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There is probably a demographic of YouTube viewers who skew towards watching fresh content from their favorite content creators. YouTube would probably see redu

There is probably a demographic of YouTube viewers who skew towards watching fresh content from their favorite content creators. YouTube would probably see reduced engagement from them due to a strike. I'm not sure what percent of total views they account for though.

bluedino 7y ago
That's my point. I spend at the very least an hour a day watching new content from ~50 channels. But there is so much out there I could watch if they all got hit by a bus one day.
notahacker 7y ago
I'm not sure the reduced engagement would move the needle that much. I suspect many of the most loyal fans would reduce their (current and future) engagement with the striking YouTubers' channels rather than YouTube as a whole. Since the purpose of a strike is fundamentally to prove the employer needs its employees [nearly] as much as the employees need their salary, a strike which proves the opposite would be really self-defeating...
- ebiester 7y ago
  However, viewers don't identify themselves with YouTube. If five channels I want to watch are off to another platform, I'll spend a half hour over there a week to watch them. It doesn't hurt me. Maybe I will still go to YouTube for other content. The brand loyalty isn't there. It isn't that YouTube has anything magic other than quantity.
  - bluedino 7y ago
    If that platform doesn't have an app on my TV it's going to hurt a little bit
ummonk 7y ago
Yeah, I think if a substantial group of popular personalities all announced they were moving to a different site, they would be able to move a pretty large audience with them.
BookmarkSaver 7y ago
Definitely a large portion of the high-value advertising content, whatever the viewership is overall.
noxToken 7y ago
Their algorithm change really killed the recommendation engine for me. I don't mind new content for channels I'm subscribed to. I don't mind similar content to channels I'm subscribed to. I don't like revisiting YouTube after 3, 5, and 10 days later to see the same 3 videos recommended at the top. I don't want to watch a single video of prolific channel and then have their uploads clog my feed. I want to explore. I want stuff that's familiar, similar and also unrelated that I would potentially like. Their "related" stuff is always so similar that it falls into "more of the same". You used to be able to explore without entering search terms via trending and categories, but the same channels and types of videos dominate those avenues. If you don't like the type of stuff there, you'll spend a lot of time being disappointed for maybe one video that was alright. It's ok to recommend more of the same, but give me a way to see stuff that isn't the same.

bluedino 7y ago

That's my point. I spend at the very least an hour a day watching new content from ~50 channels. But there is so much out there I could watch if they all got hit by a bus one day.

notahacker 7y ago

I'm not sure the reduced engagement would move the needle that much. I suspect many of the most loyal fans would reduce their (current and future) engagement with the striking YouTubers' channels rather than YouTube as a whole. Since the purpose of a strike is fundamentally to prove the employer needs its employees [nearly] as much as the employees need their salary, a strike which proves the opposite would be really self-defeating...

ebiester 7y ago
However, viewers don't identify themselves with YouTube. If five channels I want to watch are off to another platform, I'll spend a half hour over there a week to watch them. It doesn't hurt me. Maybe I will still go to YouTube for other content. The brand loyalty isn't there. It isn't that YouTube has anything magic other than quantity.
- bluedino 7y ago
  If that platform doesn't have an app on my TV it's going to hurt a little bit

ummonk 7y ago

Yeah, I think if a substantial group of popular personalities all announced they were moving to a different site, they would be able to move a pretty large audience with them.

BookmarkSaver 7y ago

Definitely a large portion of the high-value advertising content, whatever the viewership is overall.

noxToken 7y ago

Their algorithm change really killed the recommendation engine for me. I don't mind new content for channels I'm subscribed to. I don't mind similar content to channels I'm subscribed to. I don't like revisiting YouTube after 3, 5, and 10 days later to see the same 3 videos recommended at the top. I don't want to watch a single video of prolific channel and then have their uploads clog my feed. I want to explore. I want stuff that's familiar, similar and also unrelated that I would potentially like. Their "related" stuff is always so similar that it falls into "more of the same". You used to be able to explore without entering search terms via trending and categories, but the same channels and types of videos dominate those avenues. If you don't like the type of stuff there, you'll spend a lot of time being disappointed for maybe one video that was alright. It's ok to recommend more of the same, but give me a way to see stuff that isn't the same.