mesaSep 5, 2025

"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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?

"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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.

Show threadfox2263Sep 6, 2025

YouTube is hostile to viewers unless you pay them £20 a month.

It’s like 15 ads per 2 mins screen time with 2 being unstoppable and 1 being 3 minutes long. Slightly exaggerated but not far from the truth. It’s horrible. And they slow everything down too, the main video fake buffers whereas when you’re in premium it doesn’t.

I didn’t mind paying a fiver but had to do it via the moon to get it cheap but now they have stopped that.

Show threadidefixSep 6, 2025
They are using automatic dubbing by default here in France! I was horrified the first time.
Show threadpoopkins
This honestly doesn’t surprise me, because English proficiency in France is below that of Spain, Russia and even Italy, which says a lot.
EF English Proficiency Index - Wikipedia

Sep 6, 2025 at 12:21pmWeb
Show threadBlisterexeSep 7, 2025
That’s because the french media industry is very strong, and virtually everything is dubbed.