Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Episode Breakdown!
- YouTube Origins (01:09)
- Late Night Channels (03:15)
- Will Smith & The Rock (05:08)
- YouTube Rewind (06:03)
- Jablinski Games (08:21)

YouTube is being invaded! That's right. First it was Viners and now the platform is being invaded...by celebrities!
Between Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith, and most recently, Jack Black, the number of big time Hollywood stars coming over to YouTube is only increasing. And in today's video, we're gonna take a look at where this invasion came from!
So what's Jable-in' Jables!? IT'S A BRIEF HISTORY!

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