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Which was a really big help, but by the time it was on that Youtube channel it was already #1 on the App Store. It really was word of mouth that got it there. There are whole articles analyzing the Flappy Bird rise. I didn't bookmark any though, but they all seemed to conclude it was the perfect storm of viral awareness, it just spread by word of mouth perfectly.

It was mentioned.

"As word spread from Reddit to YouTube, playgrounds to office parks, Flappy Bird rose to the Top 10 of the U.S. charts by early January."

Who's this strange Norwegian guy?

I believe he's talking about PewDiePie, who's actually Swedish.

https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie

I'd seen the name of course, but had never seen him.

Weird.

I've never understood why people think this guy is interesting. He's just a socially awkward dude that makes loud, strange noises and acts like a child when he plays games. Meh.

Some people watch let's play because it is cheaper and easier than playing.

And they watch pewdiepie because he is the top search result.

Shrug.

His audience is infantile 11-13 year olds.