WILDCAT believes YouTubers are underrated compared with streamers, arguing that livestream personalities receive more visibility because clips from their broadcasts often go viral on platforms such as X and TikTok. He shared the view in an interview with Dexerto.
The Vanoss Gaming crew member said attention tends to focus on streamers across Twitch, Kick and IRL broadcasts, with the biggest YouTubers such as MrBeast standing out as exceptions. In his view, YouTube content is less visible elsewhere because the platform brings together long-form videos, Shorts and livestreams, giving audiences little reason to seek that material outside YouTube.
WILDCAT also pointed to lawn-mowing channels that can attract five million views despite being unfamiliar to many people, as an example of creators drawing large audiences without widespread recognition.
The discussion comes amid broader attention to streaming as a mainstream form of content creation. The original report notes that Disguised Toast has described focusing solely on YouTube as harder than streaming, while IShowSpeed has built a large YouTube audience after streaming on both YouTube and Twitch.
Sources: Dexerto.