These Kids Channels are Still Horrifying, Here’s Why | Documentary (Video Essay)

Kids Channels are Still Horrifying and must be stopped. Here is why. I think it is time we revisit the nightmarish videos of kid's channels. Dangerous kids videos on YouTube was a really heavily discussed topic back in 2016. Remember the onslaught of weird spiderman and elsa videos , the surprise eggs , the finger families , the unbelievable amounts of STOLEN content from existing tv shows , people raking in millions and millions of dollars while putting in as little effort as possible. And of course, who can forget... the many many many controversies? Now, like I said, this was a very heavily discussed topic a few years ago, by channels like h3h3 , memeulous , Pyrocynical , danny gonzales , mutahar , solar sands, and even got its own Ted Talk just to name a few. But since then, the conversation regarding this world full of unsolved mysteries has kind of fallen off. But here’s the thing… it is still going on, and I’m going to tell you how it might devolve even further. Join me in this mini documentary as I go Down the Rabbit Hole.

Oftentimes people discuss the dark side of Ryan ToysReview (Ryan's World), or how channels like Cocomelon are getting insane amounts of views while putting in very little effort. But the conversation has kind of stopped there, there are new mysterious channels in the works that have come up and surpassed the monoliths before them. And some channels that terrified us before have gone missing. Parents forcing their children to make content in order to make millions of dollars off of their own child has, of course, been a long-running theme here on YouTube. But lately we are starting to see genres spring up that are made my kids themselves. Things like the Gachaverse and Cringe Gacha Life Youtube channels. Even worse, adults have observed the views that these low effort videos rake in, and have started to make their own content within that niche, resulting in some of the worst and weirdest kids channels on YouTube to date. But it seems as though the channels still successfully bring in massive amounts of viewership... Why do children's channels get so many views? what is the psychology behind it?

There is no shortage of really strange kids channels on YouTube nowadays, and I think that it could get even worse. We've seen what video-making bots can do from channels like Toys In Japan (now called Seadoco). But what ever happened to Toys In Japan? Could the same technology be used in the future to make automated kids channels that rake in millions of dollars with zero work necessary?

🎥 Some of the videos I mentioned:

YOUTUBE KIDS ASOT - Pyrocynical
   • YOUTUBE KIDS (ASOT)  

I'm Absolutely Disgusted By "Gacha Heat"... - SomeOrdinaryGamers
   • I'm Absolutely Disgusted By "Gacha He...  

Diving Into the Gachaverse - SolarSands
   • Diving into the Gachaverse  

The Dark Side of Ryan ToysReview - SunnyV2
   • The Dark Side Of Ryan ToysReview  

THE WEIRDEST KIDS CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE... - Memeulous
   • THE WEIRDEST KIDS CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE...  

DODGY "KIDS VIDEOS" ON YOUTUBE - Memeulous
   • DODGY "KIDS VIDEOS" ON YOUTUBE  

Reacting to Really Strange Kids Channels on YouTube - Danny Gonzalez
   • Reacting to Really Strange Kids Chann...  

WTF IS THIS CHANNEL? (ft. H3h3) - Pewdiepie
   • WTF IS THIS CHANNEL? (Ft. H3h3)  

The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle - Ted Talks
   • The nightmare videos of childrens' Yo...  


TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Down the Rabbit Hole
2:03 How do Kids Channels Get So Many Views (The Psychology)
4:10 Parents Forcing their Kids to Make Videos
10:47 Kids Making Kids Content
13:38 People Without Kids Making Kids Content
16:52 Diving Into the Gachaverse
19:08 The Problem with Machine Learning
21:32 Toys In Japan
23:33 Automation


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Diving back into the kids channels rabbit hole
Revisiting the Youtube Kids Channel Rabbit Hole
Why children’s content on youtube is so dangerous
The children’s videos content machine
Talk about automated kids videos

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