So it has been almost five years since I did my first YT post, reflecting on what I was watching at the time. Then, in mid-2020, YT as my main form of consumption for entertainment was fairly new. YT itself had been around for about 10 years already, steadily growing all the while. But it was really covid, and those couple of years of a lot of people being at home, that saw this kind of content sky-rocket. Myself, well I don't really feel that I have changed much in that time, apart from perhaps being a bit more retirement-centric, so it will be interesting to see how my YT habits have changed over the last 5 years. Actually, one aspect of YT that has been a significant change is the advent of Shorts - that is 0-2 minute short videos, I guess something akin to TikTok (never seen this app), as an alternative to longer-form content. I certainly consume a lot of these nowadays.
So much so, that when I tried to download my YT consumption to compare to the list I compiled some years ago, it was difficult, as that list was SO much longer now. Not because I spend more time on YT, but because there are so many Shorts that I watch.
So I think it's best to look at the old list, and see who on it is still around, at least in terms of my interest. Here goes:
Wow, that's quite a change. Half of them I never watch anymore, either because my interests have matured somewhat, or because some hobbies (coins and metal detecting) are no longer of much interest to me. Simon Wilson is the only one that I still keenly watch every time he posts. I would watch more Planet Weird, as I like their content and style, but their videos are all well over an hour long, which is just hard for me to commit to these days. This look at my old top list made me wonder just how much my viewing habits have changed. Here are some genre stat's:
Bear in mind this is mostly long-form content. I do still watch movies and TV stuff, but pretty much all in shorts now. No real surprises here, with sport, food and travel dominating. The newby in the list is financial, as I am more and more interested in retirement as time goes on. Let's see what my new Top 10 looks like:
Now Strictly Dumpling is an old-timer, and I'm surprised he wasn't in my original Top10. Like Simon Wilson, he is one of the few I continue to watch from years ago. I love his content, as he eats everything; restaurants, buffets, street food, and convenience store food. I do like the travel crowd, especially those who are in or close to the retirement group, as that really resonates with me. Sport of course, remains a big part of life, especially soccer and cricket, and in the last year I have developed a taste for the scary stuff - not the nonsense ghost hunting crap, but the real clips of people encountering all sorts of things in life, nature, exploration, whatever. It makes for compelling viewing!
Special mention to many others, like Potato McWhiskey, Ghib Ojisan, Hikelopedia, and many more. YT is an entertaining and endlessly fascinating source of information, and has utterly replaced TV for me. Plus a couple of streaming services here and there of course.
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