

Some YouTubers produce a stream of videos criticizing every imaginable fault a game could have. The views get rewarded by YouTube in ad dollars. That translated into millions of views a week as they dissected the video game industry's missteps, misadventures and controversies. Almost in unison, they each enjoyed spikes in audience and view counts, attracting hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Starting last year, a new cadre of negative YouTube gaming commentators came to prominence. Welcome to 2019, where some influential gamers on YouTube have learned what many others, including the president of the United States, have figured out: Anger sells. Step 2: Rant into a camera for 10 minutes. Go to online forums, track what's hot on Twitter and figure out the outrage of the day. Step 1: Find something to be angry about. How to make a successful video on one of the internet's most popular sites:
