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?

  • green_link@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    8 hours ago

    What does that have to do with being able to watch videos on a free ad supported platform?

    Also this isn’t just something happening to LTT, this is happening across the board with many many channels speaking up about drop in views. YouTube did something and it’s hurting content creators both large and small

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      If someone can’t afford to be part of the hobby then they arnt goanna watch videos on that hobby

      They’re going to move on. Find a new hobby that they can’t afford to participate in. Then find new creators that do content in that new hobby

      Tech has priced out most of the lower and lower middle class. We can’t play anymore so we need to find something new to do

        • altphoto@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          25 minutes ago

          There are people who do and people who watch. I think the people who do but can’t afford are the ones leaving. Now you’re left with people watching and the few that can afford to do.

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      It may not be what that person meant, but, I kinda agree it might be a factor. The free experience has done nothing but become more and more terrible on youtube. The ads have become truly insufferable, and the UI is actively working against you. TV app in particular is borderline unwatchable.

      I have always watched YouTube for free, and I am at a point where I am considering ditching the thing completely, because I am not paying another (quite expensive) subscription for it. I haven’t yet, but it has certainly slowed down how much I watch.

      It’s so bad it’s even questioning some uses I had for the platform. I used to watch a video while I eat, stuff like that. What’s the point if I barely make it out of the initial ad tunnel just before dessert? And when I pause for just a minute to get something, I am immediately hit with another ad break as I resume?