Viewer bot farms is a thing. Is that a declining business now? And the results starting to show now?
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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
(www.sportskeeda.com)
Oh and as if by magic, after I said something I received an email from a client bemoaning about the drop in youtube viewers. She reckons it is not only a drop in viewers but in viewing time as well. Mentioned bloody AI as well just because everybody is
Good.
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.
they are too addicted to lavish lifestyle they have, so greed. they would probably lower it before they call it quits. some might pivot politically to stay on the radar. i was following some poc influencers once, they never changed thier style and they were addicted having (small, but still significant revenue source) they start neglecting the company because it was stable, and this in turn neglects some of employees, when the female ones voiced thier concerns about the channel they were fired. they got pissier and pivoted right wing to stay alive.