Rammstein video by Kayla Shyx
This year’s “Top Trending Video” on YouTube
Kayla Shyx released a video over the summer called “What Really Happens at Rammstein Afterparties.”
© imago iamges/Panama Pictures
The “Top Trending Video” of 2023 on YouTube comes from Kayla Shyx. “What really happens at Rammstein afterparties” was discussed a lot.
The YouTube topics of the year in Germany include the allegations against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann (60), Rihanna’s (35) halftime show at the Super Bowl and survival formats such as “7 vs. Wild”. The video platform has that announced on November 30th.
The “Top Trending Videos” on YouTube
The “Top Trending Video” from Germany comes from Kayla Shyx (21). Published at the beginning of June, the video entitled “What really happens at Rammstein Afterparties” was not only widely discussed and commented on, but also viewed more than six million times. Her colleague Rezo (31) also took up reports about and allegations against Lindemann in his own video, which took third place among the “Top Trending Videos”. The singer had denied all allegations. The Berlin public prosecutor’s office closed an investigation against Lindemann in the summer, as emerged, among other things, from a press release from the singer’s lawyers.
Meanwhile, in second place is “The Man in the Moon – Act 1 (Songs from the Bean)” by Julien Bam (35). Fourth place goes to superstar Rihanna’s complete halftime show at this year’s Super Bowl. In fifth place is a statement video by Fritz Meinecke (34) about the expulsion of animal filmmaker Andreas Kieling (64) from the survival format “7 vs. Wild”.
Following, among other things, “Private jets, yachts, caviar: How do the super-rich influence the climate?” from the radio channel Strg_F in sixth place and the first episode of the survival series “Arctic Warrior” by OttoBulletproof in eighth place. Views from Germany for videos uploaded this year were included in the evaluation – with the exception of trailers, music videos and videos for children.
The hottest YouTubers of the year
Meanwhile, a US YouTuber was also able to collect the most subscribers in Germany: Jimmy Donaldson (25) – better known to many as MrBeast. A fixture in the YouTube world for years, he currently has more than 215 million subscribers. He is followed in the top five by the channels of Finnel (19), “7 vs. Wild”, “Noel Dederichs Shorts” and YouTuber Jules.