2010年12月12日，第一個 YouTube年度回顧被上傳，標題名稱為《2010 YouTube Rewind: Year in Review》。它收錄了那一年YouTube中最受歡迎的十大影片。分兩天透過兩個頻道上傳，第一天由「YouTube Trends」[11]、第二天(13日)由「YouTube聚光燈」頻道上傳。[12]
2013年12月11日，《YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?》上傳到YouTube聚光燈[20]，引用自挪威幽默二人組Ylvis的《狐狸怎麼叫》。該視頻還大量使用了PSY的《紳士》，但是在獲得原創的版權聲明後，原始影片的音頻在2015年後不再包含該歌曲。該影片是由YouTube和Portal A Interactive製作。[20]DJ Earworm為這年中總共混音了六首流行歌曲。來自《今夜秀》的吉米·法倫和The Roots出場。[20]這是使用YouTube倒帶按鈕標誌的第一年； 否則，它的風格與2012年的影片非常相似。受歡迎的YouTuber PewDiePie也在2013年年度回顧中首次亮相。
2014 Turn Down for What
2014年12月9日，引用《Turn Down for What》的《YouTube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014》上傳到YouTube聚光燈。由YouTube和Portal A Interactive製作。DJ Earworm將超過10首歌曲混在一起作成影片。[21][22]該影片並不像往年那樣圍繞歌曲進行編排，而是與音樂一起使用了更多的網路迷因和流行趨勢。YouTube倒帶按鈕標誌成為該影片的主要特色，該標誌貫穿許多的YouTuber；大鳥的《荷伯報告》；正主持《康納秀》的康納·歐布萊恩；由黃穀子（Freddie Wong）擔任主持人並與約翰·奧利弗進行的《上周今夜秀》。[22]
The Verge的茱莉亞·亞歷山大（Julia Alexander）提供建議，YouTube年度回顧故意遺漏了該平台在2018年最重要的時刻，以安撫廣告商有關過去兩年困擾該平台的爭議：「這一點越來越明顯但是，YouTube試圖出售一種不同於數百萬人進入該平台的文化，這對於創作者和支持者而言都變得越來越難以接受。」商业内幕的Meira Gebel也表達了類似的觀點，他說：「這段影片似乎是該公司試圖在艱難的2018年之後保持廣告商的支持。」YouTube首席執行官蘇珊·沃西基在2月份的YouTube新聞中承認該影片效果不佳，並說「甚至我的孩子也稱它很尷尬(cringey)」。
2019年12月5日，《YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record》上傳至YouTube，2019年的版本恢復了該系列早期的格式，統計了的影片和頻道片和頻道排行榜數據和趨勢。YouTube文化和趨勢負責人凱文·阿洛卡(Kevin Allocca)解釋說，該視頻更多地反映今年的趨勢，承認以前的格式越來越難以“真實地代表”社區的整體體驗。[27]該視頻被批評為對消費者“被動攻擊”或“懶惰”，因為它的製作水平與之前的年度回顧不同，並被認為類似於WatchMojo視頻。許多人還認為新格式缺乏活力和“靈魂”，稱這表明YouTube正在變得更加公開化。[28][29]然而，許多人在某些方面看到了演員選擇的改進，特別是包括在之前年度回顧中缺席的PewDiePie。[27]與去年類似的是，該視頻因缺乏對當年去世的名人的致敬而受到批評，最著名的是Etika和朱斯·沃爾德。[30][31]
The first video in the series, "YouTube Rewind 2010: Year in Review", was uploaded by the YouTube Trends channel on December 12, 2010. The official Spotlight channel uploaded the same video the next day, subsequently gaining more views. The video for "Bed Intruder Song", by Antoine Dodson and The Gregory Brothers, was revealed to be the #1 video of 2010.
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In 2011, Rebecca Black was the center premise of the video, having presented the video, and having her music video for "Friday" be revealed as the #1 YouTube video of 2011. It also features Avicii's "Levels".
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In 2012, YouTube released the third YouTube Rewind video on December 17 via YouTube Spotlight. It was directed by Peter Furia, who also produced it alongside Michael Rucker and Beau Lewis.[62]
The 2013 YouTube Rewind was the fourth video release of the series. It was released on December 11, 2013 via YouTube's official channel, YouTube Spotlight. It was directed by Kai Hasson and produced by Nate Houghteling, Zach Blume, Jeffrey Sabin-Matsumoto and David Iain Johnson. It was produced by the Portal A studio.[4]
On December 9, 2014, YouTube Spotlight released "Turn Down for 2014" (reference to DJ Snake and Lil Jon's song "Turn Down for What") as the series' fifth installment. It was directed by Kai Hasson and shot in the Portal A studio.[5]
The video includes notable events and chart hits of 2014, featuring references to the Ice Bucket Challenge; The First Kiss viral video; The Devil Baby; Spider Dog; Minecraft; Disney's film Frozen; the music videos for "Turn Down for What" (DJ Snake and Lil Jon), "#Selfie" (The Chainsmokers), "Happy" (Pharrell Williams), "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX), "All About That Bass" (Meghan Trainor), "Anaconda" (Nicki Minaj) and "Dark Horse" (Katy Perry); and the game of the year, Flappy Bird.
On December 9, 2015, YouTube Spotlight released "Now Watch Me 2015". The title refers to Silentó's song "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)". The video featured celebrities from 129 YouTube channels.
On December 7, 2016, this video included references to events, headlining topics, viral videos and challenges of 2016. "YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge" became the fastest video to reach 100 million views on YouTube, just 3.2 days after its release.
As of December 13, 2018, Everyone Controls Rewind became the most disliked video on the platform,[75] surpassing the previous holder of the title, "Baby" by Justin Bieber. Everyone Controls Rewind is also the first video to surpass ten million dislikes (December 2018), and 19 million dislikes (August 2021).
Appearances of YouTube personalities and special guests[76]
Notable YouTube creators featured in the video include:[77]
On December 5, 2019, "YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record" was uploaded to the "YouTube" YouTube channel. The video is a mash-up of the best videos and creators in certain categories, including "most viewed" and "video games." The video starts off with creators reacting to the failure of YouTube Rewind 2018 followed by the text, "In 2018, we made something you didn’t like. For Rewind 2019, let’s see what you DID like." Viewers have stated that although the video does show popular creators, it doesn't actually feature them.[78] The video has also been criticized as being lazily made, as it's simply a mash-up of existing videos, and that the quality of 2019 does not stand up to the one in 2018.
Appearances of YouTube personalities and special guests
Notable YouTube creators featured in the video include:[79]
^Uploaded to YouTube Trends on December 12 and YouTube Spotlight on December 13, 2010
^Youtube Rewind 2017 had animation sequences, but they were mostly located at the end of the video. This included James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut), Jaiden Animations, Simon's Cat, Tabbes, and Rebecca Parham (from Let Me Explain Studios)
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