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YouTube Highlights 2/17/2011
February 17, 2011
This is the latest in our series of YouTube highlights. Every couple of weeks, we bring you regular updates on new product features, interesting programs to watch and tips you can use to grow your audience on YouTube. Just look for the label “
YouTube Highlights
” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.
A lot has happened since our last update, including protests in Egypt, a major U.S. sporting event, the launch of the Google Art project and the Grammy Music Awards—all portrayed in different ways by YouTube and our global community.
Footage of protests in the Middle East on YouTube
Thousands of videos
of the protests in Egypt earlier this month were uploaded to YouTube, giving people access to raw footage shot by Egyptians on the ground. People around the world could access these videos by visiting
CitizenTube
, YouTube’s news and politics channel, or watching live coverage on Al Jazeera’s
Arabic
and
English
YouTube channels, as well as
Fox News'
and Arabic broadcaster
Al-Arabiya
’s YouTube channels. We’ve also been working with news curation group
Storyful
to curate videos from the protest movements in Bahrain, Iran, Yemen, Algeria and Libya—you can check out highlights on
CitizenTube
.
This week’s trends on YouTube
Each weekday,
YouTube Trends
takes a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube.
Here’s
a sampling from the past two weeks:
The
most popular videos in Wisconsin
the day after Green Bay won its
trophy
Gospel music: it’s popular in
both expected and unexpected
places
Powerful footage
from the protests in Egypt
University of Connecticut quarterback
Johnny McEntee's football skills
2011 Nonprofit Video Awards
For the second year in a row, we’re working to help nonprofits succeed through the
DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards
, a
celebration of the best nonprofit video
on the site. Submit your nonprofit’s video at
www.youtube.com/nonprofitvideoawards
. Prizes include $2,500 grants from the Case Foundation, Flip cams, free admission to the Nonprofit Technology Conference and a spotlight on the YouTube homepage.
Showtime’s “SHORT stories” recruits short filmmakers
Showtime
wants to feature cutting-edge web filmmakers through its “
SHORT stories
” series. If you’re a filmmaker interested in the project,
find out more from Showtime's Trevor Noren
.
The big game: find out which ads garnered the most views
The halftime ads during the U.S.’s biggest sporting event, the Super Bowl, are notoriously popular—and this past game was no exception. YouTube Trends analyzed which ads were the
most-searched commercials
in the hours following the big game and compiled
the top 10 most-viewed ads
the day after. We also discovered some
fun facts
about the big game: Did you know that an
estimated 69.6 million pounds of avocados
were consumed on that Sunday? Or that this time was the first Super Bowl with
no cheerleaders
? Check out
YouTube AdBlitz
to watch any ads you may have missed.
Events worth watching
In case you missed them live, you can still catch up on some of the big happenings of the past few weeks on YouTube:
The Grammys: Catch
behind-the-scenes footage from the Sunday, February 13 awards ceremony
on YouTube or visit
youtube.com/thegrammys
Fashion Week: During
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
(February 10-17),
we've been bringing viewers
the hottest designers’ shows, from
Carolina Herrera
to
Herve Leger
to
Alice & Olivia
; visit
www.youtube.com/liverunway
for more
Birthday tribute for the “
The Great Communicator
”: Sunday, February 6 would have been the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. Find many of his
iconic speeches
, such as this
message to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
, as well as
tributes
and historical videos on YouTube
We’ll update you again in a few weeks. In the meantime, visit the
YouTube Blog
for more on ongoing programs such as
On the Rise
and
YouTube Trends
.
Posted by Serena Satyasai, Marketing Manager, The YouTube Team
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