YouTube channels definitely have communities, but that doesn't mean that the community interacts purely through the YouTube comment section -- mainly because Go

YouTube channels definitely have communities, but that doesn't mean that the community interacts purely through the YouTube comment section -- mainly because Google has managed to make said comment system worse and worse over time. Often the community itself communicates over Reddit or some similar platform that is much better for communication, but the community itself was created around a particular video site (and channels on said video site). If YouTube had a better way of having discussions, it would likely be much a much better service.