[encom]

Okay, so AV1 has lower bitrate. I can encode any video format at arbitrary bitrates, but that metric is not useful on its own. An article about how AV1 requires less bits for the same or improved perceptual quality would have been far more interesting.

[mijkal]

This article is a good primer on how AV1 works (and compares with VP8 and VP9): https://www.red5.net/blog/av1-vs-vp9-vs-vp8-comparison-for-l...