For some people, YouTube is a substitute for cable. If you don’t mind waiting a day or two, or sometimes as little as just a few minutes, for someone to make a video of what you want to see and upload it, they you can just tune in to YouTube. For anything and everything from the latest breaking news to complete political speeches to reruns of Comedy Central to music videos to clips from the World Cup or your sport of choice, YouTube has it all.

On January 15, 2009, YouTube announced that videos on their service would be viewable through Apple TV, TiVo and the gaming consoles Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3.Techcrunch: YouTube Comes To The Wii And PS3, But Not Xbox8

Also in 2009, YouTube Movies were launched as a way to compete with Hulu Movies to offer Action, cartoons, sports movies along with a host of documentaries.

1. Lady Gaga Bad Romance Video (226,145,599 views)
   Music video for the first single released off Lady Gaga's 2009 album The Fame: Monster.
2. Charlie Bit My Finger (199,898,911 views)
   A 56-second clip of two young siblings, one biting the finger of the other.
3. Evolution of Dance (145,474,078 views)
   A six-minute sketch by Judson Laipply, a motivational speaker that incorporates various well known dance moves. Originally posted on April 6, 2009, it is still in the top ten.
4. Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA (128,342,520 views)
   Music video for the 2009 single by Miley Cyrus titled Party in the USA.
5. Pitbull I Know You Want Me (125,740,175 views)
   Music video for the song I know You Want Me by the rapper Pitbull
6. Hahaha (124,188,792 views)
   A video posted in 2006 of a young infant interacting with his father causing the child to break out in constant laughter.
7. Miley Cyrus 7 Things Video (121,680,506 views)
   Music video for Miley Cyrus' 2008 hit single Seven Things.
8. Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist (113,866,214 views)
   A video clip of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham performing his comedy act with a puppet which he has named Achmed the Dead Terrorist.
9. Lady Gaga - Just Dance (113,707,525 views)
   The 2008 music video to the debut single by Lady Gaga.
10. Lo Que Tu Quieras Oir (101,273,91 views)
    A short drama performed in Spanish, written by Guillermo Zapata, it is the most viewed non-English video on YouTube.

1. Vevo (17,421,590,758 views)
   Vevo is a partnership between Sony, Universal Music Group and the Abu Dhabi Media Group which hosts a variety of popular music videos on YouTube.
   
2. Expert Village (1,194,611,554 Views)
   An informational channel with "How To" videos on a variety of topics, from using an iPad to ice fishing, many of which were created in partnership with eHow
   
3. Machinima (1,169,690,736 Views)
   YouTube's most popular video game-themed channel features trailers for new games, walkthroughs, news, gameplay demos and original short films created within games.
   
4. Hollywood Records (1,048,029,540 Views)
   The official channel for the major record label features numerous music videos from their artists, including Breaking Benjamin, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and The Jonas Brothers.
   
5. FAIL Blog (1,042,234,440 Views)
   Exactly as the name implies, this channel features mostly candid clips of people getting hurt, screwing up, embarrassing themselves and generally failing.

1. Nigahiga (2,346,672 Subscribers)
   Ryan Higa's channel features his personal vlogs and commentaries, along with sketches, wacky characters and film parodies.
   
2. Fred (1,771,741 Subscribers)
   Videos and sketches featuring the character Fred Figglehorn, a spastic 6-year-old created and portrayed by actor Lukas Cruikshank.
   
3. ShaneDawsonTV (1,598,135 Subscribers)
   The primary channel for 2010 Streamy Award-winner Shane Dawson is devoted to his comedy sketches and character pieces.
4. Smosh (1,560,220 Subscribers)
   Home of the comedy duo of Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, who produce skits, pop culture parodies and humorous music videos.
5. RayWilliamJohnson (1,429,728 Subscribers)
   Ray William Johnson hosts the show "=3," featuring a variety of strange, interesting or amusing videos from around YouTube along with snarky commentary.

Over the years there have been many YouTube Celebrities, who have gone from having a simple YouTube video, to being pushed into the national spotlight thanks to their creative videos that they have uploaded.