YouTube has become popular with almost anyone who has a computer and access to the internet. Whenever somebody spots a video that makes them laugh, or makes them cry, they usually email the link to friends and family. Some people are so keen on viewing what other people have uploaded to the site that they spend most of their free time downloading and watching videos.



You always know when something has gained mass approval because journalists, presenters and panelists alike will talk about the most popular downloads. The site is very easy to navigate and use, that most primary school children have no trouble in explaining to their parents how to download YouTube videos.

You can access and download YouTube videos in less than a couple of minutes. If you want to watch what the latest celebrity has been up to, just login and see what they have put on their site. If you prefer to laugh at the antics of someone's dog or cat, there are plenty of clips to choose from. No matter what your particular interest, there is bound to be something you think is worth downloading from YouTube.

YouTube has been around for a while now and it seems to become more popular every day. From princes of the realm to out of work teenagers, there are very few people who have not heard of, or used, You Tube. The popularity of a particular clip can be judged by the number of times it has been downloaded and viewed.

Some people prefer to download You Tube videos to watching television or going out with their friends. Even games consoles don't seem to have taken over the minds of people from all over the world in the same way as You Tube has done.

Some people, even famous ones like the singer Lily Allen use You Tube as a sort of video diary. Anyone can tune into these videos and follow the lives and loves of their favorite celebrity.

You could spend all day downloading and watching You Tube videos on not even make the slightest dent in the amount of media content on the site. Kids in school talk about the latest You Tube videos and laugh at class mates who don't know how to download video clips.

You can be sure that if someone sends you a link to a movie or some other video clip that it will be downloaded from YouTube. Whether you live in Europe, Asia or America, the accessibility of the world wide web means that each and everyone who wants to, can download and watch You Tube video clips and movies.

We shouldn't be too surprised at the popularity of YouTube, considering the global interest in the minutiae of other people's lives. Some people will sit there, downloading clip after clip, no matter how mundane some of the contributions are.

The popularity of You Tube is paralleled by the number of viewers who tune into reality television shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Britain's Got Talent and the innumerable fly on the wall documentaries that seem to dominate some television channels.

The rise of You Tube has only been enabled because of the millions of people in almost every country in the world who have access to a computer and to the world wide web.