Hahah, I hear that. I did 15 years of videos, and the biggest has always been from my first year, a video about cleaning silver jewelry and bullion. Over half a million views, most of them in the first 3 years. My entire channel was strangled the more truth I spoke over the years. The more times I was right (like about Bitcoin in 2013, fake cannabis legalization in 2014-2019, etc) the more they throttled my views, deleted my best videos, found ways to make copyright claims due to background music, and basically did everything but ban me. I have my own personal handler (probably CSIS and/or FBI) who accepts or declines every comment I make. My downvotes stopped counting in 2014 or so, my upvotes in about 2016. When I had no subscribers, I could do videos about whatever, and get 2500+ views. Now I can do a fully produced video on a popular topic, and it will get 200 views. Only a handful of chosen alternative media channels are allowed to be seen, and mine isn't one of them! It's hard to put in the effort anymore, knowing it isn't being seen.
!LUV