Because it’s a lot easier to make up shit than to create stuff that is vetted? Also there are videos made by historians or science educators. Of the top of my

Because it’s a lot easier to make up shit than to create stuff that is vetted? Also there are videos made by historians or science educators. Of the top of my head I can think of Flint Dibble who is an paleontologist? and miniminuteman who is a science communicator who also has an archeology degree? And while both of them have decent to great success on YouTube, their success pales in comparison to the Ancient Aliens and Atlantis video makers, simply because those are more attractive stories even if they’re not real, but are presented as legitimate theories.