Bright Side (YouTube channel)
Bright Side is a YouTube channel operated by Cyprus-based media publisher TheSoul Publishing. Founded in 2017, the channel uploads videos regarding how-to trivia as well as history and knowledge. As of January 2021, it is the 44th-most subscribed YouTube channel with 38.5 million subscribers to its main channel, and over 7 billion views, [2] The channel has over three thousand videos.[3]
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Website | brightside | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2017–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 38.7 million [1] | ||||||||||||
Total views | 7.7 billion | ||||||||||||
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Updated: January 19, 2020 at 4:18 PM UTC |
History
Bright Side was created on 15 March 2017 as a channel for uploading videos about history, knowledge, how-to trivia, facts, and riddles. [4] Bright Side has been described as a "popular content farm channel".[5]
In June 2019, Bright Side made Angus Barbieri's fast into a YouTube sensation after creating an animated video documenting Barbieri's 382-day fast. The video received over 300,000 views within a week of its upload.[6]
Its most popular video is called "13 Tips on How to Survive Wild Animal Attacks" which was created in late 2017. As of Jan 2021, the video has almost 84 million views.
The channel is operated by TheSoul Publishing, a Cypriot company founded by Russian developers Pavel Radaev and Marat Mukhametov. The company also owns the channels 5-Minute Crafts, 5-Minute Crafts Kids, 5-Minute Crafts Girly, 7-Second Riddles and 5-Minute Magic.[3] The company releases 3 videos a day, "operates 40 Facebook pages in 10 languages and has 550 employees".[4]
References
- https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UC4rlAVgAK0SGk-yTfe48Qpw/realtime
- "Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Subscribers - Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com.
- Kaplan, Lisa (2019-12-18). "The Biggest Social Media Operation You've Never Heard of Is Run Out of Cyprus by Russians". Lawfare. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- Jennings, Rebecca (2018-11-12). "Why YouTube is riddled with bizarre DIY videos". Vox. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- McCluskey, Megan (2019-09-04). "This '5-Minute Craft' YouTube Channel Is Captivating the Masses". Time. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- Reporter (2019-06-28). "Fife man Angus Barbieri's incredible food fast becomes a YouTube hit". The Courier UK. Retrieved 28 December 2019.