Jim Liebelt's Youth Culture Watch

What's Hot? 6/25/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 6/25/10
   1. brad pitt brother
   2. earthquake
   3. algeria
   4. wimbledon
   5. kyle jacobs
   6. kellie pickler
   7. landon donovan
   8. usa vs algeria
   9. world cup soccer
  10. isner
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 6/25/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Craigslist
   8. eBay
   9. Twitter
  10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 6/25/10
   1. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   2. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry
   3. Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) - B.o.B
   4. OMG (feat. will.i.am) - Usher
   5. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
   6. Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) - Travie McCoy
   7. Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo
   8. Find Your Love - Drake
   9. My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha) - 3OH!3
  10. No Love (feat. Lil Wayne)  - Eminem
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 6/20/10
   1. NBA Finals ABC - Game 7
   2. NBA Finals ABC - Game 6
   3. America's Got Talent - Wed
   4. NCIS
   5. America's Got Talent - Tue
   6. NCIS: Los Angeles
   7. Two and a Half Men
   8. The Bachelorette
   9. The Big Bang Theory
  10. The Mentalist
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 6/17/10
   1. The Karate Kid
   2. The A-Team
   3. Shrek Forever After
   4. Get Him to the Greek
   5. Killers
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 6/18/10

 Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 6/18/10
   1. e3
   2. jimmy dean
   3. world cup 2010
   4. earthquake
   5. fifa
   6. kinect
   7. flag day
   8. new xbox 360
   9. true blood
  10. youtube broadcast yourself
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 6/18/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Craigslist
   8. eBay
   9. Twitter
  10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 6/18/10
   1. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry
   2. OMG (feat. will.i.am) - Usher
   3. Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) - B.o.B
   4. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
   5. Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) - Travie McCoy
   6. Not Afraid - Eminem
   7. Your Love is My Drug - Ke$ha
   8. My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha) - 3OH!3
   9. Rock That Body - Black Eyed Peas
  10. Alejandro  - Lady GaGa
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 6/13/10
   1. NBA Finals ABC - Game 5
   2. NBA Finals ABC - Game 4
   3. NBA Finals ABC - Game 3
   4. America's Got Talent
   5. NCIS
   6. Glee
   7. Two and a Half Men
   8. NCIS: Los Angeles
   9. The Big Bang Theory
  10. 60 Minutes
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 6/10/10
   1. Shrek Forever After
   2. Get Him to the Greek
   3. Killers
   4. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
   5. Sex and the City 2
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 6/11/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 6/11/10
 1. mcdonalds recall
 2. celebrity rehab
 3. jose lima
 4. bp
 5. maytag
 6. belmont stakes
 7. rue mcclanahan
 8. 1971 john lennon song
 9. dunkin donuts
10. justin bieber music
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 6/11/10
 1. Google
 2. Facebook
 3. Yahoo!
 4. YouTube
 5. Amazon
 6. Wikipedia
 7. Craigslist
 8. Twitter
 9. eBay
10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 6/11/10
 1. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry
 2. Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) - B.o.B
 3. OMG (feat. will.i.am) - Usher
 4. Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) - Travie McCoy
 5. Your Love is My Drug - Ke$ha
 6. Not Afraid - Eminem
 7. Alejandro  - Lady GaGa
 8. Rock That Body - Black Eyed Peas
 9. Faithfully - Glee Cast
10. Over The Rainbow - Glee Cast
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 6/5/10
 1. NBA Finals ABC - Game 2
 2. NBA Finals ABC - Game 1
 3. America's Got Talent - Tues.
 4. NCIS
 5. 60 Minutes
 6. The Mentalist
 7. America's Got Talent - Wed.
 8. Two and a Half Men
 9. NCIS: Los Angeles
10. The Big Bang Theory
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 6/3/10
1. Shrek Forever After
2. Sex and the City 2
3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
4. Iron Man 2
5. Robin Hood
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 6/4/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 6/4/10
 1. al gore
 2. tipper gore
 3. guatemala sinkhole
 4. bachelorette
 5. ted koppel
 6. joanna garcia
 7. dennis hopper
 8. andrew koppel
 9. bp
10. marilyn monroe
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 6/4/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. amazon
 7. craigslist
 8. ebay
 9. msn live
10. twitter
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 6/4/10
 1. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)
           - Katy Perry
 2. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 3. Airplanes
           - B.o.B
 4. Miss Me (feat. Lil Wayne)
           - Drake
 5. Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)
           - Travie McCoy
 6. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 7. Rock That Body
           - Black Eyed Peas
 8. Alejandro
           - Lady GaGa
 9. Not Afraid
           - Eminem
10. Bulletproof
           - La Roux
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 5/30/10
 1. American Idol - Wednesday
 2. American Idol - Tuesday
 3. Dancing With The Stars
 4. DWTS - Results
 5. NCIS
 6. Two and a Half Men
 7. The Big Bang Theory
 8. NCIS: Los Angeles
 9. Criminal Minds
10. CSI: Miami
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 5/27/10
 1. Shrek Forever After
 2. Iron Man 2
 3. Robin Hood
 4. Sex and the City 2
 5. Letters to Juliet
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 5/28/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 5/28/10
 1. lost finale
 2. french open
 3. slipknot
 4. paul gray
 5. venus williams french open outfit
 6. simon monjack
 7. jamaica news
 8. brittnay murphy husband
 9. bachelorette
10. mexico vs. england
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 5/28/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. amazon
 7. craigslist
 8. msn live
 9. ebay
10. blogger
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 5/28/10
 1. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)
           - Katy Perry
 2. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 3. Beautiful Day
           - Lee DeWyze
 4. Airplanes
           - B.o.B
 5. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 6. Alejandro
           - Lady GaGa
 7. Up to the Mountain
           - Crystal Bowersox
 8. Bulletproof
           - La Roux
 9. Not Afraid
           - Eminem
10. Hallelujah
           - Lee DeWyze
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 5/23/10
 1. Dancing With The Stars
 2. American Idol - Wednesday
 3. American Idol - Tuesday
 4. NCIS
 5. Grey's Anatomy
 6. NCIS: Los Angeles
 7. The Mentalist
 8. The Big Bang Theory
 9. DWTS - Results
10. CSI
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 5/20/10
 1. Iron Man 2
 2. Robin Hood
 3. Letters to Juliet
 4. Just Wright
 5. How to Train Your Dragon
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 5/21/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 5/21/10
 1. emma caulfield
 2. red dead redemption
 3. indrani
 4. nba draft
 5. may 18
 6. megan fox leaked photo
 7. biggest loser
 8. john travolta
 9. mark souder
10. miss usa 2010
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 5/21/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. amazon
 7. craigslist
 8. msn live
 9. ebay
10. blogger
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 5/21/10
 1. Can't Be Tamed
           - Miley Cyrus
 2. California Gurls (fae Snoop Dogg)
           - Katy Perry
 3. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 4. Airplanes
           - B.o.B
 5. Alejandro
           - Lady GaGa
 6. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 7. Not Afraid
           - Eminem
 8. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris)
           - Taio Cruz
 9. I Dreamed a Dream
           - Glee Cast
10. Dream On
           - Glee Cast
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 5/16/10
 1. Dancing With The Stars
 2. American Idol - Wednesday
 3. American Idol - Tuesday
 4. NCIS
 5. NCIS: Los Angeles
 6. The Mentalist
 7. Two and a Half Men
 8. The Good Wife
 9. The Big Bang Theory
10. Criminal Minds
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 5/13/10
 1. Iron Man 2
 2. Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 3. How to Train Your Dragon
 4. Date Night
 5. The Back-Up Plan
Source: Box Office Mojo

YouTube Turns 5

Is it just me or does it seem like YouTube has been a part of the fabric of our culture for more than five years?

Early this year, the most popular YouTube video of all time — a 2007 clip of a British toddler gleefully biting the finger of his older brother — was supplanted by a brash newcomer.

The upstart was Lady Gaga’s slithering, sci-fi-themed music video for her hit single “Bad Romance.”

The shift was symbolic: YouTube, a subsidiary of the search giant Google, is growing up. Once known primarily for skateboard-riding cats, dancing geeks and a variety of cute-baby high jinks, YouTube now features a smorgasbord of more professional video that is drawing ever larger and more engaged audiences.

On Monday, YouTube will celebrate its fifth birthday by announcing it has passed two billion video views a day; YouTube said it reached the one billion mark in October.

Google executives said in January that the site, which has perennially lost money, had increased its revenue, and that ad space on YouTube’s home pages for 20 countries was sold out every day toward the end of 2009. Many analysts say YouTube could break even this year for the first time, after five years of large losses generated by its high bandwidth and storage costs.

Source: New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/technology/17youtube.html?hpw

What's Hot? 5/14/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 5/14/10
 1. pope & biggest threat
 2. maurice strong
 3. dana plato
 4. youcut
 5. lost
 6. noemie lenoir
 7. miranda lambert
 8. american idol results
 9. greyson michael chance
10. amar.org.ir
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 5/14/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. amazon
 7. craigslist
 8. msn live
 9. blogger
10. ebay
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 5/14/10
 1. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)
           - Katy Perry
 2. Not Afraid
           - Eminem
 3. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 4. Airplanes
           - B.o.B
 5. Jessie's Girl
           - Glee Cast
 6. Alejandro
           - Lady GaGa
 7. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 8. Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)
           - Jay-Z
 9. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris)
           - Taio Cruz
10. My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha)
           - 3OH!3
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 5/9/10
 1. Dancing With The Stars
 2. American Idol - Wednesday
 3. American Idol - Tuesday
 4. NCIS
 5. The Mentalist
 6. NCIS: Los Angeles
 7. CSI
 8. The Good Wife
 9. DTWS Results
10. Survivor: Heroes & Villains
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 5/6/10
 1. Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 2. How to Train Your Dragon
 3. Date Night
 4. The Back-Up Plan
 5. Furry Vengeance
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 5/7/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 5/7/10
 1. cinco de mayo
 2. kendra wilkinson
 3. mega millions
 4. linda lovelace
 5. biggest loser
 6. mothers day poems
 7. tylenol recall
 8. proflowers
 9. miley cyrus
10. harry connick jr
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 5/7/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. amazon
 7. craigslist
 8. msn live
 9. blogger
10. ebay
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 5/7/10
 1. Not Afraid
           - Eminem
 2. My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha)
           - 3OH!3
 3. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 4. Total Eclipse of the Heart
           - Glee Cast
 5. Airplanes
           - B.o.B
 6. Alejandro
           - Lady GaGa
 7. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 8. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris)
           - Taio Cruz
 9. Hey, Soul Sister
           - Train
10. Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)
           - Jay-Z
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 5/2/10
 1. Dancing With The Stars
 2. American Idol - Wednesday
 3. American Idol - Tuesday
 4. NCIS
 5. NCIS: Los Angeles
 6. The Mentalist
 7. CSI
 8. 60 Minutes
 9. Survivor: Heroes & Villains
10. DTWS Results
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 4/29/10
 1. How to Train Your Dragon
 2. The Back-Up Plan
 3. Date Night
 4. Kick Ass
 5. The Losers
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 4/30/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 4/30/10
 1. sandra bullock baby
 2. dpe.gov.bd
 3. kentucky derby 2010
 4. bobby brown
 5. proflowers coupons
 6. baskin robbins
 7. bret michaels
 8. molly ringwald
 9. people magazine
10. suzanne tamim
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 4/30/10
 1. google
 2. facebook
 3. yahoo!
 4. youtube
 5. wikipedia
 6. craistlist.org
 7. blogger.com
 8. amazon.com
 9. twitter
10. ebay
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 4/30/10
 1. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
           - Usher
 2. Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams)
           - B.o.B
 3. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris)
           - Taio Cruz
 4. Your Love is My Drug
           - Ke$ha
 5. Need You Now
           - Lady Antebellum
 6. Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars)
           - B.o.B
 7. Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)
           - Jay-Z
 8. Hey, Soul Sister
           - Train
 9. Rude Boy
           - Rihanna
10. Eenie Meenie
           - Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 4/25/10
 1. Dancing With The Stars
 2. American Idol - Tuesday
 3. American Idol - Wednesday
 4. The Mentalist
 5. DWTS - Results
 6. CSI
 7. Glee
 8. CSI: Miami
 9. 60 Minutes
10. Desperate Housewives
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 4/22/10
 1. Kick-Ass
 2. How to Train Your Dragon
 3. Date Night
 4. Death at a Funeral (2010)
 5. Clash of the Titans (2010)
Source: Box Office Mojo