The age of self: the strange story of how YouTubers saved publishing

The general population divides into two categories: those who have never heard of Caspar Lee and those who think he is one of the biggest stars in the UK. Lee, a 22-year-old British-born South African, is a YouTube star. Vlogging, or video blogging, first took off around 2005 - also the year that YouTube was founded. By July 2006 it was the fifth most popular site on the internet. A huge amount of content is uploaded every day, but Lee and his friends are the site's celebrities. At the time of writing, he has 6.7 million subscribers on his main account - and his videos have notched up 633 million views.