Linus Sebastian, the founder of the Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel, has spoken out about its recent decline in viewership, describing it as a "very dramatic shift.

A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

  • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
    5110·
    6 days ago

    Eh. I lost any interest I had with Linus after the whole Gamers’ Nexus thing, and I’m definitely staying away after hearing what Louis Rossman had to say about the guy.

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I did too, until many of the accusations, like the Billet Labs thing, turned out to be false later.

      • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        That’s unfortunate (for Linus), but Louis Rossmann’s story about dealing with Linus directly pretty clearly shows him to be an unpleasant person that thinks of relationships as transactional. And it is objectively true that LMG is going for quantity over quality of videos.

        As other people in this thread have stated though, it seems this problem isn’t actually about Linus or LMG, it’s a greater trend at YouTube.

        • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          That’s fair, but you also have to consider Louis is a friend of Gamer’s Nexus who had a lot of conflict with LTT, and so isn’t an objective party. That doesn’t mean what he is saying isn’t true, but I would much rather listen to the opinion of a third party.