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What if being a YouTube celebrity is actually backbreaking work?

By Jonah Engel Bromwich
New York Times·
12 mins to read
What if being a YouTube celebrity is actually backbreaking work?
Emma Chamberlain's 8 million YouTube followers admire her humour and relatability. What they don't see, though, is how much work goes into her videos. Photo / Kaleb Marshall, The New York Times

Emma Chamberlain dropped out of school and changed the world of online video. It hasn't been easy. Jonah Engel Bromwich of The New York Times reports.

Emma Chamberlain, 18, is the funniest person on YouTube. What does she do? So far the content of her videos has not been the

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