Rise of "Vlogging"

An online sensation of telling about life experiences is revolutionizing all across the world. Slowly becoming more wide spread to the point where anyone can watch others at any time.

"Vlogging" is a form of blogging. Many know about those who spend a few hours a day writing about their life and what went on with their family. They receive thousands of comments and affect people they don't even know in positive and negative ways; with reading, people often take things differently from how they were originally intended. "Vlogging" comes in by those who originally wrote blogs; turn to recording videos of themselves. Hours are spent just filming the footage and then editing the video to bring out their main point. This of course isn't done just all for fun, those who "vlog" are definitely making something from it.

YouTube has a partner program available to all. The partner program pays the owner of the account for their videos. YouTube isn't buying the videos, but helping those who "vlog" by sustaining them in a part-time, sometimes full-time, job. Each partner is paid based on video views, subscriptions, comments, likes, and dislikes.

It's a job, but it takes a while to build a fanbase. Channels with just normal people with lots of subscriptions usually have something likeable which attracts people to them. Every video they make has the potential to earn them a lot of money with their millions of subscribers and therefore, they tend to make weekly videos for enjoyment.

Dan Howell and Phil Lester, British YouTube sensations, have found great success in their videos. Dan began vlogging four years ago, compared to Phil's eight years on YouTube. Dan and Phil both opened a second account on YouTube for their bloopers and "less cool" things for people to watch: danisnotinteresting and lessamazingphil. They provide funny stories and inspiring messages with their videos. Dan tells the story of his hamster with an amazing life story attached: "And this was when I finally realized what it had been trying to teach me all along. The value of freedom."

Show how to make favorite recipes, talk about life experiences, or just mess around on camera. Anything can create fame, especially on YouTube.

Check out Dan Howell as danisnotonfire and Phil Lester as AmazingPhil:

The Story of My Hamster
typos have ruined my life
Existential Crisis
I GOT ATTACKED BY A SQUIRREL
Kissing a Plasma Ball!


Bibliography:
http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/creator-benefits.html
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en