The Shortest Video on YouTube

The Shortest Video on YouTube is a long-running web-series created by Adam Schleichkorn in 2011 and was ended in the 20th of April on the year 2023. The story revolves around Mylo and his squad that is trying to stop a group of bad guys from turning in his Papa for reward money. The series features episodes that are 1 second to 2 minutes long. However, episode 1,000, the finale, is 9 minutes and 5 seconds long.

First Episodes: 2011-2013
The first installment was released on the 19th January 2011 and was uploaded to the channel hiddentracktv2. It featured James Catusco’s cat Mylo smiling to the camera. It was originally meant as a joke video which was meant to fit into the channel’s very short, meaningless, random video style. After making 14 episodes, Adam discontinued on the series for an unknown reason, most likely to focus on his main channel at that time, isthishowyougoviral, full of hip-hop and cartoon mashups.

Recommendation Sightings and Continuation: 2021
Around 2021, he noticed that the first 14 episodes had all popped up in people’s recommendations. He then released the "long-awaited" Episode 15 on the 21st January 2021. From then on, he posted 1 episode every day. Starting from episode 86, videos became slightly longer, ranging from 1 to 5 seconds and (rarely) 12 seconds. This was overshadowed by the fact that the series had changed its style drastically. Instead of being 1 second videos of Mylo saying random stuff, it was now an ongoing animated story about Mylo facing off against an evil villainess who’s revealed to be his ex named Lexie who's trying to turn in Mylo's Papa for reward money with the help of several other bad guys and some gangs.

Production hiatus: 2021-2022
Adam eventually got a new job, causing uploads to slow down. Unfortunately, four of the main cast members caught COVID-19 and eventually, he caught COVID-19. This caused a month-long hiatus. He posted an update video on 6th January 2022 stating his problems but also revealing that he was getting better and that production would soon resume. Production resumed shortly thereafter and has been normal ever since albeit with some minor breaks in between.

Story
The story is divided into 25 chapters with the first four chapter's titles devised by GoldBar Playz.
 * Prequels: Humble Beginnings (Episodes 1-86);
 * Chapter 1: An Awakening (Episodes 87-100);
 * Chapter 2: Revenge and Reunion (Episodes 101-141);
 * Chapter 3: That’s Not Mylo (Episodes 142-211);
 * Chapter 4: Broken Friendships and Mysteries (Episodes 212-247);
 * Chapter 5: The Biggest Episodes (Episodes 248-300);
 * Chapter 6: The Imposter Chase (Episodes 301-322);
 * Chapter 7: Fixing the Friendship (Episodes 323-354);
 * Chapter 8: The Alligator's Found Out (Episodes 355-369);
 * Chapter 9: Paying Bitty a Visit (Episodes 370-393);
 * Chapter 10: We Need More Chairs! (Episodes 394-424);
 * Chapter 11: The Tackling Reveal (Episodes 425-474);
 * Chapter 12: Some Proper Introductions (Episodes 475-494);
 * Chapter 13: Trying To Find And Meet Garry (Episodes 495-522);
 * Chapter 14: Big Al’s Cousin (Episodes 523-561);
 * Chapter 15: Swim Team Is Here (Episodes 562-610)
 * Chapter 16: Talk with Gamerboy’s Mom (Episodes 611-680)
 * Chapter 17: Mylo Squad vs Bird Gang (Episodes 681-694)
 * Chapter 18: Ruckus in the Limo (695-720)
 * Chapter 19: Ruckus at Big Al’s Diner (721-736)
 * Chapter 20: The Guards (737-760)
 * Chapter 21: Talk with Willmeister (761-834)
 * Chapter 22: Going to Bitty's (839-944)
 * Chapter 23: Noisy Gangs (945-950)
 * Chapter 24: Rylo's Crew vs Mylo Squad (951-970)
 * Chapter 25: Deals and Reconciliations (971-989)
 * Chapter 26: The Final Hour (990-994)
 * Chapter 27: Reunions, Celebrations, and Deserved Justice (995-1000)

Animation style
The animation style is very varied. The characters have animated bodies but wear realistic clothes. A variation of this goes for Mylo, Barry and Lulu as all three of those characters have all realistic models with only their arms being animated. The backgrounds are half-drawn, half-realistic. The series also used to occasionally switches to having the live-action Mylo, Barry and Lulu (and once Rylo) in front of a random location.

The Shortest Video on YouTube After Show
The after shows (hosted mainly by Mylo and Barry) are basically short recaps of the last 10 episodes, explaining the plot in detail.

Mylo Fan Pics
Mylo Fan Pics is a compilation of fan art that were sent in by fans of the series.

Ask Mylo 2021
A revival of an old series on the Mylo the Cat channel. The series features Adam answering questions about the show (while still talking in the Mylo voice).

Hawk and The Yak
Hawk and The Yak is a show created by Savvy Amusing and Adam that revolves around two characters Hawk and The Yak as they sit in Big Al's Diner and discuss important issues. The series is set in the same timeline as the main series. Both Hawk and The Yak were first seen in the show's 253rd episode.

Gamerboy696969 Vlogs
They are a series of vlogs that are meant to parody “cringy” gamers (with the loud stock music and overly long names) but also are meant to give an insight into the story, all told from the point of view of a kid who lives across the the main strip.

Random Cat Footage
Random Cat Footage is a compilation of videos recorded of the real life Mylo the Cat.

Music
The following are the songs featured in the series. The following songs are not featured in the series but is featured in parts of the series (like the After Show):
 * Peter Toh - Pretty Primal [Episodes 1, 11, 62, 81, 100, 1000 ]
 * I’m Just a Cat and I’m Doing Cat Stuff (Remix) [Episode 3 ]
 * Peter Toh - Criminal [Episode 5 ]
 * I’m Just a Cat and I’m Doing Cat Stuff [Episodes 9, 512 to 515, 897 ]
 * Peter Toh - Shoes of a Beast [Episodes 19, 27, 28 ]
 * Nana Kwabena - No Starlight Dey Beat [Episode 39 ]
 * Slynk - Twelve Speed [Episodes 42-45 ]
 * TrackTribe - Run Away [Episodes 73-75 ]
 * Bobby Richards - 19th Floor or Hectorino Martinez - Floor (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episodes 119-122, 138-141, 287-289, 301-304, 308-311, 320-322, 329, 330, 904-906]
 * Myuu - Final Boss (Stock music from the YouTube Audio Library) [Episodes 130-132, 155-157, 193-195, 255-257, 348, 350, 368, 416, 431, 468, 469, 562, 585, 634, 678, 689, 690, 697, 745, 768, 812, 818, 834, 868, 874, 984, 990-992 ]
 * Vans in Japan - Sonic Pogo [Episodes 296-300, 323-325 ]
 * Sofia Vargas - Outside or Patrick Patrikios - Outside the Box (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episodes 331-336]
 * Cheel - Kurt [Episodes 399, 400, 440-444, 577-580, 986 ]
 * Jimmy Fontanez - Dub Hub [Intro and outro to Gamerboy696969 vlogs, Episodes 409-411, 648 ]
 * Laba Music& Jocaba Music- Brother or Eveningland - Rev (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episodes 417-420]
 * Slynk - Doctor Momentum [Episodes 558, 777 ]
 * Anno Domini Beats - Awaken [Episodes 598-600, 626-628 ]
 * Patrick Patrikios - Running Out [Episodes 605-610, 995-996 ]
 * NEFFEX - Go Down Swinging (Instrumental) [Episodes 641-643, 684-686, 824-827]
 * Brian Bolger - Black Mass [Episodes 666, 848, 849, 868, 911-913 ]
 * Novartisx - Thunder Storm or Godmode - Secret Job (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episodes 707, 749, 898-900, 945, 946]
 * Causmic - Much Higher [Episodes 708-710, 750 ]
 * Josh Lippi & The Overtimers - Trieste [Episodes 722-726, 891- 895 ]
 * Ethan Meixsell - In the Shadows [Episodes 732-735 ]
 * I'm Just a Dog and I'm Doing Dog Stuff [Episode 778 ]
 * Silent Partner - Cut It [Episodes 800, 807 ]
 * Anno Domini Beats - Better [Episodes 831-833 ]
 * The 126ers - A Call Is Upon Us [Episodes 858, 950 ]
 * NEFFEX - Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) [Episodes 860, 919, 920, 939, 940, 987-990]
 * Spence - News Room News or DOM.J - Sleepless Thoughts (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episode 901]
 * TrackTribe - Riffs For Days [Episodes 928-930, 936 ]
 * JVNA - Wonders [Episodes 933-935 ]
 * Jeremy Korpas - Sharp [Episodes 960-963 ]
 * Vans in Japan - Higher Octane [Episodes 968-970 ]
 * King Canyon - Ice & Fire ft Son Little [Episode 978-980 ]
 * French Fuse - India Fuse or The Forgotten Poets - Live In Hope (Both songs have different names but are identical) [Episode 980]
 * The Whole Other - Days Like This [Episode 1,000 ]
 * Jeremy Korpas - Superfuzz Grind [Song 1 of Episode 1,000's credits ]
 * Spence - Elevators Need Rock Too [Song 2 of Episode 1,000's credits ]
 * Sofia Vargas - Beach [background music in the After Show ]
 * Carmen María and Edu Espinal | Play-Doh meets Dora [intro and outro to Hawk and The Yak ]

Cast

 * Adam Schleichkorn - Mylo, Rylo, Barry, Mylo's Papa, Barkley, Gamerboy696969, Big Al, Brandon Bonna, Danny Zuckerbird, Chad, Tyler
 * Savvy Amusing - Bitty, Officer Thotamus, Hawk, The Yak, Willmeister A. Hussell
 * Dan Taft - Garry
 * Betty Buttes - Lulu the Cat
 * Dolores Godspeed - Lexie
 * Harper Paige - Karen
 * G4Paddy - Calum
 * Alexa Clawsister - Casey
 * Budster S - Bob
 * Brad Chervel - Petey
 * Duncan73 - James
 * VoiceActingGod - Wally
 * poiuntu - DJ Hypersloth
 * Anonymous Pink Bunny - Sammi T
 * 1999 Toyota Corolla - Dewey
 * Vectorlarity - Keith
 * Super Cookie 64 - Sneed
 * Capochetta - Ilene
 * ajzeg01 - Jesse
 * TerraKing - Sunil
 * FlameMane - Syrus
 * DIMON - CAMI - Marc
 * An actual bird - Amy Zuckerbird
 * Meghan Stefek - Gamerboy's Mom
 * TheDominusIgnis - Jimmy
 * Taybrook - Gord
 * itai fic - Dirt
 * Rose Mulet - Melissa
 * Abby - Randi
 * Pikminfan67 - Premos
 * Laura Freeman - Castro
 * Sam 454 - Torres
 * JAMasterpeice42 - Jay
 * Jefflex - Joe
 * Evan Ryk - Morty
 * Kendra Reddington - Suzie C
 * LGKToons - Ethan

Trivia
According to Adam himself in a live chat, SVoY was inspired by the Simpsons and South Park mainly.