Friday, September 30, 2011

4 in the Afternoon: Someone Hearing Lyrics

Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
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  1. From the description: "I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time :)" As seen on VideoSift.
  2. Derrick Rose's Adidas bull-fighting spot is one of our Most Shared videos.
  3. A medley of 26 years worth of non-lyric lyrics. As seen on Daily Wh.at.
  4. Adele's latest video is quickly rising among our most-viewed clips. "Rolling in the Deep" has now been seen nearly 150 million times.

Across the Country: College Sports Craziness

In our roundup this week of regionally popular college sports videos this week, there's a clear top two, thought they're from two different sports.

KENTUCKY:
Kentucky basketball fans make a mad dash for Final Four lottery tickets
OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy gets down in the locker room


See more of what's popular in different locations nationally and around the world with our Trends Dashboard.

4 in the Morning: Garlic Typhoon

Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
Typhoon Timelapse Telling Mom I'm gay Free Flexor 10 Second Garlic
  1. Timelapse footage of Typhoon Pedring crossing over Hong Kong.
  2. A follow up to one of last week's most popular trending videos. Read more here.
  3. This unusual fitness product became a top rising search. As seen on Consumerist.
  4. One of our top Trending videos is this cooking advice on how to peel a head of garlic in just 10 seconds.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

4 in the Afternoon: Floppy Ford

Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
Floppy Disk Imperial March Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Time-Lapse Ford NY Police vs Protestors
  1. A Polish gentleman takes two floppy drives and turns them into musical instruments. As seen on Make.
  2. The trending movie trailer of the day is for the adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close starring Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks. As seen on Business Insider.
  3. Our most-viewed travel video of the week is this clip of a Ford Explorer being constructed out of Legos at Legoland.
  4. Dramatic footage claiming to depict a police officer "punching an Occupy Wall Street protestor in the face" in New York City. No date or time was specified. As seen on Reddit.

Rosh Hashanah Music Videos

Some of the Most Shared videos on YouTube today are music videos celebrating the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hoshanah. In the U.S., this parody of Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO has been particularly popular. We first spotted it when it was trending in Israel earlier this month and it now has over 800,000 views.



AishVideo, which produced this clip, also created the Google Exodus video for Passover that was seen over 2 million times.'

Meanwhile, this music video is actually the second most-viewed of the month in Israel, with 1.2+ million views.



Yeshiva University's Maccabeats, who first made a name for themselves during Hanukkah with their very popular song parody "Candlelight," also created a new a capella mix for the Jewish New Year that was posted a few days ago and is based on One Republic's "Good Life."



MORE: Check out our look at Jewish Holiday A Capella.

4 in the Morning: Proposal Pilots

Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
Downtown Disney Flashmob Proposal Pilots Protest Fastest Couch One Test More
  1. This footage of an elaborate flashmob proposal staged at the Walt Disney resort is one of two such proposals hitting our Most Shared list. Here's the other from UCLA.
  2. Footage from the United and Continental airline pilots demonstration in downtown New York Wednesday.
  3. It seems 163km/h is the new land-speed world record for a sofa. As seen on Neatorama.
  4. An engineering exam in Toronto is interrupted by a musical flash mob. As seen on SayOMG.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

4 in the Afternoon: Shark Fire

Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
Surfers Save Shark Shell Singapore Fire Kindle Fire Soldiers Playing D&D
  1. A group of surfers save a small, stranded Great White. As seen on Daily Wh.at.
  2. Footage of a fire at Shell's largest refinery, which is situated in Pulau Bukom.
  3. Amazon released its new tablet computer today sparking the new device to be a top rising search on YouTube.
  4. This 2009 video is suddenly saw a spike in views as it was featured on Reddit.