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by creer 528 days ago
Same here. I discover and follow youtubers organically mostly - from a search for a specific topic or a "related" offer by YT. If the youtuber is interesting and pleasant and a good videographer and editor (which is quite a bit about MY taste - so, not very predictable by you), THEN I will gladly dig through the rest of their videos and return again and again.

In there, it doesn't matter if you get inspiration from other youtubers. Not my problem. I don't care if it's original - but I care that it's well done. This is one thing you can control: "good videographer and editor", and the good news is that it's a learned skill. Good taste is not a learned skill, harder, but seeking feedback and learning from it, is.

This being said there are clearly many different kinds of YT watchers. The parent and I may or may not matter to any specific youtuber.