YouTube Myths

Every history comes complete with mythology, naturally,
and YouTube’s history is no exception. Here are some
myths that surround YouTube, and we hope to dispel them
now.
1. All the good ideas have been taken.
That would be impossible, as brilliantly creative
videos appear on the site all the time.
2. You can’t make money with YouTube.
Stick with us, and you’ll meet people who do.
3. Sophomoric videos are the most popular.
No, they’re just the ones that get all the attention.
Actually, according to the online video market research
company TubeMogul, YouTube’s most popular
video category is Autos & Vehicles.
4. Only teens and college kids use YouTube.
Yes, the under-30 market is well represented, but
so are even younger and also older demographic
groups. People of all ages help videos go viral by
e-mailing them to friends and relatives and posting
them on Web sites.
5. YouTube is just for fun.
That’s like saying there’s nothing “educational”
on TV, the newspaper only contains the comics, and
the Internet is only a vast wasteland of porn and
perversity.

6. YouTube celebrities, like all celebrities, are “different” from
the rest of us.
Not at all, in fact, most are even more average
than the majority of us are.
7. YouTube is a video free-for-all with no order to the chaos.
If you opened a vast reference book and jumped
in without using the table of contents or index, you’d
have to be prepared to waste some time. There are
many ways to find what you’re looking for on
YouTube without just aimlessly browsing (not that
there’s anything wrong with that).
8. To make money on YouTube you have to show some creativity
and be prepared to work hard.