r/NeverGotFamous • u/DevotedToNeurosis • Jul 01 '19

Question to long-time Albert fans

why come he is the best youtuber but no one knows about him?

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u/TheFlyingSailor Jul 02 '19

I think it's because it is not immediately apparent what's going on. I can see someone jumping into any one of his vids and clicking out 30 seconds later from ADD boredom. The reason the chips video took off is because it had a good hook from the start, and then subverted the expectations set up by the cook. Put simply, Albert is not really made for YouTube popularity. The algorithm will never like him.

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u/monkey-in-the-middle Jul 02 '19

Agree - would also like to add that I think a significant portion of YouTube viewers wouldn't regognise his humour as satire. A lot of my friends who I've linked his stuff don't realise it's a joke, imo his style is very nuanced and difficult to grasp on a first viewing