It's also about attention investment. TV Shows and movies require more time to watch than creator content. You have to be actively watching for an hour or 8 hours. It always felt daunting to pick a show cause what if it sucks by the end. For TH-cam videos, even the hour plus ones, can range from thought provoking to background sound.
This is absolutely true. I don't 2nd screen movies or shows! I either watch em with my full attention or I don't watch. Everything else feels wasted to me. But TH-cam content i watch maybe 30% with full undivided attention. The rest I at least partially do something else while its running. And at least 1/3 of my TH-cam 'viewing' is music anyways where I always do smth else.
I remember when videos on TH-cam could be no longer than 10 minutes long. If someone wanted to have a longer video they would be done in parts. now you have videos on here 3+ hours long lol
TH-cam is a platform that spreads ideas, offers different perspectives, has media from worldwide sources allowing better understanding of current events, and seems more responsive to users. TH-cam is more than entertainment for me because of how I use it. And I have never viewed a Mr. Beast video.
I only take issue with the "seems more responsive to users" part. Like how? They removed the downvote, cluttered the subscription pane with shorts, upcoming, and lives, with no ability to hide the windings. Have zero accountability when someone reports a channel or content that clearly violates ToS, or even laws. Has ZERO people in the end user support department to the point you have to @ them on Twitter to find out why something is wrong. They have an entire subreddit, that they don't even use to listen to the users of this platform. I think that's TH-cam's #1 problem. The other is, TH-cam isn't directly facilitating the rest of this experience you're having. You, me, and everyone else in-between is. They've made a space for it to happen, but that's like saying your landlord is the one to thank for the party you threw last night. Even though you picked the music, brought the drinks, invited the guests, and made sure everyone was having a good time.
@@infinitivez No sorry not TH-cam itself, the creators through comments. Yeah how TH-cam treats creators, that's disappointing. The space itself I hear you, but much better than facebook or Twitter(yup still that to me lol)
@@AshtarMichaelOh ok, I was like, huh? 😂 So many of our creators are truly awesome about that. I've "met" so many of them, outside of TH-cam too. Discord, IRC, etc. They build entire communities!
I don't even have any other streaming service. I just don't see the point in paying for them when TH-cam has more than enough content for me to watch for my day to day spare time, available for free. Years ago I tried Netflix briefly and I didn't find much that was interesting to me anyway.
@@Laz3rCat95 There are some great free streaming services that you might want to try. Tubi is probably the best one, it's got a lot of great content. I don't pay for any streaming services either. I still have cable, plus I use the free streaming services every now and then. I live in an area where there are competing cable/internet providers, so that keeps the cost down.
Companies aren't our friends, but I genuinely appreciate TH-cam for being a huge platform for independent voices. There's nowhere else to find such a wide range of content from such a wide range of sources. And the quality of the 'best content' in any individual niche is only getting better with time. There's no board of shareholders telling my favorite video game theory channel what to make. And if that creator has to stop making videos, there's nothing stopping someone else from posting videos on the same topic and becoming my new favorite. It feels endless in a good way.
I watch more youtube because its content is something I can watch on my cellphone while taking a sh*t or in the back seat of an uber. Movies and TV series I actually like to sit down and watch with full attention. So I basically watch TH-cam everyday while Netflix and other are more of a weekend activity.
One major problem and the biggest reason i turned to youtube is that these days it's really hard to find a tv series that has an encapsulated story per episode. After a day of work i just want to watch a 40 minute episode that has beginning and an end. Think law and order episodes. Now, NOTHING is like that. All are ten hour movie marathons masquerading as "series"
I’m the opposite. The creation of these type of long movies broken down into episodes has made me realize how lazy, formulaic and unentertaining regular tv was. I can’t go back. And I have the same limitation as you where I don’t want to watch too much in a sitting. Tiredness helps me not overdo it lol.
@chadd980 yeah. the thing is I knew they were formulaic and lazy writing but that was sorta my comfort food. I knew what I was getting and didn't care it wasn't that great 🤷 both are needed but in a healthy combination I think
TH-cam is very quickly becoming the place you go for all your content and that's their aim. TH-cam has Music, Podcasts, Games.... Even now there's Primetime Channels which allows you to subscribe to other streaming services through TH-cam. The aim is to keep you in the app the entire time and it's clearly working.
I favor YT because I’m drawn to non-fiction/instructional content. I’ll watch hours of contemporary documentaries on business or residential construction practices, but couldn’t care less about rom-coms.
You cannot really compare TH-cam to other streaming services, apart from the fact they both compete for leisure time. I have both services. Netflix is useful when I watch a movie. TH-cam for tldr and hobby content. Both are exclusive to each other in the content type. TH-cam is also mostly short form content compared to streaming movies and series.
what matters is the amount of "screen time" No working person is on netflix more than 2 hours a day. But youtube is all day every day. scrolling, seeing ads, etc.
I think TH-cam will have more success if they release a cheaper sub tier without Music, just for the regular TH-cam. I am not switching my music streaming services or paying that much to just watch add-free TH-cam, but I'd totally pay a bit for just the latter
I think the problem with that is that you can use YT with a locked screen and even download offline content, so essentially people will be able to get around the no music plan by just downloading YT videos with music or streaming them with a locked screen. I even did that with some small creators who are only on YT
@@georgeoust that is fair point, but it can be resolved by not allowing these two features and restricting it to no additional only benefit. Of course, that will need to be reflected in the pricing.
Also its overall quality in shows has plummeted. Initially, a Netflix original meant something high-budget and good quality. Now it usually means the opposite of that.
@@Patrick-y4d1zthey also had everything under one proverbial roof as opposed to now where you need many subscriptions to watch all the things you want.
I agree. I remember the first 2 seasons of the Crown had a budget of $180 million combined. as the show has gone on even the cinematography has gotten cheap looking and seasons 5 and 6 look like cheap lifetime movies. House of Cards was another amazing looking show with great acting @@Patrick-y4d1z
I pay for TH-cam Premium, Disney+, Paramount, Prime and Britbox. I watch 90% TH-cam. I prefer discounted annual subscription to monthly. Commercial free and ample variety.
You could keep one subscription active at a given time. In the meantime the ones you suspended generate new content and you do actually have something to watch 😏
I also think one of TH-cam's golden chickens laying the gold eggs right now would be the quality free movies TH-cam is pushing now. Especially lots of great movies many of these streaming platforms currently don't have. Now add all the other video content youtube offers like recaps, tutorials, actor biographies and so on. You get really a lot of mediocre video content when you give permission to all users, but you will also get unique dope content when any creator can just upload on TH-cam and not having to get their script/idea rejected by the streaming giants.
YT is my main streaming service since it is the most diverse app. Its Netflix, TikTok, Spotify, etc... Also the creativity is so much better. With so many shows being cancelled, at least my YT is least likely to get cancelled.
I thought that it would be weird to compare TH-cam to sites that streams movies and TV series, then I just realized that even my parents started to watch TH-cam on TV as well, like BestEverFoodReview and other documentary like shows. Some creators do have the quality to rival TV shows nowadays and I find that astonishing
It's should be noted that TH-cam is very hard to monetize compared to Netflix and other straming services. If people not used to pay for sevice - it's hard to make them do so. Also it is much cheaper for Netflix to store their data compared to TH-cam, for obvious reasons. That's why TH-cam's net worth is 7 times less than Netflix's while having much bigger user base. So calling TH-cam "Streaming service similar to Netflix" is a bald statement.
I've been removing my subscriptions to streaming services far more frequently the last years, but subscribed to youtube premium last year because I just wanted the listening feature for my phone. I'm still on premium. I don't watch shows frequently enough because of the attention investment, but I sure do love background noise while I draw or play games
TH-cam will keep on winning. It's viewers MAKE the content for it and at hardly any expense to Alphabet/TH-cam itself. Yeah it only has 80m premium subscribers now but as other streaming services inevitably die down TH-cam will keep on growing. Young kids don't spend their time watching lots of Netflix but they do adore TH-cam so the future is already pro-TH-cam. Alphabet doesn't need to worry that TH-cam "only" has 80m premium subscribers because that will naturally grow while Netflix and all other streaming services struggle and it's customers aren't just people relaxing at home but basically anyone who needs a video for any topic ever - and no one cares about watching ads before a video when it's at work.
Yup, the only streaming service I really pay for is TH-cam because ads are annoying and a lot of the best history content is here. I’ll subscribe to one every once in a while if I want to see a specific show or (more likely) sports, but only in one month blocks.
Their business model is also not that stable as big chunk of creators live from other revenue, while yt role is trashing stuff with adds plus bizarre censorship to please advertisers. Let's say that yt wasn't banning creators for mentioning app showing on which platforms are their favorite creators without a reason...
This is a very under-emphasized point in this discussion I think. People here talk about TH-cam as if it's just another streaming service among the others. But streaming services have to put millions into making or procuring shows and films, TH-cam relies on the creators themselves fighting for viewership, so naturally the content is almost endless and the "best" content (whether quality or viewership) will flow to the top and garner even more views.
I'm shocked it has that many premium users. you really don't get that much more with premium. a subpar music service and no ads which you can get for free with an adblocker anyway. maybe if it added TH-cam movies to the deal it might be worth it
I play youtube in the background while working either video or youtube music. YT premium is my most used subscription. Also there are channels in asia that stream anime legally so it is worth the subscription.
Please add Y axis to graphs 😢 Maybe you can follow a course on brilliant on how to make good graphs. Also I wonder what the effect will be of youtube's add blocker-blocker
I definitely watch waaaay more TH-cam than anything else. It’s definitely more versatile in terms of of content and use. You wouldn’t go to any of the streaming services for tutorials for example
TH-cam is literally just a superpower, they are the only website where you watch anything you want in any style and anyplace And pays better to its content creators when platforms like tiktok don't (which will hurt tiktok in the long run) As well alot people just started post most of their content here because it's likely they make money
Uhm... no. Big part of sensitive topics are offlimits here and have to be watched on more pro-free speech platforms. For example YT was proudly banning for lab leak theory before it was grudgingly accepted as plausible within the mainstream.
It became unattractively expensive to have streaming subscription for meaningfully sized library. I would pay 200$/year for streaming service if it will incorporate all movies I want to watch over year, but not 5x 120-150$/year services that in sum don't contain even 50% of them (because well, you have to buy them separately or because someone decided to sell it to different streaming provider due to regional licensing contracts). So, yeah, TH-cam is obviously going to win in battle 0$ vs any amount of dollars.
I enjoy how on business channels the conversation becomes how can we get more money out of you, the person watching, for no additional effort. Turns out you dont need subscriptions. My life is perfectly functional without them.
Buying crates of used DVDs from a charity shop, four disks for one pound, has proven the best bargain. You can't watch them on a phone; but you can watch them forever, without any subscription...
TH-cam premium is “nice”. However I feel like youtube has a conflict of interest. If you use premium and pay fixed monthly fee, they have no incentive to show you relevant recommendations. Every second you watch a video, you cost them money. That’s what I “felt” when I tried youtube premium. With ad-based model, they try harder to keep their “product” (me) engaged.
That's very insightful! Showing videos costs youtube money, so they'd rather take your money and very subtly discourage you from actually watching anything. Exactly the same as with Netflix and any of the minnows. With money from ads, that have to show things you watch so that you watch the ads.
wrong theory. TH-cam actually makes more from premium subscribers than just ad based accounts. also the algorithm is all the same. this is coming from a software engineer with a specialization in machine learning.
@@good-tn9srI have used TH-cam premium for years because i hate ads 😂😂. I seen no difference in how it works it suggests the same content I've always watched. My kids all watch TH-cam as well they do not watch Netflix or any other source of entertainment really. Netflix may hold it down for now, but TH-cam will be the future as the younger generations all watch it.
@@good-tn9sr any machine would tell you that you want to keep them on the site as little as possible without pissing them off so they don’t stop paying. The comparison wasn’t about how much it makes from free vs paying audience. The comparison is about different incentives and different outcomes any optimization (from the dumbest model to the deepest neural network) would reach. Again mine is just one person’s observation. I don’t have enough data points to claim that my theory holds water.
Netflix and etc is basically only for US markets all other are treated as second grade. Release dates for series are weeks or months later if they even become available.
We'll how the number changes after they start reflecting the ad block crackdown. Lately I've been finding myself watching less TH-cam and thanks to the annoying amount of streaming platforms, I'm more prone to piracy
I disagree with the comments on TH-cam tv. It's practically an ancillary service. You don't get youtube premium when you buy it. It service a niche in a different market than youtube, it's a direct competitor to cable and other live TV streamers, a better price. Great video
TH-cam has user generated content, entertainment, information, news, sports recaps and more. If you're willing to deal with All the ads, it's free. It's a winning model.
I realized I was watching TH-cam more and more, and Disney and Netflix less and less. Same with my kids. Just cancelled Netflix and Disney subscriptions What also started to anoy me with Netflix and Disney, increasingly difficult to find anything interesting to watch. Too much trash and ineffective searching tools.
YT takes a bit of upfront investment to deliver full value, which is why the ad-free subscription is a great option. It allows you to explore the range of offerings without the ad interruptions. The "secret" to making YT optimal is to identify favorite channels and subscribe to them so you have a continuous feed of your favorite topics and content providers. In addition, the algorithms get better at suggesting content the more you use it. They likewise post SIMILAR content in the side panel which helps ID new possible sources. I started just with setting up a news feed from sources around the world for constant tracking. Later added some movie channels and other specific interests like History, Music Appreciation, Aerospace (and even some sports events or highlights and concerts) for both timely and in-depth content. I am constantly adding (and sometime subtracting) channel subscriptions to keep it relevant and fresh, and I keep favorite videos in the playlist archives it allows users to custom build for later re-watch.
You literally only have 12 subscriptions? However, I truly dig your playlists. Wish we had some way to easily sync those to external applications. I'd likely use playlists more, for my own enjoyment, if I could more edit them in mass. Funny that you posted this exact same thing under my seemingly negative comment about the subscription price. Are you a YT employee, or shareholder? Because this truly sounds like you're shilling for the company, and not giving your own user experience.
i am not an employee just an enthusiast. I wrote the response and thought it would be helpful to others who are new to YT but may not read your comment and my reply.@@infinitivez
i dont know what you mean by 12 subscriptions...I have something like 300 channels in my subscription list and probably 40 playlists of videos by category in my archive section. I do not use the YT Music much as I have an extensive collection of music purchased; I will go to YT Music to try something new I may have heard about and wish to sample. The thing is that YT has a TON of music even without the Music service.@@infinitivez
I do wonder how much Netlfix gained from their gamble in getting Japanese studios to put their content on their platform. If you checked the news on whats happening with Crunchyroll and other streaming platform for anime content, it's not really good sign overall in that area. As far as I'm aware, Disney is the only competitor doing the same thing as Netflix. Sure, there are channels on TH-cam that releases entire anime episodes as well but because a few of them tend to be region lock due to licensing agreements and with how few they are, I don't think they are having an effect to the overall subscription in TH-cam.
@christiancsq Yeah, and they have been bought out again by Sony now. I hear there's a lot of people concerned in the acquisition, but with how CR operates in my country, I barely hear about it.
The benefits for YT is that they dont have to pay for writers, actors, etc. They provide the platform and the ads are the paychecks for content creators. Its a win/win. As long as they dont lose that ad rev.
What TH-cam provides an abundant amount of interest specific content even though it might not be the highest quality production, people watch it because it appeals to them and most people who post videos on TH-cam, do it as a hobby so they don’t care as much about making money
What youre missing is that TH-cam is the new network television. Networks were always bigger than HBO by virtue that they were free and appealed to the broadest audience. By having a trillion niches, TH-cam appeals to an even broader audience, it's just each viewer is watching their own personal slate of programming.
Would have been nice to see how piracy in form of torrent eats into the viewership of the services although that data set would be almost impossible to keep track of. One thing is certain though or comes off as that, it doesn't affect youtube at all or at the very least as much as it does other "streaming" service. It is kind of wild to believe or suggest people are watching TH-cam (TH-cam like videos) cos they can't watch netflix and the likes(actual movies). I would think the first assumption to consider is watching the same movies in another platform then consider watching similar movies in another platform before talking about TH-cam and Netflix in contrast. Although i personally have probably spent more time on TH-cam this year, heck even added twitch To the mix . I have seen way less movie this year cos this year movie wise has been terrible imo but i am not sure if it has to do with more TH-cam watching or it has resulted to more TH-cam watching. Really love videos like this though.
TH-cam's biggest advantage is that theoretically it can invest $0 on content and is user driven. If users want to succeed, they have to produce viewer driven content and TH-cam doesn't need to invest anything. If Netflix adds a user driven section, it can see potential growth especially if it is free to access.
I'm actually more surprised that it's not bigger. I would have assumed you two dwarfed everything. TH-cam has been a constant in my life forever. All the other things are just stuff I turn on when there's a show I want to watch but TH-cam is a constant.
I don't know if I missed something. I was only halfway watching this video but I googled how many monthly users are on TH-cam and it's 2.7 billion. Did I miss something in the numbers? Netflix doesn't come close
I play youtube in the background while working wither video or youtube music. YT premium is my most used subscription. Also there are channels in asia that stream anime legally so it is worth the subscription.
I rarely watch non-TH-cam streaming services unless I’m watching something with my family. Mostly I watch TH-cam, listen to Spotify (free plan), or watch a dvd. The way I see it, why spend $80+ per year on a single streaming service when I can just buy the movie I want to watch as a used dvd for just $5? As little as I use the streaming services, buying DVDs is actually cheaper, _and_ it has the better result of me actually owning the movie (instead of a license to watch it).
I think there is more to it. Netflix invested heavily and early because all the other companies were pulling their content to start their own streaming services. Netflix was left in a bind so they went full throttle on getting as much original content as they could. They were the first ones on the original content train, and thus had the most success with it. They also have had the last laugh on all those other platforms who pulled their content. Just for some context...Netflix used to pay CBS/Viacom billions of dollars to license the CW content after it aired on The CW. By pulling that content and locking it up at a Paramount streaming service, you lose the billions Netflix was paying you, you have to invest billions to get your service off the ground, and the content just sits on a server generating zero revenue...unless it is a huge franchise like Star Trek. The CW content is not going to generate the kind of subscriber base revenue that licensing would. That is the fatal mistake for these second tier streamers. They threw a lot of money out the window for something they didn't understand and now see isn't working out so well.
TH-cam has a way better monitization system. Big problem is that all streaming services now show only their own content or that are widely available. People want diversity not what is available. Better the streaming services should still share their content under a subscription also.
TH-cam should just make whole platform a paid service at nominal rates at around $20 for year. Tell customers they'll be paying money so that creators earn more money. If this happens YT will have more than thrice the amount subscribers Netflix have within one day
Honestly with how things are going, TH-cam is basically the new TV. If they keep growing at this rate, it’ll become the de-facto entertainment industry among the public.
Even though I have a Netflix subscription, 90% of my streaming is done on TH-cam. YT just has the variety that Netflix and other streaming services lack.
Peacock, Paramount+, Showtime and a part of Hulu (the part that's not Disney, the part that's Comcast) in most of Europe (so not all) is all under one service SkyShowtime. Disney+ outside of the US includes Hulu content (The Disney part so not the Comcast part) So, isn't this an option to do so in the US as well?
Obviously a pretty biased audience on this platform, but I only pay for TH-cam Premium and Amazon Prime (which I wouldn't pay for JUST for the streaming), so TH-cam is definitely the winner for me. I've formerly had paid subscriptions with Netflix, Disney+, Discovery+ and Mubi but they've all been cancelled.
I've been using yt premium/red whatever since it existed, and it has disappointed me the least while doing the most for me, who would always prefer original content with dumb skippable ads to franchise stuff with old ideas with product placement. Would EVERY creator rather do less work for more money? Maybe. But on yt they haven't had a chance to sell out yet, or no one has offered them the right price. And that's okay.
0:27: 📺 The video discusses the current state of the streaming wars, with a focus on the performance of Netflix and TH-cam. 3:14: 📺 The video discusses the financial challenges faced by smaller streaming services, the exceptional financial position of Apple, and the resilience of Netflix in the streaming industry. 6:32: 📺 TH-cam's increasing viewership poses a challenge for other streaming services, impacting their share of the attention economy and potential subscriber conversions. Recap by Tammy AI
I think in the next year I’m gonna cut all streaming including Disney+, and peacock and just use TH-cam, and even though I’ve barely used it prime video but for other reasons. I’ll even cut PlayStation online. Subscriptions get ridiculous. Bare essentials are necessary living in the rust belt
I’ve always thought this, seems youtube has only grown as there are more variety and more will to produce daring products compared to services that involve too many studio politics
3:27 What about services like Rooster Teeth, Mini War Gaming Vault which predates them and never were as big but are doing great now dispite nthier being worth 1 billion USD?
Sure, TH-cam doesn’t squeeze anything from their users, except the mountains of Ads that they keep putting on. I read that they are now testing 5 ads before videos
I take your point, but the premium service isn't that expensive when you consider how many hours of content most people watch each month. It's basically the cost of a fast food meal.
I’m guessing (before I watch the video) that the answer is TH-cam is free and the other streaming services are 10-15 quid a month. Damn, that was simple.
*I definitely watch most of my content on TH-cam. hours a day. It's not perfect of course and censorship has really taken over which is sad especially the fact that people can't swear in videos anymore and you can't even swear in the comments. I thought YT had a kid's section dedicated to SFW content? I don't think I have watched more than half hour of normal tv in years. I hate TikTok. I don't know how people can't stand watching 15 second videos. my attention span would die. I love a nice long videos*
Uhhh it’s the nfl Sunday ticket thing right?! Or the live tv thing on TH-cam?? Cause it certainly can’t be because of TH-cam premium… cause we pay for that to get rid of ads but now the content providers almost all their own sponsors which are essentially ads they have to read which frankly defeats the purpose of it being ad free… so for me personally despite what the data may say… my winners are pretty much tie for max and paramount+… for me though it’s mainly about getting rid of ads! I fucking loath ads! Wish we didn’t have them….
I think in future Small and loss making streaming services will be bought or merge in with the giant ones and there will only be 2 services. My bet is its going to be apple vs Amazon as they are the companies with deepest pockets, also live sports will also play a huge part in all this
why does Apple need to borrow $14B if they have $160B in the bank account? That seems like a loss to me, even if the interest rate is "as low as it can be"
Right after this narrator spoke about the subscription to TH-cam premium that is supposed to be ad-free he started talking about an ad for brilliant. I paid to have ad-free. And yes I am aware there may be ads from the content. But this sucks, I paid to watch ad-free, not ads within the content I will not be watching this channel again
If what you say is true (i.e. views on YT keep growing and growing), then something is criminally wrong at YT. Due to embarrassment, I have not told my family & friends about my YT Channel. Hence, I cannot have "fake" views from them. Yet, I see views & hrs on my YT videos drop by 40%-50%. How can this be?
What I suspect is YT taught its Algorithm how to lie. The Algorithm has two goals: (1) Maximize Ad Revenue, (2) Minimize Payments to Creators. And how can it do this? By, (1) charging Advertisers for real/actual views, and (2) cut reported views to Creators, so that YT can pocket the difference.
Bro they all had it good everyone had their movies in one place ie Netflix and was sharing a cut in the profit but noo they got greedy and said “ima make our own “. Now it’s and now we went full circle and it’s like cable
and the thing about appletv is almost every single thing they create is so unbelievably good; pachinko is one of the best shows i have ever watched, blackbird, monarch (airing weekly now). when i see a show is apple i get the feelings hbo gave me oh so long ago
TH-cam is the most successful streaming company because it's the only one to realize it's value is not in producing contente but in being the best platform. Video streaming needs royalties deals like musicians have with Spotify and in a way how youtube has with it's content creators, you get paid by how much time people watch your content. These platforms keep ignoring that in a world with orders of magnitude more content than any one person can consume the most valuable thing they cam provide is convenience. A wide catalogue, good search and good recommendation engine is all there companies should care about providing. The field just keeps getting greener for a pure-play contente delivery service to pop up, like Netflix used to be.
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Watching Disney+ has made me appreciate Netflix more. Watching Netflix has made me appreciate TH-cam more.
Watch the video first, it was posted 10 minutes ago and you have already commented
😊 watching TH-cam has made me appreciate rumble more😊
Gotta admit, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is the one thing that redeems Netflix
Big facts 😂😂😂😂@@hydoffdhagaweyne1037
Watching my dreams while asleep have made me realize the value of sleep more.
It's also about attention investment. TV Shows and movies require more time to watch than creator content. You have to be actively watching for an hour or 8 hours. It always felt daunting to pick a show cause what if it sucks by the end. For TH-cam videos, even the hour plus ones, can range from thought provoking to background sound.
I think they need to do something similar to that
Maybe not completely copy and paste it but it will help people glued
Same. I’m slow when it comes to series. It can take me weeks to get through a tv show but a couple of days to get through TH-cam channels.
This is absolutely true. I don't 2nd screen movies or shows! I either watch em with my full attention or I don't watch. Everything else feels wasted to me.
But TH-cam content i watch maybe 30% with full undivided attention. The rest I at least partially do something else while its running. And at least 1/3 of my TH-cam 'viewing' is music anyways where I always do smth else.
I remember when videos on TH-cam could be no longer than 10 minutes long. If someone wanted to have a longer video they would be done in parts. now you have videos on here 3+ hours long lol
That's why people watch TikTok...It's 30 seconds, no commitment.
TH-cam is a platform that spreads ideas, offers different perspectives, has media from worldwide sources allowing better understanding of current events, and seems more responsive to users. TH-cam is more than entertainment for me because of how I use it. And I have never viewed a Mr. Beast video.
Geopolitics and Business are better drama than artificially created dramas I guess😂
And cat videos! Truly, TH-cam will never run out of content so long as people freely post what they find amusing
I only take issue with the "seems more responsive to users" part. Like how? They removed the downvote, cluttered the subscription pane with shorts, upcoming, and lives, with no ability to hide the windings. Have zero accountability when someone reports a channel or content that clearly violates ToS, or even laws. Has ZERO people in the end user support department to the point you have to @ them on Twitter to find out why something is wrong. They have an entire subreddit, that they don't even use to listen to the users of this platform. I think that's TH-cam's #1 problem. The other is, TH-cam isn't directly facilitating the rest of this experience you're having. You, me, and everyone else in-between is. They've made a space for it to happen, but that's like saying your landlord is the one to thank for the party you threw last night. Even though you picked the music, brought the drinks, invited the guests, and made sure everyone was having a good time.
@@infinitivez No sorry not TH-cam itself, the creators through comments. Yeah how TH-cam treats creators, that's disappointing. The space itself I hear you, but much better than facebook or Twitter(yup still that to me lol)
@@AshtarMichaelOh ok, I was like, huh? 😂 So many of our creators are truly awesome about that. I've "met" so many of them, outside of TH-cam too. Discord, IRC, etc. They build entire communities!
I love TH-cam and I use it FAR more than any streaming service.
I don't even have any other streaming service. I just don't see the point in paying for them when TH-cam has more than enough content for me to watch for my day to day spare time, available for free. Years ago I tried Netflix briefly and I didn't find much that was interesting to me anyway.
@@Laz3rCat95 There are some great free streaming services that you might want to try. Tubi is probably the best one, it's got a lot of great content. I don't pay for any streaming services either. I still have cable, plus I use the free streaming services every now and then. I live in an area where there are competing cable/internet providers, so that keeps the cost down.
I can agree on that
Companies aren't our friends, but I genuinely appreciate TH-cam for being a huge platform for independent voices. There's nowhere else to find such a wide range of content from such a wide range of sources. And the quality of the 'best content' in any individual niche is only getting better with time. There's no board of shareholders telling my favorite video game theory channel what to make. And if that creator has to stop making videos, there's nothing stopping someone else from posting videos on the same topic and becoming my new favorite. It feels endless in a good way.
I thought that yt were bragging about purging independent voices to alt-tech...
Except for demonitizations of good documentaries and as long you don't mention the war. *Nudge nudge
Your favorite video game theory channel doesn`t happen to say " it`s just a theory..."
I watch more youtube because its content is something I can watch on my cellphone while taking a sh*t or in the back seat of an uber. Movies and TV series I actually like to sit down and watch with full attention. So I basically watch TH-cam everyday while Netflix and other are more of a weekend activity.
“.something I can watch on my cellphone while taking a sh*t in the back seat of an uber”. (Edited)
Cool nobody needs to know
One major problem and the biggest reason i turned to youtube is that these days it's really hard to find a tv series that has an encapsulated story per episode. After a day of work i just want to watch a 40 minute episode that has beginning and an end. Think law and order episodes. Now, NOTHING is like that. All are ten hour movie marathons masquerading as "series"
I’m the opposite. The creation of these type of long movies broken down into episodes has made me realize how lazy, formulaic and unentertaining regular tv was. I can’t go back. And I have the same limitation as you where I don’t want to watch too much in a sitting. Tiredness helps me not overdo it lol.
@chadd980 yeah. the thing is I knew they were formulaic and lazy writing but that was sorta my comfort food. I knew what I was getting and didn't care it wasn't that great 🤷 both are needed but in a healthy combination I think
And when you reach the end of the season, it has an inconclusive cliffhanger ending, and then it gets cancelled.
TH-cam is very quickly becoming the place you go for all your content and that's their aim. TH-cam has Music, Podcasts, Games.... Even now there's Primetime Channels which allows you to subscribe to other streaming services through TH-cam.
The aim is to keep you in the app the entire time and it's clearly working.
Netflix wasnt afected by the writer strike not because of a larger catalogue but because they outsource their shows outside of America
I favor YT because I’m drawn to non-fiction/instructional content. I’ll watch hours of contemporary documentaries on business or residential construction practices, but couldn’t care less about rom-coms.
You cannot really compare TH-cam to other streaming services, apart from the fact they both compete for leisure time.
I have both services. Netflix is useful when I watch a movie. TH-cam for tldr and hobby content. Both are exclusive to each other in the content type. TH-cam is also mostly short form content compared to streaming movies and series.
what matters is the amount of "screen time" No working person is on netflix more than 2 hours a day. But youtube is all day every day. scrolling, seeing ads, etc.
I think TH-cam will have more success if they release a cheaper sub tier without Music, just for the regular TH-cam. I am not switching my music streaming services or paying that much to just watch add-free TH-cam, but I'd totally pay a bit for just the latter
I think the problem with that is that you can use YT with a locked screen and even download offline content, so essentially people will be able to get around the no music plan by just downloading YT videos with music or streaming them with a locked screen. I even did that with some small creators who are only on YT
@@georgeoust that is fair point, but it can be resolved by not allowing these two features and restricting it to no additional only benefit. Of course, that will need to be reflected in the pricing.
Do change your music streaming, buddy. Why wouldn’t you?
@@niltonaguilar because I’m perfectly happy with my current one and transferring playlists is a pain done via third party apps
Netflix's main problem right now is that it has too little short-content (15-35 min)that can be watched during a break or in-between-somethings.
Also its overall quality in shows has plummeted.
Initially, a Netflix original meant something high-budget and good quality. Now it usually means the opposite of that.
@@Patrick-y4d1zthey also had everything under one proverbial roof as opposed to now where you need many subscriptions to watch all the things you want.
"Netflix original" is the new "Direct to Video"
I agree. I remember the first 2 seasons of the Crown had a budget of $180 million combined. as the show has gone on even the cinematography has gotten cheap looking and seasons 5 and 6 look like cheap lifetime movies. House of Cards was another amazing looking show with great acting @@Patrick-y4d1z
They do have enough of short form content, they need to make a distinct section out of it
I pay for TH-cam Premium, Disney+, Paramount, Prime and Britbox. I watch 90% TH-cam. I prefer discounted annual subscription to monthly. Commercial free and ample variety.
You could keep one subscription active at a given time. In the meantime the ones you suspended generate new content and you do actually have something to watch 😏
Yt prem
Prime video
Peacock
Disney bundle
Are what I pay for
I also think one of TH-cam's golden chickens laying the gold eggs right now would be the quality free movies TH-cam is pushing now. Especially lots of great movies many of these streaming platforms currently don't have. Now add all the other video content youtube offers like recaps, tutorials, actor biographies and so on. You get really a lot of mediocre video content when you give permission to all users, but you will also get unique dope content when any creator can just upload on TH-cam and not having to get their script/idea rejected by the streaming giants.
YT is my main streaming service since it is the most diverse app. Its Netflix, TikTok, Spotify, etc... Also the creativity is so much better. With so many shows being cancelled, at least my YT is least likely to get cancelled.
I thought that it would be weird to compare TH-cam to sites that streams movies and TV series, then I just realized that even my parents started to watch TH-cam on TV as well, like BestEverFoodReview and other documentary like shows. Some creators do have the quality to rival TV shows nowadays and I find that astonishing
Also don't forget if you have youtube premium there is a library of movies also included.
It's should be noted that TH-cam is very hard to monetize compared to Netflix and other straming services. If people not used to pay for sevice - it's hard to make them do so. Also it is much cheaper for Netflix to store their data compared to TH-cam, for obvious reasons. That's why TH-cam's net worth is 7 times less than Netflix's while having much bigger user base. So calling TH-cam "Streaming service similar to Netflix" is a bald statement.
Also, seems like Netflix has finally surpassed TH-cam's advertising revenue last quarter...
Netflix's $8.54B vs TH-cam's $7.95B.
I've been removing my subscriptions to streaming services far more frequently the last years, but subscribed to youtube premium last year because I just wanted the listening feature for my phone. I'm still on premium. I don't watch shows frequently enough because of the attention investment, but I sure do love background noise while I draw or play games
TH-cam will keep on winning. It's viewers MAKE the content for it and at hardly any expense to Alphabet/TH-cam itself. Yeah it only has 80m premium subscribers now but as other streaming services inevitably die down TH-cam will keep on growing. Young kids don't spend their time watching lots of Netflix but they do adore TH-cam so the future is already pro-TH-cam. Alphabet doesn't need to worry that TH-cam "only" has 80m premium subscribers because that will naturally grow while Netflix and all other streaming services struggle and it's customers aren't just people relaxing at home but basically anyone who needs a video for any topic ever - and no one cares about watching ads before a video when it's at work.
Also TH-cam has a rather symbiotic relationship with its creators so they're already motivated to churn more content, plus ad revenue is huge
Yup, the only streaming service I really pay for is TH-cam because ads are annoying and a lot of the best history content is here. I’ll subscribe to one every once in a while if I want to see a specific show or (more likely) sports, but only in one month blocks.
Their business model is also not that stable as big chunk of creators live from other revenue, while yt role is trashing stuff with adds plus bizarre censorship to please advertisers. Let's say that yt wasn't banning creators for mentioning app showing on which platforms are their favorite creators without a reason...
This is a very under-emphasized point in this discussion I think. People here talk about TH-cam as if it's just another streaming service among the others. But streaming services have to put millions into making or procuring shows and films, TH-cam relies on the creators themselves fighting for viewership, so naturally the content is almost endless and the "best" content (whether quality or viewership) will flow to the top and garner even more views.
I'm shocked it has that many premium users. you really don't get that much more with premium. a subpar music service and no ads which you can get for free with an adblocker anyway. maybe if it added TH-cam movies to the deal it might be worth it
The real reason is TH-cam has much more diverse content, that they spend no money to produce themselves
I play youtube in the background while working either video or youtube music. YT premium is my most used subscription. Also there are channels in asia that stream anime legally so it is worth the subscription.
My partner and I have watched so much content that we actually began turning off the TV and began going outside again.
Between TH-cam and free movie sites, the streaming sites don’t really stand that much of a chance
The fact we live in a time where NBC Universal is being called a smaller competitor is crazy
Please add Y axis to graphs 😢 Maybe you can follow a course on brilliant on how to make good graphs.
Also I wonder what the effect will be of youtube's add blocker-blocker
Squeezing some extra cash in short to medium term, breaking embedded devices and boosting alt-tech.
I definitely watch waaaay more TH-cam than anything else. It’s definitely more versatile in terms of of content and use. You wouldn’t go to any of the streaming services for tutorials for example
Although TH-cam is testing everyone's patience for its ever increasing amount of ads and lengthening ads.
TH-cam is literally just a superpower, they are the only website where you watch anything you want in any style and anyplace
And pays better to its content creators when platforms like tiktok don't (which will hurt tiktok in the long run)
As well alot people just started post most of their content here because it's likely they make money
Uhm... no. Big part of sensitive topics are offlimits here and have to be watched on more pro-free speech platforms. For example YT was proudly banning for lab leak theory before it was grudgingly accepted as plausible within the mainstream.
Not to be mean but youtube isn’t even a job
It became unattractively expensive to have streaming subscription for meaningfully sized library. I would pay 200$/year for streaming service if it will incorporate all movies I want to watch over year, but not 5x 120-150$/year services that in sum don't contain even 50% of them (because well, you have to buy them separately or because someone decided to sell it to different streaming provider due to regional licensing contracts). So, yeah, TH-cam is obviously going to win in battle 0$ vs any amount of dollars.
TH-cam decided to directly compete with Netflix, perhaps Netflix should add some form of user generated content to their platform
Two shades of red in a comparison graph, what a great choice.
I enjoy how on business channels the conversation becomes how can we get more money out of you, the person watching, for no additional effort.
Turns out you dont need subscriptions. My life is perfectly functional without them.
I am a premium user of TH-cam since 2019. It is my main entertainment app. ❤❤❤
TH-cam was just sitting there, while others went side ways themselves.
Buying crates of used DVDs from a charity shop, four disks for one pound, has proven the best bargain. You can't watch them on a phone; but you can watch them forever, without any subscription...
TH-cam premium is “nice”. However I feel like youtube has a conflict of interest. If you use premium and pay fixed monthly fee, they have no incentive to show you relevant recommendations. Every second you watch a video, you cost them money. That’s what I “felt” when I tried youtube premium. With ad-based model, they try harder to keep their “product” (me) engaged.
That's very insightful! Showing videos costs youtube money, so they'd rather take your money and very subtly discourage you from actually watching anything. Exactly the same as with Netflix and any of the minnows. With money from ads, that have to show things you watch so that you watch the ads.
Interesting theory.
wrong theory. TH-cam actually makes more from premium subscribers than just ad based accounts. also the algorithm is all the same. this is coming from a software engineer with a specialization in machine learning.
@@good-tn9srI have used TH-cam premium for years because i hate ads 😂😂. I seen no difference in how it works it suggests the same content I've always watched. My kids all watch TH-cam as well they do not watch Netflix or any other source of entertainment really. Netflix may hold it down for now, but TH-cam will be the future as the younger generations all watch it.
@@good-tn9sr any machine would tell you that you want to keep them on the site as little as possible without pissing them off so they don’t stop paying. The comparison wasn’t about how much it makes from free vs paying audience. The comparison is about different incentives and different outcomes any optimization (from the dumbest model to the deepest neural network) would reach. Again mine is just one person’s observation. I don’t have enough data points to claim that my theory holds water.
Netflix and etc is basically only for US markets all other are treated as second grade. Release dates for series are weeks or months later if they even become available.
We'll how the number changes after they start reflecting the ad block crackdown. Lately I've been finding myself watching less TH-cam and thanks to the annoying amount of streaming platforms, I'm more prone to piracy
I disagree with the comments on TH-cam tv. It's practically an ancillary service. You don't get youtube premium when you buy it. It service a niche in a different market than youtube, it's a direct competitor to cable and other live TV streamers, a better price. Great video
TH-cam suits me more. I ain’t a drama/movie person. I have very little interest in them.
TH-cam has user generated content, entertainment, information, news, sports recaps and more. If you're willing to deal with All the ads, it's free. It's a winning model.
UBlock Origin...it's free too
Shorts gonna kill TH-cam. Shorts (aka tiktok) gonna kill us all.
I wish buddy.... I wish..
I think YT and TikTok serve different purposes, but TikTok will definitely dominate certain genres.
I realized I was watching TH-cam more and more, and Disney and Netflix less and less.
Same with my kids.
Just cancelled Netflix and Disney subscriptions
What also started to anoy me with Netflix and Disney, increasingly difficult to find anything interesting to watch. Too much trash and ineffective searching tools.
Netflix used to have the best recommendation engine I'd ever experienced. Then they ditched it for a useless 👍/👎 system.
YT takes a bit of upfront investment to deliver full value, which is why the ad-free subscription is a great option. It allows you to explore the range of offerings without the ad interruptions. The "secret" to making YT optimal is to identify favorite channels and subscribe to them so you have a continuous feed of your favorite topics and content providers. In addition, the algorithms get better at suggesting content the more you use it. They likewise post SIMILAR content in the side panel which helps ID new possible sources.
I started just with setting up a news feed from sources around the world for constant tracking. Later added some movie channels and other specific interests like History, Music Appreciation, Aerospace (and even some sports events or highlights and concerts) for both timely and in-depth content. I am constantly adding (and sometime subtracting) channel subscriptions to keep it relevant and fresh, and I keep favorite videos in the playlist archives it allows users to custom build for later re-watch.
You literally only have 12 subscriptions? However, I truly dig your playlists. Wish we had some way to easily sync those to external applications. I'd likely use playlists more, for my own enjoyment, if I could more edit them in mass.
Funny that you posted this exact same thing under my seemingly negative comment about the subscription price. Are you a YT employee, or shareholder? Because this truly sounds like you're shilling for the company, and not giving your own user experience.
Shill.
i am not an employee just an enthusiast. I wrote the response and thought it would be helpful to others who are new to YT but may not read your comment and my reply.@@infinitivez
i dont know what you mean by 12 subscriptions...I have something like 300 channels in my subscription list and probably 40 playlists of videos by category in my archive section.
I do not use the YT Music much as I have an extensive collection of music purchased; I will go to YT Music to try something new I may have heard about and wish to sample. The thing is that YT has a TON of music even without the Music service.@@infinitivez
I do wonder how much Netlfix gained from their gamble in getting Japanese studios to put their content on their platform. If you checked the news on whats happening with Crunchyroll and other streaming platform for anime content, it's not really good sign overall in that area. As far as I'm aware, Disney is the only competitor doing the same thing as Netflix. Sure, there are channels on TH-cam that releases entire anime episodes as well but because a few of them tend to be region lock due to licensing agreements and with how few they are, I don't think they are having an effect to the overall subscription in TH-cam.
CR has more subscribers than ever. Around 10 million
@christiancsq Yeah, and they have been bought out again by Sony now. I hear there's a lot of people concerned in the acquisition, but with how CR operates in my country, I barely hear about it.
I thought of YT as another social media base than streaming. But ether way, Its definitely the one i use most out in both categories.
i think its funny that netflix is directly competing with youtube, the largest entertainment platform on the planet that is also FREE
TH-cam Won’t last kid
The benefits for YT is that they dont have to pay for writers, actors, etc. They provide the platform and the ads are the paychecks for content creators. Its a win/win. As long as they dont lose that ad rev.
how long would your graph have to be before NEBULA shows up?
What TH-cam provides an abundant amount of interest specific content even though it might not be the highest quality production, people watch it because it appeals to them and most people who post videos on TH-cam, do it as a hobby so they don’t care as much about making money
This year I doubled down on my TH-cam use, and it’s become by far my primary source of entertainment in regards to what gets played on my TV
What youre missing is that TH-cam is the new network television. Networks were always bigger than HBO by virtue that they were free and appealed to the broadest audience. By having a trillion niches, TH-cam appeals to an even broader audience, it's just each viewer is watching their own personal slate of programming.
Would have been nice to see how piracy in form of torrent eats into the viewership of the services although that data set would be almost impossible to keep track of. One thing is certain though or comes off as that, it doesn't affect youtube at all or at the very least as much as it does other "streaming" service.
It is kind of wild to believe or suggest people are watching TH-cam (TH-cam like videos) cos they can't watch netflix and the likes(actual movies). I would think the first assumption to consider is watching the same movies in another platform then consider watching similar movies in another platform before talking about TH-cam and Netflix in contrast.
Although i personally have probably spent more time on TH-cam this year, heck even added twitch To the mix . I have seen way less movie this year cos this year movie wise has been terrible imo but i am not sure if it has to do with more TH-cam watching or it has resulted to more TH-cam watching.
Really love videos like this though.
TH-cam's biggest advantage is that theoretically it can invest $0 on content and is user driven. If users want to succeed, they have to produce viewer driven content and TH-cam doesn't need to invest anything.
If Netflix adds a user driven section, it can see potential growth especially if it is free to access.
I'm actually more surprised that it's not bigger. I would have assumed you two dwarfed everything. TH-cam has been a constant in my life forever. All the other things are just stuff I turn on when there's a show I want to watch but TH-cam is a constant.
I don't know if I missed something. I was only halfway watching this video but I googled how many monthly users are on TH-cam and it's 2.7 billion. Did I miss something in the numbers? Netflix doesn't come close
I play youtube in the background while working wither video or youtube music. YT premium is my most used subscription. Also there are channels in asia that stream anime legally so it is worth the subscription.
At least TH-cam doesn’t remove shows left and right
Net is probably the second to TH-cam
I rarely watch non-TH-cam streaming services unless I’m watching something with my family. Mostly I watch TH-cam, listen to Spotify (free plan), or watch a dvd. The way I see it, why spend $80+ per year on a single streaming service when I can just buy the movie I want to watch as a used dvd for just $5? As little as I use the streaming services, buying DVDs is actually cheaper, _and_ it has the better result of me actually owning the movie (instead of a license to watch it).
For me, TH-cam is the winner because of its variety. TH-cam supports content on just about any subject where the rest are just TV shows.
I think there is more to it. Netflix invested heavily and early because all the other companies were pulling their content to start their own streaming services. Netflix was left in a bind so they went full throttle on getting as much original content as they could. They were the first ones on the original content train, and thus had the most success with it. They also have had the last laugh on all those other platforms who pulled their content. Just for some context...Netflix used to pay CBS/Viacom billions of dollars to license the CW content after it aired on The CW. By pulling that content and locking it up at a Paramount streaming service, you lose the billions Netflix was paying you, you have to invest billions to get your service off the ground, and the content just sits on a server generating zero revenue...unless it is a huge franchise like Star Trek. The CW content is not going to generate the kind of subscriber base revenue that licensing would. That is the fatal mistake for these second tier streamers. They threw a lot of money out the window for something they didn't understand and now see isn't working out so well.
TH-cam has a way better monitization system. Big problem is that all streaming services now show only their own content or that are widely available. People want diversity not what is available. Better the streaming services should still share their content under a subscription also.
TH-cam should just make whole platform a paid service at nominal rates at around $20 for year. Tell customers they'll be paying money so that creators earn more money. If this happens YT will have more than thrice the amount subscribers Netflix have within one day
Honestly with how things are going, TH-cam is basically the new TV. If they keep growing at this rate, it’ll become the de-facto entertainment industry among the public.
It won’t dude
Even though I have a Netflix subscription, 90% of my streaming is done on TH-cam. YT just has the variety that Netflix and other streaming services lack.
Comparing TH-cam and Netflix is ridiculous, it's not the same market, and It's not the same product.
a restaurant is also an entertainment
I don't even consider TH-cam a streaming service.
Peacock, Paramount+, Showtime and a part of Hulu (the part that's not Disney, the part that's Comcast) in most of Europe (so not all) is all under one service SkyShowtime.
Disney+ outside of the US includes Hulu content (The Disney part so not the Comcast part)
So, isn't this an option to do so in the US as well?
0:03 I think this video is brilliant
Streaming Services need to add content across categories of Televised Videos and also need to have some free options.
I admit, I got youtube premium for one month because I can't stand the damn christmas commercials.
Obviously a pretty biased audience on this platform, but I only pay for TH-cam Premium and Amazon Prime (which I wouldn't pay for JUST for the streaming), so TH-cam is definitely the winner for me. I've formerly had paid subscriptions with Netflix, Disney+, Discovery+ and Mubi but they've all been cancelled.
I've always said this I saw TH-cam winning simply because TH-cam is the ultimate video sharing platform thats enough.
I've been using yt premium/red whatever since it existed, and it has disappointed me the least while doing the most for me, who would always prefer original content with dumb skippable ads to franchise stuff with old ideas with product placement.
Would EVERY creator rather do less work for more money? Maybe. But on yt they haven't had a chance to sell out yet, or no one has offered them the right price. And that's okay.
0:27: 📺 The video discusses the current state of the streaming wars, with a focus on the performance of Netflix and TH-cam.
3:14: 📺 The video discusses the financial challenges faced by smaller streaming services, the exceptional financial position of Apple, and the resilience of Netflix in the streaming industry.
6:32: 📺 TH-cam's increasing viewership poses a challenge for other streaming services, impacting their share of the attention economy and potential subscriber conversions.
Recap by Tammy AI
I think in the next year I’m gonna cut all streaming including Disney+, and peacock and just use TH-cam, and even though I’ve barely used it prime video but for other reasons. I’ll even cut PlayStation online. Subscriptions get ridiculous. Bare essentials are necessary living in the rust belt
I wish YT had cool original series that would keep being produced
I’ve always thought this, seems youtube has only grown as there are more variety and more will to produce daring products compared to services that involve too many studio politics
3:27 What about services like Rooster Teeth, Mini War Gaming Vault which predates them and never were as big but are doing great now dispite nthier being worth 1 billion USD?
TH-cam has 10 seconds to 10 hour of videos.
Sure, TH-cam doesn’t squeeze anything from their users, except the mountains of Ads that they keep putting on. I read that they are now testing 5 ads before videos
I take your point, but the premium service isn't that expensive when you consider how many hours of content most people watch each month. It's basically the cost of a fast food meal.
I’m guessing (before I watch the video) that the answer is TH-cam is free and the other streaming services are 10-15 quid a month. Damn, that was simple.
*I definitely watch most of my content on TH-cam. hours a day. It's not perfect of course and censorship has really taken over which is sad especially the fact that people can't swear in videos anymore and you can't even swear in the comments. I thought YT had a kid's section dedicated to SFW content? I don't think I have watched more than half hour of normal tv in years. I hate TikTok. I don't know how people can't stand watching 15 second videos. my attention span would die. I love a nice long videos*
Uhhh it’s the nfl Sunday ticket thing right?! Or the live tv thing on TH-cam?? Cause it certainly can’t be because of TH-cam premium… cause we pay for that to get rid of ads but now the content providers almost all their own sponsors which are essentially ads they have to read which frankly defeats the purpose of it being ad free… so for me personally despite what the data may say… my winners are pretty much tie for max and paramount+… for me though it’s mainly about getting rid of ads! I fucking loath ads! Wish we didn’t have them….
I wonder if youtube’s growth has been shorts which isn’t that profitable
I think in future Small and loss making streaming services will be bought or merge in with the giant ones and there will only be 2 services. My bet is its going to be apple vs Amazon as they are the companies with deepest pockets, also live sports will also play a huge part in all this
why does Apple need to borrow $14B if they have $160B in the bank account? That seems like a loss to me, even if the interest rate is "as low as it can be"
Increase cashflow, interest is tax deduction. Why use your $14b when you can use the banks, essentially for free.
A lot of that money is overseas, bringing it to the US will come at a heavier tax cost than a loan.
Always play with others people money not yours, how you think the rich continue rich?
@@weird-guy Rob from peter to pay paul 😁.
Right after this narrator spoke about the subscription to TH-cam premium that is supposed to be ad-free he started talking about an ad for brilliant. I paid to have ad-free. And yes I am aware there may be ads from the content. But this sucks, I paid to watch ad-free, not ads within the content I will not be watching this channel again
If what you say is true (i.e. views on YT keep growing and growing), then something is criminally wrong at YT. Due to embarrassment, I have not told my family & friends about my YT Channel. Hence, I cannot have "fake" views from them. Yet, I see views & hrs on my YT videos drop by 40%-50%. How can this be?
What I suspect is YT taught its Algorithm how to lie.
The Algorithm has two goals: (1) Maximize Ad Revenue, (2) Minimize Payments to Creators.
And how can it do this? By,
(1) charging Advertisers for real/actual views, and
(2) cut reported views to Creators,
so that YT can pocket the difference.
I got disney + last year when it was a fairer price, but the fact is its just not a good product for the crazy price hike, I will not renew it
Bro they all had it good everyone had their movies in one place ie Netflix and was sharing a cut in the profit but noo they got greedy and said “ima make our own “. Now it’s and now we went full circle and it’s like cable
and the thing about appletv is almost every single thing they create is so unbelievably good; pachinko is one of the best shows i have ever watched, blackbird, monarch (airing weekly now). when i see a show is apple i get the feelings hbo gave me oh so long ago
TH-cam is the most successful streaming company because it's the only one to realize it's value is not in producing contente but in being the best platform. Video streaming needs royalties deals like musicians have with Spotify and in a way how youtube has with it's content creators, you get paid by how much time people watch your content.
These platforms keep ignoring that in a world with orders of magnitude more content than any one person can consume the most valuable thing they cam provide is convenience. A wide catalogue, good search and good recommendation engine is all there companies should care about providing. The field just keeps getting greener for a pure-play contente delivery service to pop up, like Netflix used to be.
How is Netflix different now? Like what do you mean by a pure-play content service?
I watch Netflix and YT for completely different reasons and experiences. comparing views between them is silly.
can you do a video about if apple bought and merged all the streaming services and cloud gaming services
I am don't pay Netflix anymore cuz they cancelled most shows liked 😢
If you got the rights to One Piece live action, you've already won the streaming wars.
None of Netflix or the Netflix-wannabes have a comment system. Often I learn a lot from reading comments.
crossing my fingers this means glitch techs will return
alright! but enough streaming companies videos now, ok?