YouTube has a new #1

I’m currently the #77 most subscribed to Comedian of all time on YouTube in Canada.  Not bad… but it’s of course nothing compared to the #1 most subscribed to person of all time out of all categories and countries.  And that spot was  taken over by a new person a few days ago.

Previously the #1 spot had been held by Fred, a character created by Lucas Cruikshank, who currently has over 1,365,000 subscribers.  In just one year that number has jumped by over 1 million which is pretty darn impressive and made him #1 for quite a while.  Lucas is a teenager who plays a 6 year old kid.  The videos are very simple and are sped up to make his voice high pitched and make his character seem like he has a big case of ADHD.

The new #1 is Nigahiga, which is comedy channel featuring a group headed by (and sometimes featuring only) Ryan Higa.  Their videos are made for an older audience than Fred’s and they currently have over 1,397,000 subscribers, which means they’ve had about as many new subscribers in the past week as I’ve had in the past 2 and a half years.  Sigh.

So what does this all mean? Well, I think it shows that the trend is moving toward more “adult” comedy on YouTube and videos that cater to an older audience.  There are fewer adults who would enjoy Fred’s humor (his stats show that his videos are much more popular with kids), but more adults (and teens) who would enjoy Nigahiga’s humor.

And that’s pretty good for me overall since my videos are switching to being geared toward an older audience.  Or at least I think they are… Father Lover‘s biggest audience is still 13 to 17 year olds – which really surprises me considering the content.  I don’t think it gets a lot more “adult” than that on YouTube!

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