The 2018 Rewind becoming as (in)famous at it was, it spawned a lot of these:.With the increasing amounts of less recognizable YouTubers showing up in the Rewinds, a sort of Running Gag is to find viewers openly expressing confusion as to who the hell these people are.Just Here for Godzilla: Many users watch the yearly YouTube Rewind videos just to see if their favorite creators were included in that year. ![]() Nowadays, him being at the end is one of the most well-known aspects of that Rewind. After Felix didn't make it into 2012's Rewind, there had been much speculation on whether he would be included in 2013 or not, leading to many being surprised when he showed up at the end. It Was His Sled: PewDiePie being in The Stinger of Rewind 2013.Ho Yay: The fangirls of SMOSH probably almost had a collective heart attack when Anthony and Ian pulled an Almost Kiss in Rewind 2014.Doesn't help that Felix said YouTube simply didn't ask him to participate. One of the biggest controversies involving the 2017 and especially the 2018 Rewind was the outright lack of his presence in spite of his popularity. Harsher in Hindsight: The Stinger of 2013 where PewDiePie finds a rewind button and is unable to activate it, thus missing out on all the fun of the year's Rewind.Fountain of Memes: Literally everything Will Smith said in 2018s rewind became a meme.YouTube bringing the concept back after nearly a decade was met with scorn not only for being seen as "playing it safe" after the major vitriol Rewind 2018 caused, but for having little to no effort put into the making of the video after years of having put on big productions, with some arguing Rewind 2018 was better by comparison simply because it at least had some effort put into it. Being the first rewinds also meant that people wouldn't be expecting anything more than that format at the time. This was acceptable back then because YouTube was much smaller at the time and didn't have the budget for huge music videos or hugely popular creators that were well known outside of the site. This is the same format of the first two YouTube Rewinds. Rewind 2019 was met with a huge amount of flak for being a "Top 10" clip show akin to WatchMojo instead of the music videos they had been in past years.As a result, many felt that something that was once a big strength of the rewinds had become one of its biggest weaknesses. Logan Paul, Shane Dawson's documentary on Jake Paul, Avengers: Infinity War and many greater memes and trends all occurring over the year, YouTube had for mutiple Fortnite references, which was hated for what it did to gaming content on YouTube as a whole. This culminated in 2018, where the choices for trends covered were seen as the worst of what 2018 had to offer. However, as the years went by, the topics got more and more mainstream and safe, which was seen as picking the safest and least interesting trends of that year. This was mostly fine then as the huge topics that did make it in still had relevancy on the site most of the time and weren't big targets of criticism. This can be seen as far back as 2014 with the inclusion of Frozen (2013), during the time it was at the apex of its popularity. Another big complaint of later Rewinds is YouTube's tendency to heavily focus on mainstream topics and trending fads instead of creators and events that were highly relevant to YouTube.This in addition to the snubs of Shane Dawson, Dan and Phil, Ryan Higa, Jacksfilms and especially PewDiePie led many to chastise the site more than ever for not including any of its relevant creators of the year in the video. The rest of the cast consisted of Vine refugees (Lele Pons), celebrities (Will Smith), Twitch streamers (Ninja), late night talk show hosts (Trevor Noah and John Oliver), and creators whose channels had been inactive for most of the year (Liza Koshy). note Out of the 112 creators who took part in 2018, only 16 of them had built their careers on YouTube, a good chunk of them being the animators. This culminated with Rewind 2018, where the casting felt more questionable than ever. ![]() As a result, the list of creators grew increasingly unrecognizable. However, with each Rewind, the casting grew more diverse and mainstream. This was also before YouTube started trying to become like TV, so having TV influences in particular was far more welcome than it is now. This was acceptable back then since it was their first appearances and people were just happy that they had representation. ![]() Thing is, this practice had its roots as far back as Rewind 2013, with the inclusions of Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon. One of the biggest complaints of later Rewinds are the casting choices, choosing many creators who didn't start out on or use YouTube.
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