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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?

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago (54 children)

YouTube is hostile to viewers unless you pay them £20 a month.

It’s like 15 ads per 2 mins screen time with 2 being unstoppable and 1 being 3 minutes long. Slightly exaggerated but not far from the truth. It’s horrible. And they slow everything down too, the main video fake buffers whereas when you’re in premium it doesn’t.

I didn’t mind paying a fiver but had to do it via the moon to get it cheap but now they have stopped that.

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

They are using automatic dubbing by default here in France! I was horrified the first time.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This honestly doesn't surprise me, because English proficiency in France is below that of Spain, Russia and even Italy, which says a lot.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

That's because the french media industry is very strong, and virtually everything is dubbed.

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