TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK
Yea, the Youtube algorithm is the &quot;pick me girl&quot; of algorithms.<p>I watched one video by a creator I already follow about their  solar panel installation and water-catcher garden irrigation.<p>What do I get in my recommendations? Dozens and dozens of videos from completely random channels about solar panel installation and gardening.<p>I very rarely find new creators on YouTube, who produce consistent high quality content. I follow a handful of channels and even from them I lookat 20-40% of their videos.<p>TikTok on the other hand I swore I&#x27;d never use. Then came Covid19 and lockdowns. I reached the end of HN, Reddit and Youtube, so I installed it.<p>The Algorthm is fucking amazing. Dunno how they do it, but 80-90% of stuff it shows me I end up watching (it is 10secs to 3 mins so the investment isn&#x27;t that huge =) ).<p>I&#x27;ve ended up following, among others, an opthalmologist who does sketches about hospital stuff, to mechanics who show the most f&#x27;d up cars they get to service, to farrier and sheep shearing videos to a guy who does comedy about weird animal facts.<p>I&#x27;d never actually go search anything like that on purpose, but I actually kinda found out I enjoy looking at. It&#x27;s a good way to space out for 30 minutes and relax. Most TikTok videos get to the point before a stereotypical YouTuber has gone through their intro and sponsor segments :)