I don't think I ever look at my feed on Youtube and I'm honestly not even sure why. This might just be a byproduct of when I started using it. I don't think I even logged in for the longest time. Even today, I don't subscribe much or even like videos.

My usage of Youtube seems to be near 100% intentional, meaning I'm looking for something in particular. I just don't really use Youtube for discovery. I'm sure other people differ. But I really wonder how much of this comes down to the UI and/or algorithm just not being that good.

the closest I get really is looking at my home page sometimes and seeing what channels I've previously watched have new videos, basically.

Now compare this to Tiktok. My usage of Tiktok is 99% on my fyp. There's a follwoing tab but I basically never use it. Almost everyone I follow I've found on my fyp. It's so good too. A big part is how quickly it learns. Watch one video on a topoic and you'll quickly be prompted with others in that category.

But how much of this is just the usage patterns I have chosen with Tiktok that I didn't for Youtube for largely historical reasons? I honestly don't know.