“Ninja’s not actually even a YouTuber, as he just uploads highlights from his Twitch games. “Ninja, a Twitch streamer who streams Fortnite, was featured heavily in YouTube Rewind,” said senior Jiho Moon. Beast, Logan Paul and Jake Paul, YouTube focused on trends that were advertiser friendly, such as Fortnite, and YouTube creators that are either mainstream Hollywood celebrities or not very relatable for today’s youth.

Instead of featuring the biggest creators of 2018, including Shane Dawson, Mr. The main message of YouTube’s 2018 Rewind was that “the viewers and creators of YouTube control Rewind.” However, YouTube ignored 2018’s biggest moments, such as multimillion dollar YouTube boxing matches between two YouTubers and a subscriber battle between PewDiePie, a YouTuber with the largest subscriber count on Youtube, and T-series, an Indian music video channel. As the most disliked YouTube video of all time, a lot of people believed that YouTube 2018 Rewind’s downfall stemmed from YouTube’s decision to remain politically correct and please sponsors rather than viewers. This year’s Rewind, however, featured neither. The video once again was created and produced by Portal A, which has partnered with YouTube on 'Rewind' since 2011.“Yo! It’s Rewind Time!” said Will Smith, the celebrity host of this year’s YouTube Rewind, an annual video that recaps the most popular events and creators of the past year on the platform. Toward the end, the film takes a poignant turn when creators acknowledge their tough hurdles such as sickness and mental health issues-which they were able to weather thanks to support from their fans, as well as how the platform helped promote social change in areas of education, female empowerment and more. Laurel phenomenon, that grating-to-parents-but-loved-by-little-ones 'Baby Shark' song and more, with the soundtrack mashing up some of the year’s most popular tunes such as “I Like It,” “Idol,” “Happier,” “High Hopes” and “In My Feelings.” Woven throughout the film are nods to fun pop culture highlights spawned or nurtured on the platform-Marshmello, K-Pop, Bongo Cat, the Yanny vs. While makers have always taken the spotlight in YouTube’s film, this time, the platform turned to them to help create it too. It opens with Will Smith, uncontested winner of Drake’s “In My Feelings” dance challenge, answering the question of how he would control “Rewind.” He calls out tech reviewer Brownlee and this year's gaming megahit 'Fortnite,' launching a flurry of other suggestions from other YouTubers riding (and then leaping from) a flying YouTube bus.

Spotify recently revealed some fascinating facts gleaned from user playlists and now today, YouTube dropped its annual review, featuring a slew of 2018’s popular creators, including James Charles, Liza Koshy, Marques Brownlee, Emma Chamberlain, Lilly Singh and Markiplier, as well as celebrities like Trevor Noah, John Oliver, Adam Rippon, and Trixie Mattel. It’s that time of the year again when all the tech and social giants give us an opportunity to look back on the year that was.

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