Swedish Video Site Trouncing YouTube

paulraps writes "Why should a video that's funny in Shanghai be funny in Stockholm? That's the explanation for why Bubblare.se, a Swedish competitor to YouTube, is getting around 30 times as many viewers for its Scandinavian video clips as the American market leader. 'Local beats global,' in this market, says managing director Oskar Kalmaru." Luckily for YouTube, the local YouTube-like site around here is YouTube itself.

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I've never heard of this site

[gkhan1]

I'm Swedish (I'm even called Oskar!) and I've never even heard of this site. YouTube however, I've visited many, many times. Many of my friends use it, and I've never heard any of them ever mention Bubblare.se. Don't put too much stock in this article, is what I'm saying.

Re:I've never heard of this site

[claes]

This is especially true for people below the age of thirty,

Age of 30? I guess you are still in your teens and can't distinguish adult ages so well :-) You could easily make that figure 40, probably quite a bit higher because I am far below the age when people did start learning english early in school (and I am a few years over 30). I would say there is no difference in English proficiency between 20 and 30 in Sweden today, it might as well be that 30-year-olds are in general are better.

Re:Have always said this

[jacksonj04]

People in the UK at least seem to love MySpace.