What if those new famous YouTubers who were previously unknown to the public manipulated their view count by paying large sums of cash for fake views in secret, thereby artificially boosting their popularity in such a short time, to give off a misleading impression that they're way more influential than they actually are? (“Artificial popularity”?) I thought about this since I always wondered “who the fuck enjoys watching MrBeast
unironically (or any other of those hyper-stimulated family-friendly channels with millions of subscribers)?”, I have seen some kids that do watch him regularly but I myself can't stand it, by no means have I ever found that they were entertaining, we've also got MrBeast chocolate bars sold here (I never bought one).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11224302/ (“Fake views removal and popularity on YouTube”)