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Did AI Slop ruin Next Fest?

This video's already pulling nearly 5x the channel's normal views—people are clearly fired up about the AI slop conversation hitting Next Fest.

Key facts

  • •4.7x Code Monkey's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 1.2K views at the same age.
  • •5.8K views so far, published 14 days ago.
  • •Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: SD
  • •"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.

Updated 2026-07-30 17:20 UTC

Video thumbnail: Did AI Slop ruin Next Fest?
Watch on YouTube ↗ · Code Monkey · 604K subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 169h in — from our own tracking.

0h 7d after publish 7.4K views

Published Jul 30, 2026 · 14 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

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Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: SD

Topics: Action game · Role-playing video game · Video game culture

Tags: code monkey, unity, game dev, game development, steam, success, game dev report, indie, indie game dev, indie game development, game dev steam

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