We’re beginning a new weekly feature here where we’ll briefly describe the five most-viewed videos on Youku of the week, each Friday. We hope this provides some insight into what Chinese Internet video viewers are watching, and what they think of it!
Uploaded on: November 29 09
Total Views: 1,756,334
Thumbs Up: 99.9%
Comments: 209
Kelly Cha (Zhazha) interviews 2005 Supergirls singing contest winner Li Yuchun. Li remains somewhat controversial in China for her supposedly androgynous style, but she’s adored by millions of fans, known as “玉米” (”corn”), a close-homophone pun on 宇迷, or “fans of Yu”).
Uploaded on: November 27 09
Total Views: 1,498,453
Thumbs Up: 90.7%
Comments: 1859
Inspired by the hit TV series Wo Ju 《蜗居》, a user uploaded this glimpse into the cramped, decidedly unglamorous living conditions of a Beijing white collar office worker.
Uploaded on: November 28 09
Total Views: 1,356,934
Thumbs Up: 98.4%
Comments: 1,257
“My Name is MT,” Episode 8. The cartoon adventures of MT, a little bull, and his buddies in the world of Azeroth, from the hit massively-multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
Uploaded on: December 3 09
Total Views: 1,217,035
Thumbs Up: 98.1%
Comments: 4,466
A video introductionn to the “Five Tigers” fighting for the Chinese team in the 2009 “Chinese Kung-Fu vs. Thai Boxing” competition.
Uploaded on: November 29 09
Total Views: 1,091,735
Thumbs Up: 83.1%
Comments: 1,831
Paike “best of” video of models from last week’s Guangzhou Auto Show. I’m pretty sure they’re the main reason that people go to auto shows in the first place.