
A Day in the Life of a YouTube Megastar
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Steve meets iJustine and discovers what an average day is like for a Youtube megastar.
Steve meets iJustine and discovers what an average day is like for a Youtube megastar.
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A Day in the Life of a YouTube Megastar
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Steve meets iJustine and discovers what an average day is like for a Youtube megastar.
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OK, today we have something special.
We're here to see YouTube megastar, iJustine.
She's been creating content for YouTube since 2006, one of the originals, and she's invited us into her home.
Hi.
It's really you.
Hello.
Are you Steve?
Yes, iJustine.
Come in.
This is your home and your studio.
How would you describe it, what you do?
I basically make YouTube videos.
I make my own schedule.
I shoot, edit, pretty much do everything myself.
There's no producer that calls you that says, hey, you're doing a terrible job.
You need to be doing a better job.
That's usually what you get in the YouTube comments.
So they are basically your boss.
Like, look at this.
I was a mess.
That's genuine.
They started filming.
They have to.
I don't want to.
So let me see some of the com-- what was the response?
Fake emotions.
Fake cry.
So you don't get upset when you see negative stuff.
You just kind of-- it rolls off the back, or how does it-- how do you actually feel?
Um, I mean, it kind of sucks.
Yeah.
Because it's like I'm making videos, and then people are like, I hate you.
You're stupid.
Maybe I don't think I'm going to film myself crying again.
Mmm-hmm.
Ever again.
Yeah.
OK, great.
Perfect.
OK, Jen, now you can't move very much.
It's a busy day here at iJustin, Incorporated.
You're doing a great job.
That's good.
We can work with this.
I like this, actually.
I like it.
I'm boiling.
I really am.
It's not easy.
Yeah.
If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
Well, but a lot of people are doing it.
This is when I got a million subscribers on YouTube.
Sorry, how many do you-- A million.
This is my so, so happy closet.
So, so happy?
They even give them out when you get 100,000, too.
So it's kind of cool.
What if you have a thousand, what do they get you?
These are all of my LEGO minifigures.
You have your own LEGO piece?
Yeah.
So there's me.
There's Jenna.
And there's my other sister, Bre.
So I've got Xbox One.
I've got Xbox 360, Playstation 4, and I have my Wii U.
How does this work?
People watch you playing?
Oh, come on, now!
He's camping!
He's camping!
You're an idiot!
This is a little intense.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Sometimes, I forget.
Yeah.
Do you have anything lighter?
Ooh!
Idiot!
You're an idiot!
I have like 600,000 subscribers on my gaming channel.
Six hundred thou-- just on the gaming channel?
Just on gaming.
And that's separate from iJustine?
Yeah, that one I have almost 2 million.
So they're separate.
What do you do outside of this?
Outside of what?
Well, like, what we've been do-- you know, uh, outside of the gaming and selfies.
Well, I play on my Nintendo DS.
There's a thing on here where you can collect Miis.
So if I do go outside, and other people have their Nintendo DS with them, I will collect them on my DS.
So I get to see them.
So you're sort of never not plugged in.
Why don't we go and get some air?
You know?
Let's get a little fre-- it's gorgeous outside.
It's sunny.
So when I said, you know, air, I didn't actually mean, you know, skateboarding or extreme sports.
And plus there's a lot of athletes here, and it looks like-- That's good.
Does it look natural?
This is fun.
I like skateboarding.
OK, now, all by yourself.
No, Justine.
Justine.
Turn a little bit.
Oh god.
Turn.
Y-- y-- y-- Oh.
See, I'm running into it.
Oh god.
Oh.
Tony Hawk's going to be real proud.
I think I would be a phenomenal matchmaker.
Just, like, over all, a nice, funny guy.
Responsible.
OK, so-- Brown hair.
Brown hair?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
So physically, you have a type.
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