This week's Trends: hits, protests, and Steve Jobs

Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:

• We learned how one deaf woman created the viral hit of the weekend.
  
  
• We finished our series on three types of one-man-bands people love on YouTube.
  
  
• We tracked protests in Iceland, Greece and New York City.
  
  
• We studied singer Adele's popularity in 2011.
  
  
• We collected some attention-grabbing videos from around the world.
  
  
• And we watched how Steve Jobs fans reflected on his passing and how his technology affected their lives. Watch some in the playlist below:

Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at: www.YouTube.com/Trends

Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched "Brad Pitt!."