Quote Originally Posted by Ace Ventura View Post
Saw a game theory about how he moved a lot, and they showed his videos in those certain areas. Iirc.
He also cranked out a ton of videos in short order.

The old yt algorithms would recommend things based on total views by video and channel. So if you watched just a minute of one of his dozens of videos he was tossing up you moved him up the ranks. Which meant more curious clicks. And so on and so on.

The new system goes by a combination of watch time and subscriptions iirc. It's much harder to game.