to work closely with governments and network operators around the globe to do our part to minimize stress on the system during this unprecedented situation." Following a 2018 complaint alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the company was fined $ 170 million by
15252-579: The English Premier League have filed lawsuits against YouTube, claiming that it has done too little to prevent the uploading of copyrighted material. In August 2008, a US court ruled in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. that copyright holders cannot order the removal of an online file without first determining whether the posting reflected fair use of the material. YouTube's owner Google announced in November 2015 that they would help cover
15438-618: The FTC for collecting personal information from minors under the age of 13. YouTube was also ordered to create systems to increase children's privacy. Following criticisms of its implementation of those systems, YouTube started treating all videos designated as "made for kids" as liable under COPPA on January 6, 2020. Joining the YouTube Kids app, the company created a supervised mode, designed more for tweens , in 2021. Additionally, to compete with TikTok , YouTube released YouTube Shorts ,
15624-673: The Future , Super Bowl Left Shark , Kung Fury , the Five Nights at Freddy's games (the game of the year), Pizza Rat , Carpool Karaoke , and the blue and black / white and gold dress . The following music videos were referenced: " Cheerleader " ( OMI ), " Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) " ( Silentó ), " Lean On " ( Major Lazer and DJ Snake , featuring MØ ), " Hey Mama " ( David Guetta , featuring Nicki Minaj , Afrojack , and Bebe Rexha ), " Elastic Heart " ( Sia ), " Hotline Bling " ( Drake ), and " What Do You Mean ( Justin Bieber ). Since 2015
15810-595: The Old West (AKA Theme to Ten Days in the Valley )", Dua Lipa 's " New Rules ", Kendrick Lamar 's " Humble ", and DJ Khaled's " I'm the One ". Songs mixed by The Hood Internet in YouTube Rewind 2017: On December 6, 2018, "YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind" was uploaded onto the "YouTube Spotlight" YouTube Channel. This video includes references to events, headlining topics, viral videos and challenges throughout
15996-483: The Record ) were received poorly, with the former becoming the most-disliked video of all time on the platform. YouTube opted to not produce a Rewind video in 2020, before announcing the series' cancellation the following year. The first Rewind video was created by YouTube in 2010 and featured a list of the 50 most popular YouTube videos of that year. In 2010, YouTube began creating and producing Rewind videos with
16182-480: The Record was released. The 2019 edition returned to a format reminiscent of the first two iterations of the series, featuring a montage of the top videos of 2019, divided into several themed countdowns based on statistics and trends. Kevin Allocca, YouTube's head of culture and trends, explained that the video was intended to be more reflective of the year's trends, acknowledging that it was becoming more difficult for
16368-410: The Record" was uploaded to the "YouTube" YouTube channel. The video is a mash-up of the best videos and creators in certain categories, including "most viewed" and "video games". The video starts off with creators reacting to the failure of YouTube Rewind 2018, followed by the text, "In 2018, we made something you didn't like. For Rewind 2019, let's see what you DID like." Viewers have stated that although
16554-475: The Report aired on December 18, 2014. The show was replaced on Comedy Central's late-night lineup by The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore , another spinoff of The Daily Show . The character first made appearances on the short-lived sketch comedy series The Dana Carvey Show in 1996, described as "a self-important, trench-coated reporter who does on-location stories in a way that suggests his own presence
16740-582: The Rewind button, triggering the video to show past viral videos and memes from 2015 back to 2005. After the credits, the Fine Brothers are shown arguing about whether PewDiePie is actually in the video. On December 7, 2016, YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge , referencing the increasing number of Internet challenges in 2016, was released. It was again created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive. The Hood Internet returned to produce
16926-590: The United States named "Canton", with many attracting negative responses from each respective area's local government and residents. The same year, the show filmed a tongue-in-cheek Christmas special titled A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! . In 2009, Colbert filmed a series of four episodes for the troops in Baghdad , Iraq . He had a suit tailored for him in the Army Combat Uniform pattern and went through an abbreviated version of
17112-538: The Year by the American Dialect Society and for 2006 by Merriam-Webster . The character's forceful nature confused some in the program's early days. During an appearance on the segment " Better Know a District " in the show's first season, a frustrated Barney Frank declined to continue, deeming the conversation too dumb. In one early episode, the Colbert character purported to be a former member of
17298-520: The announcement, software developer Dmitry Selivanov created Return YouTube Dislike, an open-source , third-party browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that allows users to see a video's number of dislikes. In a letter published on January 25, 2022, by then YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki , acknowledged that removing public dislike counts was a controversial decision, but reiterated that she stands by this decision, claiming that "it reduced dislike attacks." In 2022, YouTube launched an experiment where
17484-474: The audience. Although President Bush shook Colbert's hand after his presentation, several of Bush's aides and supporters walked out during Colbert's speech, and one former aide commented that the President had "that look that he's ready to blow." Colbert's performance quickly became an Internet and media sensation. According to Vanity Fair , the speech transformed Colbert as a "folk hero" for liberals, and
17670-458: The average for the same time the previous year, when the time slot was occupied by Too Late with Adam Carolla . The show regularly began attracting over one million viewers with near immediacy. The show also drew more young men, a powerful demographic, than other late-night hosts (at that time, Jay Leno , David Letterman , and Conan O'Brien ). Within a year, The Colbert Report began averaging 1.5 million viewers per night. In early 2008, in
17856-581: The character could extend beyond one season without growing tiresome. While positively reviewing the program as a whole, Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune echoed these sentiments: "The biggest question hanging over The Colbert Report is whether the show’s sendup of the pomposity and fear-mongering of cable news blowhards will be as appealing in the long term." Melanie McFarland of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer summarized
18042-424: The character to "ignorantly deconstruct" his opponent's argument. The third segment of the show is on occasion a musical guest. Prominent musical guests have included Metallica , Paul McCartney , Rush , Green Day , Paul Simon , Crosby Stills & Nash , Pavement , Cat Stevens , Yo-Yo Ma , Radiohead and Black Star . Afterwards, Colbert ends the show with parting words to the audience or, if short for time,
18228-415: The community, calling YouTube "out of touch" with its viewers and their interests. Julia Alexander, writing for The Verge , suggested that YouTube had intentionally left out the biggest moments on the platform in 2018 in an attempt to appease worried advertisers over controversies that had plagued the platform over the past two years: "it's [...] increasingly apparent, however, that YouTube is trying to sell
18414-460: The company again changed its interface and at the same time, introduced a new logo with a darker shade of red. A subsequent interface change, designed to unify the experience across desktop, TV, and mobile, was rolled out in 2013. By that point, more than 100 hours were being uploaded every minute, increasing to 300 hours by November 2014. During this time, the company also went through some organizational changes. In October 2006, YouTube moved to
18600-400: The company simplified its interface to increase the time users would spend on the site. In 2011, more than three billion videos were being watched each day with 48 hours of new videos uploaded every minute. However, most of these views came from a relatively small number of videos; according to a software engineer at that time, 30% of videos accounted for 99% of views on the site. That year,
18786-558: The company was bought by eBay . Hurley had studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania , and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at
18972-672: The company would show users who watched longer videos on TVs a long chain of short un-skippable adverts, intending to consolidate all ads into the beginning of a video. Following public outrage over the unprecedented amount of un-skippable ads, YouTube "ended" the experiment on September 19 of that year. In October, YouTube announced that they would be rolling out customizable user handles in addition to channel names, which would also become channel URLs. On February 16, 2023, Wojcicki announced that she would step down as CEO, with Neal Mohan named as her successor. Wojcicki took on an advisory role for Google and parent company Alphabet . Wojcicki died
19158-424: The content creators to distinguish itself from YouTube. It is at this time YouTube issued the slogan "Broadcast Yourself". The company experienced rapid growth. The Daily Telegraph wrote that in 2007, YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. By 2010, the company had reached a market share of around 43% and more than 14 billion views of videos, according to comScore . That year,
19344-573: The content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's guidelines. Despite the guidelines,YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters , videos of minors attracting pedophilic activities in their comment sections, and fluctuating policies on
19530-582: The day following the 2004 Emmy Awards to first discuss the concept. The one-line pitch Colbert, Karlin and Stewart developed was "Our version of the O'Reilly Factor with Stephen Colbert." Herzog committed to an eight-week tryout period without a pilot. By the time of the 2004 election, the character was fully developed. In creating the character, which is designed to be repellant but entertaining, Colbert conferred with Stewart and Karlin. In expressing his hope that his character not be "an asshole," Stewart remarked, "You're not an asshole. You're an idiot. There's
19716-468: The dispute was resolved. Since April 2016, videos continue to be monetized while the dispute is in progress, and the money goes to whoever won the dispute. Should the uploader want to monetize the video again, they may remove the disputed audio in the "Video Manager". YouTube has cited the effectiveness of Content ID as one of the reasons why the site's rules were modified in December 2010 to allow some users to upload videos of unlimited length. YouTube has
19902-483: The dispute with GEMA was resolved, with Google content ID being used to allow advertisements to be added to videos with content protected by GEMA. In April 2013, it was reported that Universal Music Group and YouTube have a contractual agreement that prevents content blocked on YouTube by a request from UMG from being restored, even if the uploader of the video files a DMCA counter-notice. As part of YouTube Music, Universal and YouTube signed an agreement in 2017, which
20088-843: The episode Stephen becomes immortal after accidentally killing " Grimmy " during the opening of the segment of " Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. ". This leads to Stephen singing " We'll Meet Again " in its entirety along with a large group of famous friends including Jon Stewart , Jeff Daniels , Sam Waterston , Big Bird , Charlie Rose , Terry Gross , Keith Olbermann , Tom Brokaw , Alan Alda , Yo Yo Ma , Ken Burns , Cyndi Lauper , Patrick Stewart , Randy Newman , Doris Kearns Goodwin , Henry Kissinger , Alex Trebek , Mandy Patinkin , Lesley Stahl , George Lucas , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Gloria Steinem , Elijah Wood , Jake Tapper , Bob Costas , Smaug and Cookie Monster . Reviews of The Colbert Report upon its 2005 premiere were positive, although critics were generally skeptical that
20274-400: The exclusion of certain controversial personalities, such as Shane Dawson and Lil Pump , alongside the rivalries of KSI vs Logan Paul and PewDiePie vs T-Series . Everyone Controls Rewind incorporated user-comment suggestions as a part of the video, although many viewers stated that the trends that the video included (such as Fortnite and K-pop ) were unpopular with the majority of
20460-495: The existing Google Play Music service. The service continued to evolve in 2015 when YouTube announced YouTube Red , a new premium service that would offer ad-free access to all content on the platform (succeeding the Music Key service released the previous year), premium original series, and films produced by YouTube personalities, as well as background playback of content on mobile devices. YouTube also released YouTube Music ,
20646-778: The fastest video to reach 100 million views on YouTube, just 3.2 days after its release. References included PPAP , dabbing , Mannequin Challenge , Rio 2016 Olympics , water bottle flipping , Stranger Things , hydraulic press, Orbeeze pranks, Corn Drills, rainbow bagels, Scott Sterling, NYC snowboarding, Running Man Challenge , Damn Daniel , T-Rex costume, E-Games, The Dancing Mannequin Heads, "The Door" ( Game of Thrones ) , Prince and David Bowie Tribute (Alex Wassabi), HighLight Challenge, 100 Layers, " JuJu on That Beat ", Carpool Karaoke (following on from 2015), Hamilton , and Views (Drake cover album) Game references included
20832-512: The first appearance of PewDiePie in the Rewind series. What Does 2013 Say? was dedicated to fellow YouTuber Talia Castellano , who died on July 16, five months prior to the release of the video. On December 9, 2014, YouTube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014 , referencing DJ Snake and Lil Jon 's " Turn Down for What ", was released. It was again created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive. Over 10 songs were mashed-up by DJ Earworm for
21018-406: The first time. That year, The Colbert Report attracted $ 52.1 million in advertising for an audience whose median age was 39.4, about a year younger than The Daily Show . In 2014, the final year of the show's run, ratings were down three percent (coinciding with a general ratings slide for cable television). The series finale on December 18, 2014, was watched by 2.4 million viewers, making it
21204-569: The first video to reach one million total views. The site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day. Clips at the time were limited to 100 megabytes, as little as 30 seconds of footage. YouTube was not the first video-sharing site on the Internet; Vimeo was launched in November 2004, though that site remained a side project of its developers from CollegeHumor . The week of YouTube's launch, NBC-Universal's Saturday Night Live ran
21390-486: The following interview to 'the French Guy'. In a subsequent Newsweek interview, O'Reilly said that he "feels it's a compliment" to have Colbert parody him because Colbert "isn't mean-spirited" and does not "use [his] platform to injure people". Later, Colbert replied on-air, "I like you too. In fact, if it wasn't for you, this show wouldn't exist." Colbert disagreed that the show's emphasis on politics represented
21576-422: The formerly elided final "t"s ( / ˈ k oʊ l b ər t r ə p ɔːr t / ); a similar move was made by The Daily Show which returned to air as A Daily Show . During this period, he staged a mock feud between himself, Jon Stewart, and Late Night host Conan O'Brien over who made Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee . In 2008, Colbert made a series of jokes directed at various towns in
21762-732: The game of the year 2016, Pokémon Go , as well as Street Fighter V , and The Witness . The following music videos were referenced: " Work from Home " ( Fifth Harmony , featuring Ty Dolla Sign ), " Famous " ( Kanye West ), " Light It Up " ( Major Lazer , featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG ), " Sorry " ( Justin Bieber ), " This Is What You Came For " ( Calvin Harris , featuring Rihanna ), " Dangerous Woman " ( Ariana Grande ), " Side to Side " ( Ariana Grande , featuring Nicki Minaj ), " Hold Up " ( Beyoncé ), " Panda " ( Desiigner ), " Cheap Thrills " ( Sia ), " Hasta el Amanecer " ( Nicky Jam ), and " Roses " ( The Chainsmokers , featuring ROZES ) The music
21948-447: The game of the year, Flappy Bird . The music was mixed by DJ Earworm: On December 9, 2015, YouTube Spotlight released "Now Watch Me 2015". The title refers to Silentó 's song " Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) ". The video featured celebrities from 129 YouTube channels. Events, headlining topics and viral videos of 2015 were referenced, including the legality of same-sex marriage in the U.S. , Shia LaBeouf 's "JUST DO IT!" clips, Back to
22134-520: The help of Seedwell and Portal A Interactive. From 2011 onwards, the Rewind videos have only been uploaded to the YouTube Spotlight channel, now known as just YouTube, with additional behind-the-scenes content. On December 12–13, 2010, the first YouTube Rewind was uploaded, titled 2010 YouTube Rewind: Year in Review and featured the top ten most popular videos of the year on YouTube. It
22320-401: The host's opinions—are parodied on The Colbert Report with the segment "The Word". He initially incorporated long-winded, verbose metaphors to parody CNN correspondent Aaron Brown. In addition, the character was also heavily inspired by Stone Phillips , Bill Kurtis and "especially" Geraldo Rivera . "I loved the way Geraldo made reporting a story seem like an act of courage," Colbert told
22506-502: The job as "all-consuming", leaving no time for outside activities. Colbert himself eventually became withdrawn from morning meetings as the show continued on and he mulled a decision to leave. Usually by 11 a.m., a rough outline for the show was completed and writers sent off in pairs to create scripts that would be polished throughout the day. First, writers would scan news articles for ideas and partner together in pairs, with one "keeping track of possible jokes." During an appearance at
22692-802: The job. Controversial moderation decisions have included material relating to Holocaust denial , the Hillsborough disaster , Anthony Bourdain 's death, and the Notre-Dame fire . In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with YouTube's system for policing its videos, and argued that "proactive review of content should be standard practice for sites hosting user-generated content". In June 2022, Media Matters ,
22878-588: The legal cost in select cases where they believe fair use defenses apply. In the 2011 case of Smith v. Summit Entertainment LLC , professional singer Matt Smith sued Summit Entertainment for the wrongful use of copyright takedown notices on YouTube. He asserted seven causes of action , and four were ruled in Smith's favor. In April 2012, a court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube could be held responsible for copyrighted material posted by its users. On November 1, 2016,
23064-418: The midst of the writer's strike , Colbert posted an eleven-percent gain over its averages from the following fall. From 2012 to 2013, viewership decreased from 1.2 million to 1.1 million. In 2013, The Colbert Report was the second most-watched late-night talk show (behind The Daily Show ) among the demographic of adults 18–49, beating competition The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in that demographic for
23250-605: The most powerful radicalizing instruments of the 21st century." Jonathan Albright of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University described YouTube as a "conspiracy ecosystem". Before 2019, YouTube took steps to remove specific videos or channels related to supremacist content that had violated its acceptable use policies but otherwise did not have site-wide policies against hate speech . The Colbert Report The Colbert Report ( / k oʊ l ˈ b ɛər r ɪ ˌ p ɔːr / kohl- BAIR rih-por )
23436-418: The most watched episode ever in the show's history. The finale was the most watched cable program of the night in its time slot, beating The Daily Show which was seen by two million viewers. The Colbert Report received numerous awards and accolades throughout its run. The show was nominated for four Emmy Awards in its inaugural year, but lost to The Daily Show . The Report was nominated each year for
23622-465: The music mashup for the video, with Major Lazer contributing an original remix of their own. The video begins with Dwayne Johnson showing a miniature Rewind button, and YouTube personalities hunting for Rewind symbols in the style of Pokémon Go . The video also references objects being crushed by a hydraulic press , Hodor from Game of Thrones , the water-bottle flip challenge, " PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) " (with Pikotaro himself appearing), and
23808-409: The persona as a "character" in a 2011 interview on the show, and in 2013, Colbert further blurred the lines between his character and real life when he spoke regarding the death of his mother on the program. In doing so, many commentators referred the show's longevity and the development of a "third" Colbert — one a faux pundit and one informed by the performer's own life. In the show's credits, Colbert
23994-450: The platform has been criticized for its facilitation of the spread of misinformation and copyrighted content , routinely violating its users' privacy , excessive censorship , endangering the safety of children and their well-being , and for its inconsistent implementation of platform guidelines. YouTube was founded by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim . The trio were early employees of PayPal , which left them enriched after
24180-568: The press." Nevertheless, there were more negative reviews: USA Today 's Robert Bianco opined that the show "tried too hard", writing, "Unfortunately, in just two weeks on the air, this half-hour spoof of a no-spin-zone type show has already stretched Colbert's character and the artifice that supports it past its natural breaking point." The New Yorker remarked that the show remained funny throughout its entire run. The Colbert Report currently scores favorable reviews, with 65/100 on Metacritic (first season), while its viewers' ranking on
24366-401: The previous format to "authentically represent" the community's overall experience. The video has been criticized as coming off as "passive-aggressive" towards consumers, or "lazy", as it does not have the same level of production as the previous editions and was noted for being akin to WatchMojo videos. Many also felt the new format lacked energy and a "soul", saying that it showed that YouTube
24552-522: The quality of their material and had never looked at the names on writing packets submitted for employment. Subjects considered too dark were not even considered for comedic material; for example, the show would poke fun at press coverage of a tragedy, rather than the tragedy itself. Issues discussed on the show were later reported on actual newscasts, in turn allowing the show to comment on its own impact, creating an echo chamber of sorts. This led Colbert to describe his show, "at its purest expression, [as]
24738-447: The reason for the removal was, based on its internal research, that users often used the dislike feature as a form of cyberbullying and brigading . While some users praised the move as a way to discourage trolls , others felt that hiding dislikes would make it harder for viewers to recognize clickbait or unhelpful videos and that other features already existed for creators to limit bullying. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim referred to
24924-472: The runner-up by more than 14 million votes. He was, however, disqualified, as the name of the bridge was intended to be a memoriam. Later that year, he began a mock feud with indie rock group the Decemberists over the subject of who was the first to challenge fans to create a green screen video; the fake conflict culminated in a guitar solo competition against Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk on
25110-570: The same year, YouTube announced it would start hiding dislike counts on videos, making them invisible to viewers. The company stated the decision was in response to experiments which confirmed that smaller YouTube creators were more likely to be targeted in dislike brigading and harassment. Creators will still be able to see the number of likes and dislikes in the YouTube Studio dashboard tool, according to YouTube. YouTube has an estimate 14 billion videos with about 5% of those never having
25296-414: The script. The final rewrite would take place in a "small, red, poorly ventilated room" until 6:45 p.m. Before interviewing his guests, Colbert met with them in the green room and acknowledged that he was playing a character, noting that the persona is "willfully ignorant of what you know and care about" and urging the guest to "honestly disabuse me of what you see as my ignorance." Emily Lazar ,
25482-660: The segment one of the show's more memorable moments. The Los Angeles Times called the September 2013 interview with political commentator and former CIA official Philip Mudd Colbert's "most awkward interview", stating Mudd "could barely disguise his contempt" for Colbert. President Barack Obama guested during the show's final month, in a show taped from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. ; Obama sat in Colbert's seat and presided over " The Wørd " segment. The final episode aired on December 18, 2014. In
25668-479: The series entirely. With the absence of a 2020 Rewind video, popular YouTube creators, such as Michelle Khare and MrBeast , released their own Rewind -style videos. Khare's video was set to private viewing after it received some backlash over the inclusion of a lookalike of Jenna Marbles , who went on indefinite hiatus from YouTube in June of that year due to controversies related to her earlier videos. MrBeast's video included many popular YouTubers of that year and
25854-498: The series in 2004 to start a US version of The Office , Comedy Central made attempts to keep Colbert at the network. Stewart and Karlin were already looking to expand the Daily Show franchise and their production company, Busboy. The duo supposedly came up with the idea for The Colbert Report after watching coverage of the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Bill O'Reilly . Colbert met with network president Doug Herzog
26040-408: The set to interview his guest, basking in the applause and glory meant for the guest. On the interview segment of the show, Colbert frequently attempts to nail his guest by using various rhetorical devices and fallacies to prove them wrong. The real-life Colbert once remarked that his personal favorite segment of the program were the interviews, which involved more listening on his end in order for
26226-473: The show and the studio itself are saturated with American flags , bald eagles , Captain America's shield , and other patriotic imagery. Typically, Colbert starts with the audience cheering and teasers regarding the show's topics and guest; each headline is structured to be a deliberate pun. The series of puns are followed by a verbal metaphor that promotes the show and is almost always finished with, "This
26412-466: The show was edited and sent to Comedy Central for broadcast. As the show was being edited, the staff met one last time to work through details for the next show. The Colbert Report was taped and broadcast four nights a week, Monday–Thursday. The show's taping studio, at 513 W. 54th Street in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, was used for The Daily Show until July 2005, and has
26598-428: The show's early reaction: "Critics and bloggers either loved the premiere or declared themselves to be unmoved, but that's the standard reaction after any late-night program's debut. A truer measure will be seen in coming weeks, after the hype wears off and the ratings lose their exuberance." Gilbert Cruz of Entertainment Weekly noted that "Colbert proves that the line between serious TV journalism and utter nonsense
26784-413: The show's final episode of the year, featuring guest appearances from guitarist Peter Frampton , New York Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer , and Dr. Henry Kissinger . Colbert later recalled it as the show's "craziest" moment, changing the way the staff viewed the program: "Because you realize the character believes anything he thinks, says, [or] cares about is important, anything fits on the show. [...] That
26970-463: The show's production and graphics team compiled music, footage, and props needed for the show. To collect video clips, the show cross-referenced transcripts of hours and hours of archived TiVo recordings of news programs. In 2011, the show switched to Snapstream software, which streamlined the TV clip search and compilation process, allowing for searching closed captioning for select words. In addition,
27156-550: The show's studio and at-home audience, like Colbert's poll to name a bridge in Hungary after himself. Many of the writers had improv training and at one point put together "improv evenings" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre once a month. The Report's writing staff was predominantly male and white; Colbert acknowledged this lack of diversity, but contended that he hired writers based solely on
27342-573: The show's traditional viewing audience, including Colbert running for U.S. President twice, co-hosting a rally at the National Mall , presenting a controversial performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner , and establishing a real Super PAC that raised over a million dollars. The show also inspired various forms of multimedia, including music and multiple best-selling books. The Colbert Report , hosted by
27528-549: The show's wordplay, summarizing, "Colbert's a clever creation, and a necessary one, and he deserves an opportunity to offend as many people as possible with his pompous blather." Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times commented that the show was a welcome addition to the Comedy Central lineup, remarking, "What puts Mr. Colbert over the top is that he is not just impersonating well known television personalities, he also uses parody to score larger points about politics and
27714-541: The show. It was the subject of an extended bit on the program, including the creation of the "Wriststrong" wrist band , based on Lance Armstrong 's " Livestrong " wrist band, which donated all proceeds to the Yellow Ribbon Fund . Colbert remained on the air without writers during the Writers Guild of America strike in 2007–08. Colbert modified the pronunciation of the show's name, pronouncing both of
27900-409: The simplest show, then it's "The Joy Machine" as opposed to "The Machine". Considering the speed at which we do it, we'll get caught in the gears really quickly unless we also approach it with joy. Stephen Colbert describing the show's production, 2009 The show's writing was grounded in improv , employing a "yes to everything" mentality. Much of the humor derived from extended improv games with
28086-487: The site is higher at 8.7/10. In a 2009 academic analysis of the show's popularity, Temple University researcher, Heather LaMarre found that the show appealed to both liberals and conservatives, concluding, "there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and
28272-518: The skit helped popularize YouTube's reach and led to the upload of more third-party content. The site grew rapidly; in July 2006, the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The choice of the name www.youtube.com led to problems for a similarly named website, www.utube.com . That site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment , filed
28458-447: The system was "surprisingly resilient" in finding copyright violations in the audio tracks of videos, it was not infallible. The use of Content ID to remove material automatically has led to controversy in some cases, as the videos have not been checked by a human for fair use. If a YouTube user disagrees with a decision by Content ID, it is possible to fill in a form disputing the decision. Before 2016, videos were not monetized until
28644-508: The third YouTube Rewind video on December 17 via YouTube Spotlight. It was directed by Peter Furia, who also produced it alongside Michael Rucker and Beau Lewis. The 2013 YouTube Rewind was the fourth video release of the series. It was released on December 11, 2013, via YouTube's official channel, YouTube Spotlight. It was directed by Kai Hasson and produced by Nate Houghteling, Zach Blume, Jeffrey Sabin-Matsumoto, and David Iain Johnson. It
28830-420: The types of content that is eligible to be monetized with advertising. YouTube contracts companies to hire content moderators, who view content flagged as potentially violating YouTube's content policies and determines if they should be removed. In September 2020, a class-action suit was filed by a former content moderator who reported developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an 18-month period on
29016-430: The update as "a stupid idea", and that the real reason behind the change was "not a good one, and not one that will be publicly disclosed." He felt that users' ability on a social platform to identify harmful content was essential, saying, "The process works, and there's a name for it: the wisdom of the crowds . The process breaks when the platform interferes with it. Then, the platform invariably declines." Shortly after
29202-450: The use of ad blockers violates its terms of service. In April 2024, YouTube announced it would be "strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube's Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps". YouTube has been led by a CEO since its founding in 2005, beginning with Chad Hurley , who led the company until 2010. After Google's acquisition of YouTube, the CEO role
29388-409: The video does show popular creators, it does not actually feature them. Songs in YouTube Rewind 2019: YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google . YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim , three former employees of PayPal . Headquartered in San Bruno, California , United States, it
29574-526: The video. The video was not structured around songs, as in previous years, but with more Internet memes and trends used alongside the music. Its main feature was the YouTube Rewind Button flag, with which YouTubers and other notable personalities run throughout the video. The flag was run through the sets of The Colbert Report by Big Bird ; Conan by host Conan O'Brien himself, with Freddie Wong acting as substitute host; and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver by Kid President . The actual Rewind Button
29760-541: The year of the website's tenth anniversary. The music mashup was produced by The Hood Internet and included songs such as Major Lazer and DJ Snake 's " Lean On ", the Weeknd 's " Can't Feel My Face ", and Justin Bieber 's " What Do You Mean? ". Additionally, Avicii produced an original remix of " Broken Arrows " for the video. The video featured more gaming personalities than in previous years, including Markiplier , CaptainSparklez , MatPat , and Smosh Games , with
29946-402: The year on YouTube. In 2012, YouTube's Rewind videos changed to featuring several popular YouTubers ; the most popular music videos, and videos ; breaking news ; and internet memes from the year. Rewind YouTube Style 2012 , referencing Psy 's " Gangnam Style ", was released on December 17, 2012. It was created and produced by YouTube and Seedwell. The video starts with the text "Nothing
30132-471: The year, stating that "2020 has been different, And it doesn't feel right to carry on as if it weren't." While the events of the year, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests , were strongly suggested as the reasons behind the decision, many believed that this was due to the poor reception of the last three installments of the series, leading to speculation that YouTube would cancel
30318-492: The year. The video made cultural references to various trends in 2018, including BlocBoy JB 's Shoot Dance, Flossing , Will Smith 's Grand Canyon bungee jump, the "In My Feelings" Challenge , PewDiePie chair memes, the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle , ASMR , Japanese Foil Ball Challenge, Mukbang Challenge , melting lipsticks, the match between Portugal and Spain in the 2018 FIFA World Cup , Football Challenge, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster , figure skating at
30504-407: Was Stone Phillips , a partial influence on the character. In the debut episode, Colbert coined the word truthiness , defined as "a quality characterizing a 'truth' that a person making an argument or assertion claims to know intuitively 'from the gut' or because it 'feels right' without regard to evidence , logic , intellectual examination, or facts." Truthiness was named the 2005 Word of
30690-436: Was YouTube's tenth year of existence, viral videos from the whole of YouTube's span were included: The Ice Bucket Challenge from 2014, "Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split, featuring Van Damme (Live Test)" from 2013, Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' – Mission Highlights from 2012, Rebecca Black's viral hit "Friday" from 2011, Paul Vasquez's "Double Rainbow from 2010, " JK Wedding Entrance Dance " from 2009, " I'm on
30876-404: Was a figment of his ego-riddled imagination. Despite his appearance of always being in charge, Colbert is vulnerable: he feels deeply threatened by those wielding more power than he, and he suffers from "arctophobia", the fear of bears, which he refers to as "giant, marauding, godless killing machines". He will alert the audience to what he perceives as the latest national threat (the subject of
31062-419: Was based on public misconceptions. In parodying the cult of personality , the Colbert character also developed a real-life equivalent, creating what was dubbed the "Colbert Nation". While giving the character a certain mythos was part of the show's inception, show producers did not set out to create a loyal following for the character itself; the joke was that the character thought he had an influence, but that
31248-441: Was being openly more corporate. However, many saw improvement with casting choices in some areas, particularly with the inclusion of PewDiePie, who was absent in previous Rewinds. Similarly to the previous year, the video was criticized for lacking tributes to personalities who had died in the year, most notably Desmond "Etika" Amofah and Cameron Boyce . On November 12, 2020, YouTube announced that there would be no Rewind for
31434-554: Was briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site. Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not . They created posts on Craigslist asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for
31620-439: Was called "The Eagle's Nest" and reflects and facilitates Colbert's self-aggrandizing style. It was designed by Jim Fenhagen, and was intended to both capture the character's ego and be "hyper-American." Elements incorporated into the set included architectural lines converged to Colbert's desk, and radial beams coming out from behind his chair. Colbert's main influence for the set was Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper , with
31806-415: Was composed by The Hood Internet with Major Lazer: On December 6, 2017, "YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017" was uploaded onto the "YouTube Spotlight" YouTube Channel. The title refers to Ed Sheeran 's hit song, " Shape of You ". This video included references to events, headlining topics, viral videos, and challenges throughout the year. The video made cultural references to various trends in 2017, including
31992-581: Was credited with a title, which deliberately became increasingly cumbersome as the show progressed: Her Excellency The Rev. Sir Doctor Stephen Tyrone Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World ✱✱ featuring Flo Rida La Premiere Dame De France . When O'Reilly appeared on The Daily Show before the second episode of The Colbert Report aired, he commented, "Before we get started, somebody told me walking in here, you got some French guy on after you making fun of me?", and made several references in
32178-676: Was directed by Kai Hasson and shot in the Portal A studio. The video includes notable events and chart hits of 2014, featuring references to the Ice Bucket Challenge ; The First Kiss viral video; The Devil Baby; Spider Dog; Minecraft ; Disney 's film Frozen ; the music videos for "Turn Down for What" (DJ Snake and Lil Jon), " #Selfie " (The Chainsmokers), " Happy " (Pharrell Williams), " Fancy " (Iggy Azalea, featuring Charli XCX), " All About That Bass " (Meghan Trainor), " Anaconda " (Nicki Minaj) and " Dark Horse" (Katy Perry); and
32364-465: Was discontinued in January 2018 and relaunched in June, with US$ 4.99 channel subscriptions. These channel subscriptions complemented the existing Super Chat ability, launched in 2017, which allows viewers to donate between $ 1 and $ 500 to have their comment highlighted. In 2014, YouTube announced a subscription service known as "Music Key", which bundled ad-free streaming of music content on YouTube with
32550-411: Was estimated that visitors to YouTube spent an average of 15 minutes a day on the site, in contrast to the four or five hours a day spent by a typical US citizen watching television. In 2017, viewers on average watched YouTube on mobile devices for more than an hour every day. In December 2012, two billion views were removed from the view counts of Universal and Sony music videos on YouTube, prompting
32736-487: Was followed by separate agreements other major labels, which gave the company the right to advertising revenue when its music was played on YouTube. By 2019, creators were having videos taken down or demonetized when Content ID identified even short segments of copyrighted music within a much longer video, with different levels of enforcement depending on the record label. Experts noted that some of these clips said qualified for fair use. In June 2007, YouTube began trials of
32922-420: Was later described by Frank Rich as the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections. Adam Sternbergh of New York , a year after the show's debut, deemed the character "something very close to what he's parodying, a kind of Bill O'Reilly for the angry left." In 2006, Colbert encouraged fans to vote for his name to be the new name of a bridge in Hungary, which was being decided via an online poll, beating
33108-417: Was no overlap in subject matter with The Daily Show , Karlin made trips between the studios during the show's early days to supervise scripts. For the first several years of the program, Colbert made an appearance at the end of each Daily Show in split-screen, having a short discussion with Stewart preceding his show. I call the show, jokingly, "The Joy Machine", because if you can do it with joy, even in
33294-474: Was not serious when offering political statements". Malcolm Gladwell discussed LaMarre's findings in his Revisionist History podcast, "The Satire Paradox" (2016). The ratings of The Colbert Report , from its premiere, benefited from the lead-in The Daily Show provides, which at the time of the show's debut averaged 1.3 million viewers per night. Comedy Central had previously struggled to produce
33480-404: Was not shown until the end of the video. On December 9, 2015, YouTube Rewind: Now Watch Me 2015 , referencing Silentó 's " Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) ", was released. It was again created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive, and was the first one to feature a hashtag , in this case #YouTubeRewind. The video heavily incorporated references to previous years of YouTube, due to 2015 being
33666-630: Was positively received. On October 7, 2021, YouTube announced that Rewind would be discontinued, expressing hope that its creators would fill in the gap. Instead, a 24-hour interactive livestream titled Escape2021 was broadcast on December 16 as a replacement, including a live performance by BTS on Minecraft produced by the Noxcrew and also featuring Minecraft YouTubers Dream , GeorgeNotFound , Aphmau, PrestonPlayz , BriannaPlayz, and BeckBroJack. There has not been an official YouTube year-in-review event or video since. In 2012, YouTube released
33852-781: Was produced by the Portal A studio. The title is a reference to Ylvis ' song " The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) ", which is also the main motif of the video. Other 2013 trends, events, viral videos, and headlining topics were featured and referenced, such as the music videos of " Blurred Lines " ( Robin Thicke , featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams ), " Wrecking Ball " ( Miley Cyrus ), " We Can't Stop " ( Miley Cyrus ), " Applause " ( Lady Gaga ), " Roar " ( Katy Perry ), " Thrift Shop " ( Macklemore , and Ryan Lewis , featuring Wanz ) and " Animals " ( Martin Garrix ). The Breaking Bad series finale, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's album The Heist , and
34038-462: Was released. The video received mixed reviews from critics, YouTubers, and viewers alike following its release. Some of the various criticisms were directed at its overuse of memes, and the notable exclusion of PewDiePie for controversies earlier in the year . To date, it has received over 4.6 million likes. It also received significantly more dislikes than those from the previous years (excluding 2011), at over 2.3 million dislikes (as of 2020), making it
34224-862: Was retained. Salar Kamangar took over Hurley's position and kept the job until 2014. He was replaced by Susan Wojcicki , who later resigned in 2023. The current CEO is Neal Mohan , who was appointed on February 16, 2023. YouTube offers different features based on user verification, such as standard or basic features like uploading videos, creating playlists, and using YouTube Music , with limits based on daily activity (verification via phone number or channel history increases feature availability and daily usage limits); intermediate or additional features like longer videos (over 15 minutes), live streaming, custom thumbnails, and creating podcasts; advanced features like content ID appeals, embedding live streams, applying for monetization, clickable links, adding chapters, and pinning comments on videos or posts. In January 2012, it
34410-486: Was revealed that advertisements were being placed on extremist videos, including videos by rape apologists, anti-Semites, and hate preachers who received ad payouts. After firms started to stop advertising on YouTube in the wake of this reporting, YouTube apologized and said that it would give firms greater control over where ads got placed. University of North Carolina professor Zeynep Tufekci has referred to YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer", saying "YouTube may be one of
34596-411: Was uploaded on two channels: YouTube Trends on the first day, and YouTube Spotlight on the second. On December 20, 2011, YouTube Rewind 2011 was uploaded. It was created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive, and features Rebecca Black , whose music video of her song " Friday " had gone viral in March of that year, as the host. Like in 2010, it featured another top-ten most-popular videos of
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