Hobbit Parody Leads YouTube Content Ranking

Smosh, Fine Bros. each land two clips on VideoWatch charts

J.R.R. Tolkien fans came out in big numbers over the holidays to check out The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a generally well-reviewed and received sequel to 2012's original Hobbit film. But it doesn't mean that fans didn't have their gripes.

The team behind How It Should Have Ended has built a following producing animated mock endings to tons of fanboy bait (like Doctor Who). And last week, their Hobbit spoof nabbed 4 million-plus views, landing it atop the VideoWatch/VidIQ YouTube content ranking. 

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