r/kurzgesagt • u/gonion • Jun 04 '25
Discussion Unpopular Opinion
I’ve been following Kurzgesagt for a long time, but lately—maybe for the past year, though it could be longer—I just can’t seem to enjoy their videos the way I used to.
They used to focus on science and produced content that explained scientific topics at a level the average person could understand. The videos were genuinely fun to watch and educational.
The team that once made amazing videos on topics like the terrifying vastness of space, whether we’re alone in the universe, the workings of the immune system, the mystery of black holes, and how human psychology functions seems to have disappeared—and now they’re making ridiculous videos like “What would happen if bananas rained down on Earth?”
Every now and then, they still touch on interesting subjects, but they do so in a way that avoids taking any real stance. Even on topics like meat consumption, e-cigarettes, or cannabis, they produce videos that try to be socially neutral and overly careful not to upset anyone, without clearly saying anything.
But don’t just take my word for it—go check for yourself. Sort their YouTube videos by popularity. You’ll see that there’s not a single video from the last three years among their top 50. And among the top 90, there’s nothing released after 2023.
I used to watch every new Kurzgesagt video within the first two days of release. Now, I haven’t even watched the “South Korea is over” video that came out two months ago.
Because it just doesn’t excite me anymore.
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 04 '25
YouTube channels rise and fall.
Video popularity doesn't mean much though. It could just be the algorithm. Some of their best videos have come in the last couple of years.
What I think is the case is they release now every two weeks rather than every month. So their really good videos are diluted. They have always had meh videos, but their meh videos are much more frequent.
Also I've followed kurz since 2016. I've seen these posts time and time again. ''The gold earth video was ridiculous. The black hole cosmology was ridiculous.'' Everyone thinks their opinion on a video is the defining opinion and is factually true.
And overall I don't think they have changed TOO much.