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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership (www.sportskeeda.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 4 days ago

Note that Sportskeeda is a user-generated source.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I had never heard of him til all the shit started getting slung around.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

isnt well know he had incident with a former employer over something like last year? the sub/fans are all just shilling/meming for him. isnt his shtick all just reaction videos on various tech items.

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

This guy seems really fake, I have only watched a couple and it too much personality for what I want. I just want to hit the topics and move through quickly, MKBHD and the boss guy are solid.

Other than thatnIbhave only ever heard of these guys when they have been acting like dicks internally and externally.

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[+] Engywuck@lemmy.zip -13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

I literally never watch a YouTube videos, as they are just a waste of time. For a given video on a given topic, the same amount of information can be obtained by a decently written blog or article that can be read in a 1/10 of the time it takes to watch q video filled by nonsense blabbering and sponsored segments for revenues. In some extreme cases, if the topic seems really, really , REALLay interesting, I may ask an LLM to summarize the video for me. People should stop linking YouTube videos altogether.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I feel the same way. I can read really fast and get to the juice of an article faster than it takes for the YouTube video to go through the introduction, sponsors, etc.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Watch veritasium videos, they are well researched and informative. I have sponsor block and ad block so I don't get annoyed

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org -2 points 3 days ago

Try peertube?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I think its because people don't have money?

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