Allegations of YouTube manipulating viewership numbers have surfaced, focusing on the platform's treatment of popular content creators like Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson. Users highlighted discrepancies in expected versus actual views, noting that Rogan's video only garnered 4.3K views in 12 hours despite his 16.5 million subscribers, and another video reaching 54K views in a day. Additionally, Tucker Carlson's appearance on Rogan's show was suspected of being suppressed, achieving only 3.3 million views, which was deemed low by observers. Concerns were also raised about a video being promoted to less than 600 people within 15 minutes of upload.
wow.... youtube really dont want you to watch this.... only pushed to less than 600 people after 15mins? https://t.co/aF2HWdWAwO https://t.co/8zZxKlfXBJ
It's really hard to believe that YouTube haven't suppressed the @TuckerCarlson appearance on @joerogan. 3.3 million views is a much smaller amount than one would expect. https://t.co/ARi11fEUoW
never seen a @joerogan video get so buried. Youtubes algorithm is crazy. 54k in a day... https://t.co/Sri0cfKxdF
Youtube has to be manipulating these numbers... 4.3K views after 12 hours? No chance. Rogan has 16.5 MILLION subs. https://t.co/FLLtaoNQeh
Youtube has to be manipulating these numbers... 4.3K after 12 hours? No chance. Rogan has 16.5 MILLION subs. https://t.co/FLLtaoNQeh