>>15858031Compared to Twitch's numbers. Note the steep 30% drop after the culling in December 2020. Twitch didn't see a similar crash so it wasn't a downturn in the streaming market, it was some YouTube-specific issue.
>>15858136This is hours watched which is hours streamed * average CCV
Multiple other sources tabulating this thing are also reporting YouTube's decline in streaming.
https://blog.streamlabs.com/streamlabs-and-stream-hatchet-q3-2021-live-streaming-industry-report-8b6ceb6a9c32Every source reports a gigantic drop after Q4 2020 in YouTube stream watch hours due to the cull.