The international phenomenon of teen YouTube stars is, by now, well-trodden ground – but who are the young YouTube superstars in Australia, and what are they peddling? (On that note, many of the Australian YouTubers I spoke to suggested large slices of their audiences are from overseas, while the young Australian viewers also mainly watched international accounts. RackaRackaGenre: ComedyMost popular video: 55m viewsSubscribers: 4.5 millionI’ll just say it: the Adelaide-based comedy collective RackaRacka’s WrestleMania video is one of the finest works of satire in years. “When I was six, I loved playing with dolls and I’d been starting to watch YouTube videos so I asked my dad to film me doing a tour of my doll house. Georgia ProductionsGenre: Lifestyle/comedyMost popular video: 3.2m viewsSubscribers: 253,000Georgia is a 17-year-old self-described “aspiring YouTuber” whose “random and relatable” videos speak, presumably, directly to her peers.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2018 23:26 UTC