{"id":1601,"date":"2020-07-20T00:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2021-10-22T18:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:15:13","slug":"why-youtube-rewind-must-be-on-top-of-every-creators-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/why-youtube-rewind-must-be-on-top-of-every-creators-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Why YouTube Rewind Must Be On Top Of Every Creator\u2019s Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube Rewind is one of the most anticipated videos ever. Every year-end, YouTube showcases some of the most talked-about YouTubers, news, hit singles, pop culture and other viral trends on YouTube Rewind. This is the perfect place to catch up with updates you might have missed out on and analyse how these trends are impacting YouTube history. Here\u2019s why every YouTuber must keep up with YouTube Rewind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Compare and contrast global trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube Rewind gives a global snapshot of the biggest viral trends. Unravel what type of trends are most likely to go viral in each country and contemplate whether you want to expand your reach to these regions. Indian pop culture behemoth T-Series became the first channel ever to pass 100m subscribers whereas in the USA, Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d set the record for most consecutive weeks at #1 on YouTube\u2019s U.S. Top Songs chart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record | #YouTubeRewind\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lAe1cqCOXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Deep dive into best practices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a better stronghold on the best practices other YouTubers use. YouTube Rewind featured Shane Dawson as he successfully initiated the long-form docuseries format, which is a 50-minute mashup of documentary and vlog-style episode series. He was celebrated for breaking free from traditional vlogs, establishing a new way to tell personal stories and taking creator collaborations to a whole new level. The best way to come up with similar groundbreaking initiatives is to first dig into some good old research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Secrets of the Beauty World\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KR5r_Bna1eI?list=PLDs0tNoNYTz05R0xo7PCVc-RgL2fsJnGg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Get cracking on new events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube Rewind provides a collective database of YouTube\u2019s most viral events, challenges and initiatives. Mr Beast organised a massive creator collaboration #TeamTrees where creators around the world joined the effort to raise $20 million to plant 20 million trees. The initiative resulted in over 3,800 video uploads with the #TeamTrees tag. Events like this are great starting points to create your own viral shindig.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planting 20,000,000 Trees, My Biggest Project Ever!\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HPJKxAhLw5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Forecast and anticipate upcoming trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluate how trends are evolving over the decade. Understanding history better will help you analyse patterns and unravel which content is more likely to trend in future. So you can learn to identify the underlying elements in a viral video and thaw out the winning recipe to go viral. From the Harlem Shake in 2013 to the Dalgona Coffee challenge in 2020, trends are transcendent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DO THE HARLEM SHAKE (ORIGINAL)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8vJiSSAMNWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Explore most wanted genres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the time for creators to break free from rules and structures to come up with cutting edge content. \u201cComing out\u201d videos made a splash on YouTube Rewind in 2019. Similarly, videos that represented solo travel, van life and artistic expression were also in demand. We saw new genres like dark-pop and country hip-hop emerging as a promising future. Leverage updates you receive on YouTube Rewind to examine how you can probe into genre-defying content<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Basically I&#039;m Gay\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrwMja_VoM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millions of fans excitedly wait for YouTube Rewind every year. It\u2019s no secret that YouTubers who are featured in YouTube Rewind receive insane press coverage and publicity. The fastest way you can get featured on YouTube Rewind is to study the patterns and learn exactly what it takes to go viral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in getting your YouTube channel seen by a huge audience? Get started here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/\">www.flintzy.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Header image credit: https:\/\/rewind.youtube\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Rewind is one of the most anticipated videos ever. 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