As someone who is constantly on YouTube and has been since the pre-Google era, their algorithm is ~~shit~~ now. It keeps giving me the same crap over and over and even though I click Not Interested, I continue to get things I don't want to see. WTF
this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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The only new things it recommends is alt right stuff or closely related alt right. I’m good with getting the same recommendations…
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Where VLC ?
Might be a silly question, but is YouTube TV considered a part of YouTube here?
Disney also owned April’s top streaming title, Grey’s Anatomy, which notched 3.9 billion viewing minutes and benefited from its multichannel and multiplatform availability.
WTF how are so many people still watching this show agter 20+ years? I honestly find this pretty shocking.
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I do wonder where Twitch would appear on this chart. Is it wayyyyyy under? Or does it not count as "TV"?
I don't view YouTube as competing with Disney or Netflix. It does compete in a "only so much time in the day" sense, but then there are a lot of things to look at.
Interesting chart. Note that this is eyeballs, not profits or subscriber numbers. YouTube is free. Most all of the other services are paid, even when subscribing with ads.
Also there’s no WBD channel, so this is lumping all channels by conglomerate ownership. It would be interesting to see this by channel. Hulu viewership is being lumped in with Disney, I assume. Tubi and Pluto bolstering Fox? and Paramount numbers.
A free user viewing an ad is profitable though, so I would say that’s what the other streaming services get wrong, there is no free option even though their lowest option usually has ads.
There is a paid version, and it's good value for money in my view.
I would probably pay for Youtube if they stopped sabotaging their own platform and making it worse (e.g. adding shorts, releasing those horrible Rewind videos, preventing playlists with "content made for kids" (e.g. every music video of a song from some Disney movie), mixing in unrelated content into the search results,...).
I haven't seen one of those Rewind videos in years, are they still a thing?
While I agree, in terms of actual streaming performance and the player, YouTube hasn’t made that worse yet and I hope they never do.
YouTube is very impressive from a technical perspective, regardless of the user experience.
What are people even watching on Disney all day? I assume it’s just a constant stream of cartoons for toddlers?
They have a ton of non-Disney stuff. Many old movies and shows. Like Buffy, Aliens, Monk.
And of course Star Wars.
The chart isn't about streaming services, but companies. So this is covering everything that is owned by Disney, which includes broadcast and cable channels in addition to Disney+, and probably Hulu and maybe even other things that I'm not even aware of.
Conversely what is there to watch on YouTube? I mean I obviously have seen video on you tube of one kind or another, but it's never been a place to go to watch a TV show or movie.
I mostly watch true crime and arts and crafts. I’m learning how to paint using yt.
Almost anything you could want to watch is on yt in some form or another. Or listen to, it seems like every song ever made is on it too.
Most of what I would want to watch is definitely not on youtube. Although most of what I want to watch that is on YouTube is not on a pay channel. They seem apples to oranges to me, which is what I was driving at.
I wonder if they count listening to music with still image as "watching".
I find it hard to believe most of what you watch can't be found on yt in some way. Unless it's non english rare tv shows or something.
I assume any .mp4 is something watched, so music videos would count.
Really? Does it have the latest episodes of Doctor who, the rehearsal, or last of us? How about old shows like star trek Voyager?
Probably yeah
No. None of those things are on YouTube.
Huh two second search
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO3a3Ax6Yh6YgTHL7Ane7534oO5BBTSPG
But really if all you watch is premium pop shows you need to branch out at least a little. It's good for you.
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YouTube is basically where all the science and engineering content has moved to. How it's made, megafactories, air crash investigation, if you enjoyed that type of content, it's now on YouTube.
Pretty much all travel content that is not people cosplaying as rich people is also on there. And for those who prefer something more varied than the traditional sports and don't have the patience for live streams on Twitch pretty much all the edited gaming related content is on Youtube too. And of course the other documentary/educational topics besides science and engineering like mathematics, geography, history,...
I watch a ton of automotive centric channels, hobbyist electronics/PC/home automation/3D printing channels and a few weird niche ones like drain cleaning and dashcams, stuff you would never see (or has never been viable) on TV at least without a bunch of product placement and manufactured drama.
For TV and movies I have my own media server and I just download the stuff I, or friends and family, want to watch but I think the experience, content, and presentation is quite different than what you find on Youtube. They fill different roles for me personally as one is pure entertainment while the other is a mix of educational and entertainment in typically shorter formats.
I am not sure why I got downvoted: your use case is exactly what I was thinking. And the other person who responded to me as well: you tube is watched a lot, but the content is largely like apples to oranges compared to say HBO or even Tubi.
It may be the phrasing in your original comment. It sounds like you're questioning why anyone would watch videos on YouTube rather than questioning why YouTube is lumped in with traditional streaming service rankings.
Perhaps your comment wasn't clear. People probably saw your first sentence and clicked the down-arrow. There are tons of great videos to watch on YT obviously, in nearly any facet of life you can think of. I watch many things that would bore others, but that's part of the deep. rich sea of content that YT has.
Do I go there to watch network-style shows and movies. Hell no. But I don't frequent Disney, either.
And sports:
Disney’s 0.2 point gain over March was partly driven by cross-network coverage of the NFL Draft, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship and the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
That’s what I would guess. There’s not nearly enough content to keep you there otherwise, although the National Geographic shows help.
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Totally makes sense. I either watch YouTube or shows/movies I own on my Emby server.
Wow I didn't realize Netflix had fallen so far.
It‘s all about raising the stock for them lately so I expect viewership to fall further.
They have almost no content library these days. I’m actually surprised that it is as high as it is.
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I'm not surprised. YouTube has a constant stream of new material, curated to each user's exact interests. And more back catalogue than you could watch in a thousand lifetimes. It's definitely the service I use the most.
Yet they only ever recommend things you have already watched, if there was a real alternative I think YouTube would die very quickly.
I get new videos and new creators that are aligned with my interests all the time.
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If you curate your Youtube experience decently by subbing to worthwhile creators only it's damn high quality content.
Never paying Youtube a single cent though. I'll consider donating to the creators directly (or buying from their store) if their efforts are sufficient.
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And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads. Many of the competitors have paid options that still include ads.
Whether or not Premium is worth it is another debate entirely, but the fact of the matter is that it is simply a better deal compared to other streaming services.
And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads
Oh hey, me too, except I would never pay for premium. I just don't use the official front-end.
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Seemingly every video still includes sponsor segments. I use ublock origin with sponsorblock and actually see zero ads.
And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads
I like that I get music too. I honestly don't mind my Premium subscription, I get decent value out of it for the amount of content I view. I just wish creators saw more of that money.
Am i wrong to think a premium view is worth a thousand non premium in revenue?
I need all these premium users to listen to my music lol
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And a portion of your money goes to the creators you watch, and you get YouTube music included. I always say if you're gonna pay for one service, the one that makes the most sense is YouTube.
There's a lot to shit on yt for. But they do actually pay people real money for their work. It's still surprising to me after all these years.
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