When most people think back to the children's celebrities of their time, they may think of the children's movie actors.
Well-trained stars in the entertainment industry.
For some people, these are stars like Mary.
Kate and Ashley Olsen are o'mccauley Karkin of the lonely home.
For others, they are Judy galandor Shirley Temple.
For today's kids, however, some of the biggest stars are not actors at all, but YouTube stars.
The biggest one is 6-year-
Old Ryan playing with toys
Fascinate millions of children around the world.
Since he was 3 years old, Ryan's parents have been capturing videos of him opening toys, playing with them and "reviewing" the videos they posted on the YouTube channel "Ryan Toys Review"
Ryan's last name and place of residence is a closely guarded secret, not without reason.
Ryan has become more than one
According to Forbes magazine, millionaires
List of top-paid entrepreneurs on YouTube.
He ranked eighth, and during the period from June 1-20, 2016 to June 1, he brought in $11 million in revenue, certainly before management fees and taxes.
He is linked to the comedy channel Smosh created by Anthony Padila and Ian Haix.
Kids around the world are hooked on him, watching videos for hours a day, and even copying him to start their own YouTube channel.
For his youngest fan, Ryan is not just a stranger on the Internet.
He's their friend.
The top 10 in the world
YouTube stars earned $0. 127 billion, up 80 per cent from last year.
According to Forbes, this increase is due to asurge's advertising revenue on the point of view --
Includes a healthy "Ryan toysview.
"From a simple, humble 15-
Minutes Video of Lego Depot train suit.
When his family began recording and publishing videos in March 2015, 3-year-
According to Ryan's profile at Verge, old has few points of view, let alone comments.
In his first video, he just opened a Lego box, set up the building blocks and played with them.
"Ryan watched a lot of toy review channels.
His favorite are Ivan tube and Julian Maya.
Because they used to make a lot of videos about tank engine Thomas, Ryan really liked Thomas, "his mother told TubeFilter last year, who declined to be named.
"One day he asked me, 'How come I'm not on YouTube when all the other kids are on YouTube?
So we decided-
We can do it.
Then we took him to the store and bought his first toy.
I think it's the Lego train-
It all started there.
"Soon, the boy began to play with more than just one toy, and two, and then dozens.
About four months later, his channel saw a surge in traffic, driven mainly by a viral video of Ryan reviewing hundreds of toys at a time.
This is a video called "100 car toy giant egg suddenly opening Pixar Disney Lightning McQueen children's video Toy Review" "Ryan Toy Review.
The number of views per month begins to double.
January of 2016 he of user to the millions.
A year later, he had more than five million.
Now he has more than ten million users.
In June, TubeFilter named "Ryan ToysReview" the most popular YouTube channel in the United States. S.
For 40 in a row on Sunday.
In September, NBA player Kevin Durant showed his science experiment in a video of Ryan.
Ryan is very popular.
He got the job that every little child dreamed of, opening toys day after day to play with them.
He is also a smiling face and has no threat to both parents and children. No bad words.
No kidding.
He is Mr Rogers but has no sweaters and slippers.
In the most popular video published in April 13, 2016, Ryan's mother filmed him crawling on an inflatable waterslide looking for giant Easter eggs.
In order to find all kinds of toys, he opened each one.
"This is McQueen's light!
When he opened a toy car that he found from the Disney movie "car", he said excitedly.
Wow, in another character, there is a character from "Paw Patrol", and in another character, there are spiders --Man.
"I bet there's a bad guy in it," he said, pointing to an uncracked egg.
"Who do you think, children?
"In the rest of the video, he spends most of his time throwing toys on the waterslide and playing in the inflatable pool.
Ryan had a good time.
He focused on the slow presentation, just like the opening of those eggs, which was amazing.
Of his 30 most popular videos, all capital letters in the title, except halfine, contain the word "surprise: "Giant Egg Surprise", "Giant Egg" Balloon Pop surprise "and" Surprise toy giant ball pit challenge ".
Without thinking too much, without "why is this toy better than the other", without analysis, the thing that adults describe "Ryan toyreview" is irresistible.
Verge describes the channel as a "mix and match"
Composed of personal videos and "unboxing" videos, the mix of innocent childhood antics and ruthless consumerism.
Unboxing refers to one of the most popular and profitable types on YouTube.
These videos sound exactly like this: as Robin Gibbon of The Washington Post explains, people open the packaging of new purchases, the latest footage of Apple devices Chanel, Louis Vuitton.
His family makes money whenever someone clicks on a video from Ryan.
There are advertising and advertising links everywhere.
Ryan has real influence.
Jim Silver said: "If a product gets 10 million, 20 million views and you see Ryan likes it, or other kids like it, it has a huge impact on retail, the CEO of the review website toys, pets, etc. told Vergewhen when Ryan was 5 years old.
"He's really the youngest success we 've ever seen.
Most of the time the kids are 6-
Add the range just because of the vocabulary and the maturity of doing the review.
On last September, his parents told TubeFilter that there was no brand for the 99% video on the channel.
At the time, their parents said they paid for all the toys that Ryan reviewed.
It is not clear how many toy reviews the sponsor has sent him, but his video description usually includes dozens of name links --brand items.
According to the "About" page of his channel, after Ryan commented on most of the toys, the family donated them to charity.
Many videos include Ryan doing other things besides playing with toys.
They asked him to get his hair cut, play hide-and-seek in the hotel, and have a birthday party for the twin brothers.
"We release a new video every day, and we usually shoot two or three videos a week," his mom told TubeFilter . ".
"We try not to interfere with Ryan's pre-pre-
The schedule of the school, so most of the filming is done on weekends, and then we will edit it when he goes to school.
"But even if Ryan had only a few pieces of his daily life, his viewerscan actually inserted himself into his life.
For some young children, the line between real and a part of the Ryan video is vague. “My 5-year-
Eat these things all the time!
"Ryan's toy review could be my death," a mother named Lindsay Weiss wrote in a blog post . ".
"It's actually the only thing he saw on YouTube, and the other day I found him talking back to Ryan and telling him that he missed an important part of the new game" don't wake dad up"
"Honey, you know Ryan can't hear you, right?
She said she told her son.
"Mom, he doesn't need to listen to me," wrote Wes . " Her son replied. “He just KNOWS.
"I also asked Ryan to thank my children for the 13 games they got on their birthdays last week," added Wes . ". “That’s right.
My child has 13 games on his birthday.
It was very polite to see Ryan play the game and scream happily.
Other parents left a lot of information on Ryan's YouTube channel, thanking him and his parents for saying that their children sometimes watch his videos for hours a day.
"My son has autism," one parent wrote . "
"Your video helps him to speak, use his imagination, and use the toys correctly!
He likes these videos a few times a day and I just want to say thank you!
"Hey, Ryan ToysReview hi," wrote another parent . ".
"My 3 year old Ashaz likes to watch your video.
He wants to say hi, you are his little brother, haha . . . . . . We are from India and all of us extend our best wishes.
"Ryan, my child likes your toy review and he watches your videos every day," one mother wrote . ".
"Today he asked my mom, when are we going to visit Ryan?
I told him it was impossible because we live in different countries, maybe when you grow up :)
However, the greatest will comes from the children themselves.
"Hello, Ryan," one of them recently wrote . ".
". . . I'm 5 years old, I'm on my dad's account, how old are you and I like your video as well.
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