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I wouldn't think google search is a significant source of views anyway. Last I saw, the top platform for youtube usage is TVs.

In August, Youtube received about 6 billion clicks from organic search. That is 20% of Youtube's total website traffic. I think that is significant.

Source: Similarweb, world-wide

Did they drop support for the YouTube app on very old TVs or ban a bunch of those cheap Android TV boxes with a lot of spyware on them by any chance?