I down a YouTube channel rabbit hole and amazed by the talent of YTers like Zach King, Dude Perfect, The slo mo guys and it occurred to me incredibly creative and intelligent creators are mostly men. YT is democratic, with no systemic advantages for women so why are popular YTers mostly male?

novadesi · 2022-06-20T15:25:21+00:00

Because a man needs to prove that he can provide better than other men, so there's a drive to do something extraordinary.

Parzival_007 · 2022-06-20T17:19:03+00:00

I mean more women are getting into the Yt scene. If you look into tutorial/ influential side of Yt, there are also many women. Ig each to his/her own right ? Men are more adventurous (ofc, with exceptions) hence, more actionable videos are men. Women tend to go after fashion/ teaching / cooking etc. ( by no way am I suggesting men can't do these, or women are supposed to be doing these stuff ). Actionable videos are thrilling, and more the people wish they could be doing those things, but tutorial vids are mostly for learning, in a platform made for entertainment. Women who are into entertainment side do almost as well as men Ig.

novadesi · 2022-06-20T16:06:01+00:00

Your two statements are: 1. Most intelligent and creative YouTubers are men 2. Most popular YouTubers are men

Neither of these are facts. Your first statement is rooted in your own subjective determination if whether someone is intelligent or creative. There are many female content creators who are successful. You are the one who's decided which content creators you think are intelligent and creative. It's not an objective fact.

Since you're basing this on anecdotal evidence at best, there are multiple issues. One, you're on YouTube so you are going to get content specifically catered to your interests. Which will naturally lead you to having a skewd perspective on what is popular/successful on YouTube. Two, generally the popular female channels are either makeup tutorial stuff, lifestyle and fashion content, those vlog style videos, or "woman in discipline/community that's primarily male". For them to be successful there has to be a market for the content they are making. There are plenty of successful female YouTubers it's just that you don't consider them intelligent or creative. That doesn't mean they aren't. There are plenty of creative and intelligent creators out there both men and women. And most popular YouTubers are not men. What may be true is that most of the popular YouTubers that YouTube shows you specifically are men.

SDHammer405 · 2022-06-21T02:04:55+00:00

Maybe because YT lends itself to that type of content better than women showing off their goodies, like Instagram or OF?

SecondEldenLord · 2022-06-20T19:17:55+00:00

It depends really on the individuals. How about let us stop creating this "men are better than women" war and just say that we are all individuals and we all should be equal in society. We men are better in some things, women are better in others. This is not a "I am better than you" contest, who gives a shit who is better? We all should fight for equality, not superiority.

MrStone1 · 2022-06-20T21:05:44+00:00

Men are more interesting

Glass-Dimension-8827 · 2022-06-20T15:37:38+00:00

Believe it or not, there are some advantages of being a man. Might not seem like it, but when you guys are doing well society sees you as more competent and rational than even a woman in your same position. Plus, men look up to and emulate smart, successful men and women want them romantically/sexually, so it drives the viewer base up. While it seems smart woman, who are also creative don’t get the same attention from the male demographic. Men are more likely to follow sexy Instagram models, and get their creative/intelligence fix from other men.

Just a guess based off what I’ve seen

Direct_Geologist_536 · 2022-06-20T20:32:10+00:00

It sound like the question could be generalized as : Why is there male dominated area ? Even in structurally fair environment

lumpynose · 2022-06-21T00:40:49+00:00

There's a similar thing with software development. All of the stuff you need is free; Linux, Java, C compiler, Python, database servers, web servers, etc. But when you go to the places where you can freely store or download free software, for example github, sourceforge, etc. it's well over 90% male, probably over 99% male. Likewise with blogs where people explain and try to provide helpful information about software development, system administration, etc. Finding women doing this is about as likely as finding tits on a duck. Similarly with the 3d software Blender; extremely rare to find any videos or helpful blogs done by women.

In both cases there's no peer pressure like they claim there is working for a company in a STEM job. A woman could even use a man's name or some genderless nickname for github or tutorial videos.

TitanicPat · 2022-06-21T09:24:32+00:00

All hail Friday Night Tights!

crunchieenjoyer · 2022-06-24T02:42:45+00:00

My thought is that maybe most male YouTubers actually put in more time making content. There are probably some good female YouTubers, however male YouTubers make more interesting content. I've seen most female YouTubers do beauty videos or stream video games on Twitch, while male YouTubers do a lot more.

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