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The Rise of New Social Media Accounts: A Scorecard on Viewership Dynamics
Unresolved forecast: New social media accounts with zero followers will achieve greater initial viewership than established accounts with thousands of followers, due to the shift towards merit-based algorithms.
The Claim
“And the first video they make on there with no followers is going to get more views than the account they have with 5,000 followers.”
Unresolved forecast: New social media accounts with zero followers will achieve greater initial viewership than established accounts with thousands of followers, due to the shift towards merit-based algorithms.
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