As the mainstream media bullies its way into what was once a community of independent content creators, finding popular channels that allow you to post video responses is becoming more and more difficult.
If you don’t already understand the importance and the benefit of posting video responses, you probably need to read the Gaming YouTube Ebook.
On this page, I have a list of channels that regularly (or at least usually) allow video responses to be posted on their channels. Even some of these are now turning their backs on the video response feature. Why? Well, your guess is as good as mine. However, my personal theory/fear is that since the big companies (Universal, CBS, BBC, etc) NEVER allow video responses, the independent producers have adopted the belief that allowing video responses is amateurish? I don’t know…I certainly hope that’s not the case. Aside from media outlets, the channels of most notable figures (Barack Obama, Britney Spears) also usually disable the video response feature.
I’d like to point out that the video response feature is enabled by DEFAULT. This means that any channel that does not allow video responses to be posted had to manually disable that feature.
Edit: I’ve been getting reports that some new user accounts are set up so that video responses are actually disabled by default (and must be enabled manually).
So what do we do?
Well, luckily there is still a way to find the videos that are getting the most traffic that still allow video responses. It’s simple, really.
Simply go to YouTube and click the “videos” tab at the top. If you’re logged in, it may try to take you to “Recommended for You”, but usually it will show you the top viewed videos for the day. If you end up on “recommended for you”, simply click “all” in the left sidebar category to get to the day’s most viewed videos. In the menu bar above the displayed videos you’ll see several options: Featured, Rising Videos, Most Popular, Most Discussed, Top Favorited, and more. Of course, our most useful feature is hidden in the “more” sub-menu. Hover your mouse over “more” and you will see four sub-menu options: Recent Videos, Most Responded, Most Viewed, and Top Rated. Obviously, you’re looking for “most responded”.
The top videos displayed on the “most responded” page might not always necessarily be the most viewed videos that are allowing responses, but I’d say it’s probably 90% accurate. Basically, other people have already done the research and found the videos that are getting views and allowing responses, and YouTube is displaying the conclusion of that research for you. However, keep in mind that YouTube only updates its stats every few hours or so, so they may be partially outdated.
