Fred Figglehorn was first seen on YouTube in 2008 as a five year old boy . Cruikshank makes his voice high for the Fred character .
On April 30 , 2008 , the videos that had been filmed already , got added to the Fred channel , and on May 1 the first official video , titled `` Fred on May Day '' was released , explaining that Cruikshank asked YouTube for the Fred channel .