So the working theory is that because @TeamYouTube shut down @GooglePlus its broken YouTube!
Since then views have been down 40%!
Sub growth has been down!
In 2014 @Google thought it was a great idea to FORCE all YouTube accounts to have a Google+ & integrate the two.
Used to have a channel with only 1000 subs but could get decent views on my vids, after sub page change lost 60% of my views. Miss old tube