From kindergarten teasing to a midlife crisis: Phoebe on how boys treat girls by age
Her newest short sent viewers back to the playground, and many of them remembered being told that a boy who was mean to them must like them.
phoebeisgingerStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,398,990 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (122,654).
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"HOW BOYS TREAT GIRLS BASED ON THEIR AGE" is the newest short from Phoebe, the British creator behind phoebeisginger, and it follows one kind of behavior through the years. Viewers describe it as starting with kindergarten excuses and ending in a midlife crisis. Along the way there is the twelve-year-old who stutters when a girl talks to him, and a last stage that, as one commenter sums it up, is a man reminding you to drink water and get some sleep.
It passed 960,000 views in its first twelve hours. Her shorts usually end their whole first day at around 120,000. The comments arrived even faster. In half a day the short collected almost four times the comments her shorts usually gather in a full day.
Most of that talk is about two old lines: the one that tells a girl a boy is mean to her because he likes her, and "boys will be boys." Several viewers describe being teased at school over their weight and hearing adults wave it off. A few men in the thread apologize to the people who went through it. Others point out that it happens the other way around too, and one parent writes about what she plans to teach her own son and daughter.
Girls versus boys is a regular subject on this channel. Her short on clothing for young girls and young boys, posted last Sunday, picked up speed again on the same day, alongside a newer one on Halloween costumes and another titled "ITS NOT ALL MEN…". Between them she posts lighter shorts, such as the US vs UK word swaps that took off yesterday, as we reported here, and a conker "nature blind box" that is climbing again too. Over the past seven days the channel added 26,000 subscribers and now has 413,000.
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What viewers say
Level 1: Shy / Mean because of a crush. Final level: Reminding you to drink water and get enough sleep.
@aoka-h7oSee it on YouTubeStarting from kindergarten excuses straight to a midlife crisis. The character development is wild 💀
@Camille-f9w9cSee it on YouTubeThe age 12 is when boys Are stuttering talking to a girl
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- Channel
- phoebeisginger
- Subscribers
- 413,000 ▲ 26,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 21,950,622
- Channel views, pace per day
- 4,737,437 (on a normal day: 2,459,081)
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 968,386 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,398,990
The numbers
A short that ran far past her usual start, and a comment section that kept pace.
💡 Test your knowledge
Phoebe often swaps British and American words. What do Americans call what the British call a "lorry"?
A lorry is the British word for a large goods vehicle, which Americans call a truck.
