Thursday, May 24, 2018

Crack watchers

I subscribe to a few chiropractic channels on YouTube.  They're relaxing to watch, and I wouldn't be surprised if YouTube's algorithm starts to favor these channels more and more over the coming months.  (It's hard to think of a less-controversial subject than chiropractic adjustments).

There's that Dr. Gregory Johnson guy in Houston.  His videos typically get between 5,000 and 20,000 views each, and his most popular video (from two months ago) got over 2,000,000 views.  There's also Dr. Ace Thayer in Southern California; his videos typically get between 10,000 and 30,000 views, and his most popular video (from three months ago) got over 3,700,000 views.  Apparently I'm not the only one who watches these.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting observation on chiropractic YouTube channels! The ASMR aspect is definitely appealing, and the algorithm's logic makes sense. I've noticed similar trends. Maybe we should all be playing Retro bowl while watching these? It's equally satisfying!

Brande said...

Okay, okay, I see what you mean about the algorithm thing... it's like, once you watch ONE of those satisfying "oddly" videos, BAM, your whole feed is cleaning videos and pimple popping and... chiropractor cracks. I get it! It's a weird rabbit hole. Makes me wonder if back adjustments will be the next flappy bird - a random thing that suddenly everyone is obsessed with. (Though hopefully less rage-inducing, haha). Seriously, I'm gonna start paying attention to what YouTube pushes on me now... you've got me thinking!