Why does searching for 'IMG_XXXX' on YouTube bring up a ton of old videos?
When you search for 'IMG_XXXX (four-digit number)' on YouTube, a large number of mysterious videos with extremely low view counts are displayed. Engineer Ben Wallace explains why such videos are displayed.
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For example, the results of searching 'IMG_1111' on YouTube are shown below. Basically, a large number of videos from the 2010s with a few to several hundred views are displayed. According to Wallace, these videos were uploaded from iPhones and iPod Touches.
Between 2009 and 2012, Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch included a 'Send to YouTube' feature that allowed users to upload videos directly to YouTube from the Photos app.
Apple uses the naming convention 'IMG_XXXX' for image and video files taken on iOS devices. The first video taken on the device is 'IMG_0001', the second is 'IMG_0002', and so on. However, when such a video is uploaded to YouTube, the file name is used as the title, so a video with the title 'IMG_XXXX' is created.
According to Wallace, the collaboration between Apple and YouTube is reported to have increased the total number of video uploads by 1,700% in the first half of 2009. However, since Apple severed its ties with YouTube in 2012, videos named 'IMG_XXXX' can no longer be uploaded with just a few taps.
The video, titled 'IMG_XXXX,' has the feel of an unedited home video.
For example, searching for 'IMG_1111' turns up a video of a marching band that had been viewed 15 times at the time of writing.
A video of a track and field athlete named Isabel Carreon pole vaulting.
IMG_1111 - YouTube
For example, a video of someone somewhere in the world playing the piano.
IMG_1111[1] - YouTube
In addition, on the following site, 'astronaut.io,' you can play videos with titles such as 'IMG_XXXX' endlessly. Access the site and click 'GO' to start playing.
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The online message board Reddit has a subreddit called 'IMG_XXXX' that is solely dedicated to videos titled 'IMG_XXXX'.
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