The first session of the Sejm of the 10th term on November 13 this year. watched as many as 903,000 on YouTube. people. And this despite the fact that the broadcast of the proceedings lasted as long as eight hours, and we are only talking about viewers watching the meeting on the official channel of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. Many media in Poland also rebroadcast the event.
The Sejm YouTube channel is breaking popularity records. Tuesday’s meeting number 1
The next two days of the Sejm session recorded only slightly worse results. The November 14 broadcast was viewed by a total of 664,000 people. people, and the third day of the meeting on November 21 – 661 thousand. viewers.
The last of the materials is currently number 1 on YouTube in Poland. This is unusual, because this list usually opens with entertainment videos from popular YouTubers.
The proceedings of the Sejm are breaking popularity records… on YouTube. Tuesday’s broadcast is a real hit photo: screenshot from YouTube
Currently, the recording by Sławomir Mentzen (“MENTZEN GRILLUJE #1: First time in the Sejm” – 856 thousand), the broadcast from Tuesday’s sessions on the Onet News channel (117 thousand) and the film of Szymon Hołownia’s channel ( “Today in this room, the standards of democratic debate were exceeded” – 358,000).
The inaugural speech of the Speaker of the Sejm (November 16 – 174,000 views) and the inaugural press conference of the Speaker of the Sejm (November 13 – 104,000) are also quite popular. The official channel of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland is gaining thousands of new subscribers (already 99,000).
Young voters heated up the parliamentary YouTube channel. “Sometimes better than patostreams”
As he notes, Tuesday’s proceedings were watched live by over 65,000 people at one point. people. And this despite the fact that nothing special was happening in the plenary hall and the broadcast took place in the middle of the day. He adds that such high results are achieved despite the fact that the proceedings are broadcast simultaneously on television by all news stations in our country.
As media expert Adam Szynol from the University of Wrocław explains in an interview with Wirtualnemedia.pl, this is primarily due to the young electorate, who showed up at the polls in large numbers in the last elections and now shows increased interest in the activities of the new majority.
This is the result of the transfer of interest in the elections themselves to YouTube and the rejuvenation of the electoral electorate. In previous elections, turnout was much lower, mainly among this younger group. Now young people have gone to vote in droves and it can be seen on YouTube. This is not a platform for elderly audiences, but rather for middle-aged and younger ones
– writes Szynol in a comment for the Wirtualnemedia.pl portal “This younger electorate naturally wants to check whether their vote was wasted” – he adds.
People also noticed that they can watch the Sejm for free and it is sometimes better than patostreams.
– adds Marcin Makowski, journalist of the weekly “Wprost”, quoted by Wirtualnemedia.pl.
Adam Szynol also points out that the Sejm’s popularity on YouTube will not last forever, but it will remain at a high level for some time, because young voters will check whether politicians intend to fulfill their promises. that television broadcasts from the plenary hall are also very popular. For example, the proceedings on November 13 were watched by an average of 2.74 million viewers on the largest television stations.
Source: Gazeta
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