YouTube Rewind 2019: For The Record

YouTube Rewind 2019: For The Record (also known as YouTube Rewind 2019) is a video that was uploaded to YouTube's official channel on the video-sharing website YouTube on December 5, 2019, as part of the YouTube Rewind series. Although it was marked as an improvement over the previous installment, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind. Hoever, It Was a Critical Failure Along With YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind. Critics and the general audience found the video not creative in comparison to past Rewind videos. However, praise was given for the addition of popular YouTubers.
A reason given for the improvement over 2018's Rewind video is due to the addition of YouTubers which had not been in the previous installment. These include MrBeast, Shane Dawson and PewDiePie. However, it had amassed over 3.1 million dislikes within 24 hours of release, which was more than what "Everyone Controls Rewind" obtained in the same timeframe. It currently has over 4.7 million dislikes, making it the 3rd most disliked YouTube video of all time.
==Overview==
The video returned to a format more reminiscent of the early iterations of the series, featuring a montage of the top videos of 2019, divided into several themed countdowns based on statistics and trends. The video begins with a 'rewind' of 2019's most viewed/liked videos on YouTube. It then cuts to a scene from YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind where Casey Neistat and the Merrell Twins suggest K-pop as one of the themes for the Rewind. Following this, it cuts to multiple YouTubers reactions to this scene where it has been labeled as awkward. The video then shows the words "In 2018, we made something you didn't like. So in 2019, let's see what you DID like. Because you're better at this than we are." A compilation of trending YouTube videos from 2019 is shown, then cuts to the words on screen, saying "You made these the Most Like Creator Videos", in the form of a 'Top 10' list, with a short snippet of each video playing at their appropriate times.
Most Liked Creator Videos
# 	Video 	Channel 	Number of likes
1 	Make This Video The Most Liked Video On Youtube	MrBeast 	10.9 million
2 	Marzia & Felix - Wedding 	PewDiePie 	4.7 million
3 	O DIA EM QUE ASSISTI BIRD BOX 	whinderssonhunes 	3.4 million
4 	ONE GUY, 54 VOICES 	Black Gryph0n 	3.4 million
5 	Minha slime deu certo 	Nilson Izaias Papinho Oficial	2.8 million
6 	how to create billie eilish's "bad guy" 	SethEverman 	2.8 million
7 	No More Lies 	James Charles 	2.4 million
8 	My BIGGEST Flipbook EVER 	Andymation 	2.3 million
9 	ПОКУПАЮ ВСЁ ЧТО ТЫ МОЖЕШЬ УНЕСТИ ИЗ МАГАЗИНА ! 	A4 	2 million
10	Conspiracy Theories with Shane Dawson 	Shane Dawson 	1.9 million
The video then proceeds to show the "Most Liked Music Videos", again in the form of a 'Top 10' list with a short snippet of each video playing at their appropriate times.
Most Liked Music Videos
# 	Video 	Channel 	Number of likes
1 	Señorita 	Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello	13.5 million
2 	Boy With Luv feat. Halsey 	BTS 	12.8 million
3 	Kill This Love 	Blackpink 	10.8 million
4 	bad guy 	Billie Eilish 	10.3 million
5 	Old Town Road ft. Billy Ray Cyrus 	Lil Nas X 	9.6 million
6 	7 rings 	Ariana Grande 	9 million
7 	Earth 	Lil Dicky 	8.2 million
8 	Con Calma 	Daddy Yankee & Snow 	7.5 million
9 	Chicken Noodle Soup (feat. Becky G)	j-hope 	5.8 million
10	Vaaste 	T-Series 	5.5 million
The video then proceeds to show the "Most Liked Dance Videos" in the form of a 'Top 5' list with a short snippet of each video playing at their appropriate times.
Most Liked Dance Videos
#	Video 	Channel 	Number of likes
1	Con Calma Choreography 	ChapkisDanceUSA 	965,000
2	O SAKI SAKI Choreography 	Awez Darbar 	897,000
3	gogobebe(고고베베) - MAMAMOO(마마무) 	1MILLION Dance Studio	830,000
4	O SAKI SAKI Choreography 	Team Naach 	683,000
5	Bury a Friend Choreography ft. Maddie Ziegler, Charlize Glass	Galen Hooks 	525,000
The video proceeds to show the "Most Viewed Video Games" in the form of a 'Top 5' list with a short snippet of game-play at their appropriate times.
Most Viewed Video Games
#	Game 	Number of views
1	Minecraft 	100.2 billion
2	Fortnite 	60.9 billion
3	Grand Theft Auto	36.9 billion
4	Garena Free Fire	29.9 billion
5	Roblox 	29.6 billion
The video proceeds to show the "Most Liked Beauty Videos" in the form of a 'Top 5' list with a short snippet of each video at their appropriate times.
Most Liked Beauty Videos
#	Video 	Channel 	Number of Likes
1	Makeup Tutorial en Español 	James Charles	1.6 million
2	The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star 	Shane Dawson 	1.4 million
3	A Day in the Life 	Kylie Jenner 	1.3 million
4	Kylie Skin Review with Shane Dawson 	jeffreestar 	1.1 million
5	7 Life Saving HACKS for Perfect SKIN & HAIR	Anaysa 	540,000
The video cuts to a another tape 'rewind' with the words on-screen: "You helped these New Creators Break Out", then proceeds to show YouTube channels with the most subscribers which first uploaded in 2019 in the form of a 'Top 10' list with a short snippet of videos from each creator at their appropriate times.
2019 'Break-Out' YouTubers
# 	Channel 	Country 	First Upload Date	Number of subscribers
1 	LOUD 	Brazil 	February 28, 2019	3.4 million
2 	워크맨-Workman 	South Korea	August 16, 2019 	3.2 million
3 	백종원의 요리비책 Paik's Cuisine 	South Korea	June 10, 2019 	2.9 million
4 	Magnet World 	USA 	January 30, 2019 	2.7 million
5 	Noah Schnapp 	USA 	June 11, 2019 	2.1 million
6 	Jennelle Eliana 	USA 	June 26, 2019 	2 million
7 	하루한끼 one meal a day 	South Korea	January 7, 2019 	1.9 million
8 	LOUD Coringa 	Brazil 	January 29, 2019 	1.8 million
9 	LOUD Babi 	Brazil 	April 10, 2019 	1.7 million
10	Shoaib Akhtar 	Pakistan 	February 11, 2019	1.6 million
The video cuts to another tape rewind, with the words on-screen: "You made these the Most Watched Creators", then proceeds to show the most viewed creators of 2019 in the form of a 'Top 10' list with short snippets of videos from each creator at their appropriate times.
Most Viewed Creators
# 	Channel 	Number of Views
1 	PewDiePie 	4 billion
2 	Felipe Neto 	2.8 billion
3 	Pencilmation 	2.8 billion
4 	Jelly 	2.5 billion
5 	David Dobrik 	2.4 billion
6 	Dude Perfect 	2.3 billion
7 	MrBeast 	2.2 billion
8 	LazarBeam 	2 billion
9 	Fischer’s- フィッシャーズ 	1.9 billion
10	Azzyland 	1.9 billion
The video cuts to the words on screen: "You liked, disliked, watched, subscribed, commented, shared, uploaded, played, listened, saved, created. Thank you for a record breaking 2019." It then proceeds to show multiple channels and their achievements in 2019 with appropriate videos.
YouTubers' Achievements in 2019
Channel 	Achievement
Kaykai Salaider	The first Thai creator to hit 10 million subscribers
Babdabun 	Became the largest Spanish speaking channel
Aya Nakamura 	2019's most watched female artist in France
Noor Stars 	The first Middle Eastern creator to hit 10 million subsribers
Kurzgesagt 	The first German creator to pass 10 million subscribers
Atta Halilintar	The first Indonesian creator to hit 20 million subscribers
T-Series 	The first channel to hit 100 million subscribers
F2Freestylers 	The first European sports channel to hit 10 million subscribers
Rosalia 	Passed 1 billion views with a single video
Enes Batur 	The first Turkish creator to hit 10 million subscribers
BTS 	The biggest 24 hour debut in YouTube history
It then cuts to a short time-lapsed compilation of 2019's trending videos being 'sucked' into the middle. The video ends with a shot from Lil Dicky's music video of his song "Earth".
== Cast ==
Below is a list of channels featured in top lists in YouTube Rewind 2019, derived from the video's description: 
*1MILLION Dance Studio
*A4
*Anaysa
*Andymation
*Ariana Grande
*Awez Darbar
*Azzyland
*Billie Eilish
*Black Gryph0n
*Blackpink
*ChapkisDanceUSA
*Daddy Yankee
*David Dobrik
*Dude Perfect
*F2Freestylers
*Felipe Neto
*Fischer’s- フィッシャーズ
*Galen Hooks
*ibighit
*James Charles
*Jeffree Star
*Jelly
*Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
*Kylie Jenner
*Lazarbeam
*Lil Dicky
*Lil Nas X
*LOUD
*LOUD Babi
*LOUD Coringa
*Magnet World
*MrBeast
*Nilson Izaias Papinho Oficial
*Noah Schnapp
*백종원의 요리비책 Paik's Cuisine
*Pencilmation
*PewDiePie
*Seth Everman
*Shane Dawson
*Shawn Mendes
*Team Naach
*T-Series
*whinderssonnunes
*워크맨-Workman
*하루한끼 one meal a day
Below is a list of channels whose footage was included in YouTube Rewind 2019, but were not featured in the top lists of YouTube Rewind 2019: 
*Angie Velasco
*Atta Halilintar
*Badabun
*Big Marvel
*Blanco Brown
*Brooklyn and Bailey
*Casey Neistat
*Connor Franta
*Emma Chamberlain
*Free Fire - Brasil
*GamingWithKev
*Garena Free Fire Indonesia
*h3h3Productions
*Hongyu ASMR 홍유
*HunniBee ASMR
*IAMLXGEND
*ItsFunneh
*Jenna Marbles
*Jennelle Eliana
*Kaykai Salaider
*Lachlan
*mrfreshasian
*NikkieTutorials
*Noor Stars
*PlayHard
*RiceGum
*ROSALÍA
*Shoaib Akhtar
*Sidemen
*Simone Giertz
*SQUEEZIE
*Suzy Lu
*Tati
*The Try Guys
*TheDonato
*Pac-12 Networks
*VEGETTA777
== Soundtrack ==
YouTube Rewind 2019 contains the following songs, mixed by The Hood Internet:
*"7 Rings" by Ariana Grande
*"Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish
*"Earth" by Lil Dicky
*"Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa
*"Tokyo Drifting" by Denzel Curry and Glass Animals
== Reception ==
On Rotten Tomatoes. The Video holds an approval rating of 26% By Rotten Tomatoes, Based On 20 Reviews, with an average rating of 3.31/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Upopular Stuffs may be entertained by Youtube Rewind 2019, if Many because they're less likely to recognize the many familiar Youtubers in its affirmative yet formulaic Video." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 21 Out of 100 By Metacritic, Based On 4 Critics Indicating "Generally Unfavourable Reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an E- to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it 1.4 out of 5 stars and a 26% "definite recommend".
The 2019 edition returned to a format more reminiscent of the early iterations of the series, featuring a montage of the top videos of 2019, divided into several themed countdowns based on statistics and trends. Kevin Allocca, YouTube's head of culture and trends, explained that the video was intended to be more reflective of the year's trends, acknowledging that it was becoming more difficult for the previous format to "authentically represent" the community's overall experience.
The video has been criticized as coming off as "passive-aggressive" towards consumers, or "lazy" as it does not have the same level of production as the previous rewinds and was noted as being akin to that of WatchMojo videos. Many also felt the new format lacked energy and a "soul", saying that it showed that YouTube was being openly more corporate and uncaring towards their creators. It was also criticized for having a "lack of ambition" compared to previous titles.
The video has also been criticized for incorrect data, such as "Congratulations" by PewDiePie, not being included in the top 10 most liked music videos segment, despite having over 7.9 million likes.
However, many saw improvement with casting choices in some areas, particularly with the inclusion of Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, who was absent in previous episodes.
Similarly to last year, some viewers criticized the site for not honoring the deaths of famous people on the site such as Desmond "Etika" Amofah.
, the video has amassed over four million dislikes, making it the 3rd most disliked YouTube video of all time.
== See also ==
*List of most-disliked YouTube videos
== References ==
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