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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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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 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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[–] LetMeShowYouAThing@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

YouTube only shows me like 12 channels. I miss variety.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The problem is those channels are very similar. I get tired of hearing the same thing again and again. There is really no need for weekly news

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