Firstly, I don't know about "peaked". But I do know about "useful" (for me, as creator). As someone who uploads music (videos) of my own creation, youtube (sti

Firstly, I don't know about "peaked". But I do know about "useful" (for me, as creator). As someone who uploads music (videos) of my own creation, youtube (still) works fine to connect with an audience that I would have no chance of reaching otherwise. I'm far from being flagged to monetize, so I don't have any incentive to put out something that I do for the money and not because I want to put it up. As a niche musician (didgeridoo), I'm glad that I have access to a global community and a non-zero chance of someone searching for e.g. 'didgeridoo music' finding me. Shorts may annoy people but I see it as an interesting challenge to make great 60s didgeridoo solos. Maybe my view will change if I'm ever sniffing the chance of being monetarily successful on this platform but until then, I'm doing whatever the hell I want and it's great.