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Viral Video Infographics

The Top 1000 YouTube Channels are Broken Down and Analyzed by Content

— October 18, 2012 — Tech
Viral videos are open to specific niches who crave laughter, meaningful messages and DIY tutorials; with this Top 1000 YouTube Channels infograph, one can decipher how the popular video social media outlet divides its attention.

YouTube grew as a large viral distribution for music videos from celebrities and up-and-coming artists with 25% of the site dedicated solely to music. Following behind music as influential mediums on YouTube includes gaming with 20%, comedy sketches as 14%, entertainment purposes at 13% and 7% for DIY tutorials. Interesting enough, 64% of the DIY tutorials are dedicated to beauty. YouTube has 11.3 billion views per month and 30,000 monthly videos uploaded. So get to publishing videos, as the average top 1000 YouTube channels generate $23,000 in ad revenue a month.
Trend Themes
1. DIY Beauty Tutorials - YouTube is dominated by beauty DIY tutorials among all other DIY tutorials, indicating high demand for this type of content.
2. Gaming Videos - Gaming videos make up 20% of YouTube content, creating opportunities for gaming influencers and industry professionals to leverage this trend.
3. Comedy Sketches - Comedy sketches remain an influential medium on YouTube, signaling potential for comedy influencers and professionals to capitalize on this trend.
Industry Implications
1. Beauty Industry - The dominance of DIY beauty tutorials on YouTube presents opportunities for beauty businesses to collaborate with beauty influencers and create innovative content.
2. Gaming Industry - The popularity of gaming videos on YouTube indicates potential for gaming industry professionals to collaborate with gaming influencers and produce innovative content for their audiences.
3. Entertainment Industry - Comedy sketches remaining an influential medium on YouTube suggests opportunities for entertainment industry professionals to create impactful, comedic content through collaboration with comedy influencers.
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