Some pretty serious things going on in the world today that need our support and therefore attention. I consume less entertainment as a byproduct.

odysee peertube

Some other analysis: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/youtube-views-are-down-dont-panic

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

I have a channel with over 20k subs, nearly all evergreen content. Haven't uploaded a video in many years, so it's slowly getting fewer views. Fun fact, the pandemic saw the highest view counts, and I also didn't add content back then.

Every enhancement YouTube brings is specifically to improve monetization, and since I disable ads on my channel and don't have any sponsored content, I'm not getting any benefits. I also refuse to do shorts, so I'm losing a ton of exposure there, too.

If an active channel isn't doing well, they should call it quits, TBH. They'll either have to compromise the quality of their content "for the algorithm", or their content isn't actually useful outside of a single view.

I had never heard of him til all the shit started getting slung around.

Because of short videos?

YouTube only shows me like 12 channels. I miss variety.

Viewer bot farms is a thing. Is that a declining business now? And the results starting to show now?