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YouTube iceberg (chart) is an iceberg chart topic from r/IcebergCharts. The highest-scoring chart on it, "The Massive YouTube Iceberg (1000+ ENTRIES (i think))", was posted by u/PottedPlant444 on 25 July 2021 and had about 3,211 upvotes when it was collected.[1] The subreddit has 46 other charts on the same or closely related topics; see Other versions.

Made by u/PottedPlant444, the chart lists more than 1,000 entries in twelve named tiers covering weird videos, channels, YouTube history and controversies. A colour legend marks each entry as general, a specific channel, video or playlist, NSFW, unlisted, deleted, unfiction/ARG or creepypasta. Every entry is said to be "true to some degree". Entries reflect the chart author's choices and are not verified fact.

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"The Massive YouTube Iceberg (1000+ ENTRIES (i think))" by u/PottedPlant444 (25 July 2021)

Tiers[edit]

Partial transcription: Only the tier names, the chart's tier descriptions and some legible example entries are given here. The full list of 1,000+ entries is in the chart image.

Casual[edit]

The average users of YouTube, who may hear about the most well known stuff about YouTube from time to time.

  • Me at the zoo
  • PewDiePie vs T-Series
  • Justin Y. / YouTube Commenters
  • COPPA Controversy
  • Despacito
  • Baby Shark Dance
  • The YouTube Algorithm
  • Dream SMP
  • TeamTrees
  • Unus Annus
  • Rickrolling
  • Logan Paul's Suicide Forest Video Controversy

Addict[edit]

To these people, YouTube is their life. Everything here is generally well known in YouTube culture, including popular weird creators and popular controversies.

  • YouTube Poops
  • Google+
  • 10 Hour Loops
  • Jake Paul
  • CallMeCarson Controversy
  • Content Cop
  • Nikocado Avocado
  • Tide Pod Challenge
  • Christchurch Shooting Footage
  • Elsagate
  • Onision
  • The Caretaker – Everywhere at the End of Time

Historian[edit]

Veterans, or people with an interest in YouTube history, who like to explore the site as a whole and may stumble onto various oddities.

  • "LOL!!!!!!" Charlie Bit My Finger
  • KONY 2012
  • It's Over 9000
  • Bad Apple!!
  • Crazy Frog
  • Annotations
  • Fallen Kingdom
  • Hitler's Downfall Parodies

Enthusiast[edit]

People with an interest in the weird and obscure part of YouTube, who sometimes watch horror channels and stumble upon creepy and weird videos.

Weirdo[edit]

Same as the last tier, but they dig deeper, actively looking for weird videos and watching playlists revolving around the weird side of YouTube.

Researcher[edit]

These users consume a lot of horror/weird media on the platform, even more than the average enthusiasts.

Unhinged[edit]

"From here, the only way is down!" This section and the following contain weird content not touched on much by horror channels.

  • Hey Kids AI For Adults
  • 2 Hours Doing Nothing
  • Flesh Aerobics
  • Hannah Sabata
  • Danker Beef
  • Creepy Guy Outside My Apartment!
  • Livestreamed Deaths
  • Mondo Films
  • Begotten (1990)

Degenerate[edit]

Some of the most mysterious subjects on the platform, which only surface once or twice via obscure channels.

  • Nicholas Fedorov
  • 2016-0919 Girl Ejected
  • Seal.mp4
  • NAOMI19631963
  • Ghost hangs around Disneyland.mp4
  • The Peanut Vendor (1993)
  • Vance Stone

Satan[edit]

People on this tier are most likely to have lost all of their innocence due to exposure to weird and dark content.

  • Oh In-hye's Last Video
  • OBEYDAWAIRUS
  • Wiggle when you feel Down
  • Kadence Pinder

Destroyer of Worlds[edit]

"Either you're an expert on the most obscure side of YouTube, or you have no life whatsoever."

  • Ash Robinson/004113623
  • 484,149 Views Phenomenon
  • Woody Scream
  • Haunted Morgue
  • camel_slaughter.mp4 Found on YouTube

God[edit]

"At this point you might as well be an entire freaking walking library."

  • The REAL Thomas the Trainman
  • Someone is at the window (3am)
  • 2011 Slovenian YouTube incident
  • Creepy Radio Broadcast
  • Dark luigi
  • Audio Preview for Comments

[Tier name missing][edit]

No description available.

  • LucaVanDerWoodsen
  • GLOBELAND
  • Nicholas O'Neal Blume
  • Alien Hand Syndrome
  • Undiscovered Videos/Channels
  • Unlisted Illegal Videos
  • Removed Videos Aren't Really Removed
  • The 73,786,976,294,838,206,464th Video ID
  • Me at the zoo Sequel

Other versions[edit]

Other charts from r/IcebergCharts grouped under this topic, ordered by score:

More versions:

IcebergThreads version[edit]

A related text iceberg, "2005 YouTube Videos" by SheyMan1405, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 1,020 views as of 29 October 2026.[2] Its tiers are listed below; notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations, and entries are not verified fact.

>=10 million views[edit]

  • Me at the Zoo
  • guitar
  • Urban Ninja
  • Ghost Car – Jumpscare alert
  • Hey Clip
  • Mortal Kombat Theme
  • The Italian Man Who went to Malta
  • Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
  • Ronaldo
  • All is full of love
  • insane robot dance
  • Street Fighter - Justin vs Daigo
  • Power Rangers Theme
  • Boom Goes the Dynamite
  • 1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial
  • skeleton dance
  • korean madness
  • ZLATAN VS. C.RONALDO
  • MORTAL KOMBAT!
  • Will Ferrell as Bush
  • extreme break dancing

5-9,9 million views[edit]

  • sushi
  • counter strike clip
  • video divertenti
  • Halo Kitty Cat Dance
  • Banned xbox 360 ad
  • Crazy Asian Mother By Erick Liang
  • Dont Bother Me
  • Banned xbox 360 Ad
  • YOUR ARE NOT THE FATHER!!!!
  • Call of Duty What You Didn't See
  • Nightwish - Gethsemane

1-4,9 million views[edit]

  • krump
  • Last Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine, 1933
  • Rusty the Narcoleptic dog
  • Danzig getting knocked out
  • My Snowboarding Skillz
  • WORLD OF WARCRAFT TOO SEXY
  • tribute
  • Lance Armstrong Nike Commercial
  • YouTube on the tube!
  • Hurricane Katrina: Extreme Video
  • First Back Flip on YouTube! (House dismount)
  • GTA:SA
  • the most unbelievable video ever
  • Good Times!!!
  • Priceless Blow Job Video
  • Appalachian State University is HOT HOT HOT
  • Skateboard trick tip video
  • Imagine Me Without You (original)
  • Gunkata
  • tribute video
  • Nintendo Cartoon Hour
  • iPod shuffle
  • Geography Lesson
  • How to Upload a Video
  • MiG 29
  • OWNED Video

500-999 thousand views[edit]

  • Mas Oyama Video Clips
  • Leeroy Jenkins
  • Mechwarrior 4 Intro
  • Premature Baldness
  • carrie rides a truck
  • Subtitled Arab
  • base jumping video
  • Doom || Speedrun
  • Aaron Kyro
  • Vernal Lullaby
  • Wizards of Winter
  • Pajamas and Nick Drake
  • Thomas The Train at Tomy Toy Fair
  • Ask A Ninja - Question 3 "Ninja Training"
  • store wars
  • 7 pound dildo

100-499 thousand views[edit]

  • My first circus video
  • British Army is this the way to Amarillo
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - ending video
  • video divertenti
  • RF Online Intro Video
  • How To Compress A Video File
  • "Asshole" The Halo Music Video
  • Chocolate milk
  • Best Dog Training video
  • Tommy Gun's BigYo 2 Appreciation Video (yo-yo tricks)
  • carrie chokes the chicken
  • chris haslams part in the almost video
  • Little Shaolin Fart
  • MAD GONG VIDEO
  • Guild Wars Loose Control Video
  • shinwa kissing video
  • Jason Forrest - War Photographer
  • The Big Supra Video ||
  • TypeMatrix 2030 Promo video - Amazing computer keyboard!
  • The best emo kid video out there
  • "blow boys away" the halo music video
  • Ultimate DMC 3 Combo Video
  • Hermione and Draco video
  • Crazy Surfing video Powerade Commercial
  • kitty
  • Stadion Bayen München
  • Switching on the PSP
  • Luigi is Really Real 2005: The Movie

50-99 thousand views[edit]

  • halo do and do-not do video
  • Knight Online Music Video
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 Time Attack Video
  • The Mac OS X Panther video that never made it
  • Soul Calibur 3 Video 5
  • Video Feedback
  • ESPN Video Game Commercial with Tracy Morgan
  • "Blurry" the halo music video
  • rollerblading video
  • Trigger Man: The Video Review
  • Black Hawk Down CTF Video 32 player online PS2
  • Waves 1
  • Rubik's Cube Speedcubing by Jean Pons(11.75 seconds solve)
  • Walking Pooh
  • me playing a spongebob game!!!
  • Rubiks Cube
  • Mister Donut - unlimited
  • the red cape massacre

10-49 thousand views[edit]

  • Mario Kart DS (First or Second ever gaming video uploaded to YouTube)
  • ESPN Images of The Century - Video Montage
  • Velvet Acid Christ Fan Video - Decypher
  • KYSG Hwoarang video
  • 24V FWD VR6 Turbo, Dyno and Street Video
  • BushWar flight video
  • Pants Pants Pants Full House Video
  • 1 day video
  • RC Plane in flight Video
  • Video projector in Berlin subway
  • Longest video uploaded in 2005
  • Rainbow Six Lockdown Video
  • Falcon 4.0 Video
  • Baidu Word of Mouth Video
  • Pristontale Bless Castle Video
  • Take on me- music video
  • DragonBall Z music video (Gohan Piccolo)
  • Oddworld Music Video Vol. 3
  • Oddworld Music Video Vol.2
  • We Belong together (FFX music video)
  • Sugar We're Going Down Music Video Remake
  • Texel Video
  • Ethic clothing.com video
  • ZeroGravity Stunt Team - Lateef Crowder Demo Video - Flight Choreography / Stunts
  • Runetoads - sheep shearer- (Runescape 2005)
  • video de drifting
  • Halo 2 music video
  • Blue music video
  • Antiboredom video
  • Yuka Nakamori photoshoot video.
  • Desert Combat Music Video
  • Another Halo 2 Music video
  • Metroid Music Video
  • YouTube Victim
  • maple story video
  • Nike Video
  • my first video
  • Renamed videos that have words in the title "Skibidi Toilet", "Hawk Tuah", "Sigma", etc.
  • Sonic Horror
  • alaskan malamute puppy

<=9,9 thousand views[edit]

  • One Soldier Army – Oldest Gmod video
  • movie – Oldest CSS video
  • Day of Defeat – Oldest Day of Defeat video
  • War Video – Oldest COD video
  • Terminal Hacker – Oldest HALO video
  • Cyberia Game of the week 1 – Oldest CS 1.6 video
  • Like toy soldiers – Oldest Battlefield video
  • HL2: DM – Oldest Half-life video
  • Anime Music Video:Gundam – Oldest Anime video/AMV
  • tv sims – Oldest Sims video

See also[edit]

Source[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ u/PottedPlant444. The Massive YouTube Iceberg (1000+ ENTRIES (i think)). Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  2. ↑ SheyMan1405. 2005 YouTube Videos. IcebergThreads. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
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