I’ve received another end-of-year recap – this time from YouTube.
What does YouTube think I’ve watched this year?
The scrolling list of topics is a little hard to capture – they don’t make it easy to see a full list.
There are a couple things in the list that surprised me a little – learning about different vehicles? I’ve probably watched many old Top Gear videos, but that’s more for the hijinks than because I’m interested in cars.
The top five look about right though.
We use BBC iPlayer, itvx, Channel 4, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video a lot, and we occasionally sign up to Disney Plus and Paramount Plus when there are things we want to catch up on. YouTube is the niche place where I go to watch stuff that isn’t covered there – it makes sense that my YouTube usage is mostly geeky stuff about gaming, tech, and coffee.
Similar to topics, YouTube doesn’t make it easy to see the channels I’ve watched this year – I assume these icons are the most watched though.
My guess is that Outside Xtra and outsidexbox make it to the top because I’ve watched some long gameplay videos – I’ve seen all of the Hitman videos which are hugely entertaining. I feel like I know Hitman well thanks to outsidexbox, despite the fact that I’ve hardly played Hitman myself.
Interesting to see some different things coming out of the time-based summaries. I’m not surprised to see Randy Feltface show up – I’ve watched a lot of his stuff recently.
I don’t listen to a lot of music on YouTube, but when I do, it’s mostly stuff that isn’t available on Spotify.
As a summary, video games, gadgets, and coffee is a fair description of my interests!
These year-in-review reports are often not available for long beyond Christmas, so I thought I’d make a copy somewhere safe. Here seemed like as good a place as any! I’m tagging them with 2025-year-in-review as I get them.
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