I've noticed the YouTube algo has been a bit better as of late ( for me at least). I think it's learnt that there is a market for people who are more likely to click the nonYOUTUBER thumbnail.

One example is this public access show that also goes live on YouTube. It's been doing one show a day for years and years, gets a small amount of views. But is exactly the sort of curious channel I would click on.

(I've since tried to convince them on email to join nostr and stream here too lol)