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?

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 hours ago

    The email says they could keep it for further testing, not sell it.

    LTT claimed they offered to pay for it but the time stamps prove they didn’t get an offer to pay for it until after GN publicized the mistake.

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      The email says they could keep it for further testing, not sell it.

      No, the email says they said they could keep it, with no qualifiers, because they thought it would be for further testing, but didn’t tell anyone that’s their expectation.