- This is what I would expect from a video with no views.
- (FBE) For this next video, you'll be the first person
to ever watch this on YouTube. - Ever?
You haven't even seen it? - (FBE) I haven't seen it.
- Wow! ♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (FBE) So today we're covering a website that we've talked about
here before on YouTubers React. It's called Randomly Inspired.
Had you heard of it before? - Mm-mm.
- (FBE) So on this site, you're able to watch videos
that currently have zero views on YouTube,
and be the first person to ever watch them.
- Oh my God, that's so exciting!
- Mmm, this is like StumbleUpon of the modern age.
- That's so smart! Like, that was me at one point.
I mean, and then I refreshed my own video and made my mom watch it.
- That's kind of amazing.
We have a segment on our show called Today On Awesome,
and any time we can showcase something that has under 10,000, love it.
- (FBE) So similar to how we covered this last time we did this,
we put together a short playlist of some of the no views videos
that we found when we were prepping this episode.
- Cool. - Okay.
- (FBE) That, you know, at this point may have some views now.
- Okay, got it.
- (FBE) But when we first discovered them,
they had zero views. - Beautiful!
- Close enough. - That's perfect.
- None of them have gone viral since then?
- Vee-rahl!
- (FBE) After, we'll have you go to the website,
where you will be the first person to ever watch
that particular video on YouTube.
- Okay, I'm excited, and as someone who made
garbage content for a very long time, I'm not looking forward to it.
- (man) Hurray! Yeah!
- Okay, no one's seen this, so I'm watching trucks right now.
I suppose you can see too.
(man babbles)
- What is that voice?
(record scratches) - (laughs) What is going on?
- (man) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! - So many cars!
- Someone took time to make this. - This seems like a lot of work.
- This is like, not the worst video I've ever seen,
that's supposed to be kids content, so far.
- (laughs) What am I watching?
- (man) Yeah! - What is this audio?
It's horrifying! (child laughs)
- What is with the sound effects?
- (man) Blue. - (laughs) Blue, okay.
- I feel like a child's TV show is just on a remix.
- (man) Wow! - (child) Nah, nah, nah, nah!
- Oh my God, the sounds! The sounds!
- Did you make this?
Did I?
- I'm very confused, I don't know what I'm watching.
- I'm like so invested on how random this video is.
I'm just like what's gonna happen next?
- Oh, we've all been there, right?
- What is happening? - I don't know what's going on there.
- (man) Oh, whoa!
- Oh there's some drama. Now it's a real YouTube video!
Now there's tea! - Oh wow, this is beautiful!
This is beautiful work! - Oh no!
Oh no, this is like a slime, but taken to a whole new level.
- ♪ Cat's in the cream jar ♪ ♪ ooh ooh ooh ♪
- (laughs) Is she gonna find a toy truck?
- Why am I watching a woman stick her hands in mud?
- Is that it? Okay! (laughs)
- Am I missing something? Or, does that just not make sense?
We're good, right? Okay!
- It had way more of a production value
Than I would have thought, considering that video has zero views,
and has made zero dollars, they really went out on a limb.
- I was thoroughly entertained.
Let's hope YouTube algorithm supports that, picks that up,
makes them go viral, a star, a star is born.
♪ (smooth jazz music) ♪ (narrator speaks in foreign language)
- 1.2 emotion that's my whole brand. - What, this has zero views?
(narrator speaks in foreign language)
- Is this like an infomercial?
- It looks like a used car... - Dealership.
- Yeah, like... - Showing it off.
- Yeah. - Yeah, this car's got a trunk.
Ooh, look at that radio station.
- Tuner radio, okay, so this is an ad for a old car.
- It is German, right? Wow that's a beautiful office.
Congratulations on your Chesterfield sofas.
♪ (smooth jazz music) ♪ - I like the music.
- (laughs) Oh, that's all the things that the car has.
- Oh, oh, they're selling me on the climate control,
the bumper carross, the Hoofdsteunen achtor!
- That's the whole video!?
- So, it was a Fiat selling company, that sold Fiats,
and they really wanted you to see this Fiat.
- I could see that with no views.
I feel like some dealership from wherever that was,
they just probably put it there, hoping that someone would see it
and buy the car?
- I'm surprised that only had zero views.
A lot of production value went into that.
That was beamed up into the sky, bounced off satellites
and back into this room for no one to see except us!
I feel blessed.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Does she have spikes on her butt? Genius, that's what I'm doing!
- Oh no, no, don't back into her, you're gonna get hurt!
(laughs)
- Oh! Whoa!
- Yeah, get poked! (laughs loudly)
- (laughs) What is this?
- Why did that guy do that?
And why does that girl have spikes on her butt?
- (narrator) Likee!
- I don't know if that was staged. If it wasn't, that was beautiful.
- What is Likee?
I'm assuming that's some sort of social media platform.
I don't think that would get many views.
- As much as I (laughs) being a hater on these zero view videos.
If you're making stuff and it's not getting views,
that doesn't mean stop. Continue to make.
It might be garbage, just get more and more of the garbage out,
and then eventually something will hook.
- (FBE) So now it's your turn to try the website out.
- I'm ready! - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
- (FBE) For this next video, you'll be the first person
to ever watch this on YouTube. - Ever? You haven't even seen it?
- (FBE) I haven't seen it. - Wow, now I feel honored!
- Ooooooh! Front row seats!
Let's do it!
♪ (somber music) ♪ - Oh, I feel so sad.
It, no, oh, I'm vegan! (laughs)
Ah, the internet, you never know what you're gonna get!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - Okay.
See I can't cook, so this could help me.
Alright, carrots. Okay, some fish.
Looks good.
Alright, he got that royalty free music.
I see you.
I'm not gonna lie, this look kinda good.
Now I'm a little hungry, so yeah, I liked it.
- Okay. (laughs)
This is what I would expect from a video with no views.
Just some random footage.
And it goes around and around.
Cool. That's a grade zero viewed video.
♪ (light piano music) ♪
- That's a good song.
Ooh, there was a beat drop. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪
(laughs) It's like high speed bottle capping, but the music is so like...
That was, that was it. So groundbreaking, oh my God.
Profound. Well said.
♪ (upbeat Indian language music) ♪
- My people, it's my people!
I can't!
Hello people of India, I love you guys.
They're my people. Perfect choice of music.
- (child) I got it. - He got it.
- (child) There's a bunch of snow! - And there's a bunch of snow!
It's a cliffhanger is what it is! What happens next?
There's actually something pure about seeing that sort of video.
It reminds me of early stage Twitter, where I would just share
stuff that I was doing that was not interesting.
Everyone already knows the big thing, right?
So it kinda makes sense to have a place that caters
to the exact opposite, right?
To see the thing that no one's ever seen before.
- Wait, wait, wait, this is like some conspiracy theory [bleep].
Oh my God, they're brainwashing us. - Yeah.
- Elliott, we are fully [bleep] brainwashed.
- That's the all-seeing eye.
More of the all-seeing eye. - More of the all-seeing eye.
- What happened on May 7th? - But what the concept of makes it is?
What happened on May 7th?
That's clearly a vagina. This is... oh my God.
Hold on, I gotta feel like, I'm sorry I got a whole...
- Wow, I don't have any comments on that,
but I will say I feel like I trust the government more.
The ability to find a truly random thing is kinda hard.
So that, I can see that it serves a function.
I don't think I'll use it.
♪ (serene music) ♪ (woman speaks in foreign language)
- (laughs) I feel so rude laughing right now.
It's a problem.
Was she in agony? What's happening here?
♪ (serene music) ♪
Okay, now there's singing, okay.
- ♪ (woman sings in foreign language) ♪
- That riff though, okay. Wait a minute.
I'm actually living for this. Come through vocals, no views?
Excuse me, that's kind of rude!
♪ (tense game music) ♪
- Oh, we got gameplay of Final Fantasy VII!
We got Cloud jumping in the helicopter mobile.
I've never played Final Fantasy VII.
So now I can feel like I've played it, 'cause I'm just watching
someone else play it for four and a half hours.
Now I don't have to be ashamed when I go anyone's house
that likes video games, and they start talking to me
about Final Fantasy VII.
- (narrator) This property is a three bedroom, two and a half bath--
- What the [bleep] is this?
- (narrator) The approximate square footage is--
- Well we got a realtor, okay, let's, alright.
- (narrator) Louisa Ward with RE/MAX Excalibur.
- Aw, we got Robyn Viktor and Louisa Ward.
Now they look like two friends of a different nature.
Robyn's kinda the fun one, she likes to go out,
but Louisa, she's book smart, and she knows how to sell a house.
But Robyn knows how to sell a house, you know what I mean?
Together they make a great pair.
Robyn and Louisa. RE/MAX Excalibur.
Join whatever the [bleep], buy their houses,
I don't know what they're doing. That's great, aw.
I love any site that promotes sort of randomness in the brain.
You know, I feel like Chatroulette or Omegle were kinda like
the starts of "oh, I wasn't expecting!"
Anything that gets you out of writers block
or thinking a certain way.
- (FBE) So as an online creator yourself, you know how much
first views matter, especially in the early days of your channel.
With that in mind, can you talk a little bit more
about why this concept of being the first person
to view a video in this way, and why that's special.
- I mean, it's like, the first view can spark
an entire career on YouTube, if you think about it.
In the first like inspiration, the first person to comment
like "oh, this is great, I like it!" Can really change someone's life.
- People like to be the first to do something.
That's why people get in line to get the first iPhone.
When you're very excited about something, or you're like
a very big fan, I think it's exciting.
- There's something nice in travelling a road
that people haven't gone down yet.
Maybe it's the same reason why you watch NASCAR,
when you're not a NASCAR fan.
You're like we might see something completely messed up,
and so that's why I'm here.
- This type of thing, with this Inspired website,
it feels like you're watching a secret 'cause no one knows about it.
- Yes! - And so it feels,
it's the only way I think that I've ever experienced YouTube
where it feels like you're watching it by yourself.
- Voyeuristic in a weird way. - Yeah, every other video
is like I'm watching this video with two million other people.
- Yes, yeah! - Or 50,000 other people,
who've seen this before me.
So there's a little bit of like I'm joining a club feeling,
and this is like I'm in a closet by myself
and I don't know if I should be here.
- YouTube is all about rewarding things with a ton of views,
and there's really no focus on bringing up new people.
So now I feel like people are probably gonna use things like this
to be the first person to view pieces of content,
because there's no other way to find it!
- It's special because it is hard to be the first viewer of any video.
In order for you to be the first viewer of a video,
you either have to know the person who uploads it
and wait for them to upload it and then click on it,
or just happenstancually find the video, which is slim pickings.
It is cool to expose yourself to new and interesting
and horribly unentertaining things.
- (FBE) So finally, what advice do you have for any creators out there
looking to get their first views on YouTube?
- Oh, well, it's really easy. Show it to your mom first.
Then you're automatically at one view. Just keep posting on social medias
and bugging people to watch it. You'll get there.
- You have to remember who you are as a person,
and you have to stay true to that, and your content has to match that.
Don't worry about the views. Worry about the content you're posting
and what it does for other people and to other people.
- Cater to the community that you're a part of.
If it's Instagram, engage, right? Interact.
The real interaction with one another that we loved and craved
in early days when I was getting almost no views.
All the algorithms favor that, because it's the most human
and social of behaviors.
- Views, it's like okay, cool. Analytics are nice and everything,
but I want to influence people.
Like what is my content actually doing for people?
Is it changing their lives for the better?
Like taking a second to get away from their problems
and laugh a little bit? That's what means the most to me.
- Just keep doing it 'cause you love it,
and people will cling to that, and also it's gonna take you
a while to find out what works for you
to get into a rhythm. You just gotta be patient,
and take care of yourself, you know?
- Just know that it does take a while sometimes.
Not everybody is like an overnight success.
I know there's a lot of those on YouTube,
but you have to understand there's millions of other people
also on the Platform. Don't go crazy for it,
and have fun!
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- Hi guys, I'm J.C., producer at FBE.
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