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YouTube Is Taking Over My Life And That's Ok

Vines and compilations and cat videos and ahhhhhhh.

Kathryn McSherry
May 07, 2018
Ithaca College
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YouTube Is Taking Over My Life And That's Ok
Kathryn McSherry

I have had this obsession for a while now. But I just can’t help myself! My fingers just automatically type it in the search bar at this point. It’s not my fault! I just can’t help but wait and see what my new recommended videos are for the day. And after watching all of them, whoops, it seemed as though I have just subscribed to over twenty new people.

After doing some research, I wondered if people had the same problem as I do. But I think I understand now.

Over 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

More than one billion, three hundred million people have an account on YouTube.

And 8 out of 10 18 to 49 year-olds watch YouTube.

These statistics are insane!

Plus, there is just so much to watch!

The main videos that I click on are mostly vines, old memes, classic YouTuber videos (like Jenna Marbles and Dan and Phil are some of muy favorites) and cat and dog videos.

YouTube is my way of relaxing and chilling out after a hard day of work and play. Instead of watching Netflix, I do hardcore YouTube deep-dives where I search of anything that comes to mind. Yesterday, I found myself watching someone play a ukulele under-water (spoiler alert, it didn’t sound very good because of the water pressure).

My relationship with YouTube has been a good one. I started watching since I was a sophomore in high school and it has always inspired me to start my own channel.

I did do that my junior year of high school. It was just for fun, I wanted to do it as a way to continue my passion for video-making and I am really proud of some of the videos on that channel. When I look back on them now, they seem really cheesy and a little silly, but I love them with all my heart.

But now, I am re-branding myself to the ‘Kool Kat’ I am today. I call my channel KatOnKAMera. Kat, because of my nickname from camp and college and the KAMera is a play on my initials KAM. I didn’t come up with myself, however. My friend did a Yahoo ask question in 2013 where some random person suggested “On KAMera” and the name just appeared in that way (Thanks Julia!).

All in all, YouTube is a wonderful place that should be applauded for it’s originality and some of it’s amazing content. I am so lucky to have this creative platform where I can express myself.

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