David Blaine street magic, makes me wheeze everytime! https://youtu.be/wTqsV3q7rRU

20 years on my partner and I still quote The End of the World occasionally.

Racist Field Trip gets me laughing fit to cry. Would have killed to be in the room when he was telling the story. Guys in the background about to piss themselves!

A classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4

HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA

Honey Badgers

Look at all those chickens

I still quote this several times a week.

You gotta do the cooking by the book.

Forgot this classic.

Outside in, how to turn a sphere inside out.

FENTON!!! https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

What a fun question. Made me nostalgic for early social media days.

Early YouTube: Daft Punk Hands

Pre-Youtube: The End of the World

Can't believe these haven't been mentioned. Maybe because they're too popular, but they always makes me laugh:

Leeroy Jenkins

Grape stomping lady falls

Chat Roulette - Wrecking Ball

Skyrim summarized in one video

Ronald Jenkees - Stay Crunchy

Numa Numa

Harder Better Faster Stronger

Concrete Buffer Gone Wild

Go! Bwaah!

Seems like a good thread to plug !youtubeclassics@sh.itjust.works

Almost all my iconic video favorites aren't YouTube original content (though they have been uploaded to YouTube).

Like Slackcircus's Fabulous Secret Powers

I forgot this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qN72LEQnaU

The Hamster Dance Song

If you want to feel old.

The pure pwnage series documenting the life of a humble pro gamer.

My horse is amazing

Trolololo

Ding fries are done

This has lived rent free in my head for years.

Hey clip. I believe I stumbled on it from something Kevin Smith did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CSo1gOd48

My name is Boxxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOExl5doR2A

Star Wars Kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU

The Easter Bunny Hates You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzGSQwVa9I

Everyone Else Has More Sex Than Me Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzMt1oqMFdo

And the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnAa7rqtBM

Four Chords (Yeah! Fuck off chicken little!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

Here’s my favorite deep cut. It was the first video I ever saw on YouTube: My Hands Are Bananas

Malk

DING DONG BANNU

oh and also, seriously, does anybody want to come to Candy Mountain with me? I found Candy Mountain!

Dramatic Chipmunk

I'm sure the most watched ones might be: The Duck song, Asdfmovie, and the like...

My picks:

• (Stupid funny) playing Parappa the Rapper 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlCGMm8Qag
• (Informative) CGP Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3jE3B8HsE
• (Music) The Canadian band Barenaked Ladies recording songs in their Bathroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWzQ-sZZto
• There was this one youtube minigame (maybe it was a google homepage game? I don't remember) commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall Anniversary, with a wall you could break by moving the timeline bar back and forth. I can't find it anymore.

Nicht so tief Rüdiger! it's in german though

SG Drifters 3

Man gobbles at turkeys, turkeys gobble back

https://youtu.be/xuCn8ux2gbs

Can't believe it hasn't been posted :D

She's new, but is the spiritual successor of old YouTube.

Cool Cammy - Trolley Problem

A good compilation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F31B2079F0C884B

Nowadays it would be against copyright for half the videos.

redsatyr - copy that floppy

Lightning Bolt - 13 Monsters

JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK

shitbuster

This guy Andrew Struthers made cool stuff back in the day, too bad he became a COVID-denying anti-trans bigot. He made his mark with Spiders On Drugs and then used the money he made to make a feature film. Americanface, the resulting film, is one of my favorite films. It really sucks that he became such a dickbag.

Spiders On Drugs

Americanface

Can't really name a specific one so I'll go with:

Ice Cream Truck In The 'Hood

future gen. consels wii2 ps4 xbox 720