I also think it’s important to remember that people don’t actually follow Veritasium directly. They follow him indirectly by means of YouTube. If people could actually follow him directly he wouldn’t need to worry about competing with AI crap for the attention of YouTube’s algorithm. But of course, YouTube would never allow that.
He has 7,463 people actively giving him money each month, entirely divorced from YT.
His continued engagement with the YT algorithms is about growing his viewership. This is true for basically all the largest YT and Twitch creators, who have to diversify their revenue streams off of just those platforms, in order to get truly large (and certainly more stable).
People can and do follow him directly: https://www.patreon.com/veritasium
He has 7,463 people actively giving him money each month, entirely divorced from YT.
His continued engagement with the YT algorithms is about growing his viewership. This is true for basically all the largest YT and Twitch creators, who have to diversify their revenue streams off of just those platforms, in order to get truly large (and certainly more stable).
Very good point! He’ll be in a reasonably good place when YouTube goes to shit.