If you want to know why Hollywood and Democrats are lobbying so hard and so dishonestly against AI, look no further than the fact that YouTube has completely conquered TV.
\n\nOld people like me think of YouTube as this InterWebDotNet site where you watch classic clips of Johnny Carson or George Carlin on your phone or desktop computer. What we must wrap our minds around is the fact that people are not only watching YouTube on their television sets; YouTube has basically conquered TV.
\n\nCurrently, according to the latest Nielsen study, 15.8 percent of all television viewing was dedicated to YouTube.
\n\nThat might not sound like much, but second-place Netflix accounted for less than half of that with 7.7 percent.
\n\nThe deeper you dig, the more interesting it gets…
\n\nIn August of 2026, cable TV viewing accounted for only 18.9 percent of television time. That is all of cable. That is every channel on cable. Only 18.9 percent, while YouTube alone accounted for nearly as much, at 15.8 percent.
\n\nIn August of 2026, broadcast TV accounted for 17.5 percent of viewing. That’s all of broadcast TV. That’s every network and local broadcast channel. YouTube alone nearly tied that with its…
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