Spent 7 years uploading nearly 5 million videos to YouTube

This is an "art project" that challenges the limits of the world's largest video platform. Photo: AI .

A YouTube channel has recently become a hot topic of discussion on technology forums and social networks, not because of its popular content but because of an unbelievable statistic: more than 4.8 million videos uploaded in just 7 years.

This incredible record belongs to a channel called “NameLook”. According to its description, NameLook calls itself “the number one YouTube channel for personal name reviews!” with the aim of showcasing how personal names appear in a variety of styles: business cards, letterheads, backgrounds… to help viewers better visualize the design choices.

As described, the channel's video content is just looping clips with completely random names placed on different colored backgrounds, or on business cards, laptop screens.

YouTube channel with more than 4.8 million videos uploaded. Photo: YouTube.

Notably, among millions of randomly named videos, this channel also owns a special video named after 'YouTube king' Jimmy Donaldson - who is globally famous with the nickname MrBeast.

Despite owning a huge video library, NameLook 's subscriber count currently stands at 12,500. Notably, each video on this channel attracts an average of 200-300 views, showing that even though the content does not generate a sudden number of views, the channel still maintains a certain number of viewers for each post.

However, what makes NameLook special is the speed at which it uploads videos. According to records, this channel was created on January 21, 2018 - up to now, 0.2865 days. With a total of 4.8 million videos, a simple calculation shows that the owner of this channel must have uploaded an average of 1,676 videos/day, regularly for 7 years.

The origin of this unique "project" has been revealed. Following the Reddit account link mentioned in the NameLook channel description, the channel owner held a public AMA (Ask Me Anything) on this forum.

In it, the channel owner revealed that the purpose of creating the NameLook channel was not for profit or conventional fame, but to test the limits of YouTube. The channel owner affirmed that this is a unique "Contemporary Art Project".

"I used to wonder, 'What would happen if you uploaded more than one video to YouTube a day?' Seven years later, I think we have the answer," he shared.

Not just a personal experiment, NameLook also holds the (unofficial) world record for the YouTube channel with the most videos.

The official world record belongs to an Australian technician's YouTube channel with more than 2 million videos. Photo: Guinness.

The official record recognized by Guinness World Records as of 2022 belongs to the channel "Roel Van de Paar", with over 2 million videos uploaded. Roel Van de Paar 's channel, created on December 15, 2012, focuses primarily on videos providing computer technical help and support.

According to a comment posted on Reddit , the NameLook channel officially surpassed Roel Van de Paar 's record in late February of this year. This is further reinforced by a notable detail: The NameLook channel trailer, titled "1 million," was only uploaded in early January 2025.

Regardless of the purpose, NameLook has become a YouTube phenomenon, not only a testament to the channel's incredible tenacity, but also a clear demonstration of the near-limitless data processing and storage capabilities of modern technology platforms.

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