YT

(Internet) Abbreviation of YouTube, a popular video hosting website.


poop

en-noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

Russian: пуп (pup)

Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.

cog

Alternative form: Poop

The resulting video (called a “poop”) subverts its original content by slicing and dicing the video and audio, adding visual effects, and mashing several videos into one.

2012 November 3, Brad Evan Rosen, “YouTube Poop: Meme as Art, Community – by “William A – YLT2012””, in Yale Law Tech:

And nobody really set out to design YTP to work this way—only a fraction of YTPs ever succeed in releasing enough neurochemicals, and those are the videos that get elevated and then remixed into a new round of poops.

2020 March 3, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, “YouTube Poop And The ‘Sanic’ Boom: Digesting The Strangest Slice Of Google’s $15B Video Business”, in Forbes:

(Internet slang) Clipping of YouTube poop (“video mashup”).


short

→ Cantonese: short

→ Italian: short

→ Japanese: ショート (shōto)

→ Mandarin: 秀逗 (xiùdou)

→ Hakka: 秀逗 (sió-tò)

→ Maltese: xort

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Cognates
Cognate with shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

A YouTube video that is less than one minute long.


oshi

For me, my Oshi is Watame. I find her content very relaxing and calming, it helps bring me a smile whenever I see that wonderful sheep doing anything and it’s sometimes exactly what I need after a stressful day at work. I really admire all the hard work she puts into her music as well as how inclusive she always attempts to be as far as reaching out to overseas fans with everything. Everything about her just makes me feel happy and I really value everything she does here at HoloLive.

2022 April 19, /u/Daniel101773, Who’s your Oshi & why?:

(VTuber fandom slang) A person’s favorite VTuber, idol, or character, especially one they actively support and promote.


pooper

Alternative form: Pooper

For whatever reason – the terrible animation or the absurd dialogue, most likely – these cutscenes are popular among poopers.

Many who disregard the medium are oblivious to the absurd amount of effort that some Poopers put into their projects.

2019 March 20, Luke Dormehl, “YouTube Poop is punk rock for the internet age, and you probably don’t get it”, in Digital Trends:

But each individual YTP features something different, and different YTP creators (often called "poopers") use their own styles.

2021 August 15, Ben Stegner, “What Is YouTube Poop?”, in Make Use Of:


rickroll

en-verb

rickroll (third-person singular simple present rickrolls, present participle rickrolling, simple past and past participle rickrolled)

rickrolls (present singular third-person)
rickrolling (participle present)
rickrolled (participle past)
rickrolled (past)

4chan
Grand Theft Auto IV
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
YouTube

The verb is a blend of Rick + duckroll, combining the name of the British pop singer and songwriter Rick Astley (born 1966) with a reference to the duckroll prank on the website 4chan, in which users tricked into clicking on a hyperlink were led to an image of a duck on wheels. The word was coined by the American YouTuber Shawn Cotter (born 1987) who, under the handle “cotter548”, uploaded the music video of Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987) to the online video-sharing service YouTube and then posted messages on 4chan on May 15, 2007 ostensibly with links to a trailer for the forthcoming game Grand Theft Auto IV. People who clicked on the links instead saw the Astley video with the caption “You just got Rickroll’d” scrolling across the screen. The noun is derived from the verb.

coinage

I try not to get rickrolled by sketchy YouTube links, but sometimes you let your guard down.

YouTube ‘Rickrolls’ Everyone [title] […] Let the Internet pranking begin! YouTube, capitalizing on the resurgence of a popular meme, has booby-trapped each of the “featured videos” on its homepage. Click on any of the showcased clips and you’ll be taken instead to a cheesy video of pop singer Rick Astley singing his late-’80s hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

2008 April 1, Jenna Wortham, “YouTube ‘Rickrolls’ Everyone”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-07:

Once you start rickrolling people, and more importantly get a reputation for it, you're heading towards being the Zimbabwean dollar in the link economy: it doesn't matter how many you offer, people just aren't going to buy them.

2008 December 5, Charles Arthur, “Why rickrolling is bad for you”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-22:

Despite its name, there is one thing the Vote Leave campaign should not have left for so long: registering a domain name. The delay by the anti-EU organisation meant that up to 100,000 people who tried to access voteleave.com, co.uk or .net were rickrolled – redirected to a YouTube clip of Rick Astley's 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up. So far, so internet.

2016 April 20, Homa Khaleeli, “How Vote Leave got rickrolled”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-17:

You send a Web link to someone, promising something exciting or compelling ("Is this you!?")—but the link actually takes your victim to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's 1987 music video, "Never Gonna Give You Up." That's it. That's the joke. Ha! You've been Rickrolled!

2020, David Pogue, “The Internet Celebrity Culture [Internet Memes 101: A Guide to Online Wackiness]”, in Social Media Influencers: Apps, Algorithms and Celebrities (In the Headlines), New York, N.Y.: New York Times Educational Publishing in association with The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:

(originally Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

瑞克搖 /瑞克摇

to mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up”; to surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song; to cause (someone) to unexpectedly engage with this song through an indirect method


YouTube

en-verb

YouTube (third-person singular simple present YouTubes, present participle YouTubing, simple past and past participle YouTubed)

YouTubes (present singular third-person)
YouTubing (participle present)
YouTubed (participle past)
YouTubed (past)

/ˈjʉː.tʃʉːb/

Website name, from a compound of you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”), implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.

com+

Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.

2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle:

If you don't know me, YouTube me, because soon the whole world is going to know me.

2017 July 20, Sammy Guevara, Impact Wrestling:

(transitive) To search for and view on YouTube.


seiso

en-adjective

seiso (comparative more seiso, superlative most seiso)

more seiso (comparative)
most seiso (superlative)

From Japanese 清楚(せいそ) (seiso, “clean, tidy”).

I thought Pekora was a pure seiso girl. How could she retweet this?

i’ve been streaming for a while and i’m pretty seiso. i don’t enjoy top/bottom jokes or being lewd in general although being slightly sexy is okay.

(VTuber fandom slang) Pure, proper, and wholesome, especially in the sense of being non-sexual.


PNG

/ˌpiː ɛn ˈd͡ʒiː/

Portable Network Graphics
Portable Network Graphics#English

(file format) Initialism of Portable Network Graphics.

(specifically, VTuber fandom slang) A spritesheet, in PNG format, containing all sprites used for a VTuber's avatar.

file format; VTuber fandom slang; VTuber fandom slang


YouTuber

(Internet) A user of the video-sharing website YouTube.

YouTuber and sister traditionalist Lacey Lynn commented on this video, extolling Faucheux and Collett because they had “red pilled me and I owe yall so much.

2019, Alexandra Minna Stern, Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate:


YTP

en-noun

YTP (countable and uncountable, plural YTPs)

(Internet slang) Initialism of YouTube poop.


YouTubular

en-adj

YouTubular (comparative more YouTubular, superlative most YouTubular)

more YouTubular (comparative)
most YouTubular (superlative)

I'm shooting my next film in my living room as I type, and I'll see everyone next week, right here, with another crazy tale of YouTubular adventure.

2008 January, Andrew Struthers, “A Feisty One Online”, in Tofino Time, page 21:

More recently, Spectres of the Spectrum presented another YouTubular conspiracy rant — about fair use and corporate control of media technology and copyright law, also dealt with in his early internet-age Ecstasy of Influence-predicting docu-essay Sonic Outlaws — within the framework of a far-out D.I.Y. sci-fi movie.

2009, Mark, "Mock Up on Mu", L Magazine, 14 January 2009

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the blog where we will find out which YouTubular acts will be moving on into the semi-finals.

2010 August 11, Sarah Kickler Kelber, “'America's Got Talent': YouTube semifinalists revealed”, in Baltimore Sun:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube.

youtubowy

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube


YouTube poop

en-noun

YouTube poop (countable and uncountable, plural YouTube poops)

/ˈjʉːt͡ʃʉːb pʉːp/

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YouTube + poop, with the word "poop" chosen to refer to the perceived low quality of the videos.

(Internet slang) On the video sharing site YouTube, a humorous or surreal video mashup made of clips from a television show, movie, other video, etc. with visual and auditory effects.


YouTubian

YouTubians, as many of us now refer to ourselves, have started to focus not only on the events of our own lives and the expression of our own views, but on the welcome response of others, from not only around the nation, but around the world.

2006, Andrew Riggins, "Blogging will lead to face-to-face interaction" (letter to the editor), The Arkansas Traveler (University of Arkansas), Volume 101, Number 14, 20 September 2006, page 5

Millions of us YouTubians laughed, out-loud some of us, as we watched a middle aged lady walk into the retaining wall of an ornamental fountain, fall head first into the water, thrash around as if being attacked by piranhas for a few seconds, clamber out and then continue to shop as if nothing had happened.

2011 May, Tony Millin, “Public inconvenience”, in Cardiff Now, page 26:

I took a video and posted it to YouTube, where my fellow YouTubians charitably pointed out I was crazy.

2013 December 13, Del Stone Jr., “Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snap out of it!”, in Northwest Florida Daily News:

(Internet) A user of video-sharing website YouTube.


YouPube

Recent viewing: Doug Stanhope on YouPube

2007 January 1, Hypodeemic Nerdle, “Festivities”, in uk.misc (Usenet):

just being looking around on youpube etc. jan hammer stuff and the Dx7...god i wanted one of those!!

2009 January 19, Jules, “dragon 32 + freecycle + stupid woman”, in uk.culture.nostalgia.1980s (Usenet):

Patrick Michael Sullivan of Nanaimo kept spamming YouPube links on usenet while owing $226,223.46 to other people

2010 August 27, The Patrick Michael Sullivan UCM Repost Project, “Patrick Michael Sullivan of Nanaimo kept spamming libel and drivel on usenet while owing $226,223.46 to other people”, in misc.invest.stocks (Usenet):

erm you mean arrange your will to include whoever finds your remains to post said video on youpube?

2012 April 30, JimK, “White spirit won't burn?”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet):

(derogatory, Internet slang) The video-sharing site YouTube.


BookTuber

Blend of book + YouTuber, equivalent to book + -Tuber.

And last but certainly not least, to all the online book geeks (booktubers, tweeps, and bloggers), my sincere gratitude, as always, for your support and encouragement!

2012, "Acknowledgements," in Daniel Marks, Velveteen, Delacorte Press (2012), page 450

Thank you to the readers, librarians, booksellers, BookTubers, and bloggers who celebrate stories all over the world.

2015, "Acknowledgements," in Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows, Henry Holt and Company (2015), page 464

Booksandquills: Sanne Vliegenthart (yes, that is her actual name) is also a long-time BookTuber.

2015 September, Helga Pearson, “Book Tube: Video Killed the Blog Star”, in Authors Magazine, page 17:

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses books.

booktuber

YouTuber personality who reviews or discusses books


Jewtube

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) The video sharing site YouTube, especially in the context of monetization of videos.


Elsagate

From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos.

Just a few months after the Pizzagate debacle, Elsagate was formed with a very similar playbook: a group of amateur sleuths using open-source intelligence to fight a hazily defined evil threatening helpless children.

2017 December 8, Russell Brandom, “Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 2017-12-08:

Videos that are in the Elsagate category are not hard to identify. Typically, they feature Spiderman^([sic]) and Elsa together and are extremely low-budget videos without much structure or plot.

2019 August 2, Sherri Gordon, “Keeping Your Child Safe on YouTube After Elsagate”, in Verywell Family, archived from the original on 2020-03-22:

(Internet, neologism) The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.


reply girl

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(Internet, historical) A young woman who published video responses to popular YouTube videos, often wearing suggestive clothing, in order to exploit the site's algorithms and receive large amounts of traffic.


Adpocalypse

In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes.

2017 December 8, Rachel Dunphy, “Can YouTubers Survive the Adpocalypse?”, in Daily Intelligencer:

However, YouTube insists that your content must be “ad friendly” if you want to monetize on it. As of 2019, YouTube has experienced three Adpocalypses, […]

2020, Chandler Wright, Social Media Marketing 2019, page 89:

(Internet slang) A series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization.


zatsudan

(Internet, livestreaming) An idle chatting livestream.


VTuber

From Japanese VTuber, from English virtual + YouTuber.

virtual YouTuber
virtual YouTuber#English


BookTube

Blend of book + YouTube. By surface analysis, book + -Tube.

By introducing BookTube to students studying literature, teachers may be able to inspire additional engagement in both the reading and the reports or other assignments that are based on it.

2014, Marohang Limbu, Binod Gurung, Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization, page 96:

I started my own BookTube channel in 2014 as a way to review books and talk about my writing.

2019, Jen Campbell, "BookTube", in Giles Clark & Angus Phillips, Inside Book Publishing, page 271

Booktube is a small community in YouTube that has exploded during these past few years.

2019, Rose Brock, Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, 3rd Edition, page 30:

The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube.


virtual YouTuber

virtual YouTuber (plural virtual YouTubers)

From Japanese バーチャルYouTuber, from virtual + YouTuber.

corpo VTuber ― virtual YouTuber who is affiliated with a corporation

indie VTuber ― independent virtual YouTuber

An Internet personality (video creator or streamer) who operates using a virtual avatar, as a fictional or fictionalized character.

虛擬主播 /虚拟主播

A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character


art track

(Internet) A YouTube video automatically generated by Google, consisting of a track in the YouTube Music repertoire and a still of its associated album art.


BreadTube

Blend of bread + YouTube, in reference to the 1892 book The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin, often considered a foundational text of political anarchism. By surface analysis, bread + -Tube.

Holonym: LeftTube

The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who tend towards left-wing perspectives.


BreadTuber

Entering into this visibility war requires BreadTubers to build knowledge about YouTube’s algorithms and find ways to mobilize this knowledge in order to facilitate the collective visibility of the community

2020, Kelley Marie Cotter, "Critical Algorithmic Literacy: Power, Epistemology, and Platforms", thesis submitted to Michigan State University, page 8

Contrapoints, Philosophy Tube, Hbomberguy, and Shaun are among the most popular Breadtubers.

2021, Christian Fuchs, Social Media: A Critical Introduction, unnumbered page:

Among the most popular “Breadtubers” is Contrapoints, with her channel amassing an audience of nearly 1.5 million subscribers.

2021 October 19, Terrance Davis, “The rise in class-conscious media”, in The Signal, Georgia State University, page 6:

A videoblogger who is part of the BreadTube community.


Sparta remix

From a video published on May 8, 2007 entitled "300 This is Sparta Remix!!!", which was a remix of that line from the 2006 film 300. That film is set in Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae.
This video's publication was followed in later months of 2007 by several other similar remixes of that line, all of which by 2008 inspired their base rhythm to be used for lines in other media, which generalized the term.

[See title]

2007 July 5, aznattic, Dramatic Rodent Sparta Remix, YouTube:

[See title]

2007 December 22, Graphic Gaming, This Is Caketown! (Sparta Remix), YouTube:

Asterpix Interactive Video - Hat of Discipline Sparta remix:
1st attempt at a Sparta remix

2008 December 30, @entertainvid168, Twitter:

A Sparta remix made entirely of sound effects is ridiculous. And hilarious. :D

I waste my time watching Sparta remixes.

2010 September 9, @BlackuStarr, Twitter:

Sparta remixes are the worst/best thing to happen to the internet.

Still boggles me that some people on here are genuinely too young to remember Sparta remixes.

Holy fuck - a Sparta Remix just came up on my recommended feed, and I feel like I deserve a fucking veteran's discount for remembering that those existed.

2019 December 20, @sapphyreblayze, Twitter:

Could anyone make a Sparta remix base but with Brazilian Miku theme?

2024 October 13, @StepsAsALWAY, Twitter:

(Internet) A type of video mashup, usually uploaded to YouTube, that remixes a single clip of dialogue (from a movie, video game, etc.), following a precise rhythm with little or no deviation from others of its kind.

300 (film)
Battle of Thermopylae
YouTube


accent tag

Hence, clearly the search facilities and strategies represent the “nightmare” aspect of trying to use YouTube for linguistic ... Examples include “Accent tag” videos (as in Figure 13, following something like a dialect questionnaire, ...

2016, Elena Seoane, Cristina Suárez-Gómez, World Englishes: New theoretical and methodological considerations, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 276:

There are also lots of examples on YouTube, such as the “Accent Tags,” though they have to be used with some caution since they are self-selected and may not always be the ideal representative of a particular dialect.

2017, Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian, Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students, Routledge, →ISBN:

Kelly and the Konglish Accent Tag / Kelly, who usually posts videos about makeup and merch and has over 92,000 followers, took a departure from that genre one day to post a YouTube performance demonstrating her “English” and “Konglish” ...

2020, Betsy Rymes, How We Talk about Language: Exploring Citizen Sociolinguistics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 80:

A more recent source is the accent tag challenge on YouTube.12 It started out as a linguistic data collection project but gained its own dynamics when more and more people uploaded videos on YouTube reading the given word list and ...

2021, Marcus Callies, Stefanie Hehner, Philipp Meer, Michael Westphal, Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language: New Perspectives for Teaching and Teacher Education in Germany, Routledge, →ISBN:

(Internet) A video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region.


PNGTuber

A YouTube personality who uses stylized static images edited onto their videos as a substitute for a facecam.


rantsona

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(Internet slang) A persona, typically an animated character, used on a YouTube commentary video that features rants or discussions on controversial topics.


LeftTube

Blend of left (“left-wing”) + YouTube, by surface analysis, left + -Tube.

More than most of her contemporaries on “LeftTube,” [Contrapoints] has a style; her editorial signature is an unmistakably ornate flourish.

2018 August 24, Katherine Cross, “The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction”, in The Verge (news), Vox, archived from the original on 2023-02-11:


LeftTuber

The strategy captures a dynamic noted by fellow LeftTuber, film critic Lindsay Ellis, in her analysis of the satire in Mel Brooks’ The Producers.


StudyTube

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Blend of study + YouTube. By surface analysis, study + -Tube.

If you are not aware of the StudyTube community, there are several channels on YouTube dedicated to studying, with over 100k subscribers, which considering it is a rather new and niche audience, this is a substantial subscriber account in comparison to commentary, beauty and gaming channels.

2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:

The only downfall of StudyTube is that it can lead to what feels like productive procrastination.

2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:

I find StudyTube an overwhelming place at the best of times but UnJaded Jade is one of the nicest places on the Internet.

2019 September 23, Ella Somers, “Entertainment Guide”, in Canta, number 11, page 33:

Therefore, I’ve brought together a list of my 5 favourite Study YouTube, or StudyTube, channels to help get you into that motivated mindset.

2020 January, Sabita Burke, “Sabby Studies”, in The Spark, Reading University Students’ Union, page 25:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.[…] Six hours later, the StudyTube Project channel was live.

2020 March 31, Jonathan Moules, “How remote study is changing business school life: The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate”, in BusinessDay, volume 19, number 531, page 19:

When schools first began to close, I brought together 18 academics to collaborate on a shared platform called ‘The StudyTube Project’ which sought to provide escapism and education in these unprecedented times.

2020 July/August, Jack Edwards, “Why using social media to share my experience at Durham University changed my life”, in Cuthbert’s Chronicle, number 12, St Cuthbert’s Society, page 11:

I have a confession to make: I have a mild obsesssion with StudyTube. One of my guilty pleasures is watching people plan their productive lives in beautiful bullet journals using pens that are more expensive than my jeans, while I procrastinate my own work.

2020 October 29, Angelina Zahajko, “The 6 Zoom Commandments: A How-To Guide to Surviving and Thriving through Midterm Season”, in The Innis Herald, volume VII, number 1, page 5:

My friend recommended I check out Eve Bennett’s channel, a studytube staple, when I was in S6.

2020 December 3, Basilia Weir, “Studytube: you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ into a panic spiral about my productivity”, in The Glasgow Guardian, number 4, University of Glasgow, page 13:

Zimbabwean-born student Vee Kativhu—part of the academic StudyTube community—has vlogged her way through degrees at Oxford and then Harvard, 300k viewers tuning in weekly to watch her write essays, sit through lectures, and revise in timelapse.

2021, Olivia Yallop, Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence, Scribe, →ISBN:

She [Eve Bennett] was one of the pioneers of StudyTube and is well-known for her colourful wall of Post-it notes, time-management skills and advocacy of mental health.

2021, Jade Bowler, The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, Blink Publishing, →ISBN:

Notion how-to videos, setups, and templates are the latest trend in the online productivity subculture known as Studyblr (the studying niche on Tumblr), Studygram (Instagram), Studytube (YouTube), and now Studytok (TikTok), where creators cover notetaking, organization, desk setups, and more.

2021 February 8, Bettina Makalintal, “Why We Can’t Get Enough of Watching Other People Organize Their Lives”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-02-08:

Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle speaks to YouTuber Ibz Mo about his student experience at Cambridge, StudyTube and online learning in lockdown. […] Did you see YouTube change over the years? God, yes. When I started it, there was no studytube.

2021 February 26, ““Best three years of my life”: Ibz Mo on Cambridge”, in Varsity, number 888, page 15:

We’ve seen the growth of studytube and studygram as motivational tools and platforms for students to help one another.

2021 March 30, Lucy Fitzsimmons, “PhD with Laura: Trinity geneticist shares the ins and outs of PhD life online”, in Trinity News, volume 67, number 8, page 23:

The unrealistic habits of StudyTube have created counterproductive relationships with audiences to academia.

2021 September 29, Nicole Mui, “Investigative Report: Toxic Positivity; Selling success: Influencers’ romanticization of school life”, in The Charger Account, volume T, number 1, Leland High School, page 10:

“The paradox of StudyTube is you make a reputation around being a normal and relatable student. The thing is, once you start making money and having an audience, you’re no longer an ordinary student.”

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, quoting Jack Edwards, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Notion has become very popular among the studytube community.

2022 October 10, Sophie Revell, “The Best Productivity Apps for Students”, in Gair Rhydd, number 1183, page 23:

StudyTube is weird. I jumped in, expecting Lo-Fi music and aesthetic bullet journaling tips. In horror, I travelled down a rabbit hole of self-help channels that finally led me to Jordan Peterson’s top tips on being a far-right wanker. I won’t lie, I fucking hate self-help, and StudyTube is no exception.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 54:

(Internet slang) The community of academic and studying-oriented channels on YouTube.


StudyTuber

9/10 of the successful StudyTubers are straight-A/A* students.

2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:

As businesses have realised that there is a huge audience amongst the student body, many of these StudyTubers have become personalities and shot to small but rapidly growing levels of fame as they share their variety of experiences.

2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.

The lesson here is not that studytubers are terrible influences who intentionally push toxic productivity.

Many of these authors are StudyTubers who are well known online for giving academic advice.

According to The Boar, StudyTubers have emphasized unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as rigorous studying, which cause students to feel pressured about how productive they seem in an academic setting.

Alternatively, as one StudyTuber suggests, some viewers find the revision tips and university vlogs made by their peers far more useful than online resources “made by someone who graduated years ago”.

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Students are keen to learn from each other as highlighted by the rise of Studytubers on YouTube.

2022, Bradley Lightbody, Advancing Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Resetting Pedagogy for the Online Era, Routledge, →ISBN:

Critics of StudyTube often use the idea of parasocial relationships to take issue with StudyTubers’ attempts at replacing study partners—particularly their livestreams and lifestyle/Study with Me videos—however, this is a misapplication of the concept.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 55:

A YouTuber whose account focuses on studying and academia.


VTubing

While vtubing as a phenomenon has grown sharply in popularity here in the United States within the last couple of months due to Hololive debuting several new vtubers who speak English on stream, it has existed in one way or another for at least a decade, with various vloggers on YouTube or streamers using face animation technology to hide their actual faces.

2020 December 22, Tyler Colp, “The Vtuber Industry: Corporatization, Labor, and Kawaii”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2020-12-22:

Their backs coming up against the wall with every day that passed, the girl—who was sticking to her support role—found out about VTubing, which had only just started showing glimmers of the craze it would later become.

2022, Nana Nanato, translated by Alice Prowse, VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, volume 3, J-Novel Club, published 2023, →ISBN:

Popular in Asia for some years, VTubing has only recently gained traction in the U.S.

2022 September 26, Ann-Marie Alcántara, “They’re Internet Famous But Remain Anonymous”, in The Wall Street Journal:

Despite the rapidly changing landscape and new challenges, the appeal of VTubing still shines through.

2022 December 24, Patrick St. Michel, “Pioneer’s departure marked new era for virtual stars”, in The Japan Times:

“In the realm of VTubers, there appears to be a concept of a person behind the avatar, but in reality, that doesn’t exist. I am me. I undeniably exist!” Edo Lena said. She highlights the intriguing dynamic of VTubing, where the virtual persona captivates fans while the true identity of the VTuber remains distinct, showcasing how VTubing facilitates a multifaceted expression of self and creativity.

2023 September 20, Benoit Palop, “Virtual Personalities, Real Connections: The Impact of Virtual YouTubers”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

Obskur, an all-in-one broadcasting application, wants to make VTubing more accessible by letting users create 3D models and interactive environments without technical skills.

2023 November 13, Morgan Sung, “Obskur’s Character Creator and marketplace streamlines VTubing”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

(neologism) The act of creating content as a VTuber.


douchetuber

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From douchebag + YouTuber, ostensibly popularised by American YouTuber and streamer MoistCr1TiKaL in the late 2010s.

GUYS!! I'm so pumped for you to see me be a douchetuber in #internetfamousmovie!!

That's why children are so retarded these days. They have no house training and try to repeat everything that a DoucheTuber does. They should ban everyone under the age of 20 from the internet unless it's for school.

2021 May 31, Thunderbolt, Short Stories By Thunderbolt, Writers Republic, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Faze fell off when they pivoted everything to Paul brothers-esque douchetuber content in the content house rather than actually being a gaming org.

2023 September 8, JabbityJibbity, Twitter:

(Canada, US, Internet slang, vulgar, often humorous, now ironic) A YouTuber who is arrogant, rude or obnoxious; a douchebag, especially one who flaunts their wealth, carries out pranks in poor taste, or engages in fraudulent activities.


MrBeastification

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From MrBeast (“an American YouTube personality”) + -ification. Coined on 30 July 2022 by YouTuber Orr "Pinely" Piamenta.

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YouTube is knee-deep in "MrBeastification."

2022 September 6, dannymcmahon, Twitter:

But I think specifically with MrBeastification, it was really the first time where a thumbnail style and a format became oversaturated on the platform.

2022 December 13, “Year in Review: Analyzing YouTube's Top 10 moments of 2022”, in The Colin and Samir Show:

dream dropping his 45 minute vlog during the peak mrbeastification of youtube

I don’t support the mrbeastification of any YouTubers videos. Videos that are around 20-30 minutes will always be better than these short videos people are pumping out now

the mrbeastification of karl jacobs has started

Due to this MrBeastification of content, there’s this very heavy desire for people to really get caught up in the stats.

2023 December 20, Vaibhav Singh Tomar, quoting Anthony Padilla, ““Beastification of Content”: Smosh Creators Talk About the Impact of MrBeast on the Creator Community”, in MSN:

(Internet slang, neologism) On the video-sharing website YouTube, the trend of videos having increasingly shorter runtimes, larger budgets, faster pacing, louder audio and attention-grabbing editing styles and oversaturated thumbnails for greater viewer retention, especially through replicating the ideas and format of American YouTuber MrBeast.


-Tube

(Internet slang) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform YouTube.


vlogpology

Blend of vlog + apology. Popularised in a January 2020 study of YouTuber apology videos by data visualisation website The Pudding, but attested earlier (see quotations).

fucking RUINED this guy myers needs a vlogpology without hte^([sic]) mask ...SHOW YOURSELF MYERS !

And this is what he was trying to do. A vlog apology. Vlogpology. 👌

vlogpology (noun): when a famous YouTuber becomes embroiled in a controversy, makes headlines, and releases an apology video.

2020 January 16, Arjun Kakkar, Russell Samora, “The Aftermath of a YouTube Apology”, in The Pudding:

My findings also show that vlogpologies are often created when the vlogger is under extreme duress and may be uncomfortable with being told to apologise, which can result in non-apologetic language and seem insincere.

2022 November 16, Bella Sampson, I'm Sorry You(Tube) Feel That Way: An Introduction to the YouTube Vlogpology Genre (Thesis), Auckland University of Technology, page 2:

(derogatory, neologism, very rare) An apology video; a video, typically uploaded to video-sharing service YouTube, in which an Internet celebrity/influencer apologises for, or addresses, public backlash, especially in an insincere manner.


YouTube Pooper

A casual poll featuring several startup founders, computer programmers and YouTube Poopers produced estimates of anywhere from 0.1% to 8% of all YouTube videos falling into the category

2020 March 3, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, “YouTube Poop And The ‘Sanic’ Boom: Digesting The Strangest Slice Of Google’s $15B Video Business”, in Forbes:

...Payes, an enthusiast who has built a community of YouTube Poopers on Discord.

2022 February 27, Malavika Pradeep, “The art of the YouTube Poop”, in Screenshot Media:

(Internet) A creator of YouTube poop videos.


Poopism

Certain techniques are usually apparent in every YouTube Poop video. These techniques have been coined as ^([sic]) Poopisms.

(Can we date this quote?), “YouTube Poop”, in Remix Culture:

“Poopisms” are the common techniques and tricks used in videos to ensure they qualify as a true Poop.

2016 November 29, Amelia Tait, “The art of the YouTube Poop”, in New Statesman:

Independent of the source material, however, specific editing techniques are what define YouTube Poop. Conveniently termed ‘Poopisms’, the methods include...

Poopism refers to the way these videos are edited. They may contain random chopping, extremely loud audio manipulation, sentence mixing/word splicing, visual jokes, colorful and eye-popping visual effects, and other things all put together to make a video interesting, funny, confusing, or even intentionally annoying. The following are some of the different types of Poopism...

2023 August 24, Travis Boylls, “How to Make a YouTube Poop”, in WikiHow:

Any of the editing techniques used in YouTube poop videos.


YTPer

mrSimon had a fresh, quick style, was one of the first YTPers of any kind, and was also most likely the creator of YTPMVs.

2019 March 18, [deleted], “What are the most influential YTPers over the years?”, in Reddit (forum):

2020 August 22, [deleted], “[TOMT][CHANNEL][2018]Trying to find videos from a trans former YTPer”, in Reddit (forum):

I just learned my favorite YTPer is editing for SnapCube and doing a fantastic job.

2023 July 26, kozy4stuff, Tumblr (blog):


PokéTuber

Jubilee’s labor during her live streams is particularly attention economy and self-branding based. She has made a name for herself as one of the most popular women Pokétubers (sobriquet given for YouTubers who create Pokémon content).

2019 August 16, Nicholas-Brie Guarriello, “Never give up, never surrender: Game live streaming, neoliberal work, and personalized media economies”, in New Media & Society, volume 21, number 8, Sage Journals, →DOI, →ISSN:

These PokéTubers have amassed massive followings thanks to their likable personality, knowledge of the franchise, and consistency of quality and quantity.

2021 September 28, David Caballero, “10 Most Popular PokéTubers, Ranked By Subscribers”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 2022-11-05:

(fandom slang) A YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.


Abbreviation of subscribe for a subscription back or a similar phrasing, otherwise analysable as sub (“a subscription”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + sub (“a subscription”). Compare follow4follow.

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Similar to those who subscribe to everyone, secretly hoping those users will subscribe back, we have the Sub4Sub^([sic]) users. Sub4Sub users blatantly tell you they will subscribe to you if you subscribe to them.

2008, Alan Lastufka, Michael W. Dean, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 170:

@EdddyyTv I don't get how you're growing so fast? Got any tips? please don't say sub4sub though or i will cry haha

2012 December 30, @AynsleyTravel, Twitter:

Sub4sub doesn't get you any actual viewers. Subscribers are not equal to viewers. You want viewers who will actually watch your videos, and that's what's important. Sub4sub people will probably not watch your channel, just like you probably won't watch theirs.

2017 February 5, u/Asuko_XIII, “Can someone help me understand how sub4sub is bad?”, in r/letsplay, Reddit:

A video maker named Ontus (his YouTube channel name) was a white man who posted a video entitled sub4sub? on YouTube on March 28, 2008. He characterizes the practice as "brilliant" and "awesome" because, if executed widely, it could provide a "launch pad" of subscribers and facilitate meeting new people.

2019, Patricia G. Lange, Thanks for Watching: An Anthropological Study of Video Sharing on YouTube, University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, page 123:

Requesting subscribers in exchange for subscribing to other channels, commonly known as "sub4sub," is a violation of YouTube's guidelines.

2023, B. Vincent, YouTube Hacks: Secrets to Boost Your Views and Engagement, RWG Publishing, page 22:

(Internet slang) On the video-sharing service YouTube, the practice of subscribing to a person's channel in exchange for said person mutually subscribing back to one's channel, often with the goal of artificially inflating one's subscriber count.


Yugituber

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Myutants, the new World Premiere Theme, have a solid chunk of their cards revealed courtesy of yugituber Ruggles.

2020 October 21, Deadborder, “[PHRA-EN] Myutants”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

With Yugituber Reveal Openings now out, it’s time to find out just what’s in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box.

2022 March 11, Tinker, “[Speed Duel GX Box] The 8 Decklists”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:

Yu-Gi-Tubers provide a constant stream of Yu-Gi-Oh! content, including analysis of new cards and archetypes, combo tutorials, and banlist breakdowns.

2022 September 11, Drew Heckman, “Why Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Fan-Made Community Is an Essential Resource for New Players”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2022-09-11:

(fandom slang) A YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!


anituber

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Eight of the world's most popular anitubers (anime youtubers) took their drama off the page and screen and to the chessboard in the first-ever Tournament Arc. The event was won by Gigguk.

2020 August 11, Sam Copeland, “Protaganist Vanquishes Villain In Tournament Arc”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

Having spent the past 9 years of my life being a quote-unquote “Anituber” (anime YouTuber) and the past two decades of my life watching every anime under the sun, Crunchyroll approached me to ask for my personal top 30 anime recommendations, alongside my fellow anituber friends Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun and Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho.

2021 December 8, “RECS: The Anime Man's Top 30 Anime (You Probably Haven't Seen)”, in Crunchyroll, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

After another AniTuber, Totally Not Mark, recently faced off in a battle with Toei Animation over his own videos and managed to win after a major public outcry of support, it looks like a new legal strategy may even allow Toei to challenge his videos once more.

2022 February 3, Borealis Capps, “Anime YouTubers Face New Copyright Crisis - Fans Call For Geoblocking For All”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 2022-02-06:

While there are lots of great old anime, it seems that one anituber isn’t a big fan of them. Recently, an anituber came under fire after saying in a new video that he never recommends watching 70s anime.

2022 November 17, Nicolo Manaloto, “Anituber Under Fire After ‘Never Recommend Watching 70s Anime’ Remark”, in Epicstream, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works. AniTubers are YouTube creators who emerged to focus on anime, anime-related works, and review anime films and series.

2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51:

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.


GunTube

Blend of gun + YouTube. By surface analysis, gun + -Tube.

YouTube is awash in gun content, often referred to as “GunTube” by firearm enthusiasts. Individuals who come to GunTube—including children and teens—can find videos which glorify assault weapons, show how to modify firearms, and teach viewers how to shoot through bulletproof glass or “win gunfights.”

2023 May 16, “YouTube and Gun Content: A Dangerous Combination for Kids and Teens”, in Everytown Support Fund:

The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who create videos about firearms or advocate for gun rights.


-Tuber

Back-formation from YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.

Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word.


lewdtuber

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From lewd (“sexually suggestive”) + -tuber.

(slang, now ironic, often humorous) A YouTube personality who create erotic or pornographic videos.


kaigai niki

Borrowed from Japanese 海外ニキ (kaigai niki, “overseas bro”).

bor+

(fandom slang, endearing) An overseas (non-Japanese) person in a primarily Japanese livestream.


tskr

Shortering from Japanese 助かる (tasukaru, “to save”)

(fandom slang) Indicates gratefulness to the livestreamer.


GachaTuber

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/ˈɡɑː.tʃəˌtʃuː.bə/

/ˈɡɑ.tʃəˌtu.bəɹ/

From Gacha (Life) ("a game created by Lunime") + -Tuber.

A YouTube personality who creates content featuring anime-styled characters, by using games created by Lumine (e.g. Gacha Life).


AuthorTube

The community of writing-oriented accounts on YouTube.


MCYT

(fandom slang) An online video content creator (YouTuber or livestreamer) who makes content related to Minecraft.