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?

  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    10 hours ago

    They’ve spent the last several years playing into “The Algorithm”, to the point where most videos felt unnatural. Tight posting schedules affecting quality, topic choices, sudden endings, etc.

    Not that I care, but I’m curious to see if they will switch to making content they actually care about, or double down and start doing proper brainrot.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Sadly he mentioned (as far as I remember) on the live show that they might return to a higher frequency schedule once the workflow settled more in.