Top Asian Americans on YouTube

Entertainment is the draw for viewers in the online video world of YouTube. Education, not so much.

The top 4 Asian Americans on YouTube were recently listed over at sublimesilence:

• youtube.com/nigahiga : Ryan Higa (et al) is Japanese-American comedian (Hilo, Hawaii). Stats: #1 Most Subscribed; 301M total views. (cf. 8asians)
• youtube.com/davidchoimusic : David Yong Choi is a Korean American musician (Orange County, California). Stats: #16 Most Subscribed Musician; 55M views.
• youtube.com/kevjumba : Kevin Wu is a Chinese American comedian (San Francisco). Stats: #10 Most Subscribed; 82M views. Plus, he’s donated all ad money via his youtube.com/JumbaFund, to charity, i.e. $1,708.51 in May 2009.
• youtube.com/happyslip : Christine Gambito is a Filipino–American comedian. Stats: #26 Most Subscribed; 68M views.

3 of the above are noted as comedians. 1 is a musician. Hmmm.

On this asiaxpress.com list, Asian YouTube Heroes, there are other notables:

• youtube.com/thewinekone : Tony Huygen [#12 Most Subscribed in Canada; 23M views]
• youtube.com/TimothyDeLaGhetto2 : Timothy DeLaGhetto [#25 Most Subscribed @ Comedians; 75M views]
• youtube.com/wongfuproductions :
  Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang of Wong Fu Productions [15M views]
• youtube.com/lilcdawg : Cathy Nguyen
• youtube.com/gunnarolla : Gunnarolla
• youtube.com/kinagrannis : Kina Grannis

For this blog’s theme about the collision of Asian American culture and faith, these YouTube influentials are part of our pop culture. As this sfgate.com article describes it: “… in the media that his generation cares about most, Asian Americans aren’t behind the curve – they’re ahead of the game.”

What do these videos and stats suggest about the viewers?

Aside: see other YouTube videos that have been embedded here at Next Gener.Asian Church ->
Asian American Survey 8, Asian American Survey 6; Korean Beacon’s Korean American Youtube Stars You Need to Know

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