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| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||
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| Created by | Lauri Vuohensilta | |||||||||
| Location | Tampere, Finland | |||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Science | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 9.75 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 5.53 billion[1] | |||||||||
| Network | Splay Suomi | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 21, 2024 | ||||||||||
The Hydraulic Press Channel (HPC) is a YouTube channel operated by Finnish workshop owner Lauri Vuohensilta. Launched in October 2015, the channel publishes videos of various objects being crushed in a hydraulic press, as well as occasional experiments using different devices. On 31 October 2015, the channel published a video of Vuohensilta unsuccessfully attempting to fold a piece of paper more than seven times with the hydraulic press. The video was subsequently posted to the social news website Reddit in March 2016, causing it to receive more than two million views within a day.
The channel's unexpected success caused Vuohensilta to continue producing videos for the Hydraulic Press Channel. In June 2016, the channel became eligible for both the silver and the gold YouTube Play Buttons, leading to his attempt to crush the silver one with the press. Analysis of the channel's success often cites the excitement of the unexpected results, Vuohensilta's sense of humor, and his distinctive Finnish accent.