{"id":62207,"date":"2025-12-03T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62207"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:17:43","slug":"academia-play-asks-for-help-at-a-critical-time-for-educational-channels-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/03\/academia-play-asks-for-help-at-a-critical-time-for-educational-channels-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Academia Play asks for help at a critical time for educational channels on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, one of the main focuses of Counting Stars is history. More than 600 articles attest to this interest.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/21\/debunking-falsehoods-and-myths-about-the-destruction-of-the-library-of-alexandria\/\">Debunking falsehoods and myths about the destruction of the Library of Alexandria<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/06\/07\/a-fabulous-3d-recreation-of-the-parthenon-in-athens-made-by-a-spanish-archaeologist\/\">A fabulous 3D recreation of the Parthenon in Athens made by a Spanish archaeologist<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many of my articles are based on interesting videos I find on YouTube<\/strong>, a multimedia platform I've followed for many years. Some of the videos I share here have already received many views, while others have very few and are waiting for someone to promote them. In any case, <strong>I always try to find quality videos, and among those videos have often been those from the channel<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@academiaplay\/featured\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Academia Play<\/a>, which is based in Spain and celebrates its tenth anniversary this December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday, Javier Rubio Donz\u00e9, director of Academia Play, published a video asking for help<\/strong> due to the crisis caused since last year by <strong>a YouTube algorithm that now prioritizes \"Shorts\" on the platform<\/strong> \u2014short videos specifically designed for mobile viewing. <strong>You can watch the video here<\/strong> (the video is in Spanish; you can activate automatic English subtitles in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 TENEMOS UN MENSAJE MUY IMPORTANTE\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J1R1GH7Pbyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>I recommend watching this video to the end, commenting on it on YouTube, and clicking the \"like\" button<\/strong> if you identify with the work Academia Play has been doing for the past decade. We're no longer talking about getting exposure for a good video: <strong>we're talking about the survival of quality content on the most important multimedia platform<\/strong>. I'm not exaggerating, and to understand this, you need to understand how YouTube works.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This new YouTube policy is creating a critical moment for its educational channels<\/strong>, compounded by the massive influx of AI-generated content. <strong>The result: a lot of short, low-quality content<\/strong> and a drop in viewership and revenue for channels that have been doing excellent educational work for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of course, we users have ways to change this.<\/strong> To do so, we must adopt certain healthy habits, starting with being selective about what we watch on YouTube. I made it a point a while ago to <strong>never watch another video from any channel that publishes low-quality content automatically generated by artificial intelligence<\/strong> (it's not hard to identify them; Javier Rubio explains what they look like in his video). <strong>And above all, reward those who publish good content<\/strong> by commenting on their videos, clicking the \"like\" button, sharing them, subscribing to their channels, and even becoming a patron. These habits can make all the difference and <strong>prevent good educational channels from succumbing to a lamentable algorithm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Image: Academia Play.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, one of the main focuses of Counting Stars is history. 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