In 2016, YouTube culture played a huge role in peoples daily lives. It was the time before tiktok, it was the time when long for, video content was extremely popular. With vloggers like Casey Neistat, SoundCloud rappers like XXXENTACION , and beauty creators like NikkiTutorials a bunch of different people all across the world used YouTube to connect and create.
Some of the big trends were reaction channels, makeup tutorials, and drama pages. YouTube always catered to a younger audience and 2016 was really the birth of that. With children having longer access to the internet there was a lot that could be learned on YouTube. In 2016 the content restrictions were looser and not as enforced which creates large problems with kids having access to adult content that should not have been as readily available.
2016 was the big time shift in content creation, its the point in time where everyone wanted to be a YouTuber almost akin to today where everyone want the TikTok fame and glamour. More YouTubers started to come out with and partnerships earning them money. It’s when content creation really became a full time job and a great source of revenue.
