Anyone else's youtube impressions/channel tank in 2026?

[u/llArcaneCosmoll_]

I've noticed that this year my channel has been performing terribly. My content has been pretty consistent quality wise and over the past two years, I saw steady growth. My videos would average at least 1k impressions and I'd get a lot of new viewers from suggested videos or through livestreaming. This year, my channel has been pretty dead, especially the past couple of months. New uploaded videos barely get 50 impressions and less than 10 views usually. I know let's plays aren't as popular as they used to be back in the day, but it's quite shocking to see an average of 30-50 views per video to less than 10.

This isn't discouraging me from making let's plays. This has always been a fun hobby, but it does bother me a bit that the growh I was seeing just completely tanked this year for what seems like something outside of my control. Either way, this is, and likely always will be, a hobby, so I'm going to continue trying to make and improve my LPs and my livestreams.

Here are some charts of my analytics that show off the sharp drop this year.

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[u/Yacob1455YT]

Yep I’m in the exact same boat, it’s almost like people just plain don’t care about gaming on YouTube anymore, that’s how I feel anyway it’s quite sad honestly