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Please dont... "YouTube voice," the narration style(s) that so many creators have picked up, is very annoying. It's worse than "newscaster voice."

Edit: This is a cool tool though

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I find that the videos aren't usually from "creators" but academic lectures, interviews, that sort of thing. Maybe it depends on the kinds of words you look up, though.

Is that where the speaker randomly pauses between words, as if they want to check that you're still watching?

My guess is that it refers to the really "hype" voice that a lot of YouTubers use. Like Mr. Beast, and most Minecraft YouTubers (but usually not ones on Hermitcraft) (source: I've had to listen to my little brother watching Minecraft videos way too much).

It's interesting, all of us interpret it based on the YouTube bubbles we are familiar with:

I first assumed they were referring to the "I have just figured out a secret, little child, and I'm deigning to share it with you" type voice that Johnny Harris and people making videos of that ilk put on.

Then I thought maybe they were talking about the YouTube voice people like Connor (CDawgVA) and Ludwig put on, which is a mix of the "hype" voice you mention and a sort of 80s radio presenter voice.

The conclusion is that there's no such thing as a "YouTube voice" that the GP comment mentions, it all depends on which bubble of YouTube you're familiar with and extrapolate to the whole of it.

It may also be just how youngsters talk nowadays, because my teenager's friends have the YouTube voice. (Or maybe their excessive YT consumption is affecting their speaking style.)

> "YouTube voice," the narration style(s) that so many creators have picked up

I can't say I've ever noticed that -- do you have particular creators/videos in mind?

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