How Does Zero Punctuation Stack Up Against YouTube's Best?

[spartan1077]

I'm sure some videos on youtube have been on for longer than yahtzee has been posting. I'm glad yahtzee is famous... now if only he'll do the minecraft one I've spammed him then I'll finally worship him and bring out my shrine again

 

[EeveeElectro]

If Yahtzee wanted more views, he could always add make a video giving us tips on how to do or make-up like Lady Gaga

[sub]Hehehehehe...[/sub]

I introduced ZP to a non-gaming friend and she liked it because of the humour and dick jokes. She doesn't know what he's talking about, but it's funny.

 

[Antari]

Yahtzee speaks the truth, all be it with his own twist. But its a twist I can completely agree with 99% of the time.

 

[ckam]

Well, that's to be expected.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

FIRST COMMENT!

Anyhow, 3 years is a long time to be doing videos on the Internet, so I'm not surprised he's got that many.

...the hell you talking about Mackheath? You ain't first, fool!

Agreed though, 3 years without going stale is impressive indeed.

 

[Mar451]

It could just mean that making a video (almost) every week for three years adds up to a lot of views too. Or a lot of people like yellow and swearing. Personally I like the yellow. And didn't ZP start with The Darkness?

There are plenty of successful tv shows that probably couldn't boast that kind of viewership over the years.

Technically that wasnt ZP that was just Yahtzee doing his own thing

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

FIRST COMMENT!

Anyhow, 3 years is a long time to be doing videos on the Internet, so I'm not surprised he's got that many.

...the hell you talking about Mackheath? You ain't first, fool!

Agreed though, 3 years without going stale is impressive indeed.

It was just a piss-take of all the trolling morons who do all the "FIRST" crap on his videos. Don't worry, I'm not quite sane.

Aww nuts, I'm such a tard. Hur derp, nevahmind.

 

[mjc0961]

He beat that Fred thing, right? Please tell me that Fred isn't one of the few that surpassed ZP.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I would say he is mostly better, but don't ask that question here as the Escapist is extremely internet racist(internetist?) against youtube.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I'm inclined to believe that most people play games and can appreciate Yahtzee's astringent comments on the latest and most popular of said games that "the industry" has pumped out.

 

[CanadianWolverine]

The numbers really need to be shown on a graph making a comparison over time, just slapping up some total page views or whatever is frankly kinda shallow in comparative detail.

Ugh, also I am so pissed at this article right now for linking an article that featured Shay Butler, after stumbling upon one of his videos and seeing the way he and his wife gleefully exploit their children's home videos ... but the kicker was when I saw him recording his verbal diarrhoea while driving. I thought cell phone use was bad. Seriously, watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xZ6BOHPFZc and understand just how appropriate his tard moniker is. God, I hope I don't sound elitist, I'm not a perfect parent by any stretch but I loath that man's videos.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

I honestly wouldn't be suprised if I accounted for at least a million of those views. I cannot count the number of times I have rewatched episodes of Zero Punctuation. They just make my day. Infact, I think I am going to go watch some more...

Anyway, well done, Yahtzee. You certainly deserve the success.

It could just mean that making a video (almost) every week for three years adds up to a lot of views too. Or a lot of people like yellow and swearing. Personally I like the yellow. And didn't ZP start with The Darkness?

Yahtzee's series of reviews didn't get a name until he actually joined the Escapist (infact, I think it was Editor-in-Chief Russ Pitts who suggested the name in the first place). The Darkness demo and Fable: The Lost Chapters reviews were merely video content for his personal website Fullyramblomatic. As such, they don't really count.

For all intents and purposes, the Heavenly Sword demo review was the first real Zero Punctuation episode.

 

[Retodon8]

Sure, Zero Punctuation is hilarious, but it's also aimed squarely at core gamers, an audience that many would still call "niche."

As long as you call it niche, not "nitch", which I've heard it pronounced a bunch of times recently.
That's just... auditory ugliness.

ZP is a lot funnier than most of what is posted on YouTube.
Even... actually especially the most popular stuff doesn't usually appeal to me.
Of course I am inside aforementioned niche myself.
Unless you're a total fanboy, even if you happen to like whatever title is being bashed whatever particular video you're watching, you'll still be entertained.

 

[RanD00M]

Jim Grin/Vitagen, if you look at the underlying AdAge article that this is referencing, AdAge is offering the *total* views the top content creators on YouTube have gotten, which are in the 60 million to 200 million plus range. We are comparing apples to apples - Yahtzee's total views to their total views.

Not to be a douche or anything. But I'm quite certain that quoting them would have helped them notice your post.

OT:I doesn't really surprise me. For some reason, I kinda thought that the numbers would be higher.

And if the article is right, then Yahtzee has gotten 218 million views only on the Escapist. While a lot of his videos are also on youtube[footnote]Not officially, but they're still there.[/footnote], his view count could even be higher.

 

[Daemascus]

Its nice to see that Yahtzee gets more views than a "funny" cat video.

[sub]Now if only his damn book would get here already[/sub]

Book's been here since Saturday, I have no idea what you're complaining about...


That said, oh Lord, this will inflate Yahtzee's ego to Galactus-like dimensions.

Lucky bastard.

 

[Xyliss]

Jim Grin/Vitagen, if you look at the underlying AdAge article that this is referencing, AdAge is offering the *total* views the top content creators on YouTube have gotten, which are in the 60 million to 200 million plus range. We are comparing apples to apples - Yahtzee's total views to their total views.

True but surely the amount of video's count? You could compare all his videos to a guy who's made three short ones and say your comparing the same thing, all of Yahtzee's to all of his

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

You just know this is all going to go to his head

-M

 

[C95J]

nice, he deserves it

 

[Irridium]

He beat that Fred thing, right? Please tell me that Fred isn't one of the few that surpassed ZP.

Thats what I'm thinking as well. I really hope something as retarded as Fred didn't surpass him...

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

Word of mouth got me onto it. A friend showed me a few of the Silent Hill reviews which I agreed with and found funny, and one day I was bored and went searching for 'that cynical fast-talking review guy'. I've been following ever since.

I follow Michelle Phan too though.... (don't ask)