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By Jesse Yeung
If you regularly go on YouTube to watch online videos,
chances are you have seen a video made by one of these
creators (unless of course, you have been hiding under a
rock). In which case, what are you waiting for?
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addition, Phan is the creator and owner of
Kevin Wu
Kevin Wu is a Taiwanese
American comedian and YouTube celebrity
who is best known by his YouTube username
of KevJumba. He was YouTube’s number
one subscribed comedian and third most
subscribed user overall on June 5, 2008.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Jeff Yang
has noted that Wu is not a comedian in
skincare line IQQU, through which she offers
various skincare products. As of January 26,
2010, Phan became the most subscribed
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amongst all beauty vloggers on Youtube.
Phan joined Youtube on July 18, 2006, and
as of February 2010, she has produced
81 videos that have been viewed in total
119,090,450 times.
the conventional sense but that by “just
talking [he] is, well, pretty hilarious” due
to his deadpan vocal delivery, animated
facial expressions and tendency toward
unexpected digressions.
Philip DeFranco
Philip DeFranco is an American
video blogger on YouTube, and a YouTube
celebrity. His videos are centered around
current events, politics and celebrity
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson is a YouTube
comedian and actor. Dawson is known for
making comedy videos featuring recurring
characters, impersonations and spoofs of
popular music videos. His YouTube channel is
gossip in which he gives his opinion, usually
presented in a sarcastic manner and the use
of jump cuts to create a fast-paced feel. He
has over one million subscribers, and is the
7th most subscribed “YouTuber” of all time,
current as of April 2010.
the third most subscribed channel of all time,
with over 1.4 million subscribers. Dawson has
since expanded his presence on YouTube by
adding a second sketch comedy channel.
Ryan Higa
Ryan Higa, known as Nigahiga,
are known for their YouTube comedy videos,
which have been viewed over 300 million
Michelle Phan
Michelle Phan is a VietnameseAmerican make-up artist, businesswoman,
and spokesperson for Lancôme, noted for
producing beauty tutorials on YouTube. In
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currently the most subscribed of all time with
over two million subscribers. Ryan started
posting YouTube videos of themselves lip
synching to songs in mid 2006. Occasional
guest appearances are made by Tim Enos,
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goes. It’s the biggest
audience.”
-Justine Ezarik (aka iJustine)
Justine Ezarik
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Justine Ezarik, best known as iJustine,
is a lifecaster who communicated directly
Ryan Villaruel, Kyle Chun, Fernando Lorenzo,
with her thousands of viewers on her Justin.tv
Mason Turner and Tarynn Nago. Ryan’s
channel, ijustine.tv. She has made more than
YouTube channel, nigahiga, was created on
200 videos, including satires on such subjects
July 20, 2006.
as Lost and parkour.
Michael Buckley
Michael Buckley is an American
Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger.
Noted for his vlog What the Buck?, Buckley
gives humorous commentary on popular
culture events and celebrities. He also
maintains one of YouTube’s most popular
channels with several million viewers each
month. Buckley “broke all records” of
YouTube ratings when four of his shows
ended up on the week’s ten top-rated
videos. Buckley has appeared in magazines
and newspapers such as The New York Times
Lisa Donovan
Lisa Donovan is an American
actress and writer. Her self-produced
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viewed videos on YouTube as of 2008.
Donovan was a student at the University
of Colorado at Boulder before moving to
Los Angeles, California hoping to become
an actress. There she founded Zappin
Productions, a production company
specializing in viral videos. She is currently in
charge of Creative Development.
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