Philip DeFranco's Take On The London Riots

Map of London and area showing how the rioting has spread

"There is no moral high ground about wanting to steal Air Jordans."

Kinda says it all in a nice, neat package. This is a good video by Philip DeFranco where he describes what is currently going on in London, England and cities. In case you don't know, a man was shot and killed by London police (see the First Night of rioting which gives some info about Mark Duggan).


Watching what Phil says about the rioting I was taken by the fact that he was talking about something important that needed to be said and viewed by members of his audience. Where others are posting videos about "awesome mullets", DeFranco is shedding some light on something that matters and making people aware of what is going on in the world. Don't get me wrong - I did watch (and laughed at) the video RWJ posted about the Mullet Guy, but that's the difference between what they do. Ray is cheap laughs and Phil does informative stuff. Sure DeFranco has videos featuring dumb people doing dumb things and hot girls (yes, thank you, may I have another) but he includes information like this which is actually important.

News reports of the rioting which has lasted three long days. Apparently a man was killed.


Some video of people trying to bust into a shop and the police tossing them in a van along with shots of the aftermath.


More video of buildings ablaze.


To see more coverage of the London riots I would encourage you to go to Youtube and search "London Riot". There is a lot of videos being posted that you might want to see.

Youtube Flashback: August 2007 Top 100

Picture from 2007 curtesy of Wayback Machine

What were you doing in August 2007? Were you even on Youtube either as someone who watched the videos of others or were you one of the few who uploaded clips and got listed in this Top 100 from August 5, 2007?

Look at the numbers these people had just 4 short years ago and compare them with the millions of subscribers that the Top 100 Most Subscribed have today and you can see the astounding growth this website has generated. How many of these channels do you remember and how many are still actively uploading videos? Each channel can still be found by the links provided unless they have been closed which is the case for some of them. Others just have not been updated in years.

1 smosh 148,992
2 lonelygirl15 97,821
3 esmeedenters 70,844
4 miaarose 68,787
5 WilliamSledd 66,743
6 HappySlip 62,098
7 thewinekone 59,781
8 LisaNova 59,764
9 CBS 57,144
10 BaratsAndBereta 54,542
11 JamesNintendoNerd 54,114
12 Brookers 53,693
13 kevjumba 47,251
14 GayGod 46,685
15 LittleKuriboh 45582
16 TheHill88 45,127
17 geriatric1927 44,479
18 universalmusicgroup 43,518
19 linkinparktv 42,705
20 FueledByRamen 40,914
21 NBC 39,259
22 blamesocietyfilms 38,070
23 digitalfilmmaker 35,965
24 derrickcomedy 35,483
25 boh3m3 35,255
26 Daxflame 34,712
27 Blendtec 34,586
28 ashleytisdale 33,847
29 mYcheMicALroMaNcE 33,396
30 renetto 29,418
31 impytherap 29,039
32 charlestrippy 28,828
33 ysabellabrave 27,612
34 communitychannel 27,593
35 lassegg 26,945
36 abbegirl 26,930
37 RonPaul2008dotcom 24,379
38 vlogolution 23,505
39 Danielbeast 23,431
40 Emmalina 21,678
41 ItTakes5IVE 21,439
42 smpfilms 21,192
43 warnerbrosrecords 20,748
44 MadV 20,704
45 littleloca 20,194
46 rockongoodpeople 19,996
47 EclecticAsylumArt 19,937
48 mrpitifulband 19,761
49 sxephil 19,735
50 terranaomi 19,641

51 FilthyWhore 19,200
52 Katers17 19,040
53 MarkDayComedy 18,854
54 francisstokesdotcom 18,626
55 RyanLeslieTV 18,521
56 Blunty3000 18,467
57 valsartdiary 17,798
58 nalts 17,675
59 drewtoothpaste 17,477
60 cutiemish 17,448
61 NHLVideo 17,260
62 liamkylesullivan 17,072
63 prettyrickyvideos 16,978
64 ItsJustSomeRandomGuy 16,936
65 IanH 16,672
66 wantlieswiththat 16572
67 StevenTsapelas 16,450
68 davidchoimusic 16,288
69 NBA 16,239
70 mystoandpizzi 16,227
71 boburnham 16,107
72 BadBoyRecords 16,095
73 DiGiTiLsOuL 16,038
74 JustinSandercoe 15,768
75 phatfffat 15,689
76 ParisHilton 15,621
77 judsonlaipply 15,551
78 NeilCicierega 15,532
79 LazyLionsProductions 15,247
80 BBCWorldwide 15,217
81 jonastko 15,174
82 MediocreFilms 15,123
83 Paperlilies 15,019
84 NoHoGirls 14,718
85 Rubix89 14,713
86 ArtieTSMITW 14,680
87 GiR2007 14,615
88 JiveHonky81 14,549
89 gemmers19 14,483
90 roadrunnerrecords 14,387
91 YouTube 14,293
92 hoiitsroi 14,289
93 Rabix99 14,139
94 macpulenta 14,028
95 spricket24 13,674
96 MysteryGuitarMan 13,579
97 anafree 13,463
98 underoathmusic 13,329
99 peron75 13,206
100 citizenchong 13,051

Right at the top is of course smosh who remain right there, showing incredible staying power. In August 2007 Anthony and Ian had garnered an incredible 148,992 subscribers and had taken over top spot from the rapidly declining lonelygirl15. Now smosh enjoys the support of over 3 million subs. HappySlip is right at the top along with Lisa Nova's channel. Kevjumba was in 13th spot with only 47K subs?!

Charles Trippy had a mere 28,828 subs and CTFxC was still a long way off (this was pre-Alli and obviously Ms Speed and soon-to-be Mrs Trippy had a great effect on Charles' life). Natalie Tran's communitychannel had only 27,593 subscribers at this point.

Whoa. Way down at number 49 is sxephil (Philip DeFranco) with 19,735 subscribers. These days Phil gets 19K a week in subs across his many channels and is hovering near the Top 10 Most Subscribed. Katers17 is still making videos on her main channel but does daily vlogs as katersoneseven and is temporarily located in the states from her native England. Uncle Nalts is up there at number 58 with only 17K subs.

Looking towards the bottom of the list there is spricket24, MysteryGuitarMan (with only 13,579!) and peron75 which is Michael "WhatTheBuck" Buckley's 2nd channel.

If you're looking at these numbers in surprise, don't be shocked. Youtube has grown, mutated and grown again exponentially during the intervening 4 years and who knows who will still be around in another 4 years.

One thing to point out is that this list does not show a Ray William Johnson, Nigahiga or Fred. Some of the most popular Youtube channels today were active in August 2007 but were not even listed in the Top 100. Food for thought. There were many who gave up trying to be successful on Youtube back at this time thinking that the window of opportunity had already closed when actually it was being pried open even further. Look at the numbers in this list again and tell me you don't see potential for the future with this website.

Phil's Away, So Lets Have A Pillow Fight!

Right now PhilipDeFranco is relaxing in Europe, enjoyed a much needed vacation so he filmed the following video before he left.

PHIL NEEDS MORE VACATIONS! Who's with me on that? Sorry to the ladies who don't like this sort of video, but sometimes I think Phil is a freakin' genious lol. I can almost see the brain storming sessions "What do we do to keep the people in the DeFranco Nation entertained while Phil is away?" "I know, hot girls hitting each other with pillows!" Then every guy there is like, "I wanna film it!"



I don't know who the dark-haired girl is, but she looks like she would be a lot of fun. And the poor bald guy "I'm allergic to feathers", but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do. We all suffer for our art dude.

And here's the finished product:



Yes, Phil has transformed himself into a super-hot girl. I know it's untrue because if he could do that, he would never leave the house lol. And unfortunately, the transformation effect will likely wear off by the time Phil is scheduled to come back from vacation.

Also, if you want to win the headphones that Phil couldn't see, you have to go to the video, here and leave a comment and give the video a thumbs up and favorite the video.

One final question: who is this girl and does she have a Youtube channel?

Sxephil: WikiLeaks, Ruminations On A Tubby Kevin Smith And Phil Is A Misogynist Pig?!

Just finished getting my daily fix of Phillip DeFranco and he covered some of the big news stories we need to know about. I have been following the WikiLeaks story since it broke and it does seem that "someone" has it in for Julian Assange after he handed over information the U.S. government deemed potentially damaging to foreign relations. And now Assange is in jail without bail on a charge that may or may not have merit. Hmmm....



And as far as the Kardashian story, all I can say is why didn't the celebs just kick in some money if they believed so strongly in the charity? It is an excellent charity and deserves lots of support, but it seems Kimmy and her cohorts could have remedied the situation by simply tossing some of their own long green bills behind the charity rather than coaxing a rich pharma-dude into parting with his money.

I agree Kevin Smith needs to re-assess. Smith is all kinds of awesome, he makes funny stuff (not always but more than most) and when I found out he likes hockey, that made the man golden - I'm Canadian so if you are original AND funny AND share and share my affection for the best sport in the world. He does unfortunately cheer for the New Jersey Devils and on the Canadian side has an unhealthy appreciation for the show Degrassi but you have to overlook some character flaws and foibles to make the relationship work. Check out Kevin Smith on Twitter.

Phil DeFranco Explains Why He Posts Hot Girls On PhillyD.tv

Phil must get a lot of comments from women complaining about some of the pictures he puts up over at his blog (PhillyD.tv for the uninitiated) and they say he must hate women because of the pictures he puts up. Here's Phil explaining:



Hey, I have no problem with the pictures he puts up. Sure some are gratuitous, and just steamy, hot, barely dressed... hot... oh, sorry, I was distracted there. All I can say is if you don't like the pictures - don't look at them. There is a lot worse posted all over the Internet that I (and you) should have a problem with rather than some cheesy pictures of pretty girls, wearing... hot, girls...

Phil's girlfriend, the lovely LinzLoves (check out her channel) is okay with it, and seems to trust him, so maybe you should MYOB. If you don't like it, don't look at the pictures. With all the stuff online, getting wound up about these shots is just counter-productive.

As far as Phil girlfriend, Linz, she's been uploading videos on her channel about her trip to Italy and I was going to post something about her trip, so expect something in the next few days (or just go to her channel and watch all her videos).

Sxephil Discusses The Death Of Kim Kardashian And Tweeting To God

What? You didn't hear about Kim Kardashian's death? Well watch the latest edition of the Philip DeFranco Show and find out.



okay, so my future ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian is not dead after all, she and a bunch of other celebs are logging off Twitter and other social networks beginning December 1, 2010 to support the World AIDS Day charity work of Alicia Keys, a global Ambassador for the Keep a Child Alive charity.

And in case you didn't know, World Aids Day is also Phil's birthday, so send him some birthday love on Wednesday. I know that Phil reads this blog from time to time (for real, so Hey Phil!) My birthday doesn't fall on such a momentous day as Phil's, mine is in September and all I get is for a holiday is Yom Kippur and that actor/alleged wife killer Robert Blake shares the same birthday as me (yea). My birthday wish for Phil is of course, a very inappropriate patdown on his next flight by a busty asian TSA guard.

Loved the "Now Sponsored By Butterfingers" bit about Buffalo Bills' Steve Johnson's hamfisted catching attempt and his tweet in anger to God

And being a Canadian (yes, a horrid affliction, but we all have our crosses to bear), I am willing to overlook the Thanksgiving slam because of Phil pointing out that Canadian actor Leslie Neilsen had passed on. Little known fact, Neilsen's older brother Erik was Canada's Deputy Prime Minister in the 1980s-90s. He was so notoriously secretive the media dubbed him "Old Velcro Lips" (it's true!). But Leslie Neilsen will be missed. I still quote his "and don't call me Shirley!" line all the time.

Phil DeFranco Discusses Justin Bieber Winning The AMAs And "Half-Head Guy"

Not surprisingly (or maybe it was), Justin Bieber took home the bulk of the trophies at the recent American Music Awards and Philip DeFranco has some words about it. Also, he needs to reassure his viewer named "Steve" about his mom.



Best line: "I'm going to hell because the first thing I thought was 'Oh look, another young boy talking about Michael Jackson behind a stand.'"

And yes, Taylor Swift looked quite fetching. I may have to re-assess my rule about country singers. That dude with the mis-shapen head deserves some kind of pass. I sorta shuttered seeing it and was glad that Phil didn't show him again. If that makes me a shallow person, then hey, I'm shallow.

Fail Friday #3 With A Certain Mr Philip DeFranco

According to the viewers of last Friday's Fail Friday, the overwhelming choice was the ambulance dudes who decided to stop off on a Mickey Ds run rather than rushing to an emergency (that was my pick too by the way). Now what's Philip DeFranco have on the agenda for this week?



Always go with the crazy ex-girl friend flipping a match into buddy's car (especially after hearing the back story). The 2nd story about the guy getting tazed is although funny and unfortunate, pales in comparison to the story the first guy will be able to tell for the next 20 years "Oh, you know Amanda? Well let me tell you about Amanda..."

And here's a link to the Facebook page Phil's been pointing us to for the last several weeks: facebook.com/pages/StateFarmNation, hit like, then go to tab that says "Can I Get A..." to get to the contest.

Has Philip DeFranco Been Abducted By Aliens?!

Or he had the most adverse reaction to lack of sleep EVER. If you are following Philip DeFranco, you may know that he was in San Francisco taking a first peek at the movie Skyline (which looks interesting) as well as various meetings. But we get a sleepy Phil to tell us the news of the day:



Okay, what the heck just happened at the end? Was Phil sucked up into a UFO? Will they do all kinds of weird (lots of sexual stuff I'm guessing)experiments on our boy? More importantly, will he be back and well-rested for the next Philip DeFranco Show?

Have to admit that was not expected. Sci-fi special effects comes to the sxephil show lol.

As far as the news, that rocket that got fired from who-knows-where, by who-knows-who should be enough to give you the shudders because the gov't apparently doesn't know what happened. Hasn't someone received a phone call yet? Something like: "um, General? One of our missles is missing..."

He did include a link to an article about it: Missing California Missile, but I think I know what it was - it was buddy and his rocket jetpack that Phil was talking about yesterday: Jet Pack WIN!!!!!. He probably made one too many loop-da-loops resulting in a faceplant 20 miles off the California coast.

Before he um, left... Phil set up a YouTube playlist for a bunch of stuff about the movie Skyline that he mentioned early. So if you want more on that check out: Skyline Trailers & Stuff

DeFranco's PDS: Schwarzenegger, Dead Bunnies, And Zombies Oh My!

Yes, California's Governator, Ah-nold, probably tried the gangja at one point or another and discussed various highminded topics when he appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but as Philip DeFranco says in today's Philip DeFranco Show, the Twitterverse is all atwitter with speculation that Schwarzenegger isn't concerned with pot.



One other point Phil brings up is that YouTube has been acting very whonky for the last little while. I am one of the people anxiously awaiting new videos from all my favorite youtubers and they are not all making it through to my dashboard. After shaking my fist and other body parts in the general direction of YouTube, I've been clicking the button in the right hand corner of the Youtube page and checking my subs and seeing what new video has popped up (I just checked and there's one from the Shaytards that isn't showing on my screen - so I'll take a look at what Shay's been up to). I shouldn't have to do this! C'mon YouTube! Get your head out of your butt and FIX this. Okay, I'm good.

Phil does say he appreciates everyone finding their way to his videos and offers another option: the Official PhillyD iPhone App, so check that out so you don't miss any PhillyD deliciousness (yech, no need to gay it up Bradshaw).

And His Korean Neighbors Ate His Bunny Rabbit

I wonder what he said that prompted them to munch on Bugs. "Hey, you can have my bunny for Easter!" or "You can have Bugs this weekend". I'm trying not to laugh thinking of a teary-eyed eight-year-old Phil plotting some diabolical revenge against the neighbors. (And Mr and Mrs Kim were never seen again).

And Phil, like just about everyone else, is salivating at the chance of playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, but he will be out of town so no COD for him. I just watched the latest CTFxC video and Charles Trippy went and stood in line with about 70-80 other diehards at midnight last night to pick up the game. I've seen clips and it LOOKS AWESOME. But, this isn't a review of Black Ops...

Haven't seen the Walking Dead show yet, although I've read about it and being in Canada we get the "No Hulu for You!" brushoff. Guess I'll have to actually watch the TV to see it. And I think I almost threw up seeing the stunt dudes perched atop that Dubai building for the Tom Cruise film.

Face Time With Sxephil And His Book Update

This is something a little different from Philip DeFranco, a walk and talk vlog. Usually we catch a glimpse of Phil from deep inside the DeFranco bunker jump cutting through the daily news, but it was good to see him out and about early in the day.



Yes, it was a bit odd seeing the two bars on either side of Phil's noggin, but you have to agree that it was an interesting switch from his usually vloggitys. What did he have to say today? Well, we heard that he looks to have carried on with his book idea (you can see my post about PhillyD As A Published Author?). Phil says he's now up to about 30 pages and as he always says, he's a very busy guy, so getting a few minutes to sit down and write about his life, his experiences on YouTube and elsewhere and where he plans on going in the next few years is difficult to squeeze into his schedule. I for one would like to see this book when it's published.

Phil also fills us in on how he's doing on the battle to drop some of his tonnage. He's a big guy. Everyone seems to be surprised at how tall DeFranco is when they see him either in person or in comparison to other people in videos on Youtube, but because of his ongoing health issues, Phil has to be a little careful about his weight which has been trending upwards in the mid-200s. He has been using a personal trainer for the last couple of months and looks like he has lost a few more pounds (or it could just be 2 vertical bars sammiching his face, but being awake, outside and wandering around on the beach early is definitely what he needs to be doing on a regular basis if he wants to shed the fat. It is too easy to stay inside behind a computer and get little to no exercise and the pounds start to glom on to you.

So, for his update, DeFranco lets us know that he will be doing another interview (he just did one with NewTeevee last week: Phil DeFranco Talks About His Latest Interview), he's getting in a lot of exercise and his book project seems to be a go. Also, check out the photo bloggy thing he did with Olga Kay that he posted up at his website, PhillyD.TV: My Day in Pictures (November 6th, 2010).

Phil DeFranco's Fail Friday & An iPad Giveaway?

Looks like Phil DeFranco has another "Fail Friday" and once again, the links to the 2nd video don't work. Phil mentions a blooper reel (and shows some of it at the end of the video below), but his link to the video drop you off in the middle of Facebook. Going to his Facebook page and following the link to the bloopers from there - same thing and also the same from PhillyD.tv (his website). I'd have to say THAT is a fail, Phil!



Of the two examples Phil talks about, I think the first one is the more epic fail - ambulance dudes scarfing down some Wendys or Jack In The Box and then forgetting that they were supposedly working?

I do agree that it is a fail on the part of the legal system where the 2nd guy could be charged with a crime for defending his home from burglers. He'll probably get off easily and hopefully the idiot who got thumped with "a nearby blunt item" will think twice before trying to steal from someone else's home and whining because they prevented him from doing something that's illegal.

What's This About Phil Giving Away An iPad?!

Well, while I was running around between his channel, Facebook page and his website over at PhillyD.tv, I spotted this on his Facebook page:

Oh and Im giving away an iPad this month to a special subscriber. Keep up to date yo!

No further details given on his Facebook page about how or why or any terms or conditions, so if you are not yet subbed to his various channels and Facebook page, get it done so you can at least be in the running for the iPad with the million other Phil fans.

Phil DeFranco Talks About His Latest Interview

I've been subscribed to Philip DeFranco ever since I stumbled onto his channel back in the day and thought "Hey YouTube let's me make my own channel & I can subscribe to people like sxephil?! Awesome! Where's the make you channel button?" So yeah, Phil is one of the first youtubers I started watching with some degree of regularity. Just about everything he puts on YouTube passes in front of my eyes and being of a somewhat stalkerish mentality I look for anything and everything about my favorite people. And it looks like Phil's been interviewed by NewTeevee and Phil discusses the interview below:



If you want to take a look at the website with the interview, check it out here: 5 Questions With…YouTuber Phil DeFranco. The article does give some info about where Phil's at now, with his company "DeFranco, Inc." where he's the CEO (meaning Phil is the Big Kahuna) and links to an earlier article about Phil & Toby Turner (aka tobuscus) and the channel they are putting together called CuteWinFail that Phil's mentioned in past videos. That channel already has 68K subs and is growing, so you might want to look into subbing. Take a quick look at that article for some background details.

After reading the article I was thinking "Damn, I wish there was more to this article and a little more indepth" and here's Phil, being the good youtuber that he is, reading my mind and uploading an expansion on his answers. This is why I'm a member of his subscriber base and tell others they should be subbed to Phil.

TheWillofDC: Winners & Losers Halloween 2010

I don't know about you, but as a regular viewer of TheWillofDC's Winners & Losers I like how Will did this video rather than his other recent videos with the green screen. That said, there were some interesting developments in the rankings of the Top 100 Youtubers this week and Will lets us know what's what.



The big winner this past week was DieAussenseiter a German YouTube channel that moved up from 80th to 77th place on the overall Top 100. "DieAussenseiter" translates into english as "The Outsider". This does show the growth of the international scope of YouTube and other channels using languages other than primarily English should take heart and receive some motivation to keep working to make more videos and channels in their native languages - there are audiences in every country that want great content in their own language. Below is a Halloween video from DieAussenseiter.



DieAussenseiter is made up of two German brothers: Alexander "Sascha" Koslowski and Dimitri "Dima" Koslowski and their channel now has 437K subscribers and 111 million views! Those are some solid numbers.

According to Will, the biggest loser seems to be therealdemilovato channel which garnered only 2,903 new subscribers over the last 2 weeks and fell to 49th place from 44th. It looks like Demi Lovato's in a new series called Sonny With A Chance (that seems like a re-run of 57 other Disney shows - hope that didn't sound too harsh). They've released a bunch of clips of the series on Demi's channel, but nothing truly unique content-wise, just more from the Disney machine. If you want to see a clip with Shaq, check it out:



Ray William Johnson Got 73,000 New Subscribers?!

Yes, Ray keeps on generating massive numbers in the subscriber race more than doubling Nigahiga's new subscribers 35,013 with RWJ getting 73,252 new subs. That is amazing. Last year when it was Shane Dawson pulling the big numbers, I'm pretty sure even Shane didn't get that many all at once. Ray William Johnson is still about 600,000 behind Nigahiga but Ray's gaining on him fast. It's probably only a matter of time before there's a new number one most subscribed on YouTube.

Also, Fred got passed by Shane Dawson for 3rd overall. Poor Fred who everyone loves to hate was once the big kahuna but he's slipping. His numbers are still solid, but Smosh is breathing down the little guy's neck (Anthony and Ian are about 100K behind Fred).

A couple of other big name Youtubers that Will didn't mention are sxephil and realannoyingorange who are neck and neck for 9th and 10th spots, with collegehumor and davedays both really, really close behind.

Fail Friday With Phil DeFranco & Epic Sxephil Face Fails

Looks like Philip DeFranco has finally brought us the anticipated Fail Fridays where he points out a couple of the biggest fails for the week and viewers vote which one was the larger fail. Got it? Good.



Personally I would have to say sleepwalking shotgun dude (Phil didn't say whether or not he survived) over the wacky waiter with the mega-death hot sauce. I just checked and they do have the stuff on Amazon so I'll put up a link to it if you are brave enough to grab some of that liquid fire. When Phil was talking about this story, my mind went to the dirtiest place and thought "bodily fluid" (a collective "ewwww" goes up from my readership) but it was just the hot sauce from a bottle variety.

So, of the two fails, which do YOU think was the greater showing of total ineptness?

Plus - what do you think about the State Farm sponsorship of the video? Me, I have no real problem with it, but some viewers may think "Phil, buddy, you sold out to the man for just a few bucks?" and you would be entitled to your opinion. State Farm is a massive company and getting corporate sponsorship shows that there some acknowledgement of the size of DeFranco's audience - which is not something we usually see on YouTube.

Phil also mentions that there is a Facebook page that shows everyone's favorite Phil Face Fails, but the link he gave doesn't work. He'll probably fix it on monday's show. Or you could just check out Phil's Facebook Fan Page where you can get some updates on what sxephil is up to when he's not in your face on YouTube.

But to tide you over, below is a video you probably haven't seen of a bunch of epic face fails by Phil that was put up by EpicFaceFails. Enjoy.



And if that's not enough for you, check out their video of Ray William Johnson.

Sxephil's Latest Make-Over

I just watched Philip DeFranco's latest video and I don't know if you noticed, but Phil's looking a little different. No, I don't mean ("Hey Phil's lost some weight" - yes he has), but the style of the show has morphed again. DeFranco is on his game when he's doing his sarcastic take on the news and this is Phil on hyperdrive. There is a new blue background and he's classed it up with a nice suit jacket, but it is still your buddy sxephil bringing you what you need to see.



I wasn't too keen on his previous video when he wore the glasses (I got a weird Michael Buckley-esque vibe lol) and he had a bit of a Max Headroom thing (going way back for that reference), but I like the new look.



If you are one of the over 1.3 million subscribers to Phil's main channel, what do you think of the new look to the show?

Phil DeFranco Discusses The Merits Of Inez Sainz's Booty & Saudi Arms Deals

I don't care what you say, Phil DeFranco aka Phil DeFranco is one funny dude. He talks about the awesomeness that is Inez Sainz's hindquarters and then changes gears and talks about the latest U.S. arms deal to Saudi Arabia and generates laughs all the way through.

Also, the problem of "Old People Bangin'" kicks off the latest PDS and it's almost a public service announcement to tell the oldsters to wrap that thing up! There's an huge increase in the viagra-set for STDs and I dunno if it's all viagra's fault. It could be that older folks just aren't as smart as we give them credit for - or it could be the old story of blood flow being diverted from the brain to "other areas" when people get sexually aroused. "What would Jesus do?" Lol.

And of course a bunch of Heidi Montage pictures. I don't care one whit about Heidi Montage as an actress, but I do have to agree with Phil on this one, even if she's "surgically enhanced" like most guys I can't tear my eyes away.

Article Out Says 10 YouTube Stars Making $100,000 A Year

There's an article out stating that in all likelihood, at least 10 youtubers are raking in a minimum of $100,000 a year. Sounds sweet right? Below is the list of 10 YouTube Stars and their estimated yearly income from being in the YouTube Partnership Program.

10. Natalie Tran - communitychannel - $101,000
9. The Young Turks – The Young Turks - $112,000
8. Smosh – smosh - $113,000
7. Mediocre Films – MediocreFilms - $116,000
6. Shay Carl – Shaytards - $140,000
5. Fred – Fred - $146,000
4. Ryan Higa – nigahiga - $151,000
3. Philip DeFranco – sxephil - $181,000
2. The Annoying Orange – realannoyingorange - $288,000
1. Shane Dawson – shanedawsontv - $315,000

Now I just watched Phil DeFranco's latest Vloggity and he thinks there are several holes in the article. Like the fact that Ray William Johnson isn't even on the list. Ray's show, equals 3 gets about 25 million views a month and he's been getting new subscribers at an almost unbelieveable pace over the last year or so. Anyway, watch Phil's take on the article:



The basis on which they base their math is as follows:

- "Revenue only comes from banner ads served near content (we ignored pre-roll or overlay since we can't easily isolate by publisher).

- Since YouTube banner ads have a two-second load delay, we estimate 2.59% of viewers click away before an ad loads based on separate research.

- Ads were served near all videos that loaded (since there are partners, this is generally true).

- CPM for the banner ads was $1.50 (Google auctions a lot of this inventory off; we rounded this 2009 estimate down to be conversative).

- YouTube is splitting ad revenue with partners 50-50.

Basically, take their views from the past year, assume a few don't stick around long enough for an ad to load, divide that number by 1,000, multiply by $1.50 and divide that number in half."

Usually due to Google Adsense rules, most partners in the program are not allowed to disclose exactly what they make. You can still get some estimates around the Web, but really, only Google, YouTube and the individual YouTube Partners really know. You could use the formula given above to estimate what someone not in the Top 10 might be making, but it would still be faulty. They don't even take the ads that appear over the screen when you watch a YouTube partner's video because as the writer says because they "can't easily isolate by publisher."

So far, DeFranco's been the only one to come forward about this article but hopefully someone else will do likewise. I'd like to see what The Young Turks or Shane Dawson might have to say about it.

If you want to read the article, here's a link: Meet The YouTube Stars Making $100,000 Plus Per Year

Note: Here's Greg from mediocrefilms' video reaction to hearing he was flush with Youtube cash: Mediocrefilms Strikes Back Re: Making In Excess Of $100,000 On YouTube

Top 10 Old Spice Parodies On YouTube

I was just reading an article about The Top Ten Old Spice Parodies On YouTube at a website called socialtimes.com where they list what they feel are the best take offs on the half nekked Old Spice dude.

They are based on those “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” commercials that have spawned all those replies from the Old Spice guy replying to sxephil and Alyssa Milano among others. I posted on Bradshaw's Blog about them here if want to see some of them: Old Spice Man Responds To PhillyD, Alyssa Milano & Others.

New Channel By LinzLoves

Here is the first video by LinzLoves. She explains what her plans are for the channel and is asking for suggestions and ideas. She already has 15,701 subscribers! Linz is the girlfriend of Phil DeFranco, one of the top Youtubers (his main channel is sxephil which has well over a million subscribers).

Phil put a link to Linz' new channel and a bunch of his subs quickly spotted it and subbed - myself included. Although a lot of her subs are curtesy of Phil, mostly out of curiousity, Linz has been on Youtube before and has been seen in the background of several of DeFranco's videos, and many youtubers have wondered who the heck is the hottie Phil's so smitten with. I've seen several videos where Phil and Linz go to a social event filmed by other famous youtubers like Shay Carl or ijustine and you see glimpses of the elusive Linz but never really get a chance to get her on camera TALKING.

That is what this channel will likely be about - as she mentions in the video above. She also mentioned that she had set a personal blog at LinzLoves.com and I'll provide some link love by adding it to the blogs I follow on the sidebar (down, down the right side... keep scrolling til you find them). Her blog will primarily be her opinions about what she thinks about products or experiences she should try and then let readers know what's worth checking into. She suggested one idea of her enrolling at a trapese school which should prove interesting to see. And she promises a video with another of my favorite youtubers, Olga Kay (did you know that Olga has the Internet by the balls?).

I'm looking forward to seeing what Linz brings to the table. She does seem able to speak in front of a camera in a coherent manner without too many ums and uhs and is obviously attractive (always a plus).

Must admit I saw her new video in my dashboard and thought for a split second "Who is this pretty girl I subbed to?" and then realized it was the long anticipated first video and quickly clicked to watch. It does seem to me that most of what she will show will be more targeted to the female audience of Youtube, but that does kinda work like a yin/yang with Phil's style which I think is more for a guy's tastes (boobs - we like'm). She's got that first video under her belt so I'll give her a chance and wish her much success.

Here's another video that came out earlier this month where Phil sorta interviews Linz:



Plus she is apparently a bigtime baseball fan (as you can tell by the 2nd video). If you want to follow Linz on Twitter, her handle is bravesgirl5.

Charles Trippy The Golf Pro & The Chubby Bunny Challenge

Charles Trippy, Alli Speed, Phil DeFranco, his girl Linz and Tony from Prank vs Prank all go out to play mini-golf. You'll have to watch to see who wins. Also, Alli gets her footy on as Spain takes on Holland in the FIFA finals.

Before they head back to Florida to reunite with Zoe & Marley (who are probably wondering where mommy & daddy are). Charles films the Chubby Bunnie Challenge for Alli's channel. Lots of youtubers up in the CTFxC suite to stuff their faces with marshmallows. I spotted a reluctant Dave Storm, and Olga Kay pounding back the marshmallows lol. That's also Olga Kay doing the amazing juggling act in the middle of the video.

The video for Alli's Chubby Bunnie Challenge should be up on her channel by next tuesday.