You tube hifi influencers. Love them or hate them?

I ignore most of such. On the other hand, build your own channel and speak whatever you wanna speak about and you'll find followers.

It’s about view counts over honesty now.

Phooey.

the odds of (1) an experienced audiophile (2) with high level gear and (3) music experience also having the (4) motivation, (5) personality and (6) technical knowledge to do YouTube commenting (6) effectively is remote. if they are already in the HiFi business then they have (7) agendas.

YouTube is about ’click-bait’......so they have to be controversial or turn over gear quickly to keep attention from subscribers. both those approaches are not really what most serious audiophiles are interested in. sure; hifi newbies do like to be entertained.......which is the relevant audience for this stuff.

i’d rather look to fellow hobbyists or reviewers i know for feedback, and reserve YouTube for entertainment and real world ’how-to’ info.

I cannot add anything to M. lavigne post...

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But in fact i may say that i listened to some for their human persona more than for my needs in Audio... Anyway i listen music now satisfied with my acoustic experience i dont need anything ... I listen audio youtuber for their human qualities mostly and by curiosity ... I like people...😊

I do not watch You Tube videos of equipment reviews done by an influencer.  I don't trust them, and they always have their own agenda.  Just who are they influencing and why would anyone listen to these people?  They are going for likes & money, nothing more.