Share of analysed episodes per month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 4 of 3,515, 6 of 3,382, 1 of 3,624, 0 of 3,900, 0 of 4,019, 0 of 4,487, 0 of 4,163, 2 of 3,983, 2 of 4,048, 0 of 4,252, 0 of 4,175, 0 of 4,345.
Internet creators deliberately utilize controversial tactics and engagement-baiting strategies to maximize visibility and profit.
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Streamers frequently manipulate or bait bans to generate audience interest.
“streamers like baiting the band all the time like oh yeah oh I got banned oh gosh no I'm gonna get banned this is so bad come back bigger than ever”
PewDiePie · Aug 2022 · 3 episodes · 13.1M views on this topicEthan claims that influencers like Asmongold often use controversial tweets as a strategy to farm engagement and trigger people for profit.
“He's extremely successful in terms of YouTube doing something like you say something like that gets millions of views >> and then you could just talk about it on Twitch and then that gets clipped up on YouTube. The amount of farming that comes from just making a tweet here. >> Crazy.”
H3 Podcast · May 2026 · 6 episodes · 4.2M views on this topicContent creators should intentionally deprioritize algorithmic trends to focus on genuine creative expression and personal boundaries.
2 people · 2 episodes
The speaker has decided to stop focusing on YouTube trends or popular content in favor of creating videos that they genuinely enjoy, even if it does not optimize for the algorithm.
“i've been really pushing all the support lately like doing videos that i really about stuff that i really care about like the workout the vr video is so funny i mean ken is always funny doing the wish videos is always funny i don't know this is fun uploading stuff that i enjoy”
PewDiePie · Apr 2022 · 4 episodes · 16.6M views on this topicShowrunners should maintain strict boundaries regarding social media feedback to prevent the algorithm from negatively influencing their creative vision.
“I had a strict no social media policy for the first season and I said I don't care what social media is asking us to do we have to do what we the writers want to do we know these these characters this is our world”
Variety · Jun 2024 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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