Thursday, July 17, 2014

Is advertising through individuals the way to go?

Looking at the data provided by youtube on the advertising platform, I realized that as of September 2013, the most subscribed youtube channels was Pewdiepie with 13.9 million people. The 10th largest subscribed youtube channel was one direction with 8.7 million subscribers. In comparison, the largest subscribed brand channel is Redbull with “only” 2.8 million subscribers.

Original content “non-branded” content draw much more view and seems to be able to create more relevant content. Would therefore individuals be more potent spokesperson for a brand? Would the Steve Jobs channel be more popular than the Apple one?


Yet celebrities do not have as many subscribers as the individual content creators. As described by the CEO of red bull records, it seems that giving the customer control of the product is the first step to encourage sharing and widespread diffusion as people tend to respond more positively to seemingly independent content.

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