Linus Sebastian, the founder of the Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel, has spoken out about its recent decline in viewership, describing it as a "very dramatic shift.

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?

  • plm00@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    “I’m having a very difficult time wrapping my head around that it is possible that there has been no change whatsoever to how our videos are being served.”

    Honestly I think that’s it. Technology has changed. My interests have shifted. They’re not relevant to me.

    I would argue their quality of content has dropped a fair bit, their click bait makes it impossible to know what the videos are actually about, or their space is too saturated, but those are only small pieces to the larger picture. I don’t watch because I don’t want to anymore.