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1,479 people told us what MTV REWIND means to them on Buy me a Coffee ☕ The words that came up most: NOSTALGIA. THANK YOU. MEMORIES. CHILDHOOD. But also: Archive. Preserve. Healing. Cultural. Forever. This isn't just a streaming site. It's a movement. $17K donated. 661K visitors. 8 days. Zero ads. 🎸📺

This really puts the global effect of MTV REWIND in perspective. # MTV REWIND - PRESS COVERAGE **Total Coverage:** 23+ major outlets **Metrics:** 661,091 visits in 9 days | $17,013 in donations | 35,000+ videos | Over 1.3m Page Visits. --- ## MAJOR PUBLICATIONS ### Billboard **"'MTV Rewind' Hosts 33,000 Music Videos After Music-Only Channel Shutdown"** https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mtv-rewind-33000-videos-shutdown-overseas-music-only-channels-1236150276/ *Published: January 7, 2026* ### Rolling Stone Italy **"Qualcuno ha ricreato online la vecchia MTV con 35 mila video e spot pubblicitari d'epoca"** https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/qualcuno-ha-ricreato-online-la-vecchia-mtv-con-35-mila-video-e-spot-pubblicitari-depoca/1015811/ *Published: January 6, 2026* ### Boston Globe **"MTV Rewind lets you revisit your nostalgia for old school MTV"** https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/arts/mtv-rewind/ *Published: January 9, 2026* ### VICE (Article 1) **"MTV Music Channels Come Back from the Dead with Fan-Made Website"** https://www.vice.com/en/article/mtv-music-channels-come-back-from-the-dead-with-fan-made-website/ *Published: January 7, 2026* ### VICE (Article 2) **"Did MTV Really Shut Down? Here's What Actually Happened."** https://www.vice.com/en/article/did-mtv-really-shut-down-heres-what-actually-happened/ *Published: January 7, 2026* ### Gizmodo **"MTV Is Officially Dead. It's Time for Zombie MTV to Live in Your Browser"** https://gizmodo.com/mtv-is-officially-dead-its-time-for-zombie-mtv-to-live-in-your-browser-2000706831 *Published: January 8, 2026* ### Parade **"'MTV Rewind' Brings Back Music Videos Like It's 1995"** https://parade.com/news/fans-replicate-mtv *Published: January 5, 2026* ### Engadget **"MTV Rewind is a developer's tribute to 24/7 music video channels"** https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/music/mtv-rewind-is-a-developers-tribute-to-247-music-video-channels-120000424.html *Published: January 7, 2026* ### Upworthy **"Guy puts over 20,000 MTV videos on new website as a tribute to the 'golden era'"** https://www.upworthy.com/mtv-music-video-tribute-site *Published: January 6, 2026* --- ## MUSIC MEDIA ### Loudwire **"Missing the MTV of Old? A Coder Has Built Their Own 27,000 Video-Strong Version"** https://loudwire.com/coder-built-mtv-rewind-videos-app/ *Published: January 5, 2026* ### Metal Injection **"MTV Rewind Website Brings Back 24/7 Music Video Channels – Including Headbangers Ball"** https://metalinjection.net/news/mtv-rewind-website-brings-back-24-7-music-video-channels-including-headbangers-ball *Published: January 9, 2026* ### Sonic Perspectives **"'MTV Rewind' Is A DIY Fan-Built Website That Brings Back 24/7 Music Video Channels"** https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/mtv-rewind-is-a-dyi-fan-built-website-that-brings-back-24-7-music-video-channels-includes-more-than-35000-clips/ *Published: January 10, 2026* ### Consequence **"MTV Rewind Fan Site Launches with 27,000 Classic Videos and Vintage Commercials"** https://consequence.net/2026/01/mtv-rewind-music-video-archive/ *Published: January 5, 2026* ### NME **"Watch: someone has recreated the glory days of MTV from each decade"** https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-someone-has-recreated-the-glory-days-mtv-from-each-decade-3921537 *Published: January 5, 2026* ### Billboard Philippines **"'MTV Rewind' Launches With Library Of Classic Music Videos"** https://billboardphilippines.com/culture/lifestyle/mtv-rewind-launches-with-wide-library-of-classic-music-videos/ *Published: January 6, 2026* --- ## CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT ### A.V. Club **"Great job, Internet!: Want your MTV? MTV Rewind has music videos free of Ridiculousness"** https://www.avclub.com/gji-mtv-rewind-music-video-player *Published: January 6, 2026* ### Paste Magazine **"Great job, Internet!: Want your MTV? MTV Rewind has music videos free of Ridiculousness"** https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/great-job-internet/gji-mtv-rewind-music-video-player *Published: January 6, 2026* ### RVA Mag **"MTV Stopped Playing Music Videos. Someone Built a Site to Bring Them All Back"** https://rvamag.com/music/mtv-stopped-playing-music-videos-someone-built-a-site-to-bring-them-all-back.html *Published: January 5, 2026* ### Nialler9 **"Rewind to the MTV era with this music video site"** https://nialler9.com/rewind-to-the-mtv-era-with-this-24-7-non-stop-music-video-site *Published: January 7, 2026* --- ## TECH & MUSIC PRODUCTION ### CDM (Create Digital Music) **"Forget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos online"** https://cdm.link/forget-channel-closures-watch-every-decade-of-mtv-music-videos-online/ *Published: January 9, 2026* ### Midnight Rebels **"MTV Rewind: The 33,000+ Video Archive Restoring Music History"** https://midnightrebels.com/mtv-rewind-the-33000-video-archive-restoring-music-history/ *Published: January 8, 2026* --- ## TECH/LAUNCH PLATFORMS ### Product Hunt **"MTV REWIND: 24/7 music video streaming-MTV when it actually played music"** https://www.producthunt.com/products/mtv-rewind-music-videos-24-7-ad-free *Featured: January 11, 2026* --- ## RADIO ### 106.3 The Core **"MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV!"** https://www.1063thecore.com/mtv-rewind-i-want-my-mtv/ *Published: January 7, 2026* --- **Created by:** Flexasaurus Rex (@flexasaurusrex) **Site:** https://wantmymtv.xyz **Support:** https://buymeacoffee.com/FlexasaurusRex

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MTV REWIND hit Product Hunt's newsletter today 🎉 "Return of the king" - I'll take it 👑 33K+ videos, ad-free, algorithm-free Just the MTV experience we all miss wantmymtv.xyz 1M+ more makers about to discover it........

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MTV was how I discovered music growing up. You'd turn it on and just... watch. No algorithm deciding what you see, no endless scrolling - just pure random discovery. Apparently people miss and want that.

Don't think archiving music history matters? In June 2024, Paramount deleted 30 years of MTV News archives—460,000 articles, hip-hop journalism, early K-pop coverage, political reporting. http://MTVNews.com now redirects to the Teen Mom homepage. 30 years of cultural documentation → reality TV. This is why MTV REWIND exists. Someone has to preserve what the corporations abandon. 🔗 http://wantmymtv.xyz

MTV Rewind: It isn’t just nostalgia — it’s serendipity.

MTV REWIND is live on Product Hunt right now 🚀 33,000+ music videos Zero ads, zero algorithms Just pure random discovery We hit 1M visitors in 8 days. Now we need your vote to win Product of the Day. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mtv-rewind-music-videos-24-7-ad-free/maker-invite?code=gM1YDM Takes 10 seconds 🎸

GM People aren't coming here to remember the past. They're coming to escape the present for a minute. These are the messages we've been getting and hundreds more. This is why MTV REWIND exists.

💀🌹 Grateful For the Music. 💀🌹 Just added a special Channel to MTV REWIND in honor of the passing of Bob Weir. 💀🌹💀🌹💀🌹💀🌹💀🌹

RIP Bobby. I have a very personal collection to this culture, can imagine many of my friends and family are feeling this deeply tonight. Sparks Fly Upward.

REWIND MTV UPDATED STATS: OVER 1.1M PAGE VISITS 🆙 OVER 600K USERS. 🤯 15K IN DONATIONS. 💸 COUNTRY LIST GROWING. 🌐 STILL ZERO ALGORITHMS. ❌ STILL ZERO ADS. 🎰 GRATITUDE PRICELESS. 🥹 https://wantmymtv.xyz/

Art matters........ Culture matters...... it might not matter that much to everyone but it matters deeply to me.

"Mom, does this mean I made it?" 👵 Feels surreal to be in the Rolling Stone after starting a passion project literally 8 days ago from a sleepy beach town in Albania. 🇦🇱 Completely free, no ads, still just trying to bring back what we lost when MTV stopped being about music. ✊

MTV REWIND Update: 1 MILLION page visitors in 8 days 🚀 Started with 0 visitors on Jan 1 Hit 500K in 5 days Now 1M in 8 days Still 100% free, no ads, no tracking Just added embeddable player + MTV2 channel

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MTV REWIND update 🔥 ✅ 500K visitors in 5 days ✅ Featured: Boston Globe, VICE, Billboard (and 30 more) ✅ Now as an embeddable player 🤯 🎵 35K+ music videos. One line of code. Zero ads.

GM I think I may have accidentally created the most powerful archival music experience in history.

I know what this art was. I know what it meant..... and I’m not letting it disappear without dignity.