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?

  • xep@discuss.onlineEnglish
    274·
    3 days ago

    Maybe at some point we can all stop watching and hence supporting YouTube, that’d be nice.

    • phlegmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Or if you use adblock and stream at 4k, google will lose money when you watch videos. Free content while fucking google over is a win win in my book.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        and it’s not just google. basically every major social media platform is enshittifying.

        i hope that lots of people will realize that the dead internet theory is actually becoming true due to AI bots and move away from the internet in general.

        We need less internet, more regional human connections. It would be better if the novelty of the internet wears off and is just seen as yet another advertising machine that shouldn’t be taken too seriously.