Thousands Meet for Vid Con 2011 in Los Angeles

Los Angeles - How influential is YouTube? Influential enough to be the focus of a three-day gathering in Los Angeles... where YouTubers come from all over the world to meet in person.

FOX 11's Gigi Graciette takes us to Vid Con in this video report.

Story Script:

WELCOME TO VID CON... AS IN VIDEO CONVENTION.

IJUSTINE OF YOU TUBE FAME DESCRIBES IT BEST... IN A VIDEO, OF COURSE.

IJUSTINE
"IT'S A BIG CONVENTION OF YOUTUBERS THAT ARE ALL GETTING TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO MEET. WE'RE GOING TO SAY HI."

THE-THREE DAY SOLD OUT EVENT DRAWING THOUSANDS TO CENTURY CITY.

FROM YOU TUBE SUPERSTARS....

HANK GREEN/VIDCON
"MY CHANNEL HAS ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED MILLION TOTAL. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT HALF A BILLION WHICH, NO OFFENSE, IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU GET."

HMM... MAYBE. ; )

... TO THEIR FANS, MANY WHO WATCH YOUTUBE AND ONLINE VIDEOS MORE THAN TV NOWDAYS.

KELSEY GILLHAM/YOUTUBE VIEWER
"IT RELATES TO ME MORE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY TALKING TO YOU."

SPEAKING THAT LANGUAGE CAN BE A HUGE MONEY MAKER.

JUST ASK THE FOLKS BEHIND ORABUSH, A TONGUE SCRAPER THEY COULDN'T GIVE AWAY UNTIL THEY POSTED A VIDEO ONLINE.

DAVID ACKERMAN/ORABRUSH
"IT JUST BLEW UP ON YOUTUBE... WE SOLD OUT."

FITNESS TRAINER JON HAM HOPES TO DO THE SAME.

JON HAM/FITNESSTRAININGBYJON
"THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! GREAT. I'M YOUNG... JUST STARTING OUT... EVEN THOUGH I'M THE OLDEST GUY HERE."

GIGI GRACIETTE/FOX 11 NEWS
"WHAT'S THE SECRET BEHIND ONE OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT GOES VIRAL? FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE GOT REALLY CUTE DOGS AND THEY DO REALLY CUTE THINGS. SHOULD I BE POSTING THOSE VIDEOS ON LINE AND WILL I BE FAMOUS?"

HANK GREEN/VIDCON
YOU SHOULD DEFINTELY PUT THE VIDEOS ON LINE BUT YOU WILL NOT BE FAMOUS. YOUR DOGS MAY BECOME SLIGHTLY FAMOUS."

IJUSTINE
"ANYONE CAN DO THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO."

More information:

Vid Con 2011
www.vidcon2011.com