List of YouTube celebrities

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YouTube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence and become Internet phenomena on the basis of their appearance in YouTube videos.

User(s) Notes References
Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager [1]
Amanda Baggs One of her YouTube videos caught the attention of CNN [2]
Amber Lee Ettinger a.k.a. Obama Girl from I Got a Crush... on Obama [3]
Ana Gomes Ferreira a.k.a. Ana Free - singer/songwriter from Portugal. [4]
Andy McKee A fingerstyle guitarist that signed to the US-American record label Candyrat Records. [5]
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox Stars of Smosh, #3 most subscribed on YouTube [6]
Ben Going a.k.a. boh3m3 [7]
Brandon Hardesty a.k.a. ArtieTSMITW [8]
Brooke Brodack a.k.a. Brookers [9]
Caitlin Hill a.k.a. TheHill88 [10]
Charlie McDonnell a.k.a. charlieissocoollike [11]
Chris Crocker Most notable for Leave Britney Alone! [12]
Christine Gambito a.k.a. HappySlip [13]
Cory Williams a.k.a. Mr. Safety from SMP Films, organizer of the "As One" YouTube gathering [14][15][16]
Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols Creators of Ask a Ninja [17]
Emmalina A Video blogger that quit the site after being hacked [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Esmée Denters a.k.a. esmeedenters [26]
Gary Brolsma Creator of The Numa Numa Dance [27]
Huang Yi Xin Back Dormitory Boys [28]
Iman Crosson a.k.a. Alphacat, known for his impersonation of President Barack Obama [29][30][31]
James Provan a.k.a. GiR2007, creator of Pancakes! [32][33]
Jay Maynard a.k.a. the "Tron guy" [34][35]
Jeong-Hyun Lim a.k.a. Funtwo [36]
Jessica Rose, Yousef Abu-Taleb, Jackson Davis, and Alexandra Dreyfus from lonelygirl15 [37][38]
Joe Bereta and Luke Barats Creators of Barats and Bereta [39]
John and Hank Green of Brotherhood 2.0 [40]'
Juan Mann of the Free Hugs Campaign [41]
Kevin Nalty a.k.a. "Nalts" [42]
The Laughing Baby a.k.a. haha, laughing baby, cute adorable baby [43][44]
Lasse Gjertsen a.k.a. Lassegg [45]
Liam Kyle Sullivan Best known for Shoes and Muffins
Ling Kai a.k.a. ling86, singer/songwriter and composer of the song 'Larkin Step'. [46]
Lisa Donovan a.k.a. LisaNova and LonesomeRhodes1 [47]
Lisa Lavie Singer, Songwriter [48][49][50]
Lucas Cruikshank a.k.a. Fred and Lucas from JKL Productions. Currently #1 Most Subscribed on Youtube. [51]
Magibon a.k.a. MRirian [52]
Marié Digby a.k.a. mariedigby [53]
Marina Orlova a.k.a. HotForWords [54]
Melody Oliveria a.k.a. bowiechick [55]
Mia Rose a.k.a. miaarose [56]
Michael Agrusso a.k.a. ItsJustSomeRandomGuy, creator of "Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC" video series, YouTube celebrity among comic book movie fans with panels at New York Comic Con 2008 and 2009 [57][58]
Michael Buckley of What the Buck?! [59]
Neil Cicierega created "Potter Puppet Pals", a Harry Potter spoof series winning YouTube awards and receiving over 50 million views.
Natalie Tran a.k.a. communitychannel [60]
Noah Kalina Notable for his video Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years [61]
Obeso brothers (James Ronald and Rodfil) a.k.a. Moymoy Palaboy known for their highly-rated uploaded funny lipsynch videos since 2007. [62]
Pat Condell Comedian, antitheist, 35 of his videos were published to DVD. [63][64][65]
Paul Robinett a.k.a. Renetto [66][67]
Peter Oakley a.k.a. geriatric1927 [68]
Philip DeFranco a.k.a. sxephil [69]
Rick Astley singer of the now YouTube phenomenon song "Never Gonna Give You Up", which started Rickrolling all over YouTube, the internet, and the world watching the Macy's Parade as of 2008.
Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi a.k.a. nigahiga #2 Most Subscribed on Youtube [70][71]
Savannah Outen a.k.a/ "savannah7448" #69 most subscribed (all time) (global)
Stevie Ryan a.k.a. littleloca, TheRealParis, Ooolalaa, and stevieryan [72]
Straight No Chaser Straight No Chaser was an undergraduate a Capella group whose 10 year old version of "12 days of Christmas went viral in 2007. Atlantic Records signed them to a 5 album deal due to their YouTube success. [73]
Taryn Southern a.k.a 'Hott4Hill', Hillary Clinton campaign video. [74]
Tay Zonday Most notable for Chocolate Rain [75]
Terra Naomi a.k.a. terranaomi [76]
Tom Dickson star of Will It Blend? [77][78]
VenetianPrincess She became popular for her episodic series “The Princess Chronicles” and being paid to produce more videos. [79]
William Sledd Vlogger that produces videos which center around fashion. [80]
Ysabella Brave A vocalist that was signed by Cordless Recordings. [81]
J.B. ARTS a.k.a. "jbcooljb".

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[edit] Sponsors and partnerships

In addition to fans, some YouTube celebrities have corporate sponsors, who pay for product placement in their clips or production of online ads. Some have quit their day jobs or changed careers to accommodate their YouTube filming schedules. A handful are also official "YouTube Partners," meaning the company cuts them a share of ad revenue. [7] [82] [83][84] [42][13]

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[edit] References

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  3. ^ Tapper, Jake, "Music Video Has a 'Crush on Obama'", June 13, 2007 at ABC News
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  15. ^ Coyle, Jake "YouTube Vloggers Congregate Offline"[dead link], Associated Press, 2007-08-22 The first notable congregations of YouTubers were held this January in Los Angeles and, more famously, in San Francisco in February, where about 100 people attended. These meets, known as "As One" and organized by Cory "Mr. Safety" Williams, drew many well-known vloggers including Ben Going ("boh3m3"), Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla (the comedy duo known as smosh) and Paul Robinett ("renetto").
  16. ^ Lindell, Karen "With more than 3.6 million views, Cory Williams' 'Mean Kitty Song' is a YouTube hit", Ventura County Star, 2007-11-08
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  36. ^ Heffernan, Virginia; Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last. NY Times, 27 Aug 2006
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