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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership (www.sportskeeda.com)
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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

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[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

…it’s the algorithm, and not putting every second video behind a member paywall.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As a floatplane subscriber, you're really not missing much. I don't even watch most of the exclusives.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

But you know who won Scrapyard Wars before the normies 😀

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The "member" videos and the new age verification was finally the push I needed to use youtube less. I don't get why creators are pushing their shit like that and it's EVERYONE it seems. Some are 1.99, some are 6+. It's just insane youtube thinks it's a viable market when everyone left cable because of the cost and now it's 10x more the cost for like 10% of the shit to watch.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

LTT does it because some people would prefer to watch the exclusive content on yt instead of on floatplane (their own platform)