Super Simple Songs is a Canadian

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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

Super Simple Songs was started in 2005 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. Since 2015, Super Simple has been run by Toronto-based creative studio Skyship Entertainment. In June 2017, Skyship and

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's Sesame Studios announced a content sharing partnership. Super Simple announced a collaboration with

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in December 2018. In September 2020, Super Simple Songs signed a deal with

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's Arts Music division and Warner Chappell Music. At the time, it was ranked as the 36th biggest YouTube channel with 133.4m weekly views, 24.6 million subscribers and 22.8bn lifetime views. The channel's content is now available through a dedicated mobile app,

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, and other platforms. In February 2023, Super Simple launched the Super Simple Podcast for children.

References

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