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Super Simple Songs

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Super Simple Songs
OriginCanada
Websitesupersimple.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active1999–present
Genre(s)Education, nursery rhymes
Subscribers42.3 million[1]
Total views51.87 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2018
10,000,000 subscribers2023

Last updated: 18 August 2024

Super Simple Songs is a Canadian YouTube channel and streaming media show created by Devon Thagard and Troy McDonald. They publish animated videos of both traditional nursery rhymes and their own original children's songs. As of April 30, 2021, it is the 105th most-subscribed YouTube channel in the world and the second most-subscribed YouTube channel in Canada, with 41.4 million subscribers, and the 23rd most-viewed YouTube channel in the world and the most-viewed YouTube channel in Canada, with 49.7 billion views.

History

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Super Simple Songs was started in 2004 by teachers of a small English school in Japan. They created their own songs in place of children's songs that were too complex and difficult to be used in teaching. After increasing in popularity from other teachers, they released their first CD. At some point, Super Simple Songs began uploading videos to YouTube. They originally uploaded videos of teaching tips for teachers on how to use their songs in the classroom. They started uploading videos just for kids after realizing that kids were also watching the teaching tips.[2]

Since March 2015, Super Simple was acquired by Toronto-based creative studio Skyship Entertainment, which was founded in January 2016.

The channel's content is now available through a dedicated mobile app, Amazon Prime Video, and other platforms.[3][4] In September 2021, Super Simple launched the Super Simple Podcast for children.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs". YouTube.
  2. ^ "About Us – Super Simple". supersimple.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ Today, Future (13 July 2020). "Future Today Chosen to Expand Super Simple Songs® Beyond YouTube". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Our new app adds interactivity to classicsfrom Super Simple Songs". Khan Academy Blog. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Listen: THE SUPER SIMPLE PODCAST From Super Simple Songs Available Now". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 July 2024.