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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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[–] TooManyGames@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

They're wrong, my channel has under 4% viewers in the up to 18 year segment, this effect is way bigger than if I lost then completely. Also my channel features no swearing or inappropriate content so, it should not affect it at all if this was the case.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Tierzoos theory is because formats that were good for the past years (8-10 min videos) are less popular now with the advent of shorts. And people are watching yt on their TVs now.

Demographics are also changing. Wish there were more actual data. Other than the very end result which is views down over many channels all at once.

[–] TooManyGames@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That also wouldn't have a drastic immediate effect. On the long term this is likely to eat some views of long form content.

[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's not about what your viewers are, it's about what youtube now automatically hides by default. They show it in the video.

[–] TooManyGames@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Yes, but even if they hid everything I have from teens and suspended teens, the drop would be way less. And that's why I think they are wrong about the reason for the drop.