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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership (www.sportskeeda.com)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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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[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

My theory is that we have a limited number of hours a day to view content. We also have a growing number of channels and content in general. Algorithms include new content we kight enjoy, and for every new channel we get hooked on, one of the older ones drops off.

Tv shows rarely (ever?) Last forever. Why should channels?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 30 minutes ago

No this is a contraction of the commons

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

We do, but in the last decade youtube has doubled its yearly user count to something like 2.5 billion. That's a lot of more people-hours to spend as well.