This Week's Trends: Britney Spears, Protests, and Videos That 'Get Passed Around'

Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:

• We studied how Britney Spears built up anticipation for her latest music video.
  
  
  
  
• We analyzed thousands of keywords from videos tagged "revolution" in Arabic to see which words were most commonly used and presented them in a word cloud.
  
  
  
  
• We followed how a surprising and funny moment from "Family Feud" got heavily "passed around."
  
  
  
  
• We curated dramatic footage from the protests in Bahrain as well as those in Libya, Iran, Algeria, and Yemen.
  
  
  
  
• We learned that "trick shot" sports videos might be at an all-time high in popularity.
  
  
  
  
• And we saw plenty of couples videos, it being Valentine's Day and all, but while some were indeed romantic, some of the most popular ones were not:

Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at: www.YouTube.com/Trends



Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched "Angela Winbush - It's The Real Thing."

This Week's Trends: Football, Commercials, and Gospel Music

Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:

• We analyzed the most searched commercials in the hours following the big game and compiled the top 10 most-viewed ads the day after.
  
  
• Speaking of big ads from the big game, we studied how one of them went viral before it even aired on television.
  
  
• We found a new challenger to the fastest-rapper crown in Poland.
  
  
• We highlighted the most popular videos in Wisconsin the day after Green Bay won its trophy.
  
  
• We learned that gospel music is popular in places that were both expected and unexpected.
  
  
• We examined video search data for the terms "Egypt" and "Iran".
  
  
• And we continued to highlight each day's top videos including this one of UConn QB Johnny McEntee's football skills that started out popular in Hartford and grew nationwide :

Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at: www.YouTube.com/Trends

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This Week's Trends: The President, Egypt, and 90s Hip Hop

Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across recently:

• We used the questions you asked of the President of the United States to create some unique word art.
  
  
  
  


• We tracked the biggest trends the week before the big game .
  
  
  
  


• We curated powerful footage from the protests in Egypt.
  
  
  
  


• We saw how a music video from 1995 still sees a bump in views every single month.
  
  
  
  


• We looked at on-the-scene weather footage from a snowstorm across the United States and a category 5 cyclone on the coast of Australia.
  
  
  
  


• We tried to figure out how a group of young dance students near Portland got popular all the way in South Korea.
  
  
  
  


• And we continued to highlight each day's top videos including this one of a University of Iowa student whose speech to the State House of Representatives became one of the week's Most Shared clips:

Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/Trends



Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched "Taxista canta igual que Michael Jackson"