I Watched EVERY YouTube Rewind to answer this question.

[@AnthonyPadilla]

yo this was fucking epic and i almost shit myself when i saw the thumbnail

[@fezvoid]

legend

[@danniellagabuco9340]

Smosh will forever be GOAT

[@mister_fabuloso1259]

you got good content bro that's why you're in the thumbnail

[@genaisabelle8959]

Lol imagine

[@noneofyourbusiness5754]

what stopped you?

[@Zipzapadam]

With no more rewind, KZbin should make their own version of "Spotify Wrapped." It would be great to see what channels I watched the most throughout the year, what music I listened to, etc.

[@angrykitten9441]

That is such a great idea!

[@NotLucas0]

Bruh

[@wandren912]

but first they gottta get their shit together and fix monetization and dislikes and etc

[@sage8339]

They already have that for yt music, so they definitely could! I'd be super down for that

[@wandren912]

@@sage8339 wait thats a feature there?

[@helix1079]

2012: This was such an important year for KZbin, so influential and culturally significant. Literally one year later: I feel like this was the beginning of the end.

[@JamesDude100]

I mean 2013 wasn’t a bad year either. That’s when Pewdiepie got the respect he deserved from KZbin. Then a few years later, KZbin dropped him hard

[@beatm6948]

2017 was truly the start of the end

[@gassyroyalnova2582]

@@beatm6948 2015 was already dropping hints at where youtubes focus was going

[@Mikesgotcoins]

2012 will forever be unbeatable

[@mortalman5688]

2013 was goated 2014 was the beginning of the end

[@lrgogo1517]

The chat was understandably upset when Ludwig didn't bother to watch 2017's animated segment during the credits

[@B1llyW4lt3nF1l3s]

Best part of rewinds were the animators fr

[@monicag_00]

i firmly believe that youtube rewinds started going downhill when they started letting people talk in them

[@Tofu_Kiki]

@@レイナちゃん-q2o no

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

@@レイナちゃん-q2o no

[@kemma_]

@@レイナちゃん-q2o literally, your mom 🚶🏻

[@pvpprs]

why

[@dinofeino1811]

That's fair, I kinda agree. I can see it

[@sladepyke3967]

The twitch chat underneath Lud’s camera will always be in our hearts.

[@rain1706]

o7

[@dianasaur2442]

He can still have chat on screen idk why he doesn't

[@firsttofi8471]

@@dianasaur2442 probably cuz it doesn't look the same or is able to be on screen the same way or something looks bad, they kinda have the only way that ppl fw now with the see through black behind the og twitch chating don't so u can read it clearly but still see full screen

[@baussify]

@@firsttofi8471 the extension came out today so maybe he can make it look like twitch chat again

[@dianasaur2442]

@@firsttofi8471 chat is still see through on KZbin, if it works it works in my opinion but I get that people got attached to the twitch aesthetic.

[@chapliz]

i love that 2012 is “year of the creator, super influential” but 2013 is “the beginning of the end” like damn we peaked QUICKLY

[@chapliz]

@@イズミちゃん-k4h no thank you

[@secondheaven9545]

I think the fall started in 2015 personally, a lot less energy than the others, picked back up in 2016, then bombed in 2017. ngl tho, I thought he was reviewing the rewinds and when he put 2018 in good year, I almost threw my iPad

[@fredfondler7281]

Yeah the crazy thing about that is that Lud is wrong and stupid and dumb and 2013 was actually banging and he's wrong and an idiot for saying otherwise

[@CU-Later]

@@fredfondler7281 Yeah, it kinda feels like he started with the intent of reviewing the rewinds, then switched to what he ended with because of those rankings.

[@hambacon559]

@@fredfondler7281 13 and 14 were peak rewinds imo. I have a lot of good memories of watching them over and over.

[@sentry4360]

Pewdiepie starting his rewind off with the Logan Paul forest sound byte is the most out of pocket within field shit ive ever heard 🤣 my jaw dropped

[@littledewdroplets]

Ludwig recognizing people but not recognizing trends/challenges/specific cultural things that where huge in any single year or not understanding why they were on the videos made me realize how much KZbin Rewinds lost their identity in the last years.

[@infinite683]

It’s kinda like he said, KZbin after 2017 or so became so diverse by category that there’s no way to appeal to most of the audience in 8 minutes. For people in the gaming space like Ludwig, you’ll miss a lot of the stuff on the outside with how big gaming has become and the fact the YT algorithm stopped promoting gaming after 201.

[@typowynieogar]

Before the 19.000.000 dislikes on 2k18,i never knew rewinds existed

[@blipblop1112]

I mean, he kinda new on youtube after he moved from twitch

[@thebstar1366]

I feel like what's also missed is all the "viral videos" cameo like the super hero kid shooting at the zombie baby prank that scares the girl that doesn't want her brother to get old. That's literally 3 huge viral videos one after the other being referenced in 1 scene. (It's at 9:02 ). This is why IMO old youtube was way better in terms in of Rewind videos. It wasn't only creators coming in and doing something as part of a cameo but also reference to viral things. in the 2013 one which he called cringe, you have kid president which was big back then, all the goats referencing that goat singing instead of singers trend, You have the real beauty sketches mixed in with Convos with my 2y/o, you have prancersise done by the actually lady from the viral video, You have the girl from the interpretation dance video recreating it followed by the bar mitzvah dancing kid recreating his dance. I feel like that's the big difference between now KZbin/Internet and then KZbin/Internet. Things that went viral were seen by almost everyone. Now it's all curated for you so you might miss out on something that others think is "viral". Which is why I feel like later rewinds fail. Not only do they try to cram a lot of people in a video they don't have much to reference in terms of viral videos/trends. In 2018 they used such board terms as viral ideas like Mukbangs, Fortnite and Kpop. Instead of doing like pewdiepie did and dug up viral memes and viral youtube moments even if controversial.

[@PrincessAliceManor]

I think by Rewind 2018, people were starting to see how YT was changing to appeal to advertisers and companies rather than the actual communities that made the platform as successful as it is/ was and this video was the final nail in the coffin showing that...

[@exitpath2]

KZbin history feels so weird being nostalgic even though it feels like 10 seconds ago.

[@MAJ0ROCEL0T]

Honestly it's crazy how breakneck shit has been since 2018. Like it does NOT feel like it's been 3 years since everyone was shitting on Will Smith with the THATS HOT meme.

[@angelvu]

@@MAJ0ROCEL0T it feels like last year…

[@apartofme]

@@MAJ0ROCEL0T wtf that was 3 years ago? You literally could have told me it was last year and I would have believed you. That's insane

[@AHMADASHKANANI2]

10 seconds ago was the time where i didnt read this comment

[@exitpath2]

@@apartofme I literally still quote things from that rewind ironically, and it was 3 years ago? What the fuck.

[@KingPineapple]

How I see it: 2005-2009 - Someone pointed out that this era is a myth and that’s literally a perfect description. The prehistoric era. 2010-2013 - The Golden Age of KZbin. It’s a lot of wholesome content that is probably cringe looking back on it but every creator was genuine and built the foundation for KZbin. 2014-2016 - Everything started to get bigger. More and more creators started to rise and KZbin felt like one giant community. The corporations were slowly starting to creep in however… (imo this was peak KZbin) 2017 - We don’t talk about this year. 2018-2019 - This is the start of where KZbinrs started to feel more like brands rather than creators. Money seemed to be a main drive for many, and content didn’t seem all that genuine. Internet culture also became “disfunctional” and “batshit insane”. Corporations have pretty much become a part of KZbin. 2020-Now - This time period was probably not what people wanted, but honestly it’s what people needed. A lot of reflection occurred during the pandemic, and overall brought the community closer. The big creators were struggling with ideas and ways to create, but the smaller creators thrived and grew as a result. As we gained a little bit of normalcy, it has seemed to be a good balance of creators. Conclusion: There has been high peaks and low lows with KZbin, but there could be a bit of optimism moving (only a bit, they can totally ruin this site if they felt like it)

[@aadityasharma6855]

2017's production quality tops every thing

[@kiwikiwi2483]

I think this is VERY accurate especially with 2020-now Also oh my gosh, 2017 KZbin was a war zone oh my goodness....

[@vari_8580]

dude, you’re so right with 2020 being a year of smaller creators. i felt like i RARELY ever watch a video from a mainstream creator from that year and i started to watch more smaller creators because i feel like the trending tab is basically dogshit cause of what happened in 2018

[@Jack_Simpson]

2005-2009 is basically myth at this point.

[@jazzman7842]

for youtube, 2021 is probably the worst. KZbin keeps suggin the balls of corporations with frequency and removed the dislike button so that the companies wouldn't get massive dislikes on literally every video because it's trash.

[@crypticanexe]

2015 rewind is so nostalgic to me. I watched Mark before that year, but I remember so vividly seeing him in the rewind, watching with my friends, and being so excited that a CC I adored was there. 7 years later, and he's still one of the best IMO. Good times.

[@chickenkat496]

SAME because of Mark and Mat i was so into FNAF

[@AllisonPendy]

Ludwig not recognizing anyone from the beginning of 2014 just makes me realize that we were on completely different sides of KZbin lmao

[@nate.draws.things]

It's the same for so many people as well lol. Starting around 2013, the site got so big you could be in one part of the community and never watch stuff from another part. The gaming, vlog, beauty communities etc. were all super insulated.

[@rosyhvideo2587]

Lol 😂

[@blipblop1112]

I started watch KZbin in 2016, and i have no idea rewind exist lmao

[@shabnam414]

@@blipblop1112 same haha

[@shellephant552]

Honestly I don't think I've watched a single person that was in a KZbin rewind

[@alfirstar]

As someone who doesn't remember teenage and young adult years this video made me feel somewhat warm inside. I remembered watching these rewinds for the first time when they premiered. Made me see the perspective of those years, they weren't that long ago. Thanks Ludwig and Shake for that nice experience, great video :)

[@sw4mpy]

Same here. It's weird getting those flashes of memories, but it's still kinda nice bc of the nostalgia of it all!

[@SmoothTurtle840]

How do you not remember those years at all? Like, I get that certain eras in your life can become a blur, but it seems odd to me that someone wouldn’t remember half of a decade. Maybe that’s just because those were my formative years (middle school, mostly) so I remember them pretty well.

[@alfirstar]

@@SmoothTurtle840 I know facts of my life at the time, but from what I learned others have said, not my own POV, and remember certain moments and how they made me feel. So it's not, like, bad, i just don't understand how people can recall that period of time of and on their own. I just don't have strong long memory, but tbh I don't have any reason to make it accessible again, although it does feel nice when I can resurface more nostalgia i didn't know i had like from this video :)

[@DSFII]

@@alfirstar same

[@1nferno]

@@alfirstar I've never had someone put into words, I can only remember stuff from like a few years ago, maybe 3 or 4 years vividly and the rest is just non existent, sometimes even people I've met 1 or 2 years ago just don't exist to me anymore. Kinda sad but I'd rather forget everything than remember every thing

[@AbroadinJapan]

I can't believe you put yourself through this mate 😂

[@askatamvan1054]

I didn't know you watch Ludwig Dave, nice

[@No-jo1qo]

Oh, hi Chris

[@FIREWING760]

Hey look, it’s George Japan! (Jk I love your videos Chris)

[@betoag15]

Hello Chris great to see you are a Ludwig Fan!

[@bootleg6477]

Whats up Johnson McCrane?!

[@hjonk8434]

The fact that he didnt recognize dan and phil already spells the end for him imo

[@JoshuaR.Collins]

2013's rewind is S tier, You can't judge just on music, it was overflowing with references to creator made viral videos

[@wolfdragon4176]

Yeah and the music was a huge part of that year for me at least like 2011-2013 had some str8 bangers that when I listen to them I get a huge wave of nostalgia

[@Gunrayz]

Facts!

[@notadoge8178]

@@APimpNamedSlickBak which was also S tier

[@Hailex5]

he even skipped the best slow mo guys part from that video :(

[@persona2is]

@@APimpNamedSlickBak but my brba reference :(

[@katielicheni9451]

The first youtube rewind I ever saw was 2014 and i remember LOVING it at the time. I think it was because nobody knew "youtubers" yet and it felt like a little secret community where I knew all the people in the vid and understood all the references when lots of other people wouldn't have. It's obviously outdated now but it still has a place in my heart

[@SouledOutToChrist]

Exactly what made youtube rewinds good

[@highdefinition450]

still great tho the previous version was better, they reuploaded it iirc. or maybe that was 2013 but i think it was 2014

[@callnight1441]

Yeah. Thats my thoughts with the early rewinds. 2014 was also my first one

[@Sadako2602]

I remember in 2015 literally showing my mom my favorite KZbinrs like "look mom that guy HolaSoyGerman I showed you last week is famous!"

[@freebooterluckless]

One thing I hate to watch as someone who practically grew up with KZbin, is that slowly over the course from 2012 to now, the censorship and increasing amount of ads have degraded this platform (never forget the Adpocolypse and the deaths of Filthy Frank, among other creators )

[@luigi_fan2989]

Joji left to pursue music

[@Daared81]

@@luigi_fan2989 True , but he talked about those things befor moving over to music. The main problem is , if you do not get monotized (even if you find some other way of making money of your videos) , then youtube wont make any money off your videos ( you will only be a burden) and you won't get promoted by the algorithm. Which means that it's basicly the advertisers who chooses what Content are acceptable or not.

[@advitshah8139]

I was legitmately surprised that the only mention of FlithyFrank was the Harlem Shake throughout all rewinds

[@podefunder]

Complaining about the loss of FF yikes

[@Maltesfilm]

@@podefunder why is that a yikes lol?

[@chloeselvey]

the creator-made rewinds (pewds and me beast’s) are so good though because they are focusing on memes and things that actually happened instead of just getting as many big creators together as possible

[@cscpmc]

10:47 "He's traveling back in time to stop himself from saying the n-word" followed immediately by PewDiePie getting launched into another timeline had me dying

[@mattygee6852]

11:05 I like that, regardless of how different they are, when ever people think of gaming youtubers they think of jacksepticeye, markiplier and pewdiepie. Like it rolls off the tongue to say the three and just generally regarded as the most recognisable

[@hannahjwhitson]

The father, the son, and the Holy Spirit

[@mattygee6852]

@@hannahjwhitson i- ... you know what yeah

[@Em-._.-]

I frequently forget jacksepticeye and markiplier exist lol

[@mattygee6852]

@@Em-._.- kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3Ouc2l_atOmqJY

[@Em-._.-]

@@mattygee6852 dude I was contributing to the conversation. Maybe you should look in the mirror to figure out who asked 🤷

[@jino18]

Ludwig not knowing the trends of these years is why he rated some lower than they should've. People who were watching daily life and challenges KZbinrs since like 2012 know nearly everyone for the next few Rewind years. I think Lud just had a skewed perspective due to him being more on gaming youtube than anywhere else. For example: He said “KSI!” when I said “Caspar Lee & KSI!” He said “Pewdiepie!” when I said “Zoella & Pewds!”

[@Marnige]

This.

[@NamaJeff]

Mostly because KZbin became too big for its own good. It got to the point where they needed to cram in every popular creator from every genre and every country into rewind in order to have someone for everyone. There are probably hundreds of channels with over 10 million subs that you could realistically never know about today, where in 2012 there was like 15 big creators that everyone knew.

[@homoerectus3355]

The Casper lee and zoella thing is probably because he’s American, most Americans weren’t aware of and didn’t watch that group of yotubers with Caspar lee and zoella and stuff but Ksi and in particular pewdiepie were way more well known

[@mutotoru]

There's people in the livestream commenting DAN AND PHIL right where Ludwig was like "I don't know who half this people is". 2013 was such a strong incredible time in terms of content creators, and honestly, the KZbin Rewind for that year was one of the best. They really tried to include anyone and I would say they almost succeeded.

[@AT-xd5ul]

True, when he said that he didn't recognize anyone in 2014 and I kept seeing my that time favorites every second😂

[@andrewprahst2529]

Finally someone acknoledged the significance of 2016 in meme culture. So good to reminise where we've come from. Makes you feel less alone when you have a shared history.

[@ballisticattackgoat]

2012 was THE year for the internet to truly gain it's culture.

[@bishhsasspusi2904]

for some reason the hoax of the world ending in 2012 and not happening woke up something inside of people and shifted the ways of the world.

[@LordMegatherium]

I know what you're trying to say but at the same time people do grew up in Chan culture etc. will feel very different 🙂

[@andreasfrost-blade4689]

@@LordMegatherium Chan culture like 4 Chan or something less funny

[@MrCrunch808]

@@bishhsasspusi2904 Turn out the end of the world is not that far away, it just 2040!!!!

[@thebigsam]

Well, there were subcultures for years at this point, but 2012 was the year when everything became so interconnected, you could really tell THE internet culture started forming

[@bollorice7177]

One thing he skipped over is how 2017 was the start of major family friendly enforcement. That's what makes 2016 goated And the start of KZbinr corporatisation with sponsors starting to have a bigger influence over content

[@jacobavila2020]

And we can’t forget filthy frank was on top in 2015/16 because it was before the family friendly enforcement

[@angusmarch1066]

2020 was the year of what I call the "Duration Chasm" where videos became either 30 second shitposts or half an hour to 3hr essay length pieces about extremely niche subjects and there is no in between. The ten minute video is dead, videos now take up a full day to listen to and theyre not afraid to go balls to the wall. 2hrs, 4hrs, 6 hrs. Its gotten so that a 1hr video feels short.

[@phoenixflambe3319]

And a lot of time wasted. At least I watch Vanoss since it's short enough. I kinda stopped watching Mark aside from reusing stock expressions is that most of his videos are long so i couldn't catch up anymore. And it's too late since I'm working now

[@Axilstealspie]

tbh I've enjoyed this.

[@pupsinsbarks]

I think a lot of it is also that it was around 2020 when the meta emerged of streaming on Twitch and then posting either a raw or edited VOD to KZbin, making it a lot easier to do long-duration content because you could justify it by double-dipping on the creator side.

[@unicorntv2048]

I remember back in 2018 the entire youtube community waited for the rewind in excitment because of the AMOUNT of ACTUAL CONTENT we had. Raging from memes to music. It was a goated year, so the rewind was truly disappoiting.

[@noellesears10]

this just made me realize 2018 memes have had so much longevity and cultural impact, all current memes feel like they can only be understood in the context of 2018

[@SnehaR1309]

I was so confused when I saw the 2018 memes bc all it felt like they literally just happened

[@marissam3176]

@@SnehaR1309 yah it took me a second to realize it’s been 3 years.

[@ciaojay7025]

​@@marissam3176 well it's half a decade now but it still feels like yesterday

[@dorkyderpterio8649]

2013 to 2014 were the rise of "relatable" contents hence Dan And Phil being there because they were kind of the pinnacle "lol so random but I'll cringe about this later" and by the end of 2014 was the rise of KZbin music artist like Christina Grimmie, PTX and other singers that were growing on the platform along with gaming

[@alecg7567]

Christina, may she rest in peace, is briefly in the 2011 rewind.

[@malachia2888]

When did we start caring whether or not something was cringe? I miss when things were just enjoyed. And, even if you didn’t like it, you could still respect the creativity behind it. The Harlem Shake was a pretty awesome thing back when it came out.

[@Whiistledx]

It's 2021 and status means a lot now sadly, people don't wanna be grouped up with someone who enjoys nyan cat and annoying orange and stuff like that. I'll admit I don't want to watch any of it anymore since I'm grown up now, but I do appreciate what they did and stood for. It was entertainment, to some, it still is.

[@jino18]

Same! As someone who's been watching KZbin since 2012, I miss when I first saw the YTRewinds and actually enjoyed them without worrying about how popular it was to hate on it tbh

[@rileyrose5166]

Honestly yeah, cringe culture was one of the worst things to happen to the internet.

[@aina3551]

Cringe culture has existed forever tbh. They just didn’t call it cringe back then, but its most definitely there.

[@homelessend8557]

Growing up and looking back at embarrassing things, or seeing weird stuff that's just plain "wtf" to look at was considered to be cringe and still is. I agree, the cringe stuff existed for years, but was higher in the 2013-2016 era since a variety of new things were introduced into KZbin that people disliked. The Harlem Shake (created by George Miller aka Filthy Frank) was a trend that everyone did and since then, George himself stated to be embarrassing at times since he never understood why it became trendy. Before 2013, many of those things were simply considered comedy or entertainment, such as the Numa Numa, Star Wars kid, etc. Chocolate Rain

[@garmen-]

I love how he used KZbin Rewind (which has been completely panned for being really out of touch and crap) to gauge how good each year was

[@znyxdrØme]

It was to remember the year, then rating the year

[@F4AM]

2013 literally is the best year, u don't see them as cringe AT THE TIME. I remember watching variety of unique and creative creators at 2013(smosh, rhett n link, rocket jump, etc.) and they get represented in YT rewind very well, like i know 90% of the creators that went into it. Its like 2012 but more improved. ludwig is trippin.

[@coopercreates3119]

it was most hype

[@marshallravlin7833]

Some of the most classic mc youtubers were more prominent and greater than 2012. Minecraft would likely be more of a trend if its initial era only was influential for 1 year straight. 2013 is a highly influential year.

[@facundosterzerforino1704]

I had to pause the video and give a dislike, 2013 was the best rewind and best year for youtube.

[@Weebfox]

I forgot how good Pewdiepie's 2018 rewind was, especially compared to all the other stuff KZbin themselves did. Nice throwback, thanks for this video!

[@_b_e_a_n_s_]

this video made me realize that what made youtube rewind good is being forgotten. like there are trends that made me so happy as a kid, but now i don't remember much and i just can't enjoy the videos besides feeling a fleeting sense of nostalgia that i don't understand anymore

[@metrinui]

I had never seen that Pewdiepie 2018 rewind, so many of the best memes from that year

[@supervideomaker9136]

I have no idea how Ludwig can rate 2013 that low. That one will always be one of my favorites and honesty I feel like they peaked there .

[@FecalMatador]

You’re saying different people have different opinions? Yo, that’s crazy.

[@anderskjetillinde7381]

Agreed

[@Giblet12]

@@FecalMatador Actually all my personal opinions are correct and anyone who ever disagrees with me is objectively wrong

[@Jay_boy19]

@@FecalMatador And people can judge other's opinions too. Woah Amazing, I know.

[@sachinkelsen1751]

"Watching every KZbin rewind" Geez Lud really is dedicated to his videos/streams

[@eekeey]

Hey man the old youtube rewinds were great

[@sachinkelsen1751]

@@eekeey Yeah besides them though they weren’t really good. I wish they could’ve made the newer ones like they did with old ones

[@readmyprofiledont5060]

Don't read my name:'--:'-:''-+

[@lekleklekki6836]

It’s called the I’m out of content oh no stream 723

[@babypatrick4926]

It's only 10 dud

[@SirBelmerD]

The period between 2012 and 2017 was just Golden age KZbin, which also meant it to be at the height of its power. It had such a serious hold on me that I had also developed a huge addiction towards it, and spent the larger part of 2018 with massive anxiety as a result. It shows both the quality and the quantity of content being produced on a regular basis, which was both amazing as well as downright overwhelming.

[@drwarpp8585]

I don't think Rewind can ever outdo 2012. It was a master piece

[@maeryum]

When you thought Ludwig was gonna rate the actual video and the creativity rather than the year 💀

[@FAB1150]

Aw man I didn't expect to not being able to stop smiling while watching Pewdiepie's 2018 rewind. So many classics, so nostalgic

[@rosyhvideo2587]

Ikr, watching all these was a nostalgia trip

[@zants_]

It's kind of funny that basically every instance of him saying "this was the year X channel started taking off" that was actually the year they peaked and plummeted.

[@ZJasmineDragon]

Yogscast felt that

[@funkyfreshwizardry]

Yeah when he mentioned Roosterteeth and The Yogscast I was like…bruh were you even on the internet? Yogs took off around 2011-2012, riding Minecraft in order to do so (along with CaptainSparklez, SethBling, and a few others, everyone and their mother had a Minecraft let’s play going). Roosterteeth popped off around the same time with Rage Quit, Minecraft, and later GTA V, hitting peak around 2013-2015. I’m pretty sure Yogscast died around 2014 when Pewds, Jack, Mark, and a few others basically took over.

[@riskingrain1560]

Dude I thought people forgot about Yogscast at this point- nice to know that isn't the case. But unfortunately we're a decade past at this point from their glory days.

[@funkyfreshwizardry]

@@riskingrain1560 Idk though, the Yogscast Jingle Jam is going pretty well so far this year, 25k viewers as I write this comment. Maybe they’ll have a comeback?

[@camrynrussell6292]

Exactly

[@BeyondOurMinds]

A big thing with 2018 as well is that's when creators really started to make their own individual rewinds for the year and started pushing more and more away from KZbin

[@dumbpersonalert9852]

Ngl this felt like a hit of nostalgia while some of these aged like milk and also aged like fine wine I’m glad we can all agree that these are good recaps of KZbin’s history

[@toichey]

cool pfp btw

[@mfcfbro]

I personally feel like 2020 was a goated year. It felt like a return to the old KZbin in a lot of ways. A lot less production polish and a lot more focus on the individual creators and I don't think there was a more collaborative time that Among Us.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

EXACTLY BRO!

[@lordchaa1598]

The pandemic actually forced KZbin to go back to their roots and put a much larger emphasis on pushing smaller content creators

[@yeahwhatever7769]

Bull

[@yeahwhatever7769]

2020 was shit for yt

[@Swal-um6wn]

normie zoomer spotted

[@DoggoNutty]

Kinda sad that he stopped watching the 2013 rewind just before the video hit its peak with the Slow Mo Guys segment. Which I would say is definitely not cringe and is far better than any scene of any following Rewind.

[@Itza-Me]

The KSI train scene is kinda sick tho

[@Gullbone]

I don’t think KZbin rewind is the best way to answer that question

[@danielnewton2390]

2012-2014 actually was goated, but the rewind barely showed the actual KZbin culture.

[@supercute590]

2010 and 2011 too though

[@JamesDude100]

@@supercute590 I mean those two years was full of FRED mostly. And then RayWilliamJohnson took over as KZbin king. Until smosh

[@crimson1453]

@@supercute590 Nah those two years youtube was still too in its infancy. KZbin peaked 2012-2016.

[@yeahwhatever7769]

Goated?

[@danielnewton2390]

@@yeahwhatever7769 "Goated" is a verb that comes from the phrase "greatest of a time," which is often abbreviated to G.O.A.T., or goat. To say something is goated means it carries the qualities of something that could be described as the greatest of all time.

[@ben-uo2vd]

Appreciation for Hank and John Green, truly pioneered KZbin. With them founding VidCon

[@felkan]

The Filthy Frank era of youtube is still holds a place in my heart.

[@user-zo5jo3ox5g]

I’m glad I still have the boys on cold ones doing their thing

[@cillian5304]

I mean I'm just stating my opinion here so please don't attack me but personally I was never a massive fan of the filthy Frank era with leafy and such I always kind of thought it was sort of like just straight band kid humour but just my opinion.

[@user-zo5jo3ox5g]

@@cillian5304 I don’t mix leafy in with that group but yeah I get it

[@JamesDude100]

@@user-zo5jo3ox5g, you gotta mix leafy in it, since that’s the era when he got roasted for having no chin and then his career vanished

[@odlfmariner470]

@@JamesDude100 And those were still better times.

[@emmaleia173]

Almost every year I go back to watch the 2013 rewind because it was the first one I saw and something about it hits me in the feels

[@Hart_M]

Lud was contractually obligated to say he loved the rewinds

[@labsled]

He went from rating the rewinds to rating the year then back and forth. Honestly a really scuffed list.

[@AnnaxBilley]

I was looking for this comment!

[@summerhunny]

he was rating youtube years based off of the rewinds. it made sense fnfbdj

[@CrazyFaz]

Dude i’ll be honest, i didnt like 2018 for obvious reason but the animation section made me smile, i liked seeing the animators and that was rly all i liked abt that years rewind

[@blodstainer]

Regarding the Arab spring in 2011, a LOT of people thought we were actually going to see a democratic revolution wave throughout the Arab world. Yes people died because literal war lords ruled that part of the world. But the strive towards democracy was something inspiring.

[@Stettafire]

At the time we didn't call it the Arab Spring either it was "X war in X country" it was only later that folk realised what it was

[@jeremycastro8223]

Lud: *Gives 2012 a pass for being cringe because it wasn't at the time* Also lud: *gives 2013 trash because it's cringe*

[@LordMegatherium]

Everybody doing the Harlem Shake: cringe Filthy Frank inventing the Harlem Shake (and his canon of incredible work): anything but cringe

[@fredfondler7281]

2013 got shafted by Lud

[@ozyssah]

Yeah, his take on 2013 was horrendous, the birth of filthy frank could never be trash tier

[@tek1645]

2013 was just a dogshit year overall

[@smoogle3g4c37]

2012 was good cringe. It’s like when some 7 year old kid goes up to you and tells you knock knock jokes while dabbing on the punchlines. Yeah it’s cringe but it’s so bad it’s pure.

[@trollz9043]

Fun Fact: You didn’t have to watch all the KZbin Rewinds the fact that they just took our dislikes away in 2021 just proves old youtube is better.

[@angusmarch1066]

"Waah! Muh dislikes!"

[@Ratchet2431]

@@ifiss_hsfs Yes, but today most of the big channels are focused on making money more than creating quality content.

[@TheQueen-sw4th]

@@Ratchet2431 Thats a very good point. I wonder what youtube would be like if they didn't pay you and it was just a site to get noticed by companies that fit your niche? 🤔

[@flower.rhythm]

Just look at the popular creators from then to now and then you'll instantly know old youtubes better

[@addalad7144]

Just use a plugin

[@AammaK]

made me realize how many rewinds Felix and Smosh had to go through respectfully.

[@ak-_]

And Rhett and Link

[@kid-presentable]

I forgot about pewdiepie's rewind. What an insanely great video

[@DDub04]

It’s a very just okay video. Compared to KZbin’s rewind it’s way better but on its own is fairly mid.

[@defectivepikachu4582]

@@DDub04 thats what its supposed to be cant have anything spectacular if the videos are average

[@MikhailPashkovski]

@@DDub04 Okay, internet connoisseur. Clearly you know more about making KZbin Rewinds than the biggest youtuber and 3 best memers of that time.

[@facedork7154]

Well it's quite average, it caters to only his own audience, it's very anglophone but in fairness it was for his audience only, it's more like a PewDiePie circle jerk rewind/ meme rewind even there only English memes

[@DDub04]

@@MikhailPashkovski never claimed to. But as a person with eyes and opinions, I have the brain capacity to criticize a KZbin video. If being able to think critically about the stuff I watch makes me an “Internet connoisseur”, than very well. But don’t patronize me because I don’t take “biggest KZbinr and best three memers” as a prestigious title.

[@freebooterluckless]

I am genuinely depressed that Tobuscus was not brought up… that guy BUILT the Minecraft community when he was the king of KZbin, and that very much helped gaming get its footing on the platform.

[@MrDyl666]

And now hes an insane conspiracy theorist trump supporter

[@yellowdragon101]

@@MrDyl666 wait what

[@Wells13555]

@@yellowdragon101 oh yea during the capitol riots he tweeted out in support of them yelling stop the steal and shit

[@Wells13555]

@@yellowdragon101 among other anti vaxx stuff

[@funkyfreshwizardry]

In hindsight it’s probably for the best considering he’s completely batshit now.

[@vicviper2005]

The early days of KZbin were so wholesome the videos were simple but they had a charm to them because of how most of them were just people in their houses recording random things happening in their lives with a camcorder

[@rosyhvideo2587]

Couldn’t agree more

[@silverassassin1120]

ludwig doesn’t understand the GRIP vloggers like grace helbig, tyler oakley, and zoella had on early youtube

[@kioumim]

For reeeeal! I learned english because of how hard i used to watch the british youtubers from.back then 😭

[@koguma8823]

as someone who had a MASSIVE youtube hyperobsession at age 12 in 2012 and watched every single thing i loved about the site be absolutely destroyed by cooperations and greed, i feel so old. and i'm only 21. feels like yesterday when ray william johnson casually called me and my friends fat lesbians on twitter and we quickly moved on from that discourse because the newest lunchtime with smosh video was about to drop

[@el_jubo6443]

Ludwig every year: I-I feel like this is the rise of gaming creators

[@sisseholm4869]

The fact that ludwig didn't recognise dan and phil breaks my heart

[@latristessdurera8763]

I’ve unsubscribed lol 😂

[@LethalMonarch]

Dan and Phil are the DreamSMP of early youtube

[@cam6110]

@@LethalMonarch exactly, they were the blueprint lmao

[@colorbar.s]

@@latristessdurera8763 okay?

[@averyl1794]

22:12 his face when he saw belle delphine 💀💀💀

[@exitpath2]

I completely miss KZbin rewinds. for the nostalgia of old KZbin.

[@sujithatesh2471]

Nice spam comments 🙂 here's another one

[@Billary]

Yoooo! I didn't even think about Ludwig's emotes in the comment section now, that's so dope

[@theobserver9066]

"Don't forget to put Baby Shark in it. Don't forget to put Baby Shark in it." After a few days, he did. Ludwig did not forget to put a Baby Shark in his stream lmao

[@iTalkALotDontListen]

Unus Annus was the best thing that came out of 2020 for sure.

[@TheDeviIDogg]

This made me realize how long I've been watching a lot of these people. The oldest starting in probably 2006 to current, the oldest "show"/channel that moved onto KZbin I started in late 2003. Though I do wonder how many people know that the Harlem Shake meme was made by Pink Guy

[@SneedforSpeed]

The most curious thing about rewinds is the lack of non-English representation. They are chock full of diversity and whatever, but only among anglophone channels. They forget that their own platform is completely global.

[@Sopsy_Hallow]

they had some non english but yeah not a lot tho i do understand why, even with a mostly english cast a lot of people dont find recognizeable creators. they are too big

[@BlackElf94]

Yeah, they should have made region specific rewinds

[@Itza-Me]

It's basically English and a little Spanish and Korean. The rest of the world doesn't matter apparently

[@rainydeestar]

In older rewinds, you can see multiple other top youtubers

[@brianbarajas2948]

Dont they make different rewinds for that very reason?

[@davec8385]

2013 got snubbed, definitely the best rewind ever made. I will die on this hill

[@jakethunderbird8735]

Same, I thought it was a TERRIBLE take from Lud

[@katero9795]

I don't think he was rating the rewind itself but the impact the year had on youtube itself

[@davec8385]

@@katero9795 you're not wrong but he also didn't really have many good things to say about the rewind. My opinion still stands even if he was rating the year

[@unchartedchartz]

Today I learned that KZbin Rewind was never actually good.

[@Bandmanwun]

You must be six years old

[@unchartedchartz]

@@Bandmanwun I'm watching Ludwig. Of course I'm a child.

[@xSekN]

Don’t disrespect your favorite Martian. Orphan tears go hard.

[@iamabread9614]

It's like watching your most embarrassing phase when your in high school. Gotta hand it to Ludwig for watching it through and through.

[@KuhBlubbern]

Lud: Keep in mind the context of the year Also Lud: 2010-2012 was trash because the humor was trash Part of the context, especially in this context, is the humor at the time. So its not a surprise that the years before Lud was on KZbin are so low rated. He just doesn't get it because he wasn't a part of it.

[@vnfg1000]

2020 was a fantastic year for content. It forced content creators to get more creative and change things up and everything just felt fresh to me

[@illuminum8576]

Ludwig better redo this now 2 years later

[@sangwiny4440]

Calling 2013 is such a zoomer take. It was one of the most iconic years.

[@Altair4611]

2016 is the bridge of what i consider "old" and "new"

[@Emblazened]

23:33 By going to the original video, Ludwig can be found at 1442, which means his editor cut him out of the video. Some other people I found while looking for Ludwig: Phoenix SC is 1466 senzawa is 1496 SmallAnt is 1664 Fubuki is 2447

[@MLG35U5]

Love all of those KZbinrs… minus the Minecraft looking dude

[@Nana-p5v6x]

tnx

[@innatism]

Ludwig putting 2013 in trash tier will stay living rent free in my head for the rest of time

[@zakaryrichmond396]

The worst part of the shooting stars meme being dead is the cringe feeling I get when listening to the amazing song and the fear I feel about someone seeing me listen to it

[@novawatch2327]

Sounds like a you problem (in the best way) cause that song is fire. Listen to whatever you want, nobody cares what you like and listen to or not.

[@zakaryrichmond396]

@@novawatch2327 i know it just Slightly hurts when it comes on

[@oliversmith8098]

2:53 Glad Christina got the recognition she deserves from chat. Rest in peace.

[@EthanIsIt]

So sad what happened to here, I heard about it from Mrballen

[@chromesandwich4878]

If "Watch Me Whip" didn't exist, 2015 is a banging year. That year is the final year of blissful ignorance before KZbin sank into a really cynical period with the ad-pocalypse and unbelievable drama. A lot of 2015 content hasn't aged super well (looking at you vine), but its significance cannot be understated. Something came to a head that year that brought upon 2016. Which has an even stronger case for being a banger year. 2016 is the year that our current KZbin was born. The people who manage the site tested a lot of seemingly really terrible features that year (anybody remember KZbin Heroes?) that in the wake of the ad-pocalypse alienated users more than anytime in the site's existence (with the exception of now, with dislikes being removed). 2016 is probably the second most important year out of all of these years. Content-wise, maybe not. Significance, on the other hand, 2016 is almost first.

[@justthememelordsnextdoor9120]

2017 was pretty influential imo, as more foreign youtubers from more countries got to have even more participation (AKA the Neto brothers and several south american creators), along with a lot of the animation community getting a lot more representation

[@JustArcher19]

7:18 it wasn't the birth of pewdiepie, it was the fact that they finally put him in a rewind.

[@BARUtubbig]

I have been on youtube since 2006, half a year after it was founded. The site has changed so much. It does feel it's way more about the corporations than the individual creators/fun videos nowadays, which is sad. But there's so many good creators nowadays too. KZbin's business decision making is going worse and worse. Also this is really a rewind tier list, not a youtube year tier list which was kinda sad though.

[@lachie.h3ndo]

I’m loving being able to jump from stream straight to Lud vids. Makes me happy, makes me smile ☺️

[@frikisaurio]

Me too! Was about to comment this

[@TeekayWhy_]

and the bots love this too.

[@produzis-we5ww]

@@frikisaurio kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnbJaIerrcuKqqc

[@gamerzss]

Huh, haven't seen a single stream since he left twitch

[@yamilettt]

2015 was prime for me, seeing the 2015 rewind was seriously a take back brought a lot of memories back

[@jennikajanelle]

i didnt realize how much my years blend together until seeing all the rewinds, i remember watching all of them as if it was the other day

[@Cowabungas]

"Philly D was like 2010" "Smosh got big in 2012" You can tell Ludwig wasn't on KZbin back in the day smh

[@kkastner13]

I swear due to being a middle school band kid during 2016, I can write a whole essay on how 2016 was the most culturally influential year due to its birth in meme culture. Especially because of filthy frank and the death of harambe

[@Lucasifii]

Don’t forget leafy pyro grade keemstar and idubbbz

[@3amvortex]

Same, was in 6th grade in 2016 and soo many memes were prevalent at the time

[@Stettafire]

Meme culture was around way before 2016 dude, it started way back in 2007. Back then you had the likes of ihazcheeseburger etc.

[@Lucasifii]

Stettafire narwhals narwhals swimming in the ocean

[@ShinySahil]

youtube literally raised me... when there were emotional problems at home and in life, i had an escape, and that was youtube, i learned good english at a young age, i learned to be a good person from good examples, i watched a lot of dantdm, matpat, markiplier, jacksepticeye and so many others. life was good when life wasnt trying to fuck you over

[@yngvildrthevoracious]

So, something that's really surprising me is I always thought the rewind 2012 was the first rewind. I didn't know they had corporate style "results and KPI" "top 10 videos of the year" stuff before.

[@GraceMotley]

2015 was my favorite Rewind because that was the first year I was really involved in KZbin culture as opposed to just using it as a video streaming service

[@RodolfoAmbriz]

x2

[@sidekick1975]

Stopping 2013 before the amazing segment by The Slow Mo Guys legit hurt™. That was and still is one of the coolest things to happen on a rewind AND still makes it into idle screens for KZbin when connecting devices to TV. It deserved a tier higher for that alone

[@Noah_silly]

i felt personally attacked when ludwig said my birthyear was trash. i mean I AGREE but you know.

[@Noah_silly]

@Gundice yeah why lol (2010)

[@Rfxorcist]

The ungodly difference in how watchable the 2018 rewinds were is insane.