Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
JayGray91@piefed.social 2 weeks agoThe same wsd also reported by Second Wind (old Zero Punctuation) and their experience is the same: way too sudden drop to be anything else except YouTube adjusting their algorithm.
In their video, Yahtzee said it could be related to Restricted Mode on youtube suddenly turns on by itself. Or at least that's their hypothesis, since they checked that if that mode is on, a lot of their videos vanished from their channel.
TooManyGames@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re wrong, my channel has under 4% viewers in the up to 18 year segment, this effect is way bigger than if I lost then completely. Also my channel features no swearing or inappropriate content so, it should not affect it at all if this was the case.
Visstix@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not about what your viewers are, it’s about what youtube now automatically hides by default. They show it in the video.
TooManyGames@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, but even if they hid everything I have from teens and suspended teens, the drop would be way less. And that’s why I think they are wrong about the reason for the drop.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Tierzoos theory is because formats that were good for the past years (8-10 min videos) are less popular now with the advent of shorts. And people are watching yt on their TVs now.
Demographics are also changing. Wish there were more actual data. Other than the very end result which is views down over many channels all at once.
TooManyGames@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That also wouldn’t have a drastic immediate effect. On the long term this is likely to eat some views of long form content.