What Percentage Of Kids Want To Be Youtubers

Because they desire to "make millions" and "not have to written report…"

We've seen before the results of surveys polling Japanese children on what they want to be when they grow up, and sometimes they can take kind of depressing results.

But now the results are in from a new survey carried out among quaternary grade boys at an elementary school in Osaka. At showtime glance it reveals much of the same information as other surveys… except with 1 new surprise. See if you can pick it out from the pinnacle iv professions:

1. Soccer thespian
ii. Physician
3. YouTuber
4. Civil servant

Aye, that'due south correct! YouTuber has taken the third spot on the list.

▼ Apparently the kids have been inspired by Japanese YouTuber Hikakin and his millions of followers and views.

If it was only a few outliers who picked YouTuber, then that would be ane thing, but making number three on the list? That'southward pretty widespread. To notice out why, the Mainichi Shinbun interviewed a teacher at the school, who said the following:

"I got a phone phone call that our students were putting up videos on YouTube. They filmed themselves jumping off tall places, or pulling down other kids' pants. When I confronted the children about information technology, they merely said: 'We're trying to become YouTubers.'"

When the teacher pushed further, the kids explained their motives:

"Celebrity YouTubers can make one-hundred million yen (US$880,000), so we don't need to study. The best videos that become a lot of views are ones that surprise people, then that'south why we filmed the jumping and pantsing."

Of course the instructor then explained to them that what they were doing was illegal, and in the case of pantsing potentially breaking child pornography laws, and they could go in trouble. There oasis't been whatsoever updates since, but we would presume that if the survey were to be carried out again at the same schoolhouse, there might be slightly fewer kids wanting to be YouTubers this time around.

Hither's what Japanese netizens had to say about the whole "kids wanting to become YouTubers when they abound up" situation:

"My kid has been maxim 'I want to be a YouTuber!' also. Information technology'due south spreading…."

"An fifty-fifty better way for the teacher to turn them off from the idea would exist to tell them that the vast, vast majority of YouTubers make barely anything at all."

"For me, I retrieve 'ceremonious servant' being that high on the listing is far scarier."

"It seems that dreams have become just 'how to make every bit much money every bit possible with as little effort as possible.'"

Agreed on that last point! Elementary school is the fourth dimension to dream big, then instead of trying to be a YouTuber, those kids should aim higher. They should want to be the very best, similar no one ever was… they should aspire to become Pokémon Masters!

Source: Mainichi Shibun via Hachima Kiko
Featured/top image: YouTube/HikakinTV

Source: https://soranews24.com/2016/03/26/survey-shows-youtuber-among-top-jobs-japanese-children-want-when-they-grow-up/

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