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My 7 year old son watches Dude Perfect on YouTube, which I had never heard of. Apparently its all the rage, in elementary schools and he heard about it via othe
by zanek 8y ago
My 7 year old son watches Dude Perfect on YouTube, which I had never heard of. Apparently its all the rage, in elementary schools and he heard about it via other kids.
I watched a few to make sure they were ok, but they mostly came off as older guys doing elaborate stunts that kids would do on a much smaller scale (like throwing balls off tall buildings, fat suits on cars, etc )
I'm not shocked they are making $20M or so. One of the episodes showcased their new Dude Perfect headquarters that looked like a block long warehouse with basketball courts, foam pits , etc in it with their DP logo all over it.
I guess it pays to cater to kids base desires on a grander scale
- LanceH 8y agoMy six year old has started running around the house without his shirt, lifting things and drinking milk so that he can be all swole. That or he watches chrisfix videos on how to repair the car. I highly recommend the chrisfix videos, btw. We've both learned a lot about cars.
- zanek 8y agoI've been gently reminding my son that Dude Perfect is pure entertainment and he is barely learning anything with it. He's slowly been drifting away from it. Thankfully, he watches kurzgesagt, BackYard Scientist, VSauce, TED and mostly scientific or programming videos so its mostly 5 to 1 , educational to entertainment videos with the limited screen time he has. The Khan Academy courses are really good as well as the ProdigyGame (for math) for keeping him engaged and multiple grades ahead of his current grade. https://www.prodigygame.com/ https://www.prodigygame.com/
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago> My six year old has started running around the house without his shirt, lifting things and drinking milk so that he can be all swole. To be fair I do this and I'm 34. ;) Although you should tell him that running is the worst thing for gainz.
- rasz 8y agoIntroduce your kid to Andrew Camarata https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA/vid... Clean language, strong work ethics. Works with heavy equipment, builds a Castle out of Shipping Containers, fixes trucks/boats/bikes/excavators etc. Mustie1 is another clean educational YTber with similar content: https://www.youtube.com/user/mustie1/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/mustie1/videos
- preommr 8y agoWhich isn't too bad because it's basically a tv show at that point. They have multiple hosts, cameramen, sets, etc. There's probably quite a few people working on those shows and they probably burn through that 20m pretty quick.
- lazyjones 8y ago> I'm not shocked they are making $20M or so. I'm slightly shocked that the money comes from advertisers interested in influencing 6-7 year old kids.
- wbillingsley 8y agoThen again, thinking about the kids' tv shows that only really existed to sell the toys (eg, Transformers) it's not that surprising.
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoNot surprising, but I find the practice disturbing. I imagine it's hard for busy parents to police the commercials the children sees, and much of the marketing to children likely occurs in this unwanted but hard to avoid space. The end result is corporations trying to train children that the best way to live and enjoy one's self is if they buy a steady stream plastic goods made overseas, eventually to be discarded in landfills. One could imagine a world where advertising to children is no longer considered appropriate, with the understanding that the young minds of the world should not be manipulated by corporate interests. Or those who want that kind of environment need to find a new way to fund media.
- noonespecial 8y ago>a steady stream plastic goods made overseas, eventually to be discarded in landfills. I don't know what ads your kids are getting but with the possible exception of the "Wish App" ads (which I fervently wish would die a fiery death at the very heart of the sun), most of the ads pitched to my kids are hawking digital ephemera of some sort or another.
- nindalf 8y agoIf your kid is hooked to youtube, you have a bit more control than than a parent in the 90s whose kid was hooked to cartoons. Today you could opt out of all advertisements by paying Youtube or installing an ad blocker. That said, I'm not sure you can block channels that are entirely ads, like unboxing channels.
- nthitz 8y agoTheir stunts are impressive. Always was surprised by their religious tones though http://dudeperfect.com/about/ http://dudeperfect.com/about/
- Rapzid 8y agoThat is surprising. I never once got the impression they were trying to do something much bigger than themselves; pretty low key on their mission there.
- anonymous5133 8y agoThe only reason it works is because these youtubers know that the largest demographic on YT is 8-22 year olds who are immature. On the flip side, the advertisers think they're advertising to adults with disposable income....thus it because a huge waste of ad spend for the advertisers but they haven't realized that yet. All they know is TV viewership is decreasing and online media is rising...so they need to do something to push their products.
- carlio 8y agoWell they are advertising to people with disposable income, by proxy: the parents of the kids who watch the videos then beg/nag their parents for things from the adverts.
- _0ffh 8y agoYup, it's even called "the nag factor". https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815121519.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815121519.h...
- VectorLock 8y agoA significant portion of this list is dominated by people who scream all the time because kids love it. Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, et al.
- softawre 8y agoDo you use an adblocker for his viewing?