Dictionary

StudyTuber en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of study + YouTuber.

Meanings

1. A YouTuber whose account focuses on studying and academia.
   • The lesson here is not that studytubers are terrible influences who intentionally push toxic productivity. 2020 December 3, Basilia Weir, “Studytube: you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ into a panic spiral about my productivity”, in The Glasgow Guardian, number 4, University of Glasgow, page 13:
   • Critics of StudyTube often use the idea of parasocial relationships to take issue with StudyTubers’ attempts at replacing study partners—particularly their livestreams and lifestyle/Study with Me videos—however, this is a misapplication of the concept. 2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 55:
   • According to The Boar, StudyTubers have emphasized unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as rigorous studying, which cause students to feel pressured about how productive they seem in an academic setting. 2021 September 29, Nicole Mui, “Investigative Report: Toxic Positivity; Selling success: Influencers’ romanticization of school life”, in The Charger Account, volume T, number 1, Leland High School, page 10:
   • As businesses have realised that there is a huge audience amongst the student body, many of these StudyTubers have become personalities and shot to small but rapidly growing levels of fame as they share their variety of experiences. 2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:
   • Alternatively, as one StudyTuber suggests, some viewers find the revision tips and university vlogs made by their peers far more useful than online resources “made by someone who graduated years ago”. 2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2021:
   • 9/10 of the successful StudyTubers are straight-A/A* students. 2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:
   • Students are keen to learn from each other as highlighted by the rise of Studytubers on YouTube. 2022, Bradley Lightbody, Advancing Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Resetting Pedagogy for the Online Era, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • Many of these authors are StudyTubers who are well known online for giving academic advice. 2021, Jade Bowler, The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, Blink Publishing, →ISBN:
   • As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien. 2020 March 31, Jonathan Moules, “How remote study is changing business school life: The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate”, in BusinessDay, volume 19, number 531, page 19:

Forms

Coordinates

studygrammer

Relateds

StudyTube