I'm in That Weird Part of YouTube

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Published September 1, 2026

"I'm in That Weird Part of YouTube" is a catchphrase that started appearing in YouTube comments around 2011, when viewers realized the site's related-videos algorithm had dragged them somewhere strange. It turned the odd corners of the platform into a shared inside joke that spread to Tumblr, Reddit and Facebook within months.

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Overview

The phrase is a self-aware comment left on videos featuring gross-out clips, Japanese variety segments, YouTube Poop edits, or anything else that feels off-kilter compared to whatever the viewer originally clicked on3. When posted at the right moment, the comment often climbs to the top of the thread as other viewers arrive via the same tangled chain of suggested links and recognize the same disorientation. Common follow-ups include "how did I get here?" and "what did I just watch?"3.

The format also spawned parallel versions like "I'm in that weird part of Tumblr" and "I'm in that weird part of the Internet"3. Dedicated playlists collecting the strangest videos users had stumbled onto surfaced on YouTube itself, often built around shock content, absurd musical uploads and gag clips12.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube comments
Date
2011

The comment first showed up in YouTube's comments sometime in 2011, though user frustration with the site's related-videos suggestions goes back to 2009 on Google's YouTube Help forum3. YouTube introduced the related-videos feature in June 2007, matching clips based on tags, titles, descriptions, playlists and viewing history, which set the stage for the algorithmic detours viewers were laughing about four years later3.

Urban Dictionary logged the entry for "That Weird Part of YouTube" on November 8, 20114. By January 2012, the comment appeared on over 24,700 video pages according to a Google search estimate3.

How It Spread

During the second half of 2011, the format jumped platforms fast. Reddit, Facebook and Tumblr users started riffing on "I'm in that weird part of the Internet" and "I'm in that weird part of Tumblr" variants3. On Twitter and Facebook, people began prefacing shared video links with the phrase as a kind of warning label before sending friends into the rabbit hole3.

On October 29, 2011, FunnyJunk user sadfacemcgee posted a multi-pane Computer Reaction Guy comic showing exactly how a viewer stumbles from a normal video into weird territory through the related-videos chain3. Videos regularly cited as classic "weird part" material include oddball musical experiments and absurd gag uploads from that era, which racked up views partly because commenters kept sending each other back to them15.

How to Use This Meme

The standard move is to drop the comment on a video that feels genuinely bizarre, especially if you got there through a chain of related suggestions rather than by searching for it. Variations swap YouTube for whichever platform you ended up lost on, so "weird part of Tumblr" and "weird part of TikTok" work the same way3.

Frequently Asked Questions

I'm in That Weird Part of YouTube

2011catchphraseclassic

Published September 1, 2026

"I'm in That Weird Part of YouTube" is a catchphrase that started appearing in YouTube comments around 2011, when viewers realized the site's related-videos algorithm had dragged them somewhere strange. It turned the odd corners of the platform into a shared inside joke that spread to Tumblr, Reddit and Facebook within months.

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Overview

The phrase is a self-aware comment left on videos featuring gross-out clips, Japanese variety segments, YouTube Poop edits, or anything else that feels off-kilter compared to whatever the viewer originally clicked on3. When posted at the right moment, the comment often climbs to the top of the thread as other viewers arrive via the same tangled chain of suggested links and recognize the same disorientation. Common follow-ups include "how did I get here?" and "what did I just watch?"3.

The format also spawned parallel versions like "I'm in that weird part of Tumblr" and "I'm in that weird part of the Internet"3. Dedicated playlists collecting the strangest videos users had stumbled onto surfaced on YouTube itself, often built around shock content, absurd musical uploads and gag clips12.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube comments
Date
2011

The comment first showed up in YouTube's comments sometime in 2011, though user frustration with the site's related-videos suggestions goes back to 2009 on Google's YouTube Help forum3. YouTube introduced the related-videos feature in June 2007, matching clips based on tags, titles, descriptions, playlists and viewing history, which set the stage for the algorithmic detours viewers were laughing about four years later3.

Urban Dictionary logged the entry for "That Weird Part of YouTube" on November 8, 20114. By January 2012, the comment appeared on over 24,700 video pages according to a Google search estimate3.

How It Spread

During the second half of 2011, the format jumped platforms fast. Reddit, Facebook and Tumblr users started riffing on "I'm in that weird part of the Internet" and "I'm in that weird part of Tumblr" variants3. On Twitter and Facebook, people began prefacing shared video links with the phrase as a kind of warning label before sending friends into the rabbit hole3.

On October 29, 2011, FunnyJunk user sadfacemcgee posted a multi-pane Computer Reaction Guy comic showing exactly how a viewer stumbles from a normal video into weird territory through the related-videos chain3. Videos regularly cited as classic "weird part" material include oddball musical experiments and absurd gag uploads from that era, which racked up views partly because commenters kept sending each other back to them15.

How to Use This Meme

The standard move is to drop the comment on a video that feels genuinely bizarre, especially if you got there through a chain of related suggestions rather than by searching for it. Variations swap YouTube for whichever platform you ended up lost on, so "weird part of Tumblr" and "weird part of TikTok" work the same way3.

Frequently Asked Questions