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?

  • arc99@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3415·
    22 hours ago

    I’m sure declining viewers has nothing to do with the various controversies such as auctioning off prototypes, rushed reviews with misleading or false conclusions, mistreating staff etc. Channels like Gamers Nexus really laid into him.

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      20·
      21 hours ago

      That’s was months ago though, and the drop is recent. Why would people leave months after the controversies happened?

      It’s also suddenly happening to most large YouTubers at the same time, so doesn’t seem related to any of them in particular.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        13·
        21 hours ago

        This is what happens when people only read the headline and don’t actually watch the video. It’s quite clearly affecting all content creators.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      It’s not just him though it’s lots of channels reporting issues. So clearly no, it’s not as a result of the controversies, at least not exclusively.