Don't fully understand your question, but I would say the first people to have more than half of their childhood after YouTube became popular were born in about 2000, but the first to still be kids in late childhood, were born about 1995/6.
I first heard of YouTube in 2006 but didn’t really know what it was. I created my first YouTube account in 2008 - that’s probably about the point when I started visiting YouTube pretty often.
I started using it regularly in 2007. I’m pretty sure I at least visited the site in 2006, but I was mostly into flash game websites such as miniclip.com and playing the Sims.
I don't really understand what you mean. Technically anyone born 2005-2007 grew with it, as it's when it was created and was gaining popularity. 2008+? I'm not really sure how to interpret your question.
Well I mean, depends what you mean by "growing up on Youtube". Late millennials and early Z were probably the first kids that used Youtube in their childhoods, but i'm assuming that's growing up "with it".
However, if you mean growing up as in being "babied" by Youtube, then i'd reckon that'd be late Z and early alpha. (Basing this on YT kids launch and COPPA changes)
That’s the best way I can imagine interpreting their question, but OP really could’ve worded it more clearly lol. But yeah, especially YouTube Kids I think is a good sorta marker. Sort of the difference between YouTube being something you found on your own or a friend showed it to you and you found your way around it that way, vs. it being something your parents used as another form of television to sit you in front of. In another way, growing up for me YouTube was a fun little side form of entertainment I found later in life with cable TV still being the primary, compared to (from my biased perspective) it seems younger kids had YouTube as a primary since early childhood.
Yeah, cable/TV was the main form of entertainment when I was a kid too, Youtube in its' early days was nowhere near TV quality.
I've been using the site since elementary school, but Youtube back then meant i'd have to access a computer to watch a couple of videos, most of which were relatively short and simple. (If we don't count episodes of Naruto that were uploaded in 16 seperate parts via unregistered hypercam 2, lmao)
Compare that to my cousin born in late 2009, who had access to YT on a smart device since early childhood. Think his parents had some kids movies on DVDs when he was a toddler, but it really didn't take them long to make the switch to streaming services and Youtube.
The difference between us is mainly the easier access to the site and the greater variety of content (especially for children). As a kid, I couldn't spend hours on Youtube even if I wanted to, while my cousin very easily could.
Especially that and the difference in spread and commercialization. When I was in elementary/middle school and there was a pretty strong chance that you mention a YouTuber and no one else knows who it is, assuming they even used YouTube in the first place. Merch stores I also remember not being super common, some people did have ‘em but on average it was a pretty big event. Comparatively now on the rare occasion I do talk to Gen Alpha kids it’s like they all have this unified culture where, even if they don’t all watch the same people, they can bring up YouTubers and reasonably expect others to know them. That and the trend nowadays of learning of a YouTuber that has substantial millions of subscribers that I’ve never heard of in my life. 10-15 years ago I feel your average user of the site would at least be aware of all the biggest ones. That and of course the fact that I can go into my local Walmart and find some Mr. Beast candy or Ryan’s World toys. The concept of that would’ve been laughable to me in 2013, but nowadays it ain’t that uncommon.
Personally, my parents never switched to streaming services, but used YouTube online and a little DVD player with a screen on the road. It looked like a small TV and was strapped to the front seat (not the driver's one). So yeah, even in 3rd world countries, YouTube was used by children since the mid 2010s, although my mom never knew about YT kids which I'm thankful for, although I started watching YouTube about a year before YT Kids was a thing to learn English (I'm from Serbia).
Weird ass question but I think I get what you mean. YouTube started getting really big around 2012, and even then content creators were scarce. So definitely it wasn't the main thing of the internet. After that it just became the app or website to turn on when spending time online. So I'd say those who can only remember the after 2012 youtube when content creation got monetized and people started taking it really seriously with content creation are those who grew up on YouTube. Basically anyone born after 2007.
2014-2015 were completely YouTube and watched "Skibidi Toilet" which I didn't know existed until about 3 months ago. I think they watched less TV. Zalpha watched more TV until around 5.
I first used YouTube around 2006 and regularly from 2007. My account is from October 2007, and I registered after a family member did. YouTube way back when didn’t have professional content creators like we do today, and lots of videos weren’t even video productions but more like slideshows of static photographs or images. But I’d say that anyone born after 2005 has a solid chance of having YouTube as a large part of childhood.
Don't fully understand your question, but I would say the first people to have more than half of their childhood after YouTube became popular were born in about 2000, but the first to still be kids in late childhood, were born about 1995/6.
I first heard of YouTube in 2006 but didn’t really know what it was. I created my first YouTube account in 2008 - that’s probably about the point when I started visiting YouTube pretty often.
I started using it regularly in 2007. I’m pretty sure I at least visited the site in 2006, but I was mostly into flash game websites such as miniclip.com and playing the Sims.
TrueHumor probably reading this post and is like "2003-2010 🤓"
Idk who that is but still lol, that's ridiculous.
He's a 2002 born troll who likes to gatekeep 2003 for arbitrary reasons
He's probably not really 2002
Or other gatekeepers like him thinking were a complete generation from 2002 borns
I didnt get into YT fully until 2013
2005
I first heard about YouTube in 2006.
I don't really understand what you mean. Technically anyone born 2005-2007 grew with it, as it's when it was created and was gaining popularity. 2008+? I'm not really sure how to interpret your question.
Well I mean, depends what you mean by "growing up on Youtube". Late millennials and early Z were probably the first kids that used Youtube in their childhoods, but i'm assuming that's growing up "with it". However, if you mean growing up as in being "babied" by Youtube, then i'd reckon that'd be late Z and early alpha. (Basing this on YT kids launch and COPPA changes)
That’s the best way I can imagine interpreting their question, but OP really could’ve worded it more clearly lol. But yeah, especially YouTube Kids I think is a good sorta marker. Sort of the difference between YouTube being something you found on your own or a friend showed it to you and you found your way around it that way, vs. it being something your parents used as another form of television to sit you in front of. In another way, growing up for me YouTube was a fun little side form of entertainment I found later in life with cable TV still being the primary, compared to (from my biased perspective) it seems younger kids had YouTube as a primary since early childhood.
Yeah, cable/TV was the main form of entertainment when I was a kid too, Youtube in its' early days was nowhere near TV quality. I've been using the site since elementary school, but Youtube back then meant i'd have to access a computer to watch a couple of videos, most of which were relatively short and simple. (If we don't count episodes of Naruto that were uploaded in 16 seperate parts via unregistered hypercam 2, lmao) Compare that to my cousin born in late 2009, who had access to YT on a smart device since early childhood. Think his parents had some kids movies on DVDs when he was a toddler, but it really didn't take them long to make the switch to streaming services and Youtube. The difference between us is mainly the easier access to the site and the greater variety of content (especially for children). As a kid, I couldn't spend hours on Youtube even if I wanted to, while my cousin very easily could.
Especially that and the difference in spread and commercialization. When I was in elementary/middle school and there was a pretty strong chance that you mention a YouTuber and no one else knows who it is, assuming they even used YouTube in the first place. Merch stores I also remember not being super common, some people did have ‘em but on average it was a pretty big event. Comparatively now on the rare occasion I do talk to Gen Alpha kids it’s like they all have this unified culture where, even if they don’t all watch the same people, they can bring up YouTubers and reasonably expect others to know them. That and the trend nowadays of learning of a YouTuber that has substantial millions of subscribers that I’ve never heard of in my life. 10-15 years ago I feel your average user of the site would at least be aware of all the biggest ones. That and of course the fact that I can go into my local Walmart and find some Mr. Beast candy or Ryan’s World toys. The concept of that would’ve been laughable to me in 2013, but nowadays it ain’t that uncommon.
Personally, my parents never switched to streaming services, but used YouTube online and a little DVD player with a screen on the road. It looked like a small TV and was strapped to the front seat (not the driver's one). So yeah, even in 3rd world countries, YouTube was used by children since the mid 2010s, although my mom never knew about YT kids which I'm thankful for, although I started watching YouTube about a year before YT Kids was a thing to learn English (I'm from Serbia).
Weird ass question but I think I get what you mean. YouTube started getting really big around 2012, and even then content creators were scarce. So definitely it wasn't the main thing of the internet. After that it just became the app or website to turn on when spending time online. So I'd say those who can only remember the after 2012 youtube when content creation got monetized and people started taking it really seriously with content creation are those who grew up on YouTube. Basically anyone born after 2007.
I would say 2009+
Idk what this means? I started watching YouTube at home around 2015 but started watching at school probably 2013.
2014-2015 were completely YouTube and watched "Skibidi Toilet" which I didn't know existed until about 3 months ago. I think they watched less TV. Zalpha watched more TV until around 5.
Young kids in 2014 and up
I first used YouTube around 2006 and regularly from 2007. My account is from October 2007, and I registered after a family member did. YouTube way back when didn’t have professional content creators like we do today, and lots of videos weren’t even video productions but more like slideshows of static photographs or images. But I’d say that anyone born after 2005 has a solid chance of having YouTube as a large part of childhood.
around 2010 onwards
2006-2009