Based on the feed back from many different YouTubers now @TeamYouTube!
YouTube is infact broken. Notifications are not working. And people are getting recommended videos that are two months to two years old.
Youtubers are experiencing a 20% to 30% loss in views.
Spending hours upon hours making YoutTube videos for money is a real job, it's part of something pretty small called the entertainment industry, you probably havent heard of it. There's also other cool things in it like movies and music, you should check those out too!