How can I become a popular YouTuber? What should I be careful about? Even in my lessons!? February 16th 8:28 am

“It’s minced meat!”

Do you know this phrase?

This is a line from a junior high school YouTuber, and it won first place in last year's elementary school buzzword award.

Furthermore, YouTuber has been ranked number one for four consecutive years in the ranking of ``*Job that elementary school students want to be''.

How can I become a popular YouTuber? What kind of things should I be careful about? I, New Star (10 years old) from the "Children's News" expedition team, came to interview!

(*Research on “Shinkenzemi Elementary School Course”)

(Broadcast on “News LIVE! Yu 5:00” on February 13th)

Close coverage of popular YouTubers

I wonder if there's someone somewhere who can teach me~

"New Star-kun!"

Nyuu Nyuu! ? Aren't you all popular YouTubers?

ANN, a third year high school student, and RYO, a second year middle school student.

The two are said to be posting a wide variety of videos on YouTube, including scenes from their daily lives and studying.

The number of subscribers to the channel seems to be over 500,000.

Amazing new!

Don't miss the trend

The important thing for these two is

to stay on trend!

Lately, they've been focusing on short videos of about one minute, which can be easily shot with a smartphone and easily spread online.

Any tips for editing?

Do you have any editing tips?

(ANN-chan)

"I try not to make people look nervous. For example, I enlarge the areas where RYO-kun looks nice, like here."

And here is the completed video.

You can also see RYO-kun's face in the close-up, making it very impressive.

These short videos can sometimes be viewed over 10 million times.

Started posting 10 years ago

ANN and her friends started YouTube 10 years ago and have posted nearly 3,000 videos while also studying.

How did it last so long?

(ANN-chan)

"I'm running a channel about beauty-related makeup, and I wanted to do my best with that."

“I want to create a cosmetics brand” is my dream too.

In fact, while doing YouTube, ANN became interested in makeup and discovered her dream of creating her own cosmetics brand.

(ANN-chan)

"I was able to create new dreams. I couldn't have had those experiences without using YouTube, so I think it was really great."

How to become a YouTuber?

Here's a little explanation.

To become a YouTuber, you first need to have your videos viewed by a lot of people.

If you meet certain conditions, such as the number of registered users exceeding 1000, you will receive money called "advertisement revenue" based on the number of views, etc. It becomes.

*You must be 18 years old or older to receive money from your own account.

Recently, there have been an increasing number of cases in which not only adults but also children are joining offices and working just like ANN.

But it seems like there are some things you need to be careful about.

Personal information from unexpected sources

We spoke to Akiko Takahashi, a visiting professor at Seikei University who is knowledgeable about Internet issues.

Tell me what she means.

(Mr. Takahashi)

"Even if you don't intend to disclose it, personal information can sometimes be leaked from unexpected sources. For example, if you look at this image, where do you think people will find out your address?"

Yeah! I don't know...where?

What do you all think?

"The answer is this Garbage Day Calendar. The design differs depending on the city or town, so there have been cases where addresses have been identified using this calendar."

Be careful not to get too excited

Another thing to watch out for is being too obsessed with YouTube and disrupting your daily rhythm.

I think it's a good idea to talk to the adults around you about how many hours you can spend a day.

(Mr. Takahashi) ``

If you deny it outright, your child may hide from you and cause harm to you without you even realizing it.After setting the rules, discuss it with your child. It’s a good place to start.”

However, I think some people are worried that there may be problems that even adults are overlooking.

In times like these, there are classes like this for children.

(Teacher)

``I would like to start a literacy course now.What do you call a work created by someone?'' (

Student)

``Chosaku''

(Teacher)

``Correct answer. That’s perfect.”

This is an online class where you can learn the latest information from the rules for posting videos to how to make them.

Everyone is taking classes seriously.

We spoke to Ryotaro Saito, the president of a company that offers online video production classes.

Nowadays, even children can post to the world through YouTube, and I started this course about 7 years ago so that they could learn about ``information that can be sent out'' and ``information that needs to be taken care of'' so that they can enjoy it safely. I heard you started it.

(Mr. Saito) ``

I think posting on YouTube is a great thing because it allows people all over the world to know what you like and what you're good at.However, there are many concerns such as personal information being leaked, so parents should Not only that, but I also want the children themselves to study internet literacy thoroughly and have fun safely.'' (This refers

to the ability to understand the rules for safely using SNS and Internet information.)

How do the adults around you react?

(Mr. Saito)

``If children understand what they can and cannot do on their own, they will be able to do more things on their own, and parents can feel at ease in supporting their children in making videos. (Ouen) I think I can do it.”

I see.

What do the children taking the class think?

(Student)

“I learned that if personal information is revealed, something really dangerous will happen, so I am very careful not to give it out.”

(Student)

``I want to respect copyright and create videos that are fun and interesting, both for the people who created the materials I use in my videos, and for the people who watch the videos. I thought it would be nice.”

I went to meet a friend of mine who is aiming to become a YouTuber while taking this course.

"Hello! It's Kyo."

"It's Aoi."

Kyo is a first year junior high school student who loves editing. While I prioritize her studies, I use my free time to film videos with my girlfriend's sister Aoi and post them on YouTube.

I have posted 60 videos so far, including independent research videos and drama-style videos that dive into the world of games.

My mother is helping with the work.

Today I was filming a video of a cooking competition where two people made pancakes.

seems to be happy! What about the completed video?

My mom always checks the content before posting it on YouTube.

How have you been watching it so far?

(Mother)

``I started from a place where I didn't know anything, but I thought I'd give you some support for what you said you wanted to do, so I gave it a try.My presentation skills... ) has gone up tremendously, so I'm glad I supported them."

(Kyo-kun)

``It's fun when I'm editing videos because I can freely make them the way I like, and I'm really happy to be supported by people I don't know.My dreams for the future are: YouTuber!”

I want to do my best to become a YouTuber who can post information that is useful to everyone while being careful about personal information!

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