The 7 Levels Of School Popularity 

popularity chain

There was a level infinity kid at my school a few years ago. He’s gone now, and I never even saw him besides his massive performances each year, but he basically became a staff member because of the events he invented for the school.

I had this friend in middle school, he was the definition of level 5-6, mainly due to the fact that I was one of his first friends, he was smart as fuck and knew how to play basketball. The only reason I was chill with this dude was because he wasn’t a level 7 in the hierarchy, he also made the 8th grade varsity team as a 7th grader. I knew way too many people at too many different schools

im like level 4/5. im friends w basically everyone and i have good grades, so people come to me for answers n help. its really chill, tbh the best place to be

I was like a kid everyone knew about, but never talked about

Man whenever I’m anxious about my social life I watch your videos to make me realize school isn’t a fucking popularity contest, this video in particular has helped me not make high standards for myself. Your making my freshman year a lot more manageable birdie.

As someone who is at level 3 (I’m in theater) I can confirm that I’m essentially a level 1 by my high school social standards. I once got laughed at by an entire class for saying in an in-class discussion that I knew someone who also happened to be in theater lol

I was level 7 for the last 2 years, and this year I just decided it wasn’t worth it, cause I didn’t feel like I had any actual friends and I was tired of how overblown everything around me was. I’m just chillin this year and it’s interesting how fast people stop caring about you.

As a Level 4 Smart Kid, I have to say that your description of my kind is very accurate. I get used a lot but I am cool about it most of the time and I am pretty chill.

Level 3-4 gang

I had a friend who was very popular, he had a ton of friends, he had insane energy, and he's even got a sense pf humor, and balls to commit to a bit. Even if it kills him. He's in college now, i hope hes having the time of his life.😊

I’m like level 4.5, I’m that one walking textbook guy that gives people the homework answers for like a dollar (free if it’s a friend), as well as first chair sax in the band. Pretty much 20% of the school knew me as ‘The homework savior who’s also really good at saxophone’.

there was a kid in my school that made a stink bomb, left it outside for an entire year to quote on quote 'ruminate', before dumping it in the school ventilation system. Bro is never gonna be forgotten

As a new freshman and just transitioning from my last Emo or Cringe phase to now has been crazy for me. And I thank you and your brother for getting me out of that situation otherwise, I'd say level 2 now, I am just there to get work done till I turn 18 and now that's really all I care about other than my friends

Yeah, I was a solid level four for a combination of being "the homework plug" and "the actual plug." I got straight A's and people came to me for answers to tests and shit, and I sold mad amounts of weed and molly, so that made everyone wanna know me. I also did other weird shit like forge signatures, so people would come to me to get me to fake their parents' signatures on their report cards and things like that.

I would say I’m a 3-4 at my highschool, a decent amount of people know me and my friend group, but I was also considered the smart kid before my other friend joined my school. If I met someone I didn’t know, we’d have a 95% chance of getting alone due to this

I unironically think I'm on level 0

So, in my elementary school, there was this level infinity kid. He was known by the WHOLE school for countless jaw-dropping moments. The good thing is, he was (still is) in my class, and he was (still is) good friends with me. I used to carpool with him like everyday, and that why I think I have also been boosted to about a level 4-5. He has an extremely relatable and funny sense of humour, we was a smart kid, but not a teachers pet, or anyone like that. He was also incredibly athletic, charismatic, and I’m glad I’m friends with him. We’re in 8th grade now, and he’s still popular around here for not losing his charismatic touch from the elementary-middle school transition. The thing is, he doesn’t even care about it and just moves along.

I like how he tries to be as relatable as possibly by admitting him being the teachers pet, and not always the cool kid for the video. I respect him for that

the fact that hit level infinity at my school after war hit and basically became a teacher there.

I was probably a level 7 in school at my time. I literally changed the way the exams are done in the school

I'm definitely a Level 4 Smart kid, I was seriously taken in my class as the chillest and most neutral guy. From that I was able to bypass any group, such as to cool kids group, weird boy group, the tiktok girl group, the basic girl group and all of that. I was only chosen in partner work to get the questions done fast or asked in exams if I've got the answers or not. Quite a fun time.

I’m probably a mix between level 2 and 4. I think basically everyone, barring my friends, had a neutral opinion of me. But in the yearbook, after graduation, there were many top 3 lists made and one of them was “Which two people are most inseparable” and people voted me and a friend of mine the most. I have a few good friends, but that’s great. I know what to expect from them and I can give ample attention to all of them.

Yo burdie ur channel is amazing I’ve been watching you for a couple months and i cant stop watching ur videos honestly ur better than chains

Im pretty much a really popular guy in my high school, and I like it, very much, but what is worst is that I know Imma stay in touch with like maybe a couple of my bros after school and I'll forget the rest

Just wanna say as someone who was once level one (musty): the reason can depend. I was like that throughout seventh and eigth grade because that was pretty much the general period when I was depressed/suicidal. I didn't like not showering or anything, in fact, I hated it because it just played into my anxiety disorder and made the depression worse, if anything, but I still didn't really take care of myself. And, to be honest, it isn't as simple as "just do it." I didn't realize it at the time, but a symptom of depression is an unwillingness/inability to care for yourself. You don't care about your hygiene. You don't care about your health. You don't care about school work or having fun or anything. So if you do know someone who wasn't ever super dirty or disgusting or anyhthing and they suddenly start to not seem to care about hygiene, maybe just pay attention to them. See if they exhibit any other signs of depression. Realistically, they won't tell you if they are more than likely---will probably try and deny it actually. But if you think they are then just do them a favor and don't judge them or make fun of them for it, and just help out in any ways you can. It really isn't as simple as just stopping being depressed. It doesn't really matter if the thing that caused the depression to start ends or not, because once you start you have no reason to stop. Thankfully I'm much better now. I've cleaned up myself and started taking care of myself again. I'm actually kind of a freak when it comes to hygiene (I will prioritze taking a shower in the morning if I fogot to the night before over getting anything done or making myself breakfast and lunch), but I think that's just because I was really bad at it before and I get embarassed when I think back to it. Although, I still unfourtanetly have a lot of acne left over from it. I found out when I started using face product that my skin is very sensitive so I can't use most normal face products. I had a dermotologist appointment that was supposed to be august, which then got rescheduled to september which then naturally got rescheduled again to fuckin december lol. I just want this shit off my face man.

As a level 5 I can confirm that it is not the entire world, you still gotta focus on important things like family or academics, sure popularity is cool, and lower level people want it, that means if you are lower level you have a lot of extra space to focus on important things instead of parties, or friends or girls, so it isn’t half bad to be lower level in my perspective.

I have someone in my class (high school) that always borderline disrespect the teachers but is never punished for the slightest, he is also doing martial art, is friends with the most popular girls of my class, always smile and always know the right thing to say in any situations. He also have very good grades and plan to be surgeon. MY QUESTION IS : HOW DOES HE MANAGE TO DO ALL OF THIS ???!!!

Yo this is my first time watching u. Earned a sub

Advice to anyone interested in popularity. I never tried and ended up in level 6 at least. Truly just be yourself and others will appreciate your realism. We are all a little weird in our own ways and if others see you embrace your weirdness they actually get inspired and know you keep it real. However it can’t work for everyone cuz weirdness has a spectrum and some can be on the far end but don’t let that discourage you cuz that will show who’s truly compatible with you

I was in level 6 during my time in high school. I thought I was level 2 at best. Apparently, people were really intimidated by my success and accolades. I wasn’t a teacher’s pet (as in reminding the teacher about assignments, screw those that do), I just enjoyed participating in class. Some of the top popular kids in level 5-7 didn’t like me because I didn’t conform to the social hierarchy. I never went to any parties because I told people all the time I didn’t want to. I liked living in my own world and was happy with it.

Will become level infinity, just focus on becomming your best self and Impress everybody when the resoults show up!

Best speaking voice on RU-vid bro 1st day on your channel voice is perfect 😂🖤😂

It's just so fascinating what's going on in the USA! I'm from Germany and in our schools isn't anything like that. Sure there are people who are more popular than others, but all in all you just got many little groups without that giant hierarchy.

As someone who has been through Grade 7 and Grade 8 in the past, I can relate to that. A lot of my friends at that time were very cool.😎

👇level 4 gang

went from a level 3 to 6 as of now in sophmore year, just basicly glew up and got more chill blessed af

I'm probably a level 4-6. I have a good amount of friends in either social status, and pretty likable (based on people's first impressions.) The only thing that bugs me at all is that one group of rude popular kids that everyone has-

I never really got past level 3 in elementary but I’m glad I had a friend who was in level 6 and he would always tell me what it’s like and overall embrace it. Those were wild times man.

I had a friend in Elementary School that was definitely a level 7. She was literally friends with every single person, everyone knew her in one way or another. She was in the most popular group but she was also really nice. I was friends with her (we also used to be neighbors).

I was level ∞ and here's why. > Started a revolt > Did a few legendary pranks (almost terroristic, like spilling 5l canister of feces all over principal's cabinet) > Was selling drugs, cigs, vapes, snus, alcohol, weapons, software (mostly SMS-bombers and stealthy messengers with "deleted messages remains, I'm not online, I didn't read that, etc") and hardware. > Always carried brass knuckles, taser, knife, BB pistol and pepper spray. > Had machete, bat, crossbow and few firearms at home > Fought a lot > Was unbeatable in fights, very tanky and with berserk mode, sometimes caused severe injuries to opponents, "1v5 is just a warm-up" > Was a gang leader > Hosted parties almost everyday (with booze, drugs, cigs, gambling, rock music, sex, PCs, console, free WiFi and no whitelist, my house was basically the most popular night club in town, my doors open for everyone but my house always has armed security in it) > Had my own motorcycle > Was in psych ward many times > Commited arson at school > Battered a teacher and a principal > Bullied the bullies for justice > Had a lot of sex (usually in exchange for some 4-mmc) > Hacked school network > Was "the smart one", "the cool one", "the violent one", "the weird one", "the all-knowing one", "the problem solver", "the blacmarket", "the major league cybersports gamer", "the darknet guy", "the techie", "the salesman", "the one-man-army", "the handyman", and "don't mess with that deranged psychopath unless you want to become a limbless and homeless orphan" at the same time > Had a disability pension of almost ₽30к/month due to mental illness (ASPD), it's quite a good amount of money here, and it's a free money from government, no need for work. Here in Russia we don't have separated elementary, middle and high schools, it's always all-in-one from 1st to 11th grade, but after 9th grade we can go to vocational school (i did so then dropped it). Also we have a better friendship culture. Most of school friends are remaining for life. Sorry for my poor English skills :) Btw my gang is still in action, my house is still a club, and only what changed is I got a bigger house (moved 3 streets away from parents), found girlfriend, mastered self-control, became more moral, wealthy, reasonable and stealthy. Went from average thug to highly professional crime syndicate boss.

I remember being a level 4 during my junior year and then basically becoming a level 1 in senior year after I got diagnosed with clinical depression, became a depressed kid and realised that there are way more things to life than outside of high school. Thank you for making this video

Damn this makes me think how lucky I was, in middle school/primary school, which is grade 1 to 7 over here, I was level 6 mostly cus I had a parent who worked there, a very likable teacher that everyone liked, so I was known by everyone who was taught by that teacher but had like 2 friends, I started gaining more friends in third grade where I found it easier to befriend 2nd graders and I soon knew every grader below my grade and through out my entire primary school career I kept befriending kids younger than me. I was always good at drawing and one day I met this popular girl who also loved drawing we become good friends and she introduced me to her friend group which I quickly became a part of and that's when my popularity started skyrocketing, I become more confident, I was on the soccer, track and field, and cross-country teams, and I was in the art club, all of which I was good at, I started talking to everyone I met, I would walk up to random friend groups and manage to join them easily since I did literally everything and eventually by 7th grade I was know by everyone above 3rd grade. I kept it up in highschool and dropped down to level 5, I still had alot of friends since alot of people from my primary school went to highschool with me, and I did everything I did in primary school. And now in uni it dropped down to like 20 people who I have been friends with for like 10 years and a little more who I disconnected with, but I dont have time to become friends with everyone and I dont care anymore. I miss those old days tho. Oh and my older brother! That guy was and is on level infinity, when I was in 7th grade even people in 3rd grade were talking about him while he was in highschool, it was insane, it might also be the reason I had it easy when gaining friends.

My brother would dress up as a historical character for homecoming every year and everyone always wanted him to be in their instagram posts every year 😭😭

bro might not be popular in school, but he is popular on the internet, therefore he is famous

burdies actually a good ytber, gets straight to the point and tells interesting stories

In high school i was definitely a level 6 maybe 7, i had what people claimed as one of the best reputations at the school with everyone knowing who i was. Whether it be because of my gymnastics or that i wore a squid on my head everyday i was just chill and kind with everyone. The grade 11 students would tell me that my name still gets brought up and when i returned to highschool to say hi to my teachers a lot of the students would be happy to see me and it honestly made my day. My advice to anyone boils down to being nice and approachable and you'll somewhat do alright

Keep doing what your doing, you will make it

My elder sister had to be a level infinite because our school had won so many awards and she was the reason for most of them, she was an academic weapon and well known across the entire school and shes still talked about right now. She could just maintain everything, she was super smart, most boys called her pretty and she waa good at basketball.

Burdie be bringing in facts. And i'm all here for it. Also I never cared about popularity, was never my thing. I was more of the socially awkward type.

in high school, i was at level 4. Granted, it was a small school (probably only like 300 students MAX). I did band but i also played football and baseball and was in the Honors club. Pretty much the whole town knew me since i was the one "rich kid" at the school. The town was pretty poor so if anyone who showed up from another town that had a better life than living in a double wide off the side of the one highway that cut through the town, you were considered "rich". I apparently was the "most likely to succeed" kid at my school too but considering that I am struggling in pharmacy school, idk how thats working out atm. In college, i dropped down to a level 2. I didnt really want to be a part of anything and only hung out with some lab partners and my current girlfriend. Every now and then i would go to a party but it wasnt very often. Same thing in pharmacy school (still level 2) and i really do not care. Most of my classmates act like a level 1 or like a straight up band kid (possibly a mix of both). But honestly, i got my roommate as one of my really close friends and then i have my girlfriend and thats all i really need tbh.

I kind of just float around from group to group, I only have one really close friend.

i’m the smart kid, the athletic kid, and the popular kid all in one 😭 i’ll have random people say hey to me in the hallway that idek

I haven't watched the full video yet, but I used to perform in a theater and a lot of people clapped and cheered and even yelled my name. I also make myself look funny and ridiculous to make people laugh (making myself a comedy-relief character) but I still can become a normal student again mostly. That's by far my experience at High School, see you guys and make your youth wonderful and colorful!

A little thing for you people to know: Sometimes popularity can go wrong if people become obsessed with you and wont leave you wrong

Id say I was probably around a 2 in elementary school cuz I did and still do suffer from social anxiety and then moved up somwhere between 4 and 5 in high school cus I’ was more of a straight A kid and never really beefed with anyone but still got on with most people. I really like these vids so good job.

I am between 4, and 5, because I really put my self out there to know people. Love to socialize, and can have a very exaggerated fun personality.

To be popular you must have: a good fashion style, at leqst a bit of attractiveness, a good sense of humor, charisma and being chill

I was kinda a 6- I was known by the majority of people at the school, which I have no idea how that happened, considering that I was basically one of the most introverted, smart kids at the school. It kinda sucked tbh tho, its extremely annoying just walking over to 3rd period when you just hear some random person you never met greet you and try to start a conversation.

Me in study hall: Aight who tf wants homework answers

I really had a rise and fall, I went from 6 in Elementary, 3-4 Middle, and then 2 in my first High School Year. 😅

You know something is cooking when Burdie uploads then you know it's going to be good 👍

Burdie I've been watching these videos for a year, the quality is just going up and I love it. Keep it up bro

9:11 that discord notification got me so badly 💀💀

also there was a lvl infinity moment I have where i ran past the entire teacher base in whole school rugby and hit the most insane backflip celebration. it was so cool but, really, doesnt even matter that much

When I was in Year 7 - Year 8 of High school I was definitely Level 2, only having like 1 or 2 friends. Then between Year 8 and 10 I was around a 3 in a small friend group that nobody really knew of. I took pride in our group and how secure it was from other people (I was introverted and liked having a small group of people to talk about things with). Then through one of my friend's obsessions with anime (and chess) the friend group started growing exponentially with new members, most of them like 2-3 years younger than us originals, and it became a cringy anime/ "weird kid" group of like 18 kids, and over time I, along with 1 other person of the original group of 5, just drifted away and started wandering between different groups, elevating me to Level 4. But since I was a floater and didn't get invested in each of these groups all that much, I was sort of a Level 3/ Level 4 hybrid (3.5?) for pretty much my final 2 years. I still really miss my tight-knit group to this day. It didn't deserve its fate being forever-recognised in the school as the "weird kid's group." Now I'm in Uni as a Level 2 again lmao. Funny how that works.

As a level 2 I find it as the best one as you just get through the day nothing more nothing less

Im chillin at level three, BUT I LOVE GOSSIPING (it’s a problem) but at least I’m good at shit talking :)

I know it said band kids are level 3, but in my school, the drumline may as well be considered a sports team lmao. So I'd say most of drumline (not the kids who are automatically level 1) are fs level 4

I was a level 3 during High School and somewhat in-between 3-4 during College since I was able to "single-handedly" host Videogame events during the Wednesday community break (3 hour break where none had classes), from retro to the "present day" tech at the time along with some of the College's supply of displays for each one of them. Some knew about the events, and only a few knew I was the sole student organizer (the other organizer was from the activity administration). I hope someone else in College is still doing those

Burdies videos just have infinite vibes keep up the yt grind

On the end of level 5 I really thought he was gonna say, but in reality they not even the fart 😅

Yo also some that i experience at level 5 is that there is that ONE DUDE who will keep on trying to me hated and it NEVER WORKS🤣🤣🤣🤣

As a person who decided to stay in Level 3, I can confirm its better then it looks. Getting through school without any beef or drama makes it much more bearable and I was good friends with a candy plug who would spend over 200 dollars in candy to sell, safe to say I got massive discounts on his candy.

I was somewhere in the middle. Can’t really hate on the kid who was running in the fire department and ambulance. I’ve ran into people as my patients who peaked in high school. They turnt to drugs or complete psychosis. I will say it is nice running into some HS friends at the bar but it’s always a one dimensional convo.

There’s this guy that’s pretty much level infinity kid that I’m cool with. He let me in to his very competitive CoC clan when I just started playing. That instantly makes him infinity.

Hitting a three from half court 😭😭😭

I used to be a 7 throughout my entire childhood years. I didn't have to try at all (I didn't want to either honestly. I was the shyest kid ever), yet everyone wanted to talk to me to the point where it became overwhelming. My best friends started to get bullied/chased away so they'd stop hanging out with me and someone else could take my role, I was a cute kid so a lot of guys had a crush on me and raged (as in trashing the classroom) if I politely declined, I had panic attacks and my parents had to get me. This meant that I also kept to myself almost 100% outside of school because I was already overstimulated by being *at* school, lol. Little me deserved it though, honestly. I was very mature, polite, genuine, kind, and had a ridiculous amount of empathy and smarts. Regardless, I did my own thing and didn't follow the trends, so to speak. However when I entered my early teens, something very traumatic happened to me and I became super depressed. Still am. I started to talk to fewer people, I cried a lot and I withdrew from people completely even at school. People became harder to trust so I didn't get to know new people afterwards. There was also a time within this period where I was still super popular and I discovered my parents' booze cabinet. Gave stuff out to my friends just out of curiosity honestly - I was not the type to break the rules. The "cool" group started to develop and because they came in contact with my friends, they went over to my house UNINVITED and started checking all the rooms out and taking the booze. This felt wrong so although I didn't kick them out, I didn't allow them to enter my house at all any more. Afterwards, to try to get me into the group, they wanted me to try smoking and vapes and shit like that, but I declined. For some reason that was the final sting in my popularity and I became average. Few years later I went through a phase and I became sort of unrecognizable. It wasn't a positive changed, honestly, so people thought I was a loner. It didn't help that one of my friends who previously had a lot of fights with me for no good reason of which I couldn't escape, decided to cling onto me and repel people away from me, so making friends became nearly impossible and both me and others gave up. Then came the pandemic and that didn't help either. Now I'd say that I'm a 3-4. Just average, and I'm totally fine with that. Popularity, having experienced it, isn't really about kindness anymore. At least not in HS. It's about body count, looks, feeling superior, being cocky, disrespecting teachers, etc. So because of that I'm totally satisfied with my current status.

I was somewhere between level 4 and 5. I was a 2-sport athlete (baseball and basketball) and was also a "smart kid". Only reason I wasnt higher in popularity was because I was weird as hell. I was homeschooled through 7th grade.

There was this one kid in my middle school that some how friended the all of the school,there was a student vs teachers basketball game where the boys basketball team would verse the teachers,he got a free throw and everyone was screaming MVP MVP,he was living in his dream world

I never felt like any level really, cuz I was switching schools often. However, whenever I still visit one or two of my later colleges, or meet with some rando teenagers in twon I still hear people talking about stories that involved me. They have no clue who I am but the stories stayed

We had a level 6 dude in our school who was doing some crazy stuff like literally burning school materials in classrooms and hacking school wifi for everyone to use it... He left now but still we talk bout how he wasn't thrown out no matter what he did... Crazy

Another banger video by Burdie 👍

Freshman year I had tons of friends but this year (sophomore year) I've been avoiding them and been keeping a low profile and I couldn't be happier. Every day at lunch I felt that I didn't fit in so I just felt insignificant. But now I don't care about anything and just work on my personal projects. I still talk to a lot of people, but I just try to keep the conversation as short as high and hello and am now notoriously known as the quiet kid.

👇level 1 gang

Burdie flew far away from the nest with this one 👍👌

I really like to watch your videos They are so calming and the animations are great

Level 4-5 Gang 👇

I was a lvl 7 at my school for being the wild card. everyone knew me bc i got jumped while going to class, and another time i got punched in the face for no reason, i pushed a kid on a teacher and got suspended, i jumped on a desk a couple times to see my jump limit and fell (i got detention), i vomited, i climbed on roofs and got a police warning, i was a menace in classes lol, catchphrases, making horrible homemade poutine, a drop pants, having popular friends, being good in tech and maths, walking more than 1.5 to 3 hours to my house everyday with some friends, etc. We still plan events till this day and they have memes and catchphrases about me till this day. I might be level infinity for theses reasons but anyways, it was a very fun time, but unfortunately I moved schools 8 hours away 😢

Level 3 Gang 😐 👇

love the south park references

I'm on level 4 tbh. People just know me as the chill kid who doesn't really get into drama, and is somehow friends with almost everyone

0:50 Thats called the chill forgot dude out of a random group(Im the one of course)😅

American schools are weird af. Here in Greece, my whole high school is basically: the first graders, the nerds and other whatever kids and then there are the friend groups of the 2nd and 3rd graders(final grade in greek highschools), who all know eachother by names, greet each other every day and basically act like we are all part of a big family. Drama occurs very rarely aswell. Our schools are small after all, bout 300 students in each one.

Bro for me in highschool I made the all state team and immediately just turned in to fucking god in everyone’s eyes

Nielsen is the real life equivalent of the nerd emoji 💀

Thanks for the motivation, u made me go to the gym and go out more and now i got a girlfrend so thank you

5:59 the brawl stars sound was so real. 🙏

I have noticed that the higher up the spectrum of popularity you go, the intelligence gets lower and lower. It’s funny to look forward to their inevitable demise. No one should care about popularity. Intelligence and work ethic is was really matters. I’m a nerd, and it just seems backwards that to be successful in school and have goals to be successful later in life is somehow ‘lame’ and makes you a loser. Well, I am a firm believer in never looking for the approval or to be like those who are less intelligent than you.

0:45 literally me😭