“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
disagrees
the data runs the other way here
Held 16 days · Last changed Aug 30, 2026 · 1 changeagrees on 1 of 4 pooled public channels · disagrees on 1 · inconclusive on 1
What the check does
When video N publishes, change in non-N videos' impression share over the next 3 days. Agrees if median impression-share-of-others drops ≥15% in the post-publish window.
The reading
1.61
Checked on 17 videos ·
How the verdict has moved
- Aug 30, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026disagrees
- Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 29, 2026inconclusive
Where the belief comes from
Catalog-cannibalization folklore.
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The rest of the record
This belief sits in a ledger of fifty, each one re-checked every day. These surfaces carry the rest of it.