While the majority of recommendations are bigger monetized channels, I still come across tiny channels with view numbers in the double or tripple digits quite

While the majority of recommendations are bigger monetized channels, I still come across tiny channels with view numbers in the double or tripple digits quite regularly, but it does require searching for something specific. Youtube also changed the algorithm recently to no longer punish old content, so there is a lot of old stuff that keeps bubbling back to the top. It might still have peaked, but I think for most part it's doing fine, it's still the best source for video on the Internet. On a side note, I find it interesting that TikTok today feels quite a lot like early Youtube, back when Youtube had much more personal content, video replies and a <10min limit for video. Seems like the market for that content is there, it just moved to another platform.