• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    SEO and “algorithms” like YouTube are tuned for maximum user engagement, which means people watching more videos for longer. That’s a pretty decent proxy for enjoying what you watch.

    variety is way down in the more successful youtubers

    I honestly don’t watch any of the top YouTube channels. I don’t sub to any of these, and I don’t think I’ve watched a full video of any of them, aside from maybe a few music videos. In fact, the channel with the most subs that I sub to is JerryRigEverything, and I mostly sub because he’s local (we’re both in Utah). Here’s a selection of channels I sub to that I watch the most:

    • Gamers Nexus
    • Digital Foundry
    • Louis Rossmann
    • Stand-up Maths
    • The Money Guy Show
    • Naomi Brockwell TV
    • Level1Techs
    • Audit the Audit - starting to do more clickbait titles and thumbnails, but quality remains high
    • The Phawx
    • Leo Vader
    • Mental Outlaw
    • Optimum Tech
    • Mr. Puzzle

    They do a pretty good job of keeping titles informative instead of clickbaity and thumbnails relevant (I honestly don’t care about thumbnails). I have abandoned a lot of channels because they do that nonsense and don’t go as in-depth as I’d like, such as SomeOrdinaryGamers, LTT, and Jayz2Cents.

    I honestly recommend any of those channels, they’re about all I watch on YouTube. Oh, and only 3-4 of those have sponsors (GN, Stand-Up Maths, and Audit the Audit come to mind), and very few of them ask for subs and likes. I block ads and occasionally buy merch from them.

    Edit: Forgot Tech Ingredients.