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?

  • phlegmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    1 day 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.

    • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      It’s a big waste of energy to stream in 4K, so if I were you I’d simply not watch the video.

      • phlegmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        1 day ago

        Nah, I still enjoy the content, and it wouldn’t make a grain of difference as far as global wasted energy goes.

        If you really are concerned about wasted energy though, you shouldn’t be on your computer/phone browsing lemmy.