How Discord Accidentally BROKE YouTube

Discord introduced loot boxes for their April Fools Day prank. In the process, however, they accidentally created one of the biggest TH-cam viewbots in history, breaking TH-cam guidelines and setting a record for most video views in 24 hours. How did Discord get a billion views in such a short amount of time?
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[@Vailskibum]

rip

[@abadyal-omari4859]

Salami

[@ABwebGamesFan]

"first reply"

[@LeviJr08]

It's funny that Discord accidentally made the most succesful viewbot ever, ain't it?

[@AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

Yea

[@realXt8Gamer]

oops

[@Nightwarereal]

Discord accidentally made one of the best April fools pranks in history.

[@helloolleh_dis]

Without even knowing about it

[@painiscupcake2011]

Oh

[@averagenoobpro47]

Nighthack!?!?

[@Nightwarereal]

@@averagenoobpro47 yep that’s me

[@azplayzgachablox]

Not the best by far

[@FinsterRoblox]

The fact that it replayed over and over again on mistake still gets me 😭

[@StevenJones851]

That is crazy

[@MonkeyMod]

Frrr

[@graffiti.777]

I can't believe I helped out with this.

[@Jonathan_Collins]

When a prank sends TH-cam staff into a frenzy, you know it's a good prank.

[@jorgem.9690]

Discord is ass

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Discord: *Makes a TH-cam viewbot*
MrBeast fake channels: "Our battle will be legendary!"

[@AngelSGG]

Are u a npc?

[@MSPaintOfficial]

@@AngelSGG nope, that's no bot

[@MonkeyMod]

Lol

[@SticKinGamma]

More like "write that down, write that down!!!!!"

[@AngelStarjam]

Hmm that comment looks awfully... familiar

[@richard21]

The funniest part is that not a single dev thought this would happen when they added the video to discord, I imagine they accidentally made it repeat indefinitely and it was only supposed to play once

[@8BitTaco.]

I can’t believe an April Fools video accidentally broke several TH-cam records

[@richard21]

This has to be the funniest April fools event of this year, it managed to even surpass skibidi toilet on trending

[@Catpaw616]

And they did this under 24 hours 💀

[@riffraff7942]

I know it’s crazy

[@StevenJones851]

That's crazy

[@M64bros]

Ikr! It's pretty insane

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Crazy 🤪

[@thedraftingax5963]

@@M64brosFr!

[@captaintheanims1119]

It’s so shocking to me that discord accidentally broke a record because of one april fools video

[@FourPlushie]

Its a once in a lifetime to see a company managed to break another company

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Interestingly, the video likely didn't really make any money, due to embeds not having ads on them, thus indirectly costing TH-cam even more than hosting a 600 million view video normally would.

[@circle6800]

plus, even if they did, the channel didnt even break 4000 hours last month, meaning they werent even eligible to even make any money

[@the_mr_clean]

Imagine you’re at the Discord company seeing 1.4 billion views on an April Fools video 💀

[@Jonathan_Collins]

For April Fools they went the full nine yards and gave us two broken websites.

[@mytromic]

I saw that comment before

[@shadocloud]

Stolen comment, bot account

[@kyflysupreme7727]

​@@shadocloudAlso stolen comment, bot account

[@jare3459]

for a second thought, this was about TH-cam activity on Discord still being a buggy mess (me and my friends can type out a full TH-cam video name still not find video we want)

[@sashamurashi225]

The fact this wasn't planned makes it all the more funnier

[@KeebeThePlush]

How ironic that this happened on April fools of all things

[@bam-js1lf]

yeah true

[@NoobieofficialRoblox]

That view bot is crazy

[@LivingFire_BurningFlame]

What do you guys mean? OBVIOUSLY everyone just loves lootboxes and discord updates so very much that they watched it over a billion times in anticipation of it~

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

😂

[@skyenight-by8yh]

Wow, a *billion* views in just 24 hours. That’s gotta be a new TH-cam viewing *RECORD!*

[@BadContentCreator193]

When I turned on my Samsung TV and hovered over TH-cam, I genuinely thought that that video was viral, but not that viral!

[@MacNava]

To think they broke a world record over a joke.

[@maxordman4100]

Totally wild! You always deliver the wildest scoops! That sounds like quite the April fools event! Sorry I missed it but I will certainly look it up when I have time.

[@iEndersuitIsHere]

They really said "Oops"

[@Josu516]

¿ When will cartoon network make cartoons again ? I miss watching cartoons 😞

[@kirbykirbykirby.]

*I couldn't believe this **_wasn't_** an April Fools prank!*

[@headegg290]

At first, I thought this meant TH-cam stopped working temporarily.

[@CoolDude18372]

Discord Fr made the biggest April fools prank ever

[@ericariley1696]

I saw the Loot Box notification on Discord but ignored it since I didn't have interest in that. Good thing I dodged that April Fool's bullet.

[@thedraftingax5963]

Same here lol

[@cfan6716]

I was about to ignore it but then I got some rewards, and the big surprise was well let’s just say….I got clowned.

[@idkdgy8563]

I got clowned on purpose

[@Definitely_Sage]

"oops"
such wise words

[@Valorvideos897]

I love how you put on the stand users!

[@MindyTheHare]

This was the day Discord Fooled TH-cam I love it 😅😂😊

[@NunofYerbizness]

Well like, loot boxes on Discord did exist as an actual feature on April Fools, as they were unlimited use, cost nothing, and would award one of nine artworks when opened.
I also checked the Wikipedia article for the most viewed TH-cam videos about the "viewbot" thing, and it says every IP address is only allowed either 4 or 5 counted views every 24 hours (any further views would not add to the total until the 24 hours have passed); So at a realistic most, over 280,000,000 IP addresses watched it at least five times within that single day, which is still far more views than what the GTA6 trailer got.

[@Mariogamer369]

This is actually INSANE

[@yoshi6468]

At least skibidi toilet won't crack the record any time soon

[@aichaamara392]

Fun fact TH-cam just recently fixed it

[@finnanima2413]

Discord,
whatever did we do,
to make you trap us on replay?

[@GND_Aaron]

2:13 i like the fact theres stands in jojo universe

[@PuffballExplosion]

The funniest part is that the view count in the video is the date of April Fools

[@JustinGrant-jf5gv]

I saw that little pop-up and i may have hovered over it myself, so I guess I had a hand to play in all this.

[@zasproductions9258]

This will be a historical moment ought to be remembered

[@PatrickMoore-yw6lu]

At least this is up there with the Smiling Friends puppets and IGN 's Nintendo Switch Virtual Boy promo. Good April Fools jokes.

[@francoalmiron5107]

Discord accidently broke a record.

[@Lumi_xoxo2]

Its a once in a lifetime to see a company managed to break another company.

[@hughesjill09]

0:59 omg, i have those boots 😂. Those are the Garmont T-18s

[@demongamer_IX]

They unintentionally pulled a prank on TH-cam themselves.

[@Poyostar]

I don't have Discord and don't plan on getting an account for my own personal reasons, so this situation completely flew by without me knowing about it while it was happening. In the immortal words of Bob Ross, what a happy little accident this turned out to be.

[@user-rl1pi4sc2k]

Discord:april fools loot boxes are here
TH-cam:my doom has come

[@insaneedoko999]

I am amazed. Never thought a record like this would happen. Actually I don’t think anyone thought it would

[@Asta-Staria16]

“Discord broke TH-cam”
How the hell does that work?

[@JustCarlos-nw5di]

How did I not know this existed?

[@RedZip15YT]

That records gonna take a while 💀

[@Pizzabox2010]

Finally. They Dethroned Baby Shark.... Well Played Discord. Well Played.

[@Galaxxymeeps]

And this was somehow beaten by duolingo on ice

[@anneboonchuy17]

The intern: whoops- i forgot to turn off the auto bot watcher-
The discord devs: You promoted.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I read this in Carl the Intern’s voice 😂

[@triceratops3]

they gotta do it now

[@franklynj9]

Im inpress in your videos keep it coming

[@F1st26]

1:58 “oops”

[@User-TRUW329]

i just got a banana when i open loot box😭💀

[@arpwcos2011]

Someone at discord must be real good at tech to commission YT bots lmao.

[@notatoasteratall9114]

Yeah I feel liked it just says how many people are terminal online Like they just won’t get off

[@CageBlack1443]

The word "discord" is a synonym for chaos.
Really living up their name here.

[@Lolbit1986]

lootboxes are actually a thing tho, i got the clown decoration on my avatar through them.
took a while tho

[@CoolMan1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

This is INSANE!

[@nyanbonecrush]

I see they are living up to their name

[@IForgorAboutMay2007]

2:13 jojo stardust cruisers moment

[@believeonChriststaystrong7589]

Discord releases an April fools prank……The effect of that prank on the TH-cam algorithm lasts until next April fools day lol 😂

[@elliottclaassen]

Omg. Incredible 1.4 BILLION VIEWS?!

[@Ljctheonearmedmonke]

funfact if you go the videos description theres a link and if you click it will open up the discord website and it show a button to open lootboxes and it works and you get a clown pfp decoration if you get all the rewards

[@PixelaGames2000]

I didn’t even know about this video, and I was on discord during April fools!

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

Your honor, my client pleads "oopsie daisies"

[@castillodaveentertainment9580]

I can’t believe that discord just broke TH-cam for April fools.

[@garuelx8627]

I'm more concerned about the incoming ads on discord which I wish was also an April Fools joke...

[@CertifiedFloweyFan]

this april fools prank is better than duolingos april fools pranks

[@2nkf]

An accidental success

[@circle6800]

fun fact: discord doesnt even have monitezation on, meaining they didnt make a single dollar off of this video

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

Ooof, hard L for them on their part 😆

[@adamk-paxlogan7330]

This is absolutely hilarious 🤣

[@ScruffsLikesNinjago]

The clown profile effects are good thoughh

[@pupperdoodle4379]

yo the bg music is so niche omg

[@cian.o]

I keep thinking of Discord from mlp, he would probably do this.

[@helendeck9487]

Discord right now:WHAT ARE THESE RATINGS!!!!!??

[@danielmalinen6337]

And what is the funnest part here, from half the world's point of view, Discord's April Fool's joke came a day later on April 2nd even though it was intended for April 1st US time.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

I can’t believe that Discord did this!

[@harrisonallen651]

Harmless indeed

[@Jonathan_Collins]

It's crazy how 630 million people all gathered together to celebrate the release of Discord Loot Boxes.

[@FragglevisionReturns]

It's also, to the best of my knowledge, the most viewed non-music, non-kids video in TH-cam history.

[@KidDangerthepony]

Kid Danger: *wearing his big trucker pup outfit* again, who cares?! i don't even HAVE discord!

[@Mr.AnimusOffical]

Oh yeah I opened some loot boxes and got a Samus helmet, a plush, and a sword 😂

[@immtnn8622]

I think its safe to say nobody is breaking that record

[@MidnightDominaor3005]

2:14 Nani!

[@ohmaplaymaker]

Not gonna lie, that's hilarous 😂

[@SuperSonicPals-YT]

WOW new TH-cam Record that Fast ❤😮❤

[@BrightGaming0]

Soup.

[@EdwardSanchezProductions]

Congratulations to Discord

[@ShiverThermal]

The music industry be seething rn

[@Brydav_Massbear]

Well, it did live up to its name.

[@TheNonameHousehold]

TH-cam is gonna have a lot of trouble and the fun with this one 😅😂

[@andykishore]

Not surprised by this.

[@noahmickelson8903]

“Oops”

[@cfan6716]

I tested the loot boxes….I got clowned. 😅