As an American currently visiting Edmonton, it is wild to have yet hear about Trudeau in public passively, but hear American politicians several times. Can confirm.
Well to be fair you are in alberta, everyone already knows the opinion. Go to BC and youll get either a blindly positive opinion or will offend someone for not hating the PM enough.
I’m not sure how long you’ve been in Edmonton for, but it’s very common to see a “fuck Trudeau” sticker on the back windshield of a vehicle. People will very readily groan about Trudeau, but people don’t generally start a conversation with a stranger about it in public
JJ: makes video called "why don't Canadian TH-camrs talk about Canada?" also JJ: "I don't really wanna speculate why these Canadian TH-camrs don't talk about Canada"
You said in a July article that pundits were being harmful by predicting Biden to step down and should be held accountable. You also said on Twitter you believe democrats should keep Biden as the nominee. Has your opinion on these stances changed in the last several weeks with more hindsight? Sorry for the difficult question, but thought you’d appreciate it more than questions about your hair.
I live in Wisconsin, so the northern border of the US but not actually adjacent to Canada. I've often said that I'd certainly encounter culture shock if I moved to Ontario - but I'd probably encounter *more* if I moved to Texas.
I noticed Canadian TH-camrs across the genres never mention they are from Canada unless it’s in relation to shipping or something not being available here. You are the only TH-camr I can actually watch for Canada content of any kind
RMTransit, NotJustBikes, and a few other urbanism TH-camrs. LRR, though I haven't watched them in ten years probably lol. Stephan kesting, but the Canada specific stuff is all on the podcast I think...
This entire video ultimately serves to effectively prove J.J.'s criticism of Bill C-11. I'm an Albertan and these TH-camrs (+Jreg)make up the lion share of my TH-cam diet. The TH-cam algorithm already leads to me consuming a lot of Canadian made content but that doesn't mean that I am actually consuming content about Canada. C-11 endeavours to further a sense of Canadian identity, but putting that task in the hands of individual Canadian TH-camr's clearly won't result in a proliferation of videos about Canada. The only lever the government has to pull is to pay these TH-camr's to make videos about Canada. Viewers would immediately sense the lack of artistic integrity turn away from such content. Thank you J.J. for encouraging other TH-camr's to make videos about Canada, hopefully they see the value in it.
It’s not about making videos about Canada 😂 JJ has this bill completely wrong. It’s just an extension of what the crtc already does. Which is help fund Canadian content. That doesn’t mean the content is about Canada,p, it means Canadians are primary makers of the content. When it comes to film, the only criteria for funding is that certain positions and % of total jobs are held by Canadians. Bill c 11 will never affect algorithms, it won’t determine who’s Canadian or not unless they apply for grants. None of JJs criticisms of bill c 11 even exist in reality. C11 has already been introduced and passed, and yet nothing has changed for TH-cam content or algorithms
@@k96manexcept the government has never had any say as to what’s Canadian by the nature of its content. It’s only ever about Canadians being in it. The idea that gov push’s left wing content is hilarious on its face. Especially coming from what is a centre right party.
@@TorreFernand because the crtc is the body that governs/regulates our media ie tv, radio etc. and now that were in the 21st century and the internet is just next extension of that, we need to update things to meet the changing world. Plus I wouldnt call it a law. Its a bill, but its not a law.
JJ, I will say that, as an American, one of the reasons I subscribed to your channel is because of the insight I get into Canadian culture, politics, and social issues from your videos. I appreciate that you seem to make an effort to discuss Canada both as a part of American culture and as its own thing independent from the US.
I agree, this is the only channel that presents these things in a very informative and also entertaining manner, I wish there were more channels like this
For me as an American, Canadian culture is almost like looking into an alternative timeline. Like If a few Americans hadn't dumped tea in the Boston Harbor that night, Queen Liz (or King Charlie) would be on our money.
I literally follow you because you provide Canada content. I watch your other stuff too, but you being "Canada commentary Guy" is why I started following you
seeing those canadian TH-camrs talk about the US and Canada (and when and how they bring up Canada) really reminds me of the sitiation in the country Iive on (Austria), where I feel a lot of people also talk more about Germany and only mention austria in passing. wonder if the same also applies to other smaller countries which have a much larger, culturely similar neighbor.
Austria is a place I would like to learn more about, for this reason. I feel like Austrians model a healthier relationship with Germany than Canadians do with the US.
@@JJMcCullough I would say Austrians have a healthy relationship with some Germans, especially the Bavarians, who are very similar in both dialect and culture. Also probably helps that Austria uses the same currency and political system as Germany with only minor differences
As a Dutch speaking Belgian, we really don't pay much attention at all to Dutch politics and culture. Some musicians cross over, but that's about it. I think we might even have more of our TV shows on their channels than vice versa.
French Belgium (and maybe French Switzerland too) seem to be in a smiliar situation to that of English Canada. On the internet at least, they seem to be totally integrated into France cultural space.
I noticed that some Canadian TH-camrs will use the more common colloquial American term instead of the more common colloquial Canadian term to appeal to an American audience. For example, I watched a Canadian TH-camr talk about the journals she wrote in school. For instance, she said "9th grade," when it is more colloquial in Canada to say "grade 9." She would also use other colloquial American high school terms like "sophomore" and "junior," even though these terms aren't as commonly used in a Canadian high school setting as much as an American one.
@@JJMcCullough In schools, I think it's still more common to say "grade 9" instead of "9th grade." But I guess it's common to use them interchangeably in casual conversations. Honestly, what I found particularly strange was the use of "sophomore." I never heard anyone use that term to refer to grade 10 in Ontario, Canada. I never heard anyone say that when I was in high school, and the schools would not use that term when talking about the students either. For example, in Ontario, it's called "grade 10 orientation" instead of "sophomore orientation," which would be used in America. Also, on report cards, student cards, and other documents, it would not say, "sophomore"; it would just say grade 10 and that goes for all the grades. I never heard the term "sophomore" in casual conversations either. For example, I would never hear anyone say, "I'm a sophomore." People would say, "I'm in grade 10." I didn't find it to be used interchangeably at all. Likewise, I also don't think I ever heard anyone use the term "freshman" either. Similar situation to the sophomore situation. All the people in my school would know these terms, but I don't think they would necessarily use them in real life. When it comes to "senior," I have heard that term more commonly used. For example, my high school would divide sports into "juniors" and "seniors." The "juniors" would refer to grades 9 and 10, and the "seniors" would refer to grades 11 and 12. There was also senior skip day, another context in which the term "senior" would be used. However, I found people would say their grade, rather than say "I'm a senior." That was my experience with those words when I went to high school in Ontario. It could be different in other provinces or places in Canada, though.
@@bluemoon-hg12kd I think Ontarians sometimes have an unhealthy obsession with trying to find tiny differences the rest of the country is completely obvious to.
@@JJMcCulloughI mean, I lived in both Alberta and Nova Scotia for high school and we just say grades as well. I would say the freshmen, ect, stuff is a majority US thing.
Gotta admire JJ for unironically entering the Massive Mop era of his hairstyle evolution. As a fellow 40-year-old, I respect the willingness to commit to the bit
Idk if it's the hair, but he seems down lately. I hope it's just the hair, but his smiles have weakened and are rare, his voice is just down, and his expression seems burnt out. I hope he is alright, maybe he needs a break.
No mention of NileRed, Electroboom, AnswersInProgress or LTT who all regularly talk about Canada? I understand these aren't commentator channels but to not even mention them seems highly suspicious.
My mother in law who is immigrating to the US from Canada stated: "No Canadian ever wants to actually immigrate to the US" as her and my father in law have paid over a million dollars for an investor visa to get green cards to the United States haha
Not Just Bikes was from Canada (now lives in Europe) and still talks about "fake London" once in a while. Also urban design content, but focuses much more on modes of transportation while CN tends to be a bit broader. RM Transit is also Canadian I believe (Toronto if memory serves). Now I'm wondering if Canada has become a panacea for urban design TH-camrs, or if the algorithm has somehow funneled me into specifically Canadian content on just that one specific topic while leaving me mostly in the realm of American creators for everything else.
Didn't he say one time his mother is Dutch? I wonder if she's Indonesian-Dutch, like the Van Halen brothers, because that's exactly the look he has got going.
I think there's some precedence in traditional entertainment, as an American I find it weird how many Canadian entertainers move to Hollywood and never bring up being from Canada ever.
JJ's hair makes it look like he's about to start living in the backwoods of BC, leaving large footprints on the beach and occasionally being caught in the backgrounds of grainy photos from amateur nature photographers
For as much as people characterize JJ as a self-hating Canadian, he's not shy about talking about Canada and his Canadianness, and I respect that. It comes across to me as more patriotic in a weird way.
Tbh, I think the lack of Canada-specific content just comes from JJ being correct in thinking that Canada and the US aren't that different, and so people making videos in a Canadian context don't necessarily feel the need to distinguish for the most part. For example, for Dan Olson, making a video about cryptocurrencies, talking about it from a Canadian or American angle just isn't different. Maybe tax and regulation are a bit different but he's not going into those technical details, and the cultural attitude towards it on either side of the border is the exact same, so there's not really any reason to bring up Canada apart from maybe making an in-joke. Its a bit like if someone makes videos and they live in Kansas. Unless the subject matter of their channel is something local, they'll probably only occasionally talk about Kansas-specific things because it just wouldn't occur to them to bring it up for most things. Its not necessarily something that gives them that unique a perspective on many popular topics. I think this is the reason more than any audience capture reason like JJ suggests. Audiences don't mind, the people themselves just don't think about it.
I disagree. It was a pain back in university when some texts didn't have a Canadian Context version (because a lot of the publishers are the same across both countries) because there are so many little differences that without it the text became obsolete. Which is why the ones without textbooks and just a list of journal readings were always the best. Meanwhile too many consume U.S. context based material and think it applies here. That being said, I do think a lot of videos are broader scope (and honestly not that detailed no matter how much the comments seem to think so) that countries don't matter but enough countries have at least a passing eye on the U.S. that U.S. examples get brought up a lot - not to mention a significant demographic for viewership so logistically it's a larger potential audience if they are looking to make a career out of it. More commonly, I hear passive things about Canada all the time, or if not directly I can tell in other subtle ways like word choices and such. Plenty of Canadian producing content that isn't based on the country itself.
Agreed, and I'd add also that JJ's channel appears to be the only one amongst this list that focusses on cultural topics in the manner it does... the others are better described as "broadly cultural" to the point where the Canada-USA distictions would be small if there were any. Not even to mention they might be talking about issues that aren't North America specific at all quite often
Yeah, and for example, in the case of Strange Eons, her subject matter is internet culture (mostly but not limited to tumblr). A lot of people involved in these stories are anonymous, who knows where they are from. So like, why would Canada specifically even come up all that often? Basically, I think the topics these youtubers focus on also play a big role in regards to how much Canada comes up specifically.
Being Canadian actually played a part in one of Strange Aeon's recent videos-- She was trying to recreate a beverage that apparently "tastes like nothing" by combining cranberry mike's hard lemonade and cucumber lime gatorade. She was unable to find either of those things (Honestly, even as an american, I don't really know where to find either of those things) which unfortunately means The Taste (tm) seems to be region locked.
I think it's worth noting possibly the most famous Canadian TH-camr, Linustechtips, does talk about Canada quite a bit, but rarely as a possible thing. He even flirted moving to the United States not to long ago after a law (forgot which law) passed that he didn't agree with.
The US just has such an outsize influence on Canadian culture because of the size and where most Canadians live. Plus, Canada, like the US, is a nation of a bunch of ethnic groups conglomerated into something new, which makes it even more difficult to differentiate. Like, the Dutch and the Germans will always be able to point to a long history of small differences, but the US and Canada have like maybe 200 years?
It's also probably a vicious circle. The US has a stronger economy and more influential culture. So Canadian artists/influencers focus more on making US-centric content - both for financial reasons and because they themselves were largely influenced by American artists/influencers. This further strengthens the hold of American culture on the minds of young Canadians, while weakening the impression of Canadian culture. So when they grow up, they will continue this trend of making US-centric content, because they don't really have any role models to emulate in making Canada-centric content. Until there's hardly any content left that is purely (or even largely) Canadian.
@@zetaforever4953Do you see that as an issue? Do you suggest Canada embrace North Korean adjacent ideals/policies? Clearly what made Canada and the US great is the ability to take in new ideas and be dynamic. As a Mexican American I have the choice to either let general American culture take me or hold on to an inferior more narrow/niche culture. Obviously I’m gonna choose the culture that the world pitched in to, because it’s either that or I get left behind. The US is just this giant center of mass that sucks everything from the world and if you try to fight it you’ll be in a bad position, if you embrace it you’ll be in an amazing position.
@@okene I’m 4th generation, I’m decently far removed from it. But also In the context of the place I’m in Mexican culture is kind of useless, especially because so much of it is tied to the past. Im not someone who is gonna see an objectively better option and refuse it due to pride. It’s like not using an obviously better, cheaper product from China because of patriotism, it’s fine if you can compete but if you can’t then you’re just making your life harder only to maintain something that doesn’t really matter. There are good aspects of Mexican culture that America can gain from, but most of what I see is useless. I don’t want to sink myself into anything, out with the old in with the new.
It feels very similar here in Aus, plenty of our commentary youtubers do cover Australian politics, but so many just focus on American culture war topics or very shallow aspects of Australian culture. This bleeds into Gen Z (zed) especially, I remember after Roe v Wade was overturned people my age held a march in the CBD to protest an American decision...
I think it depends on what niches of youtube you find yourself in. For example, i find that Canadian urbanist youtubers (e.g. RM Transit, Paige Saunders, Shifter, Oh the Urbanity, etc., ) Talk a lot more about canada, canadian issues than baseline. Even non canadian urbanist youtube (e.g Not just bikes, city nerd, etc) seem to bring up canada either as upward or downward comparisons.
Bobby Broccoli is primarily a channel about physics and other sciences, but he recently uploaded a big video about Nortel so I think that works as an example of a Canadian making a video about Canada and it still resonating with their no doubt largely American audience
His 2-part doc on Nortel is one of the best I've ever seen, period. It's a great and very interesting recounting of the Nortel story and its aftereffects on the Canadian economy. I hope he makes more Canadian-related documentaries in the future, I would love to see them.
I really like all his videos. Even if you don't think you're interested in stuff like the race for element discovery and a failed particle accelerator project I implore you to give them a chance because he is a master at explaining the difficult stuff.
Specifically, his business is science *scandals* all of his docs are about people lying, cheating, obfuscating, and fabricating evidence to create misinformation that furthers their own personal gain.
I work as an editor for a youtube channel in Canada but we don't really produce content that is canada-centric at all(make videos about Warhammer). While I can't speak on specifics on canada stuff I know that a lot of decisions we make on the channel are because of metrics and data. In general the channel I work for has a split watchbase of people in the states and europe so while we are proud of being from Canada and aren't shy about it, it's also not something that comes up a ton. When we work with companies for merch and stuff though we try to work with US or Europe based companies because it is better for the majority of our audience.
Exactly. Why is it so surprising that YT content creators target as wide an audience as possible? The views are paying the bills. I'm sure there are tons of smaller Canada-focused channels, but they didn't make JJ's cut exactly because their viewership is smaller. A kind of survivorship bias on JJ's part.
i pretty much only watch your channel because you include a lot of Canadian POV. it's something i don't know too well and i appreciate having the input
I actually met Dan Olsen and his partner at a concert in Toronto. They accepted my invitation to come have lunch at my restaurant the next day. They were both really nice.
@@williamhamilton1154 That's awesome! Oh, and I'm curious about your restaurant, too! I'm in Toronto, as well, and I love trying different types of foods!!
I won’t use a private account to plug my business. Just support your local and homegrown establishments in Toronto (and everywhere for that matter) by being patrons. Do so and I promise you’ll find some real gems 🙂. And hey, if you get lucky you’ll come across the one Dan Olsen, Folding Ideas himself enjoyed 😜. But seriously, if anyone wants some recommendations in Toronto reply to this thread. The food scene here is awesome.
As an Australian viewer, the rise of FrendlyJordies in the wake of his firebombing showed that there is an appetite for Australian political conetent on TH-cam, especially in the American cultural sphere. Considering most of Shanks content is about Australian domestic and even New South Wales state politics (of which led to the firebombing), I do agree with your conclusion and I hope that more content creators understand the power of hearing about the culture and politics of their homes.
In my own experience growing a Canadian TH-cam channel, I think this is an interesting topic. I think that by avoiding Canada-centric topics as a TH-camr, you cast a much wider net when it comes to the potential audience you can accumulate. Even if someone might find Canadian topics interesting, they might not think that they will, which ultimately will slow your growth and as a channel and reduce your reach. Just shy off this list of top 10 would have been Bobby Broccoli, who just made an excellent documentary last year on the very Canadian topic of Nortel. I would recommend that to anyone looking for high quality commentary on Canadian issues (particularly as they relate to being next door neighbours with the US).
I think most people find niche things interesting. Even people who aren't interested in the broad topic of 'Africa' or 'Asia' would watch videos about the specific practices of a remote tribe or a forgotten art form only practiced in this one remote area. Sure that kind of coverage often leads to stereotyping, but it's not like you can avoid stereotyping by being as generic as possible. Humans will always stereotype. But covering Canada-specific subcultures/traditions might draw people in much easier than just talking about broadly Canadian things. Very few people are interested in generic political discussions about any country other than their own. But people will always like trivia.
I consider myself to be more interested in Canadian history & politics than your average Canadian, but your videos are literally invaluable for the amount of detail that goes into them. I think if we are going to get Canadians (and eventually others) interested in our culture the best starting point is for high quality content to be made on the topic, a niche that your channel fills nicely.
@@willfilipski2470 Thanks, I appreciate it! One of the main goals I have with my channel is to try and explain the context for why Canada looks and acts the way it does today. To do that effectively, you've got to dive into some niche, detail-filled topics.
The whole premise of the video is wrong: the most popular Canadian youtubers would reduce the scope of their audience if they talked about Canada more. A more effective treatment would be to compare the most popular channels of all Anglophone countries.
As a foreigner living in Canada, I had no idea the creators were Canadian at all, it surprises me to see how little they mention this fact. It's so sad to see how much mainstream pop culture has a grip of the Canadian channels. I love ur videos because it provides so much great information about Canadian culture.
The actual answer, is because Canadian are absolutely obsessed with the USA and a false sense of superiority. Our political system can be summed up as "This part wants to make us more like the usa" and "This one wants to make us less like the usa"
The liberals definitely try and make it seem like the conservatives are basically the canadian equivalent of the republican party. Even saying poilievre is "canadas trump" and saying he has started a "make canada great again" movement. Which the most evidence i can find of that is sean strickland wearing a shirt saying that for UFC 297 which took place in toronto. Hes american.
American culture is commercial and that's why we care. American politics makes better entertainment than Canadian politics. Nobody in Canada cares about the constitution or George Washington or the Gettysburg despite hearing about those things from American media.
Guy who makes the most Canadian videos, also against laws restricting Canadian Internet to Canadian topics. Be the change you want to see in the world; not with force, but with intelligent persuasion and SETTING AN EXAMPLE.
I think a simple answer is that the US market is bigger. Heck here in Brazil many artists will create work in English to capitalize on the US market rather than here (which is larger and has vastly more purchasing power)
@@matturner6890 You’re partially correct in the sense that southern areas of Canada such as Ontario are similar to northern areas USA, say New York for instance, so I definitely see what you mean there. This starts to become less true however when comparing central and southern USA to basically any part of Canada because in that regard, there is definitely differences (seasonal, cultural, political etc.) I am not a fan of any Canadian that thinks their country is superior to any other because that makes us look stupid, however a lot of us don’t feel that way and just want our country to have an identity outside of being lost in America’s shadow, which was all the commenter you replied to was trying to express I believe
@@Musical_parks Comparing different geographies of the US to other US geographies shows the same difference that you are describing between said US geographies and Canada. Furthermore, the same also exists within Canada. Different geographies have vast differences across the country. For example, I don't resonate being in Alberta, with people in Toronto, or Quebec, or the Maritimes. Even people in Vancouver are very different than the people in Alberta, as are people from Vancouver Island, etc. The better comparison to make is Canada to other countries. We are vastly more similar to the US than to any other country. And that similarity to the US is stronger than any of the other countries differences.
I think it’s been done or would be a short quick video there’s definitely more differences of culture in the US I guess but they would boil down to the different states and cultures besides broad American culture
Honestly, this is something I always found very interesting as well. One thing i personal feel is that British TH-camrs feel pretty British. Even when they are talking about the U.S., i feel like they are British. Meanwhile I never get this vibe from Canadian TH-camrs. Granted this could also be due to the fact that I find the British accent way more distinct than the Canadian one
But can you reliably differentiate England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa from each other? Canadians, if their accent is different from a standard American accent at all, is still only subtlety different. JJ definitely hams up his accent for the Camera because he's the Canada guy. It would be like if I took on a very strong Southern Accent to talk about American Politics.
@@NikkyElso That's wrong man, there's wacky regional accents all over Canada just like in the US. The general accent is pretty much the same though. Most people in Vancouver (where I'm from) who were born there seem to have a gen-am accent.
I work for tech support on the phone, and I spoke to an older guy from Alberta whose accent vaguely sounded more like the stereotypical "Transatlantic" accent from radio broadcasters in like the 50s, rather than a General American accent. And even among more ambiguous accents, like a lady from Surrey, or Victoria BC (my memory's messy), almost everything sounded American, except when she said "sorry", she said it in a very particular, non-US way. This is all anecdotal of course, but it's interesting to hear those slight differences, sometimes not so slight ones.
@@psychedelicspider4346 there is this TH-cam channel I used to watch called psychedelic eyeball He is French Canadian however the way he speaks.... Well.... Listen to him talk and you tell me what his accent sounds like because I don't have the vocabulary to describe it
American here. I care about what happens in Canada. It’s our largest trading partner and its culture and people have influenced ours in more ways than most on either side of the border realize. Not to mention my family spent summer vacations in BC so I have an emotional attachment to Canada.
Preach (from Aba and Preach) is actually a bit of a celebrity in the Montreal area, apparently. Like, was on TV shows, had posters and banners with him in metro stations, and so on. So while I'd say their TH-cam presence is pretty neutral vis-a-vis Canadian / American topics, they definitely are involved in their own private lives (and would probably be more involved on TH-cam too if America weren't so dominant in Anglo-North American culture
He is a stand-up comic in french (I saw him on stage, and he's good, TBH). I first knew him in a french context, I only learned about his english TH-cam channel when he mentioned it in passing.
It also helps that both Aba and Preach have lived in the US at a certain point so, whenever possible, they will very much put to light the important differences between the two countries'' context.
I think it comes down to the kind of content they're making. If I take Strange Æons as an example, since I watch a lot of her content, what she covers in her videos doesn't really apply as being very Canada-specific, given most of what she makes is about online internet history/drama, and that tends not to center on Canada much.
I've noted in the past that it's interesting the algorithm tends to show me so many Canadian creators. I'm an American, I grew up in Minnesota, which shares a few cultural points with Canada that a lot of the rest of the states don't. When I moved away from Minnesota, my accent and fondness for hockey were enough to have my southern friends refer to me as a Diet Canadian. In a more general sense, I think most Americans would love more Canadian content, about Canada. I've always seen Canadian culture as being more the same as ours than different. The idiosyncrasies of Canada make it feel more like a big strange state or US territory, not dissimilar to Hawaii or Puerto Rico. I also sometimes view it as a "region" the same way I would view the Midwest or American South... The Canadian North. I recognize it's a whole different country, but because no other country is so similar to the USA as Canada, it doesn't always "feel" like another country. I think this is what makes Canadian content so interesting. The little differences make the biggest impact. Milk in a bag is more impactful to the American viewpoint than anything happening in Ottawa.
I think you're being unfair to JJ, since he is the one that talks the most about Canada by far, even though he's also very openly pro-USA and considers both countries to be brothers. A sentiment that apparently almost no canadian shares.
@@wombat4583 Hes literally hit on the most interesting topics of Canada and shares his Canadian identity the most. Hes also a commentary TH-cam channel. He wants to grow his channel and America usually has more popular topics
@@Bentami People can do what they want. That's not discrediting what he's done (even if I often disagree with his takes) nor is it condemning covering American related topics. I'm just saying there isn't a limit of Canadian based topics of you really want to explore it.
As a Canadian youtuber, I once made a vlog talking about facts about Regina, Saskatchewan, but it didn't get a lot of views. I once made a vlog about a shopping haul to Zellers, if anyone remembers that store. lol! When it comes to politics, it's much more interesting to talk about American politics or even Russian politics. Other than the "sunny ways" comment when Trudeau won his first election, there just isn't as much humor in Canadian politics.
As an American, I always found it weird that I felt like I knew more about UK-based issues than Canadian ones, despite Canada being a lot closer (I’ve also been to Canada, but I’ve never been to the UK…) I feel like a lot of UK-based content creators I watch talk about UK issues much more than Canadians do about Canadian topics. Maybe that’s just specific people or my perception? But it could be an interesting comparison if you ever wanted to tackle how other English-speaking countries engage with their own and American culture. I’ve really appreciated learning more about Canada from your videos. I watch several of the creators you mentioned here, and I would happily watch them talk about Canada more too lol
Lol, I'm Canadian and I've often known more about the UK issues. There's just not that much drama at the national level, except maybe when Trudeau claimed a murder was an Indian government assassination recently. Which remains to be seen. I heard that that was also the first most Indians heard that they import a significant amount of their lentils from Canada 😀
it's the result of modern media. along those same lines many australians know more about the states than they do new zealand and many people in the u.k. know more about the states than they do nations on the european mainland despite europe being so much closer.
Not Just Bikes (Ontarian living in Netherlands) has 1.2 million + subs and mentions canada all the time … but i guess being an urban planning type of channel he’s in the wrong category?
When JJ was asking about Canadian TH-camrs to feature in his video, he was mainly referring to political and cultural ones. I was going to suggest urbanist channels such as Not Just Bikes, RM Transit and Oh The Urbanity but I didn’t think they fit his criteria. NJB also has been talking quite a bit more about America and less about Canada as his popularity has increased.
Many of these YTers he mention aren't really that political other than JJ himself and I'm stretching with Aba and Preach as well Muta because they talk to Destiny from time to time. Why would they mention Canada itself?
So JJ made a community post asking for suggestions for Canadian creators to cover in this video and addressed NJB directly-as not relevant because he “opted out of Canada” lmao (a true statement, to be fair!) NJB rags on North America pretty intensely, which is largely antithetical to JJ’s long-stated personal positions. In an older video on his own personal conservatism JJ describes his political identity as coming from a place of “gratitude” to traditional Canadian institutions for the stability they provide-someone like NJB in this framework is functionally an ungrateful apostate. In general I appreciate JJ’s perspectives but I also think he comes across as incredibly sheltered, and with that comes an intolerance for non-institutionalist points of view. (On the other hand, NJB puts Europe on an immense pedestal and comes across as reactionary to a fault sometimes, so really I think the lesson is that all perspectives, no matter how valuable, are constrained by the blindspots of their perceivers.) am glad JJ makes content :)
@@rcoppy I find it interesting that he considered NJB to be "irrelevant" because he moved. Once Canadian, Always Canadian imo. I don't think that having different viewpoints on Canada makes you irrelevant either. JJ is a Conservative through and through while NJB only leans liberal because he's a fan of active transport and Conservatives tend to see active transport as "socialism".
No Lauren Southern? No Viva Frei? Rebel? Lauren Chen?They talk about Canada all the time. I'm American and have been watching them & other Canadians for years.
I feel like Australians probably talk about their home country even less. People on TH-cam are aware they are participating in an international culture that is predominantly American
I think a bigger difference though is that Aussies (and Kiwis) don't have to explicitly talk about their countries as much, because they're much more different to the US than Canada is, the differences will just passively come out far more often. Compared to Canada which is so culturally and economically linked to the US, that often the only time you'd realise they're talking about Canada is if they explicitly call it out.
I perceive that as well. Once I saw a video by Boy Boy in which he talks about nuclear weapons and he says at some point “WE actually used those weapons on real people, twice”, in reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which I found a bizarre commentary to be made by an Australian man.
I think this is mainly due to Canada's irrelevance on the world stage. At most, outsiders view Canadians as Americans. Austria is in a similar position when it comes to Germany dominating the public's perception
thats not really the case for most people, germany is germany and austria is austria. now ontario and west part of canada is basically usa 2.0 i do agree, but quebec and east is not
Of these 10 Canadian content creators, JJ is the ONLY one I'm subscribed to and Kurtis Conner and Sisyphus 55 are the only other ones I've ever even heard of, lol. I'm subscribed to numerous other Canadian TH-camrs, however, including Ryan George, Julie Nolke, and h0ser, to name a few prominent ones. None of them talk about Canada or being Canadian or Canadian stuff, though. They only occasionally mention that they happen to be from Canada. Otherwise, they all talk and act exactly like Americans.
being in Saskatchewan (or western Canada) you literally do not matter to Ottawa, its hard to care about politics when I might as well write letters to kim jong un for all the change it will have
@@highway2heaven91 It's the only substantial population center. Governments tend to care more about the places where most of the people and the commerce are.
How much of this is just the outcome of American dominance on TH-cam and social media platforms in general? Just amplified because of Canada and the USA's close ties.
Final comment: I think that the dearth of Canadian-focused online media _is_ a good argument; it's just not a good argument for _this law._ If Canada wants reputable Canadian TH-camrs to address more Canadian topics, they should just create an endowment or tax incentives to subsidize it rather than trying to manipulate algorithms.
It's not really surprising at all. I think there is a few reasons for this, many of which you have touched upon in previous videos. 1) Generally "big" issues in Canada are not discussed openly. There are no "public" debates on important issues in Canada the way that there would be in the US. This includes even the most controversial topics like trans rights and medically assisted suicide. 2) Most "polticial" Canadians are far to the left of centure. This means that criticizing Trudeau is generally out of the question and Canadian Conservaties tend to be fairly nuanced so as to compete in a generally "left-wing" country - so it's less enticing to sepnd all your time attacking them. Therefore internet political commenters would prefer to "straw man" American Republican political positions. It plays well to Liberlas in Canada and reionforces the tired and smug notion that Canada is more stable and ultimately morally superior to the US. Based on the above I think you are doing a public service @JJ - maybe you should see if you can get some of that sweet public broadcast cash.
Linus Tech Tips has brought up Canadian topics several times in their weekly WAN show. Mostly just in passing or as an example of how things in the US differ from Canada, but occasionally they will go further in depth on a few topics.
You mean English Canada . Not french Canada. English Canada has always been an avatar of the U.S , most are more likely to consume the U.S media than the Canadian one . Where are French Canada due to it's linguistic difference if more liking to have their our media
I don't feel like it's odd for Canadian TH-camrs to not mention their country, most TH-cam be they American, Canadian or anything else don't often talk about their nations. Obviously TH-camrs from all corners of the world talk about American products and politics but that is because they are world news. Many British TH-camrs who I watch don't bring up they're nationality at all and if you perhaps see more Europeans bringing up their nationality I would say it is because they are speaking in English rather than their mother tongue so they are appealing to a viewer base outside of their home country.
Maybe we just watch different TH-camrs, but most of the British TH-camrs I watch who talk about culture and politics talk VERY distinctly from Americans. Mostly because they're much more invested in what's going on in the EU and in Europe at large. And when it comes to talking about history and culture, there isn't really any way to mix up British history and historical culture with that of the US. They have similarities but honestly I see more Americans talking about British history/historical fashions than the other way around. For obvious reasons. Even when the British TH-camrs talk about the US, it's very distinctly from a British perspective...like how x policy will affect the UK, how some system or law compares to the UK, etc. There isn't really much confusion about which country they're from and what perspective they're speaking from.
@ZipplyZane I can kinda understand arguments for people like the plain bagel and someordinarygamer, and how they are not culture commentary channels. Even though I would disagree with that. How is everything else here, not culture commentary channels?
Both Strange Aeons and Dan Olsen have made videos where they go *on location* in Canada - Strange Aeons being a Mall Goth in the Dufferin Mall in Toronto, Dan doing flat earth experiments at Lake Minnewanka...however neither of those videos were in 2023 IIRC
I disagree, many anglophone and francophone Canadians make videos with a focus on Canada. But since the audience from US is bigger, some prefer to focus on things that apply to them.
Also the federal politic doesn't have that much influence on your day to day life, provincial politic is much more important. Immigration is the only real major responsibility that affect your life in the federal government's responsibilities. The actions of the US federal government affect us more economically and politically ultimately since we tend to walk behind them and the other federal responsibility, the military, is kind of offloaded to the US.
I've actually learned more about Canada than I thought I would. All I know about Canada comes from Geddy Lee's autobiography and JJ here. Jonathan Pie helps me be similar well informed about the UK.
Canadians be like "We know so much about the USA. Why don't they know so much about us?" Americans be like "Because Canada is in Europe they are so far from us." The real reason Canadians forget that Americans don't know about Canada is because they do not need too. They live in the United States.
I'm extremely american and monolingual and all the stereotypes, but several of my favorite creators are actually foreign from such places as Japan(Shogo), or several from England(spiffing Brit, Lost in the pond, Simon Whistler, etc) and often speak about their home countries and I actively seek out such content. I can't afford to travel as much as I would like, so I live vicariously through foreign online content practically curated or my silly american self. lol
I think she switched to focus on her nail polish business during/after lockdown. Her and Ben’s simplypodlogical channel would give a Canadian perspective occasionally, but it looks like they haven’t been posting there in a while.
It's pretty crazy how well integrated Canadian personalities have become in US culture. I watch so much youtube that I forget JJ, Jordan Peterson, and Mutahar are all Canadian. Tells you something about where the world is trending towards.
Fun fact: any Canadian could make youtube videos using an American identity and nobody would be able to tell. This is what the Canadian government doesn't want you to know
Preach isn't anglo, he speaks english but that doesn't make him one which is kind of an important distinction on how they approach subjects relative to Canada.
Strange Aeons' video about Sphynx cats does mention a bit of her disappointment that Toronto's role in breeding the first Sphynx cats wasn't quite what she had assumed it was IIRC
Muta talks about that he is in canada, and thats about it. doesnt really elaborate, but he is mostly talking about tech which is a global thing versus specifically avoiding talking about canada
A dynamic to consider is that talent gets vacuumed up by the larger and more profitable American entertainment industry. For example, a Canadian who might've become a TH-camr instead gets recruited South to become a member of a larger team in the role of a writer, assistant producer, sound guy, or something like that.
I still think comedic sketch actor Julie Nolke should be on your list. She even had Trudeau do a comedy sketch with her. Did sketch about why Canadian performers feel compelled to move to America and how she is resistant and staying home.
I know he barely doesn’t make the cut, but Bobby Broccoli was the first person I thought of when you said Canadian TH-cam. He does the same sort of doc style content as Dan Olsen, though his specific way of doing it is much more in line with something like Secret Base than it is with anyone else, and it’s really cool to see his interesting editing cover topics like Nortel’s rise and collapse as well as Korea’s human cloning incident.
living on the detroit side of the detroit-windsor area i always felt like there is an widely held idea of us being a mix of canadian and american than compared to the rest of michigan
@@breadd26 Definitely not true. From my experiences with Detroit and Detroiters, they’re just as American as anywhere else in the country. I haven’t met a single Detroiter that even had any friends in Windsor.
22:10 Long time viewer here. I swear to God I am not saying this to be flattering or kiss your ass, I am assessing the assertion that your success should prove Canada's ability to catch people's attention on TH-cam: I do absolutely enjoy watching content about Canada, but before I was a fan of Canadian content, I was a fan of you. I liked the rest of your content and grew to trust that you'd have interesting and thought-out takes about things worth talking about, so you talking about Canada made it worth listening to for me. So I would caution other creators against making Canada their brand unless they prove they are capable of speaking quite ear-grabbingly on other topics first.
It's the same thing even if an American were to cover a local topic like California politics if that's where they live. If they're an established voice and a good storyteller then it shouldn't negatively affect their views. I happen to like those kind of videos anyway and if it was a concern I'd like want them to make a second channel where I can subscribe to them there too.
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As an American currently visiting Edmonton, it is wild to have yet hear about Trudeau in public passively, but hear American politicians several times. Can confirm.
Well to be fair you are in alberta, everyone already knows the opinion. Go to BC and youll get either a blindly positive opinion or will offend someone for not hating the PM enough.
I’m not sure how long you’ve been in Edmonton for, but it’s very common to see a “fuck Trudeau” sticker on the back windshield of a vehicle. People will very readily groan about Trudeau, but people don’t generally start a conversation with a stranger about it in public
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@@albertanmotorcyclist6419 anti-trudeau sentiment is pretty universal across canada at this point, im from the east and ive seen similar things
Oddly enough, it was similar in Melbourne
JJ: makes video called "why don't Canadian TH-camrs talk about Canada?"
also JJ: "I don't really wanna speculate why these Canadian TH-camrs don't talk about Canada"
hey I know that guy
I’m just asking questions
Reading these comments reminds me of that iconic scene from the Simpsons with George HW Bush:
"Any questions? (pause) ...not about my hair?"
Well, you've talked about Canada, you've referenced the Simpsons... Wanna throw in something about fast/snack foods to finish the trifecta?
@ptrhwk don't forget referring back to the western middle class
JJ do you like Star Wars
You said in a July article that pundits were being harmful by predicting Biden to step down and should be held accountable. You also said on Twitter you believe democrats should keep Biden as the nominee. Has your opinion on these stances changed in the last several weeks with more hindsight? Sorry for the difficult question, but thought you’d appreciate it more than questions about your hair.
@@corylong5808 Yes obviously.
I live in Wisconsin, so the northern border of the US but not actually adjacent to Canada. I've often said that I'd certainly encounter culture shock if I moved to Ontario - but I'd probably encounter *more* if I moved to Texas.
I noticed Canadian TH-camrs across the genres never mention they are from Canada unless it’s in relation to shipping or something not being available here. You are the only TH-camr I can actually watch for Canada content of any kind
Runkle of the Bailey, Charlotte Dobre, Nerd pope king...
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RMTransit, NotJustBikes, and a few other urbanism TH-camrs.
LRR, though I haven't watched them in ten years probably lol.
Stephan kesting, but the Canada specific stuff is all on the podcast I think...
This entire video ultimately serves to effectively prove J.J.'s criticism of Bill C-11. I'm an Albertan and these TH-camrs (+Jreg)make up the lion share of my TH-cam diet. The TH-cam algorithm already leads to me consuming a lot of Canadian made content but that doesn't mean that I am actually consuming content about Canada. C-11 endeavours to further a sense of Canadian identity, but putting that task in the hands of individual Canadian TH-camr's clearly won't result in a proliferation of videos about Canada. The only lever the government has to pull is to pay these TH-camr's to make videos about Canada. Viewers would immediately sense the lack of artistic integrity turn away from such content. Thank you J.J. for encouraging other TH-camr's to make videos about Canada, hopefully they see the value in it.
It doesn't help that what the government seems to think of as Canadian seems to be left leaning American liberal with a couple different accessories
It’s not about making videos about Canada 😂 JJ has this bill completely wrong. It’s just an extension of what the crtc already does. Which is help fund Canadian content. That doesn’t mean the content is about Canada,p, it means Canadians are primary makers of the content. When it comes to film, the only criteria for funding is that certain positions and % of total jobs are held by Canadians. Bill c 11 will never affect algorithms, it won’t determine who’s Canadian or not unless they apply for grants. None of JJs criticisms of bill c 11 even exist in reality. C11 has already been introduced and passed, and yet nothing has changed for TH-cam content or algorithms
@@k96manexcept the government has never had any say as to what’s Canadian by the nature of its content. It’s only ever about Canadians being in it. The idea that gov push’s left wing content is hilarious on its face. Especially coming from what is a centre right party.
@@zwicker5585 so why do they need a new law then?
@@TorreFernand because the crtc is the body that governs/regulates our media ie tv, radio etc. and now that were in the 21st century and the internet is just next extension of that, we need to update things to meet the changing world. Plus I wouldnt call it a law. Its a bill, but its not a law.
JJ, I will say that, as an American, one of the reasons I subscribed to your channel is because of the insight I get into Canadian culture, politics, and social issues from your videos. I appreciate that you seem to make an effort to discuss Canada both as a part of American culture and as its own thing independent from the US.
Same here
Thirded.
I agree, this is the only channel that presents these things in a very informative and also entertaining manner, I wish there were more channels like this
Fourthded
For me as an American, Canadian culture is almost like looking into an alternative timeline. Like If a few Americans hadn't dumped tea in the Boston Harbor that night, Queen Liz (or King Charlie) would be on our money.
I literally follow you because you provide Canada content. I watch your other stuff too, but you being "Canada commentary Guy" is why I started following you
seeing those canadian TH-camrs talk about the US and Canada (and when and how they bring up Canada) really reminds me of the sitiation in the country Iive on (Austria), where I feel a lot of people also talk more about Germany and only mention austria in passing. wonder if the same also applies to other smaller countries which have a much larger, culturely similar neighbor.
Austria is a place I would like to learn more about, for this reason. I feel like Austrians model a healthier relationship with Germany than Canadians do with the US.
@@JJMcCullough I would say Austrians have a healthy relationship with some Germans, especially the Bavarians, who are very similar in both dialect and culture. Also probably helps that Austria uses the same currency and political system as Germany with only minor differences
As a Dutch speaking Belgian, we really don't pay much attention at all to Dutch politics and culture. Some musicians cross over, but that's about it. I think we might even have more of our TV shows on their channels than vice versa.
French Belgium (and maybe French Switzerland too) seem to be in a smiliar situation to that of English Canada. On the internet at least, they seem to be totally integrated into France cultural space.
When he mentioned Canada and the US as the two most similar counties, my first thought was that Austria and Germany are arguably more similar.
I noticed that some Canadian TH-camrs will use the more common colloquial American term instead of the more common colloquial Canadian term to appeal to an American audience. For example, I watched a Canadian TH-camr talk about the journals she wrote in school. For instance, she said "9th grade," when it is more colloquial in Canada to say "grade 9." She would also use other colloquial American high school terms like "sophomore" and "junior," even though these terms aren't as commonly used in a Canadian high school setting as much as an American one.
Canadians use all those terms interchangeably.
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In schools, I think it's still more common to say "grade 9" instead of "9th grade." But I guess it's common to use them interchangeably in casual conversations. Honestly, what I found particularly strange was the use of "sophomore." I never heard anyone use that term to refer to grade 10 in Ontario, Canada. I never heard anyone say that when I was in high school, and the schools would not use that term when talking about the students either. For example, in Ontario, it's called "grade 10 orientation" instead of "sophomore orientation," which would be used in America. Also, on report cards, student cards, and other documents, it would not say, "sophomore"; it would just say grade 10 and that goes for all the grades. I never heard the term "sophomore" in casual conversations either. For example, I would never hear anyone say, "I'm a sophomore." People would say, "I'm in grade 10."
I didn't find it to be used interchangeably at all.
Likewise, I also don't think I ever heard anyone use the term "freshman" either. Similar situation to the sophomore situation. All the people in my school would know these terms, but I don't think they would necessarily use them in real life.
When it comes to "senior," I have heard that term more commonly used. For example, my high school would divide sports into "juniors" and "seniors." The "juniors" would refer to grades 9 and 10, and the "seniors" would refer to grades 11 and 12. There was also senior skip day, another context in which the term "senior" would be used. However, I found people would say their grade, rather than say "I'm a senior." That was my experience with those words when I went to high school in Ontario. It could be different in other provinces or places in Canada, though.
@@bluemoon-hg12kd I think Ontarians sometimes have an unhealthy obsession with trying to find tiny differences the rest of the country is completely obvious to.
@@JJMcCullough LOL, maybe you're correct.......
@@JJMcCulloughI mean, I lived in both Alberta and Nova Scotia for high school and we just say grades as well. I would say the freshmen, ect, stuff is a majority US thing.
Gotta admire JJ for unironically entering the Massive Mop era of his hairstyle evolution. As a fellow 40-year-old, I respect the willingness to commit to the bit
… is that the only reason you envy his hair 🧐
In fairness, making it to your 40s without any signs of baldness does kind of make you want to flex
He looks like sober slash
Rock n Roll 🤘
Idk if it's the hair, but he seems down lately. I hope it's just the hair, but his smiles have weakened and are rare, his voice is just down, and his expression seems burnt out. I hope he is alright, maybe he needs a break.
No mention of NileRed, Electroboom, AnswersInProgress or LTT who all regularly talk about Canada? I understand these aren't commentator channels but to not even mention them seems highly suspicious.
My mother in law who is immigrating to the US from Canada stated: "No Canadian ever wants to actually immigrate to the US" as her and my father in law have paid over a million dollars for an investor visa to get green cards to the United States haha
The amount of insecurities that Canadians you just described, project? Is just astounding😂
Why on earth would they do such a thing
@@sharimeline3077 weather mostly, tired of cold Alberta winters
My dad immigrated from Canada to the United Stated.
I'm curious as to how much does the other way around costs
"Answer in progress" is also a Canadian TH-cam channel & "City Nerd" is an honorary Canadian since he is from the Pacific Northwest.
City Nerd is not Canadian. ⁉️
@@reddykilowatt My bad. I confused Portland/Seattle with Canada. Very common mistake lol :)
shoutout my boy ray from city nerd
Not Just Bikes was from Canada (now lives in Europe) and still talks about "fake London" once in a while. Also urban design content, but focuses much more on modes of transportation while CN tends to be a bit broader. RM Transit is also Canadian I believe (Toronto if memory serves).
Now I'm wondering if Canada has become a panacea for urban design TH-camrs, or if the algorithm has somehow funneled me into specifically Canadian content on just that one specific topic while leaving me mostly in the realm of American creators for everything else.
How's your glam metal career going JJ?
I kinda like seeing eras in JJ's career based on his haircuts and facial hair.
Didn't he say one time his mother is Dutch? I wonder if she's Indonesian-Dutch, like the Van Halen brothers, because that's exactly the look he has got going.
He’s the bassist that cares more about the music than any other band member
I think there's some precedence in traditional entertainment, as an American I find it weird how many Canadian entertainers move to Hollywood and never bring up being from Canada ever.
Yeah, in Canada is isn't uncommon for people to call those Canadians "Sellouts"
If you want to make it big in the entertainment industry you need to make it in Hollywood.
JJ's hair makes it look like he's about to start living in the backwoods of BC, leaving large footprints on the beach and occasionally being caught in the backgrounds of grainy photos from amateur nature photographers
Lmaooo
I thought he was a young Alice cooper when I saw the thumbnail
10:58 yes but she made a whole video on the Garfield restaurant which existed exclusively in Canada (:
Nice to see you rocking your 80s glam band member look!
Reminds me of Brian May from Queen!
I was going to go for ether Marc Bolan or Jim Morrison, but Brian May also works.
For as much as people characterize JJ as a self-hating Canadian, he's not shy about talking about Canada and his Canadianness, and I respect that. It comes across to me as more patriotic in a weird way.
Tbh, I think the lack of Canada-specific content just comes from JJ being correct in thinking that Canada and the US aren't that different, and so people making videos in a Canadian context don't necessarily feel the need to distinguish for the most part. For example, for Dan Olson, making a video about cryptocurrencies, talking about it from a Canadian or American angle just isn't different. Maybe tax and regulation are a bit different but he's not going into those technical details, and the cultural attitude towards it on either side of the border is the exact same, so there's not really any reason to bring up Canada apart from maybe making an in-joke.
Its a bit like if someone makes videos and they live in Kansas. Unless the subject matter of their channel is something local, they'll probably only occasionally talk about Kansas-specific things because it just wouldn't occur to them to bring it up for most things. Its not necessarily something that gives them that unique a perspective on many popular topics.
I think this is the reason more than any audience capture reason like JJ suggests. Audiences don't mind, the people themselves just don't think about it.
I disagree. It was a pain back in university when some texts didn't have a Canadian Context version (because a lot of the publishers are the same across both countries) because there are so many little differences that without it the text became obsolete. Which is why the ones without textbooks and just a list of journal readings were always the best. Meanwhile too many consume U.S. context based material and think it applies here.
That being said, I do think a lot of videos are broader scope (and honestly not that detailed no matter how much the comments seem to think so) that countries don't matter but enough countries have at least a passing eye on the U.S. that U.S. examples get brought up a lot - not to mention a significant demographic for viewership so logistically it's a larger potential audience if they are looking to make a career out of it. More commonly, I hear passive things about Canada all the time, or if not directly I can tell in other subtle ways like word choices and such. Plenty of Canadian producing content that isn't based on the country itself.
Agreed, and I'd add also that JJ's channel appears to be the only one amongst this list that focusses on cultural topics in the manner it does... the others are better described as "broadly cultural" to the point where the Canada-USA distictions would be small if there were any. Not even to mention they might be talking about issues that aren't North America specific at all quite often
Yeah, and for example, in the case of Strange Eons, her subject matter is internet culture (mostly but not limited to tumblr). A lot of people involved in these stories are anonymous, who knows where they are from. So like, why would Canada specifically even come up all that often? Basically, I think the topics these youtubers focus on also play a big role in regards to how much Canada comes up specifically.
except for east of ontario, where people speak french and the culture will obviously be different
If C-11 gets people to talk about Canada because there's Canadian injected media, won't JJ be thrilled?
Being Canadian actually played a part in one of Strange Aeon's recent videos-- She was trying to recreate a beverage that apparently "tastes like nothing" by combining cranberry mike's hard lemonade and cucumber lime gatorade. She was unable to find either of those things (Honestly, even as an american, I don't really know where to find either of those things) which unfortunately means The Taste (tm) seems to be region locked.
I think it's worth noting possibly the most famous Canadian TH-camr, Linustechtips, does talk about Canada quite a bit, but rarely as a possible thing. He even flirted moving to the United States not to long ago after a law (forgot which law) passed that he didn't agree with.
Probably Rowe v Wade repeal, he seems like the type to skip condoms
bill c11
@@InvisibleHotdog that came out of nowhere lmao
he skipped linus cause he’s not a commentary youtuber
it’s also very funny that linus just uploaded a video about canada talking about banning hacking tools
I watch Khadija's content all the time I thought they were from Montreal. They talk about Quebec culture and even includes Bonjour in their opening.
The US just has such an outsize influence on Canadian culture because of the size and where most Canadians live.
Plus, Canada, like the US, is a nation of a bunch of ethnic groups conglomerated into something new, which makes it even more difficult to differentiate. Like, the Dutch and the Germans will always be able to point to a long history of small differences, but the US and Canada have like maybe 200 years?
It's also probably a vicious circle. The US has a stronger economy and more influential culture. So Canadian artists/influencers focus more on making US-centric content - both for financial reasons and because they themselves were largely influenced by American artists/influencers. This further strengthens the hold of American culture on the minds of young Canadians, while weakening the impression of Canadian culture. So when they grow up, they will continue this trend of making US-centric content, because they don't really have any role models to emulate in making Canada-centric content. Until there's hardly any content left that is purely (or even largely) Canadian.
@@zetaforever4953Do you see that as an issue? Do you suggest Canada embrace North Korean adjacent ideals/policies? Clearly what made Canada and the US great is the ability to take in new ideas and be dynamic. As a Mexican American I have the choice to either let general American culture take me or hold on to an inferior more narrow/niche culture. Obviously I’m gonna choose the culture that the world pitched in to, because it’s either that or I get left behind. The US is just this giant center of mass that sucks everything from the world and if you try to fight it you’ll be in a bad position, if you embrace it you’ll be in an amazing position.
@@DivinesLegacyyou say your culture is inferior, damn😮
@@okene I’m 4th generation, I’m decently far removed from it. But also In the context of the place I’m in Mexican culture is kind of useless, especially because so much of it is tied to the past. Im not someone who is gonna see an objectively better option and refuse it due to pride. It’s like not using an obviously better, cheaper product from China because of patriotism, it’s fine if you can compete but if you can’t then you’re just making your life harder only to maintain something that doesn’t really matter. There are good aspects of Mexican culture that America can gain from, but most of what I see is useless. I don’t want to sink myself into anything, out with the old in with the new.
It feels very similar here in Aus, plenty of our commentary youtubers do cover Australian politics, but so many just focus on American culture war topics or very shallow aspects of Australian culture. This bleeds into Gen Z (zed) especially, I remember after Roe v Wade was overturned people my age held a march in the CBD to protest an American decision...
ah, dude. if it helps, alot of people i know in the US had their jimmies rustled over the australian gov't proposition to ban hentai some years back.
@@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowskilol…..uhhh I’ve never heard of that….sounds like something only a person in those spheres would know about…..
I think it depends on what niches of youtube you find yourself in.
For example, i find that Canadian urbanist youtubers (e.g. RM Transit, Paige Saunders, Shifter, Oh the Urbanity, etc., ) Talk a lot more about canada, canadian issues than baseline. Even non canadian urbanist youtube (e.g Not just bikes, city nerd, etc) seem to bring up canada either as upward or downward comparisons.
not just bikes is Canadian
@@WastedBananas Canadian living in the Netherlands and praising the Netherlands while bashing "Fake London" Ontario and his hatred of Houston TX :joy
2:35 honestly really shocked to see some of the people on this list, had no idea Kurtis, A&P, FI, and Sisyphus were Canadian
I had no idea any of these people were Canadian
Bobby Broccoli is primarily a channel about physics and other sciences, but he recently uploaded a big video about Nortel so I think that works as an example of a Canadian making a video about Canada and it still resonating with their no doubt largely American audience
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His 2-part doc on Nortel is one of the best I've ever seen, period. It's a great and very interesting recounting of the Nortel story and its aftereffects on the Canadian economy. I hope he makes more Canadian-related documentaries in the future, I would love to see them.
@@bas3qthat Nortel set was amazing. I’m not usually one for the 3+ hour documentary, but damn that was good.
I really like all his videos. Even if you don't think you're interested in stuff like the race for element discovery and a failed particle accelerator project I implore you to give them a chance because he is a master at explaining the difficult stuff.
Specifically, his business is science *scandals* all of his docs are about people lying, cheating, obfuscating, and fabricating evidence to create misinformation that furthers their own personal gain.
If I learned one thing from this, it's that JJ is Vancouver's sole representative on YT
Certainly in this space I am
@@JJMcCullough as a fellow PNWer I applaud your efforts
This is nardwuar erasure
I work as an editor for a youtube channel in Canada but we don't really produce content that is canada-centric at all(make videos about Warhammer). While I can't speak on specifics on canada stuff I know that a lot of decisions we make on the channel are because of metrics and data. In general the channel I work for has a split watchbase of people in the states and europe so while we are proud of being from Canada and aren't shy about it, it's also not something that comes up a ton. When we work with companies for merch and stuff though we try to work with US or Europe based companies because it is better for the majority of our audience.
That's the rub, the audience helps form the content.
Exactly. Why is it so surprising that YT content creators target as wide an audience as possible? The views are paying the bills. I'm sure there are tons of smaller Canada-focused channels, but they didn't make JJ's cut exactly because their viewership is smaller. A kind of survivorship bias on JJ's part.
Oh, cool. Which channel?
i pretty much only watch your channel because you include a lot of Canadian POV. it's something i don't know too well and i appreciate having the input
Honestly JJ is the only reason I know anything about Canada.
I think a good idea for a video could be one on famous/important Canadian-Americans and American-Canadians. I love your videos JJ!
Yes! I’ve been thinking of this
I actually met Dan Olsen and his partner at a concert in Toronto. They accepted my invitation to come have lunch at my restaurant the next day. They were both really nice.
What restaurant would that be?
@@vincentlee7359 ummm why?
@@williamhamilton1154because it's nice to patronize a restaurant with owner/staff of good taste
@@williamhamilton1154 That's awesome! Oh, and I'm curious about your restaurant, too! I'm in Toronto, as well, and I love trying different types of foods!!
I won’t use a private account to plug my business. Just support your local and homegrown establishments in Toronto (and everywhere for that matter) by being patrons. Do so and I promise you’ll find some real gems 🙂.
And hey, if you get lucky you’ll come across the one Dan Olsen, Folding Ideas himself enjoyed 😜.
But seriously, if anyone wants some recommendations in Toronto reply to this thread. The food scene here is awesome.
As an Australian viewer, the rise of FrendlyJordies in the wake of his firebombing showed that there is an appetite for Australian political conetent on TH-cam, especially in the American cultural sphere. Considering most of Shanks content is about Australian domestic and even New South Wales state politics (of which led to the firebombing), I do agree with your conclusion and I hope that more content creators understand the power of hearing about the culture and politics of their homes.
In my own experience growing a Canadian TH-cam channel, I think this is an interesting topic. I think that by avoiding Canada-centric topics as a TH-camr, you cast a much wider net when it comes to the potential audience you can accumulate. Even if someone might find Canadian topics interesting, they might not think that they will, which ultimately will slow your growth and as a channel and reduce your reach.
Just shy off this list of top 10 would have been Bobby Broccoli, who just made an excellent documentary last year on the very Canadian topic of Nortel. I would recommend that to anyone looking for high quality commentary on Canadian issues (particularly as they relate to being next door neighbours with the US).
I think most people find niche things interesting. Even people who aren't interested in the broad topic of 'Africa' or 'Asia' would watch videos about the specific practices of a remote tribe or a forgotten art form only practiced in this one remote area. Sure that kind of coverage often leads to stereotyping, but it's not like you can avoid stereotyping by being as generic as possible. Humans will always stereotype. But covering Canada-specific subcultures/traditions might draw people in much easier than just talking about broadly Canadian things. Very few people are interested in generic political discussions about any country other than their own. But people will always like trivia.
I consider myself to be more interested in Canadian history & politics than your average Canadian, but your videos are literally invaluable for the amount of detail that goes into them. I think if we are going to get Canadians (and eventually others) interested in our culture the best starting point is for high quality content to be made on the topic, a niche that your channel fills nicely.
@@willfilipski2470 Thanks, I appreciate it! One of the main goals I have with my channel is to try and explain the context for why Canada looks and acts the way it does today. To do that effectively, you've got to dive into some niche, detail-filled topics.
The whole premise of the video is wrong: the most popular Canadian youtubers would reduce the scope of their audience if they talked about Canada more. A more effective treatment would be to compare the most popular channels of all Anglophone countries.
Poor AvE. The greatest and most patriotic Canadian youtuber is once again overlooked.
You can just tell he's a good old boy you could shoot the shit with for hours and kill a bottle of crown.
Dude is a wacko nut. He went full MAGA during covid and nearly killed his channel with the trucker nonsense.
Also a loveable amount of spice
I would argue that "Countryside Acres: is stealing the stage right now.
J.J. Was specifically looking at cultural channels, AvE's a maker
As a foreigner living in Canada, I had no idea the creators were Canadian at all, it surprises me to see how little they mention this fact. It's so sad to see how much mainstream pop culture has a grip of the Canadian channels. I love ur videos because it provides so much great information about Canadian culture.
The actual answer, is because Canadian are absolutely obsessed with the USA and a false sense of superiority. Our political system can be summed up as "This part wants to make us more like the usa" and "This one wants to make us less like the usa"
The liberals definitely try and make it seem like the conservatives are basically the canadian equivalent of the republican party. Even saying poilievre is "canadas trump" and saying he has started a "make canada great again" movement. Which the most evidence i can find of that is sean strickland wearing a shirt saying that for UFC 297 which took place in toronto. Hes american.
Both Liberals and Conservatives support making Canada more _and_ less like the US.
Historically that was the source of a ton of Canadian political tension and debates.
Yeah, we're more like the entire Americas than we think. We ain't Western Europeans.
American culture is commercial and that's why we care. American politics makes better entertainment than Canadian politics. Nobody in Canada cares about the constitution or George Washington or the Gettysburg despite hearing about those things from American media.
Guy who makes the most Canadian videos, also against laws restricting Canadian Internet to Canadian topics. Be the change you want to see in the world; not with force, but with intelligent persuasion and SETTING AN EXAMPLE.
Also Khadija has no idea what she's talking about. She gets her idea of "blunt American racism" from movies.
I think a simple answer is that the US market is bigger. Heck here in Brazil many artists will create work in English to capitalize on the US market rather than here (which is larger and has vastly more purchasing power)
English is the #1 language so I'm not shocked 😅
Not Just Bikes is Canadian who lives in the Netherlands, and you forgot about him
And talks about Canada all the time (to rip on his home town infrastructure lol)
And he’s annoying asf
He makes videos about one topic and one topic only
Im glad he does not live here anymore
@@interspect_ I respectfully disagree
I wish more Canadian TH-camrs talk about the small differences that show why Canada is unique to the USA cause it’s very close to the us culturally
It's the damn same and I'm tired of pretending it isn't. Canada's superiority complex needs to go. (I am Canadian for the record)
@@matturner6890 You’re partially correct in the sense that southern areas of Canada such as Ontario are similar to northern areas USA, say New York for instance, so I definitely see what you mean there. This starts to become less true however when comparing central and southern USA to basically any part of Canada because in that regard, there is definitely differences (seasonal, cultural, political etc.) I am not a fan of any Canadian that thinks their country is superior to any other because that makes us look stupid, however a lot of us don’t feel that way and just want our country to have an identity outside of being lost in America’s shadow, which was all the commenter you replied to was trying to express I believe
@@Musical_parksCulturally, much of Canada overlaps with the Northeastern US. Temperament wise, Canadians are closer to Midwesterners.
@@Musical_parks Comparing different geographies of the US to other US geographies shows the same difference that you are describing between said US geographies and Canada. Furthermore, the same also exists within Canada. Different geographies have vast differences across the country. For example, I don't resonate being in Alberta, with people in Toronto, or Quebec, or the Maritimes. Even people in Vancouver are very different than the people in Alberta, as are people from Vancouver Island, etc.
The better comparison to make is Canada to other countries. We are vastly more similar to the US than to any other country. And that similarity to the US is stronger than any of the other countries differences.
I think it’s been done or would be a short quick video there’s definitely more differences of culture in the US I guess but they would boil down to the different states and cultures besides broad American culture
To my southern US ears Strange Æons sounds like a person from the Atlanta suburbs. Was surprised to see she's Canadian.
Honestly, this is something I always found very interesting as well. One thing i personal feel is that British TH-camrs feel pretty British. Even when they are talking about the U.S., i feel like they are British. Meanwhile I never get this vibe from Canadian TH-camrs. Granted this could also be due to the fact that I find the British accent way more distinct than the Canadian one
But can you reliably differentiate England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa from each other? Canadians, if their accent is different from a standard American accent at all, is still only subtlety different. JJ definitely hams up his accent for the Camera because he's the Canada guy. It would be like if I took on a very strong Southern Accent to talk about American Politics.
@@NikkyElso That's wrong man, there's wacky regional accents all over Canada just like in the US. The general accent is pretty much the same though. Most people in Vancouver (where I'm from) who were born there seem to have a gen-am accent.
Britain has over 60 Million people.
Canada has less people than California.
I work for tech support on the phone, and I spoke to an older guy from Alberta whose accent vaguely sounded more like the stereotypical "Transatlantic" accent from radio broadcasters in like the 50s, rather than a General American accent. And even among more ambiguous accents, like a lady from Surrey, or Victoria BC (my memory's messy), almost everything sounded American, except when she said "sorry", she said it in a very particular, non-US way. This is all anecdotal of course, but it's interesting to hear those slight differences, sometimes not so slight ones.
@@psychedelicspider4346 there is this TH-cam channel I used to watch called psychedelic eyeball
He is French Canadian however the way he speaks.... Well.... Listen to him talk and you tell me what his accent sounds like because I don't have the vocabulary to describe it
American here. I care about what happens in Canada. It’s our largest trading partner and its culture and people have influenced ours in more ways than most on either side of the border realize. Not to mention my family spent summer vacations in BC so I have an emotional attachment to Canada.
Preach (from Aba and Preach) is actually a bit of a celebrity in the Montreal area, apparently. Like, was on TV shows, had posters and banners with him in metro stations, and so on. So while I'd say their TH-cam presence is pretty neutral vis-a-vis Canadian / American topics, they definitely are involved in their own private lives (and would probably be more involved on TH-cam too if America weren't so dominant in Anglo-North American culture
He is a stand-up comic in french (I saw him on stage, and he's good, TBH). I first knew him in a french context, I only learned about his english TH-cam channel when he mentioned it in passing.
It also helps that both Aba and Preach have lived in the US at a certain point so, whenever possible, they will very much put to light the important differences between the two countries'' context.
There’s nothing more American than saying “oh yeah I forgot they’re Canadian”
I think it comes down to the kind of content they're making. If I take Strange Æons as an example, since I watch a lot of her content, what she covers in her videos doesn't really apply as being very Canada-specific, given most of what she makes is about online internet history/drama, and that tends not to center on Canada much.
I've noted in the past that it's interesting the algorithm tends to show me so many Canadian creators. I'm an American, I grew up in Minnesota, which shares a few cultural points with Canada that a lot of the rest of the states don't. When I moved away from Minnesota, my accent and fondness for hockey were enough to have my southern friends refer to me as a Diet Canadian.
In a more general sense, I think most Americans would love more Canadian content, about Canada. I've always seen Canadian culture as being more the same as ours than different. The idiosyncrasies of Canada make it feel more like a big strange state or US territory, not dissimilar to Hawaii or Puerto Rico. I also sometimes view it as a "region" the same way I would view the Midwest or American South... The Canadian North. I recognize it's a whole different country, but because no other country is so similar to the USA as Canada, it doesn't always "feel" like another country. I think this is what makes Canadian content so interesting. The little differences make the biggest impact. Milk in a bag is more impactful to the American viewpoint than anything happening in Ottawa.
I've always noticed you talk about America a lot more than you talk about Canada.
@@thelibyanplzcomeback He talked about Canada early on but started talking about the US more as he started to run out of Canadian topics.
@@highway2heaven91 You can't really run out of topics. Sounds more like an excuse.
I think you're being unfair to JJ, since he is the one that talks the most about Canada by far, even though he's also very openly pro-USA and considers both countries to be brothers. A sentiment that apparently almost no canadian shares.
@@wombat4583 Hes literally hit on the most interesting topics of Canada and shares his Canadian identity the most. Hes also a commentary TH-cam channel. He wants to grow his channel and America usually has more popular topics
@@Bentami People can do what they want. That's not discrediting what he's done (even if I often disagree with his takes) nor is it condemning covering American related topics. I'm just saying there isn't a limit of Canadian based topics of you really want to explore it.
As a Canadian youtuber, I once made a vlog talking about facts about Regina, Saskatchewan, but it didn't get a lot of views. I once made a vlog about a shopping haul to Zellers, if anyone remembers that store. lol! When it comes to politics, it's much more interesting to talk about American politics or even Russian politics. Other than the "sunny ways" comment when Trudeau won his first election, there just isn't as much humor in Canadian politics.
As an American, I always found it weird that I felt like I knew more about UK-based issues than Canadian ones, despite Canada being a lot closer (I’ve also been to Canada, but I’ve never been to the UK…) I feel like a lot of UK-based content creators I watch talk about UK issues much more than Canadians do about Canadian topics. Maybe that’s just specific people or my perception? But it could be an interesting comparison if you ever wanted to tackle how other English-speaking countries engage with their own and American culture.
I’ve really appreciated learning more about Canada from your videos. I watch several of the creators you mentioned here, and I would happily watch them talk about Canada more too lol
And I strangely know them both to a strange degree 😅
Lol, I'm Canadian and I've often known more about the UK issues.
There's just not that much drama at the national level, except maybe when Trudeau claimed a murder was an Indian government assassination recently.
Which remains to be seen.
I heard that that was also the first most Indians heard that they import a significant amount of their lentils from Canada 😀
it's the result of modern media. along those same lines many australians know more about the states than they do new zealand and many people in the u.k. know more about the states than they do nations on the european mainland despite europe being so much closer.
It’s a pity only immigrant Canadians talk about Canada 🥲
Not Just Bikes (Ontarian living in Netherlands) has 1.2 million + subs and mentions canada all the time … but i guess being an urban planning type of channel he’s in the wrong category?
When JJ was asking about Canadian TH-camrs to feature in his video, he was mainly referring to political and cultural ones. I was going to suggest urbanist channels such as Not Just Bikes, RM Transit and Oh The Urbanity but I didn’t think they fit his criteria.
NJB also has been talking quite a bit more about America and less about Canada as his popularity has increased.
@@highway2heaven91 to me urbanism and transportation are incredibly relevant to politics and culture… but I am usually an outlier 😅
Many of these YTers he mention aren't really that political other than JJ himself and I'm stretching with Aba and Preach as well Muta because they talk to Destiny from time to time. Why would they mention Canada itself?
So JJ made a community post asking for suggestions for Canadian creators to cover in this video and addressed NJB directly-as not relevant because he “opted out of Canada” lmao (a true statement, to be fair!) NJB rags on North America pretty intensely, which is largely antithetical to JJ’s long-stated personal positions. In an older video on his own personal conservatism JJ describes his political identity as coming from a place of “gratitude” to traditional Canadian institutions for the stability they provide-someone like NJB in this framework is functionally an ungrateful apostate. In general I appreciate JJ’s perspectives but I also think he comes across as incredibly sheltered, and with that comes an intolerance for non-institutionalist points of view. (On the other hand, NJB puts Europe on an immense pedestal and comes across as reactionary to a fault sometimes, so really I think the lesson is that all perspectives, no matter how valuable, are constrained by the blindspots of their perceivers.) am glad JJ makes content :)
@@rcoppy I find it interesting that he considered NJB to be "irrelevant" because he moved. Once Canadian, Always Canadian imo. I don't think that having different viewpoints on Canada makes you irrelevant either. JJ is a Conservative through and through while NJB only leans liberal because he's a fan of active transport and Conservatives tend to see active transport as "socialism".
No Lauren Southern? No Viva Frei? Rebel? Lauren Chen?They talk about Canada all the time. I'm American and have been watching them & other Canadians for years.
I feel like Australians probably talk about their home country even less. People on TH-cam are aware they are participating in an international culture that is predominantly American
I think a bigger difference though is that Aussies (and Kiwis) don't have to explicitly talk about their countries as much, because they're much more different to the US than Canada is, the differences will just passively come out far more often.
Compared to Canada which is so culturally and economically linked to the US, that often the only time you'd realise they're talking about Canada is if they explicitly call it out.
I perceive that as well. Once I saw a video by Boy Boy in which he talks about nuclear weapons and he says at some point “WE actually used those weapons on real people, twice”, in reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which I found a bizarre commentary to be made by an Australian man.
How about because it has nothing to do with what their channels are about?
I think this is mainly due to Canada's irrelevance on the world stage. At most, outsiders view Canadians as Americans.
Austria is in a similar position when it comes to Germany dominating the public's perception
Except when people talk about the Governator.
Absolutely not. The "Argo" hostage plan worked because Iran had no beef with Iran.
@@Bacopa68*canada
thats not really the case for most people, germany is germany and austria is austria. now ontario and west part of canada is basically usa 2.0 i do agree, but quebec and east is not
Mutahar is moving to TX. He said Canada has become too racist.
Your hair looks magnificent
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@@SpicyCheeseAltHistory Hey, my eyes are up here (under my beautiful hair)
Of these 10 Canadian content creators, JJ is the ONLY one I'm subscribed to and Kurtis Conner and Sisyphus 55 are the only other ones I've ever even heard of, lol. I'm subscribed to numerous other Canadian TH-camrs, however, including Ryan George, Julie Nolke, and h0ser, to name a few prominent ones. None of them talk about Canada or being Canadian or Canadian stuff, though. They only occasionally mention that they happen to be from Canada. Otherwise, they all talk and act exactly like Americans.
being in Saskatchewan (or western Canada) you literally do not matter to Ottawa, its hard to care about politics when I might as well write letters to kim jong un for all the change it will have
@@Sman16 BC seems to be the only place in Western Canada that matters to Ottawa. Especially if you’re in Vancouver.
@@highway2heaven91 It's the only substantial population center. Governments tend to care more about the places where most of the people and the commerce are.
I mean there's more people in the Greater Toronto metro area than there are between the Rockies and Hudson Bay. Why *should* they care.
How much of this is just the outcome of American dominance on TH-cam and social media platforms in general? Just amplified because of Canada and the USA's close ties.
Final comment: I think that the dearth of Canadian-focused online media _is_ a good argument; it's just not a good argument for _this law._ If Canada wants reputable Canadian TH-camrs to address more Canadian topics, they should just create an endowment or tax incentives to subsidize it rather than trying to manipulate algorithms.
It's not really surprising at all. I think there is a few reasons for this, many of which you have touched upon in previous videos. 1) Generally "big" issues in Canada are not discussed openly. There are no "public" debates on important issues in Canada the way that there would be in the US. This includes even the most controversial topics like trans rights and medically assisted suicide. 2) Most "polticial" Canadians are far to the left of centure. This means that criticizing Trudeau is generally out of the question and Canadian Conservaties tend to be fairly nuanced so as to compete in a generally "left-wing" country - so it's less enticing to sepnd all your time attacking them. Therefore internet political commenters would prefer to "straw man" American Republican political positions. It plays well to Liberlas in Canada and reionforces the tired and smug notion that Canada is more stable and ultimately morally superior to the US.
Based on the above I think you are doing a public service @JJ - maybe you should see if you can get some of that sweet public broadcast cash.
Linus Tech Tips has brought up Canadian topics several times in their weekly WAN show. Mostly just in passing or as an example of how things in the US differ from Canada, but occasionally they will go further in depth on a few topics.
You mean English Canada . Not french Canada. English Canada has always been an avatar of the U.S , most are more likely to consume the U.S media than the Canadian one . Where are French Canada due to it's linguistic difference if more liking to have their our media
I don't feel like it's odd for Canadian TH-camrs to not mention their country, most TH-cam be they American, Canadian or anything else don't often talk about their nations. Obviously TH-camrs from all corners of the world talk about American products and politics but that is because they are world news. Many British TH-camrs who I watch don't bring up they're nationality at all and if you perhaps see more Europeans bringing up their nationality I would say it is because they are speaking in English rather than their mother tongue so they are appealing to a viewer base outside of their home country.
The point is this is specifically about culture commentary youtubers
@@TheMrVan101 most of the ones listed don't talk about culture commentary, and if they do it's mostly not in the context of nationality
Maybe we just watch different TH-camrs, but most of the British TH-camrs I watch who talk about culture and politics talk VERY distinctly from Americans. Mostly because they're much more invested in what's going on in the EU and in Europe at large. And when it comes to talking about history and culture, there isn't really any way to mix up British history and historical culture with that of the US. They have similarities but honestly I see more Americans talking about British history/historical fashions than the other way around. For obvious reasons. Even when the British TH-camrs talk about the US, it's very distinctly from a British perspective...like how x policy will affect the UK, how some system or law compares to the UK, etc. There isn't really much confusion about which country they're from and what perspective they're speaking from.
@@TheMrVan101But it's not. We can see the people in the thumbnail.
@ZipplyZane I can kinda understand arguments for people like the plain bagel and someordinarygamer, and how they are not culture commentary channels. Even though I would disagree with that. How is everything else here, not culture commentary channels?
We’re Canadian as well. Just not popular enough for you?
What I don’t understand is how no one is talking about JJ’s transformation into Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin.
Both Strange Aeons and Dan Olsen have made videos where they go *on location* in Canada - Strange Aeons being a Mall Goth in the Dufferin Mall in Toronto, Dan doing flat earth experiments at Lake Minnewanka...however neither of those videos were in 2023 IIRC
JJ has helped me on my travels to Canada by me knowing more about Canadian politics than some Canadians I interacted with.
I disagree, many anglophone and francophone Canadians make videos with a focus on Canada.
But since the audience from US is bigger, some prefer to focus on things that apply to them.
i am often kinda surprised to know how many youtubers i watch are actually Canadians.
10:10 which French slur exactly?
Canadian TH-camrs don’t talk about Canada because what’s there to even talk about
Also the federal politic doesn't have that much influence on your day to day life, provincial politic is much more important. Immigration is the only real major responsibility that affect your life in the federal government's responsibilities. The actions of the US federal government affect us more economically and politically ultimately since we tend to walk behind them and the other federal responsibility, the military, is kind of offloaded to the US.
There is a chasm. Early on you grow your channel by talking about Canada but then you have to start talking about the US.
I've actually learned more about Canada than I thought I would. All I know about Canada comes from Geddy Lee's autobiography and JJ here. Jonathan Pie helps me be similar well informed about the UK.
Quebec and Inuits? Poutine?
Funny because you watch JJ who talks about Canada all the time
New hair look great and great video as always.
Quebecois TH-camrs are also well know for talking a lot about france or doing some France related video
Anytime a youtuber mentions North America most likely the youtuber is from Canada 😂 am I right?
Canadians be like "We know so much about the USA. Why don't they know so much about us?"
Americans be like "Because Canada is in Europe they are so far from us."
The real reason Canadians forget that Americans don't know about Canada is because they do not need too. They live in the United States.
Americans don't need anything from canada. The US's culture influences Canada, it's not often that it the other way round. That's the issue.
"You Americans are so self-centered. Tell me who our Prime Minister is."
"Why?"
@@jasona2007 they need our oil and maple syrup . Oh and hockey players to win Stanley Cups for you guys. 😉
@@connoromalley4004 they be like "Palpatine I think" and no dude thats Star Wars BUT you are close!
@@TheBEARofHIGHWAY1we make maple syrup of our own and even have the artisan ones. with hockey though you got us there.
I'm extremely american and monolingual and all the stereotypes, but several of my favorite creators are actually foreign from such places as Japan(Shogo), or several from England(spiffing Brit, Lost in the pond, Simon Whistler, etc) and often speak about their home countries and I actively seek out such content. I can't afford to travel as much as I would like, so I live vicariously through foreign online content practically curated or my silly american self. lol
Shoutout to Simply Nailogical, who was (at least a few years ago) working as a public servant in Canada
I think she resigned from the public service because her channel is doing well.
@@gerardacronin334 makes sense, I know she was working there 2 or 3 years ago when she was pretty big but she's continued to grow
I think she switched to focus on her nail polish business during/after lockdown. Her and Ben’s simplypodlogical channel would give a Canadian perspective occasionally, but it looks like they haven’t been posting there in a while.
Because if you do, they'll arrest you?
It's pretty crazy how well integrated Canadian personalities have become in US culture. I watch so much youtube that I forget JJ, Jordan Peterson, and Mutahar are all Canadian. Tells you something about where the world is trending towards.
Fun fact: any Canadian could make youtube videos using an American identity and nobody would be able to tell. This is what the Canadian government doesn't want you to know
Thanks, I love Canadians no different than any statey....in fact as a Pennsylvanian i feel a more kindred to my estranged folks from the north
Preach isn't anglo, he speaks english but that doesn't make him one which is kind of an important distinction on how they approach subjects relative to Canada.
Strange Aeons' video about Sphynx cats does mention a bit of her disappointment that Toronto's role in breeding the first Sphynx cats wasn't quite what she had assumed it was IIRC
Twoodfrd makes great videos and talks about Canada all the time! They are guitar repair videos, but i recommend them to anybody.
Muta talks about that he is in canada, and thats about it. doesnt really elaborate, but he is mostly talking about tech which is a global thing versus specifically avoiding talking about canada
Tech is a US (and China) thing, not a global thing.
@@jeffmorris5802 Can confirm we throw stones and use messenger pigeons in Vietnam
A dynamic to consider is that talent gets vacuumed up by the larger and more profitable American entertainment industry. For example, a Canadian who might've become a TH-camr instead gets recruited South to become a member of a larger team in the role of a writer, assistant producer, sound guy, or something like that.
I still think comedic sketch actor Julie Nolke should be on your list. She even had Trudeau do a comedy sketch with her. Did sketch about why Canadian performers feel compelled to move to America and how she is resistant and staying home.
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Subtle accents (wink wink) eh?
Two channels that come to mind is Ravignon, who did an excellent history of Quebec, and BobbyBroccoli who did an excellent history of Nortel
I know he barely doesn’t make the cut, but Bobby Broccoli was the first person I thought of when you said Canadian TH-cam.
He does the same sort of doc style content as Dan Olsen, though his specific way of doing it is much more in line with something like Secret Base than it is with anyone else, and it’s really cool to see his interesting editing cover topics like Nortel’s rise and collapse as well as Korea’s human cloning incident.
living on the detroit side of the detroit-windsor area i always felt like there is an widely held idea of us being a mix of canadian and american than compared to the rest of michigan
@@breadd26 Definitely not true. From my experiences with Detroit and Detroiters, they’re just as American as anywhere else in the country. I haven’t met a single Detroiter that even had any friends in Windsor.
@@highway2heaven91 i feel like it is a bit stronger the more north you are in metro detroit along the water, like port huron...
22:10 Long time viewer here. I swear to God I am not saying this to be flattering or kiss your ass, I am assessing the assertion that your success should prove Canada's ability to catch people's attention on TH-cam: I do absolutely enjoy watching content about Canada, but before I was a fan of Canadian content, I was a fan of you. I liked the rest of your content and grew to trust that you'd have interesting and thought-out takes about things worth talking about, so you talking about Canada made it worth listening to for me. So I would caution other creators against making Canada their brand unless they prove they are capable of speaking quite ear-grabbingly on other topics first.
It's the same thing even if an American were to cover a local topic like California politics if that's where they live. If they're an established voice and a good storyteller then it shouldn't negatively affect their views. I happen to like those kind of videos anyway and if it was a concern I'd like want them to make a second channel where I can subscribe to them there too.