Four of the top five YouTube channels are for kids (and the fifth is Taylor Swift)
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#86FY)
Google's video service has become a global children's TV staple thanks to channels like Funtoys Collector and Little Baby Bum
Four of the five most popular YouTube channels in March are aimed at children, and they racked up nearly 1.5bn video views between them that month.
The latest chart from online video analytics firm OpenSlate and industry site Tubefilter shows that US-based toy unboxing channel Funtoys Collector was the biggest YouTube channel by some distance in March, with 477.5m views.
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