Practice Thread

"Yes, the Saturday Night Live alum is finally finding his moment via viral clips you can watch on your phone. His success is even more impressive when you consider that he drags behind his competitors in YouTube subscriber numbers. To give you a better idea of why this is a big deal — and an ironic sign of huge success — Late Night’s primary rival, The Late Late Show with James Corden has just under ten times more YouTube subscribers (Corden’s 9.5 million to Meyers’ 1 million). Yet, when it comes to recent individual streams, Meyers’ A Closer Look segment has been handily outperforming all but the most viral of Corden’s content. In the last week, the most popular upload from Corden has been Front Man Battle w/ Queen + Adam Lambert. Yesterday afternoon, it had around 1.8 million views. One A Closer Look from last Friday had around 2.6 million views. Based on subscriber count alone, that doesn’t make sense. Ten times the amount of eyeballs should be on Corden’s clips — but people are suddenly watching and sharing A Closer Look...


From decider.com/2017/02/10/seth-meyers-a-closer-look-you-tube/