The challenge has had a positive effect on research into the causes of the disease too.

An international project to analyse the genomes of 15,000 people with MND, including every person in the UK with the disease, has been accelerated by funding from the ice bucket challenge.

Everyone knows someone who did the ice bucket challenge at some point last year (if you didn't actually do it yourself).

Videos were shared, friends were nominated and countless celebrities were doused - all for a good cause.

In what has been described as the world's largest global social media phenomenon, more than 17 million people uploaded videos to Facebook, which were then watched by 440 million people worldwide.

And the charities connected to the challenge saw the money roll in.

In the UK, the Motor Neurone Disease Association raised £7m from the challenge, thanks mainly to the ingenuity of a couple from Yorkshire.

Paula and Robert Maguire spotted the challenge starting to go viral in the US and set up a fundraising page for those taking up the challenge in the UK.

The challenge has had a positive effect on research into the causes of the disease too. An international project to analyse the genomes of 15,000 people with MND, including every person in the UK with the disease, has been accelerated by funding from the ice bucket challenge.

Social Media-

Social media is the largest social media-networking site in the world. This allows people to connect through different cultures and religions. Facebook has over 1.35 billion; this is a large amount of the population.

Facebook has been a platform that has sparked of many charities and raised awareness. For example the ice bucket challenge

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How does technology influence young people?

Theses videos show that people who are less well of than some people, will give everything they have to help others. This has become a massive thing on YouTube and medias, allowing people to see the true reality, it also inspires others who watch continue with the generosity. These videos alone have around 9-5 million views. Not only do these you tubers raise awareness but also they support charities that help fund homeless, for example the YouTube above works with help freely. https://www.helpfreely.org/en/about/

PewdiePie has the largest amount of subscribers on YouTube reaching around 40 million + subscribers. This gives him major power to influence his fans; he used his platforms to raise awareness for save the children.

PewDiePie and the Bro Army raised more than $630,000 for Save the Children through a crowdfundraiser on Indiegogo, a gaming bundle on The Humble Bundle, live-streams on twitch and an anonymous matching donation of $150,000! On behalf of Save the Children and all of the children you have helped us reach, BROFIST!

Who has the most watched channel on YouTube? Psy? Lady Gaga? Justin Bieber? No. PewDiePie has more subscribers than all of those artists…combined.