# Youtubers in Taiwan **URL:** \ **Category:** YouTube & Other Video Clips\ **Created:** [November 20, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585 "2018-11-20T10:06:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Noel](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/noel/32/75202_2.png) [@Noel](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Noel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/21 "2020-06-07T16:46:31Z")
Wes Davies (a Canadian living in Kaohsiung who is friend’s with Lukas) is also pretty good. His story of his uncle who lived in Taiwan in the 70s is pretty interesting. > **[Wes Davies 衛斯理](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB29YwVijDL98e3cESRzWBA)** > > I live in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and make videos about travel, food and adventure. Welcome to my channel! > 我在台灣旅行、探索文化、傳統、美食及一切有趣的事物，並將這一切不可思議的體驗製作成影片，向台灣與世界分享。 > 居住地：高雄 > > For business inquiries, please send an email (listed below) or contact my management... ---
**Author:** ![hannes](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hannes/32/161150_2.png) [@hannes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hannes)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/22 "2020-06-07T23:18:36Z")
I wonder why some of these foreign Youtubers get so many views and subs. It feels disproportionate. Some of them are just ordinary guys doing ordinary things. Would anyone watch their stuff if they were living in their own countries? Why do Taiwanese viewers seem to be so interested in foreigners living in Taiwan? Or is their content being pushed and promoted by channels I don’t know about? ---
**Author:** ![mups](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mups/32/136700_2.png) [@mups](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mups)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/23 "2020-06-07T23:29:58Z")
> [@hannes](#): > > **I wonder why some of these foreign Youtubers get so many views and subs. It feels disproportionate. Some of them are just ordinary guys doing ordinary things**. Would anyone watch their stuff if they were living in their own countries? **Why do Taiwanese viewers seem to be so interested in foreigners living in Taiwan?** I don’t wonder at all. One side enjoys 🐼, the other 🧈. I find the combination most unappetizing myself, but different strokes. ---
**Author:** ![Noel](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/noel/32/75202_2.png) [@Noel](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Noel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/24 "2020-06-07T23:30:42Z")
I have no idea what this means … ---
**Author:** ![mups](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mups/32/136700_2.png) [@mups](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mups)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/25 "2020-06-07T23:32:16Z")
Sorry about that. They pander to an audience that enjoys it. That’s why videos about riding a scooter being amazing and stinky tofu being the 8th wonder of the world ‘succeed’. ---
**Author:** ![Noel](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/noel/32/75202_2.png) [@Noel](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Noel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/26 "2020-06-07T23:33:01Z")
Travel vlogging is a big thing - this is a subset of it in my eyes. For the Taiwanese watching, there is definitely an element of reality TV with it for sure. ---
**Author:** ![mups](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mups/32/136700_2.png) [@mups](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mups)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/27 "2020-06-07T23:43:23Z")
Yes. To elaborate, I hate most travel vlogging. The pandering in TW stuff is just one kind. One that’s even harder to watch are kid couples in their 20’s flying to vacation spots for a couple weeks, ‘sampling’ culture at the surface, then giving their analysis. “Here’s our hotel room, here’s what a nice restaurant looks like here, oh this food is good, so is this food. Conclusion, this is a great country to visit, people were nice, lots of different things to try, plus as you can see, my girlfriend has boobies.” Of course this can all happen in the context of countries with some serious social welfare and political issues, not to sound too old manny. It grosses me out though, it’s a kind of exploitation of culture, often ignorantly dishonest at that, for youtube cash. ---
**Author:** ![junoreactor](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@junoreactor](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/junoreactor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/28 "2020-06-08T02:25:03Z")
> [@hannes](#): > > I wonder why some of these foreign Youtubers get so many views and subs. It feels disproportionate. Some of them are just ordinary guys doing ordinary things. Would anyone watch their stuff if they were living in their own countries? Why do Taiwanese viewers seem to be so interested in foreigners living in Taiwan? Or is their content being pushed and promoted by channels I don’t know about? Most likely they pay Youtube for that, people will see the video in their recommendations list because the uploader purchased this service. Most people won’t watch the full video, they will watch a minute and skip. ---
**Author:** ![Steve4nLanguage](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/steve4nlanguage/32/180867_2.png) [@Steve4nLanguage](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Steve4nLanguage)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/29 "2020-06-08T02:44:55Z")
> [@mups](#): > > “Here’s our hotel room, here’s what a nice restaurant looks like here, oh this food is good, so is this food. Conclusion, this is a great country to visit, people were nice, lots of different things to try, plus as you can see, my girlfriend has boobies.” This cracked me up 😄 I think a good number of Americans, at least, like these channels because many don’t travel outside of their country. The U.S. is extremely large and varied, so why bother leaving for an exotic experience? I’m American, and before I moved to Taiwan I had done extremely little international travel. I was fascinated watching these people’s adventures overseas, even if that just meant showcasing a foreign mall and bidet toilets. If these videos excite new generations to leave their bubbles and see for themselves that the U.S. isn’t the center of the universe, I’m all for them (Again, this is an American viewpoint). ---
**Author:** ![Gmu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gmu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gmu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/30 "2020-06-08T02:58:16Z")
This is worse, you tube is full of videos like this and it is impressive this video has more than 4 million views just to see how someone eats and hear the noise of eating lol !!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EjAqF4d47Y/hqdefault.jpg) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EjAqF4d47Y) ---
**Author:** ![hannes](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hannes/32/161150_2.png) [@hannes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hannes)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/31 "2020-06-08T03:29:55Z")
I believe the reason for popular garbage videos is simply the business model of Google/Youtube. It’s profit over everything. More people are likely to watch garbage, so those videos are promoted over and over again (side bar suggestions, home page). The aim is not to promote quality but to make the largest profits possible. For creators who want to make living of it this means you have to create content that sells, not something that is of high quality. Of course high quality content sells too, but how often is it pushed aside by garbage content? ---
**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/32 "2020-06-08T03:55:09Z")
Like another poster said, pandering. They translate everything into chinese (if they can speak chinese even better) they never say a word out of place about taiwan. They never even give real opinions anymore, don’t want to piss anyone off by accident. Being a youtuber in taiwan is the realm of serious ass kissing. ---
**Author:** ![TimesThree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@TimesThree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TimesThree)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/33 "2020-06-08T04:15:25Z")
Can’t f\*\*king stand those “Oh my God, Taiwan!” type videos. Some 20-something in Taipei drinking milk tea for the first time (reaction! OMG yummy!) or eating beef noodles for the first time (reaction! OMG great!). It’s like come on, man. Have intercourse with a donkey or something. Impress me! ---
**Author:** ![mups](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mups/32/136700_2.png) [@mups](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mups)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/34 "2020-06-08T04:21:12Z")
> [@hannes](#): > > I believe the reason for popular garbage videos is simply the business model of Google/Youtube. Well people demand garbage, youtubers produce it. I’m not sure how they decide promotion, I assumed it was just demand driven and based on views? Makeup videos, go check how many views those get, then click on some important world news or something, then get ready to question your existence. ---
**Author:** ![Hygge](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hygge/32/91290_2.png) [@Hygge](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Hygge)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/35 "2020-06-09T14:13:48Z")
> **[TRTC pursues legal action against YouTuber showing how to cheat Taipei MRT...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3945530)** > > Violators of Article 50 of Mass Rapid Transit Act can be fined up to NT$4,500 | 2020-06-09 20:56:00 That guy need a fist in his face, anyone know who this is? ---
**Author:** ![Whatevah](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Whatevah](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Whatevah)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/36 "2020-06-09T14:24:16Z")
> [@mups](#): > > I’m not sure how they decide promotion, I assumed it was just demand driven and based on views? You watch a video about traveling or Taiwan, they suggest a similar one and they will keep recommending until you stop watching them. ---
**Author:** ![Darkesontr](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Darkesontr](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Darkesontr)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/37 "2020-06-09T15:05:16Z")
Davie504 lives in Taiwan with his Taiwanese girlfriend. He’s quite a famous youtuber (and makes great content) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JhGf8ZY0tN8/maxresdefault.jpg "My Girlfriend Speaks For The First Time EVER") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhGf8ZY0tN8) ---
**Author:** ![RickRoll](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rickroll/32/180921_2.png) [@RickRoll](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRoll)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/38 "2020-06-09T23:30:46Z")
He lives in Taiwan? I thought he only mentioned that she’s from Taiwan. ---
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/39 "2020-07-10T08:51:03Z")
By the way, if you like Xiao Fei and don’t mind watching all Mandarin videos, then you should also try 烙野孩 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kVOHFtkmKxk/maxresdefault.jpg "⚠會經過私人土地，未經允許，請勿進入⚠【連假挑戰首部曲】Taiwan比出國夢幻！原來～南部最難訂位餐廳在部落裡！有吃有玩一日遊-霧台瀑布【你也能到的一日祕境】屏東│Pingtung") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOHFtkmKxk) ---
**Author:** ![Buttnutz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/buttnutz/32/124926_2.png) [@Buttnutz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Buttnutz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585/40 "2021-02-13T05:28:45Z")
The first thing I did when I found out that I would be moving to Taiwan was get online and try to learn as much as I could. This took me to youtube, where I discovered several Youtubers. So far my favorite ones have been Prozzie and Lifeintaiwan, among others. I knew a little bit about Taiwan when I got my job offer, but not much. As an outsider looking in, their videos have been very entertaining and informative in getting a taste of daily life. (I’ve also gleaned alot from Forumosa). What are your opinions of these expat youtubers? Any recomendations? [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585.md?page=1) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/youtubers-in-taiwan/174585.md?page=3)