I much prefer to read about information than to watch a video or to listen to something (although it can be handy to listen to a podcast while I am doing something physical like working in my garden). It is usually faster to get the key information. It is silent. It is easier to get to the information that I really want and skip what doesn't interest me. I find most video to take forever to get the information. Of course some how-to videos are good.

Storytelling is old and powerful, like you state, for most of human history we have shared knowledge verbally. I still prefer podcast or actually watching people over youtube, but I'm old.