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Who is a Youtuber you find to be overrated ? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Wouldn't it be easier to list ones who aren't overrated?

I really don't understand the popularity of the "big" YouTubers. PewDiePie being the prime example from a few years ago, though I don't think he's still making videos.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Pew is still making content but it's more vlogs about him trying to stop being a hyped up youtuber and to find work life balance while now also raising a tiny bebe.

    So he moved to Japan so that people wouldn't recognise him as much, started making friends and is now living quite a normal life to what he used to do.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    While I agree that most the big youtubers are overrated, I still really like Markiplier for some reason. Idk, he just kinda grew up with me and he still plays games. Plus I like Distractable.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I feel like this is pretty much the path the large majority of YouTubers take. They gain a following. Stay consistent over the years. Slowly grow. And after a while people just watch because that's what they've always done for years. The person could post a video of them just like peeling a potato and plenty people would still watch just cause.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He is rich enough to not desperately beg for likes and comments at every other breath. I don't even think YouTube paid people back when he got popular. Maybe they did and I'm just dumb, but I don't remember that being a thing.

    That simple omission makes his content easier to watch than most in my opinion. Plus he seems like an actually cool guy. I've never heard of a real life scumbag example of him. Not saying he's a saint or anything, but with his size of an audience, I would think news about him being a jerk would be spread around, but I haven't heard of any.

    Seems like he's pursuing other career paths at this point, as his posting frequency has gone way down, unless the algorithm isn't bringing him up as much for me, haven't really checked into it. But since making his 2nd big "choose your own adventure" project, he seems like he's doing bigger stuff.

    Which I'm happy for him in that regard. I miss the consistency, but he's just a busy guy now.

    Distractible I'm really behind on, but I do like it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't really follow any of the big ones, and the creators I do follow are pretty nice :)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I mainly subscribe to ASMRists, and even then I don't follow the bigger ones because I don't enjoy their content.

    And one of the gaming channels I follow is brilliant and yet they have so few subscribers. Filthy Casuals, three Australian comedians chatting about games. Their Let's Plays are great.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would probably make more sense for them to be evaluated in comparison to similar offerings withing the respective "genres" which would be hard for those that don't fit in to neatly defined formats, but it seems that most do.

    I couldn't watch PewDiePie, it's damned irritating, but it's an entire format and style of video that some people like and he seems presumably to be the king of it and is widely emulated so it would be saying something then if you consider him overrated within that context. I couldn't venture an opinion though because I would just never watch that kind of video.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    While I dislike PewDie as an adult, had I discovered him at the age of 13, I'd have absolutely loved him.

    I feel like people frequently forget that internet demographics are very unique compared to the overall demographics of the whole population. It is definitely easier and more fun to spend lots of time on here while you're still very young, and generally have more free time and open curiosity.

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