As sibling commenter said, was well known in UK, but anecdotally (from talking to other FB conspiracy theorists, also including a flat earther, and from having

As sibling commenter said, was well known in UK, but anecdotally (from talking to other FB conspiracy theorists, also including a flat earther, and from having a few close acquaintances of that bent) this seems spot on. Literally all of them do the same thing, following YT recs, often sitting for hours. Specifically re Icke, I've talked to otherwise reasonable people who will watch him _despite knowing_ who he is because he comes across as reasonable (and much of what he says fits a certain worldview -- note this isn't left or right specific). He is a good speaker, which you would expect given he was a presenter before he decided to demonstrate he was absolutely batshit crazy live on TV. For people unaware of this, this demonstration was why he was well known in the UK - he went on the biggest talkshow on TV to proclaim that he was the son of god and that the world is controlled by a cabal of lizard people (and was going to be consumed by tidal waves etc etc). The lizard people cabal idea may seem at first glance to be a fairly obvious crude antisemitic trope, but he seems to be absolutely serious about everything, he literally means lizards.