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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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[–] whosepoopisonmybutt@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was never a fan of Linus tech tips. He always seemed like a weird guy. I did watch that video where he totally fucked his Linux installation by being really dumb. The package manager warned him that he was about to destroy his system and made him type something like "Yes, I know what I'm doing". He then reacted like, "why would Linux do this to me!? It's so hard!"

Either a paid shill or an absolute moron.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

can be both, yes and i also noticed wierd vibes from. cant understand the fans shilling for this pseudo-tech person that thinks hes jack of all trades.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I think it’s a loss of talent and shuttering of shows across his company’s channels that are leading it. I can only watch so many “reporting verbatim the benchmark results of new tech product” or “I made my family a sleeper desk” or “dark horse home theater for my kid” videos. I’d much rather watch the highly produced “Mac Address” videos with Jonathan or retro gaming systems and setups videos with Anthony but they aren’t a part of LMG anymore.

Riley is doing well on tech linked but he’s talented enough to get a real job and after that, what’s the last interesting thing that LMG has? WAN show clips?

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I was never a fan of LTT, or his videos, but I did watch one video, his Pop os one and that immediately confirmed why.

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[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago
[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] scala@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago
[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don’t really watch new tech videos anymore because I’m not I. The market for new tech. Mostly because it’s way too expensive now and my old stuff works well enough.

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[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's insane he ever had a healthy viewership in the first place.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His videos have always seemed like long-form advertisements for various tech products

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

I have a channel with over 20k subs, nearly all evergreen content. Haven't uploaded a video in many years, so it's slowly getting fewer views. Fun fact, the pandemic saw the highest view counts, and I also didn't add content back then.

Every enhancement YouTube brings is specifically to improve monetization, and since I disable ads on my channel and don't have any sponsored content, I'm not getting any benefits. I also refuse to do shorts, so I'm losing a ton of exposure there, too.

If an active channel isn't doing well, they should call it quits, TBH. They'll either have to compromise the quality of their content "for the algorithm", or their content isn't actually useful outside of a single view.

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[–] dataprolet@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe post actually interesting content instead of pumping out a bunch of variations of the same video about building yet another PC on a dozen of channels. After the whole drama about video quality we got a few more citations but the overall video quality got worse. And then 1/3 videos are paid as if Linus weren't a multi millionaire. Realize it LTT sucks.

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[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Viewer bot farms is a thing. Is that a declining business now? And the results starting to show now?

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Some pretty serious things going on in the world today that need our support and therefore attention. I consume less entertainment as a byproduct.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 11 points 2 days ago

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer asshole.

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