Meteoro Brasil
{{short description|Brazilian YouTube channel}}
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| origin = Brazil
| views = 750 million
| subscribers = 1.75 million
| years_active = 2017–present
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| genre = Education
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| silver_year = 2018
| gold_button = 2021
| gold_year = 2021
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Meteoro Brasil is a Brazilian YouTube channel created by the journalists Álvaro Borba and Ana Lesnowski. Borba and Lesnowski began their YouTube channel, Meteoro Brasil, as an entertainment channel in 2017.{{Cite journal |url=https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/moci/article/view/16885|title=ALCANCE DA DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA POR MEIO DO YOUTUBE: Estudo de caso no canal Meteoro Brasil|last=Silva Neto |first=José Ricardo da |date=2018 |journal=Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação |volume=8 |issue=2 |access-date=2020-12-07}}
Content
Meteoro Brasil's videos include pop culture, science and philosophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/curadoria-de-noticias/conteudos-no-youtube-elevam-o-debate-contra-a-desinformacao/|title=Conteúdos no youtube elevam o debate contra a desinformação|first=Ricardo|last=Missão|website=Observatório da Imprensa|date=12 March 2019 |access-date=2020-12-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/play/videos/2020/07/07/entrelikes-meteoro.htm|title=Entre Likes: "Brasil é gerenciado com bom senso de bêbado", diz criador do Meteoro Brasil|access-date=2020-12-07}} This YouTube channel also discusses societal attitudes to misinformation.
History
On April 9, 2017, Meteoro Brasil was created on YouTube{{Cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCk5BcU1rOy6hepflk7_q_Pw|title=Meteroro Brasil's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile)| website=socialblade.com|access-date=2020-12-07}} to provide viewers with culture and entertainment about science, philosophy and pop culture.
After the 2018 Brazilian presidential election this channel was identified with a new wave of Brazilian liberal or left-wing channels and YouTubers, such as Sabrina Fernandes, Felipe Neto, Lilia Schwarcz, Henry Bugalho, Caue Moura, Pirula, Jones Manoel.{{Cite web |title= Henry Bugalho e Sabrina Fernandes: duas vozes contra a direita louca |date=24 March 2019 |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/sociedade/henry-bugalho-e-sabrina-fernandes-duas-vozes-contra-a-direita-louca/|access-date= 2020-12-07}}{{Cite web |title= Heróis da resistência: Quem são os youtubers que enfrentam os brucutus da extrema direita. |date=13 April 2019 |url=https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/herois-da-resistencia-quem-sao-os-youtubers-que-enfrentam-os-brucutus-da-extrema-direita-por-pedro-zambarda/|access-date= 2020-12-07}}
In 2019 the channel published a book named Tudo O Que Você Precisou Desaprender Para Virar Um Idiota (Everything You Needed To Unlearn To Become An Idiot). The work is satirizing misinformation in the book by Olavo de Carvalho and other Brazilian conspiracy theorists, right-wing thinkers or influencers.METEORO BRASIL. Tudo O Que Você Precisou Desaprender Para Virar Um Idiota. São Paulo: Planeta Brasil, 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aescotilha.com.br/literatura/ponto-virgula/tudo-o-que-voce-precisou-desaprender-para-virar-um-idiota-meteoro-brasil-resenha-critica/|title='Tudo o que você precisou desaprender para virar um idiota' é uma ode ao conhecimento|last=Martins |first=Maura| website=aescotilha.com.br|date=29 November 2019 |access-date=2020-12-07}}
By November 30, 2020, Meteoro Brasil had gained more than 890,000 subscribers.{{Cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCk5BcU1rOy6hepflk7_q_Pw/monthly|title=Meteoro Brasil's YouTube Stats (Detailed Statistics)| website=socialblade.com|access-date=2020-12-07}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5BcU1rOy6hepflk7_q_Pw Official YouTube]
Category:YouTube channels launched in 2017