Since the attention span of people is going down more and more everyday, watching long YouTube videos for comedy and many types of tutorials isn't really a thing anymore. Especially after vine came about (and died out), people are turning to Instagram. The fact that you can upload minute long videos as well as multiple videos and photos on a single post on Instagram has been a huge plus for many vloggers.
Snapchat has figured it out too and there's many insta famous people and even celebrities that showcase their lives on these two platforms.
Just like how Facebook is full of sponsored ads and random articles causing it to be more and more irrelevant, YouTube is slowly becoming less interesting to me. Personally, I don't see much comedy on it anymore. I still go on it to watch tutorials for programming, other school related content, and motivational videos by Ted Talks and such but Instagram has become the new hub for comedians it seems like.
With huge YouTube stars like Logan Paul being blinded by fame and posting disturbing content in the name of money, it's only a matter of time people see that YouTube has become sponsor land and, like you pointed out, cable TV esque.
YT is still full of educational and critical thinking material. Most of it is long in duration.
Yep. Like I said, it's still popular for educational content but comedy on it is falling behind. Educational videos are still relevant on it because most of these require way more than just 1-2 minute worth of material whereas everyday comdey today is seconds long.
I mostly visit youtube for sociopolitical commentaries. Lot of them have high comedy value and not all are short.
What do You mean by "just like how Facebook is full of sponsored ads and random articles causing it to be more and more irrelevant, YouTube is slowly becoming less interesting to me" - too much ads on youtube as well? The videos from creators I like the most often get demonetized - often for unclear reasons.