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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I’ve seen limited evidence to suggest the audience is material. A lot of these numbers are farmed for engagement and to inflate ad revenue. A lot are just channels that auto play when people aren’t paying attention.

There’s definitely an audience of little kids who are just strapped to pads with nothing better to do. But it can’t be overstated how fudged these audience numbers can get

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Rhoeri@piefed.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s pretty interesting. Thanks.

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Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That's 2.5B with 80 views a day, or 1.25 with 160 a day. Sadly those numbers aren't that unbelievable the way people consume short media. Just average it out so some make up for others only watching a few.

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  Sadly those numbers aren’t that unbelievable
  
  They’re absurdly unbelievable.
  
  But for the “everyone is stupid except me” crowd, they provide a certain confirmation bias.
  
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