2mo ago

YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing

www.nielsen.com

YouTube Maintains Largest Share of TV Viewing Among Media Companies For Third Consecutive Month | Nielsen

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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.
- 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
  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.
  
  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.
- 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.
I'm just gonna not pay for anything, pirate everything and use an ablocker and clients to get Youtube for free.
I don't really care about being morally right. I'm just going to steal as much content as possible without giving any kind of a shit forever, unironically.
I prefer Dropout
- It’s such a game changer!
What are people even watching on Disney all day? I assume it’s just a constant stream of cartoons for toddlers?
- 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 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.
youtubes also a place for people to binge on right wing content, that youtube love to push, when your not logging in, it can get people hooked easily.
- I have never understood people who just watch whatever is served up to them. It's like they go out of their way not to have a preference.
  If you actually curate your content it's actually a pretty nice experience and it's been consistently a nice experience for well over a decade. All the crap YouTube pull mostly affects people who use it not logged in. Also install sponsor blocker.
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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