Is it just me or is this a thing now? Or is it an artefact of them getting bigger, hiring people, and so pumping stuff out faster.
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"Second monitor Youtube" is basically one of the most profitable forms right now. You make a two hour video or "podcast" that can be stuffed with ads and has a low clickthrough rate, and it'll do leagues better than 20 10 minutes videos that used to be the gold standard.
Most don't seem to be dragging it out purely for the sake of more ads (like the 10 minute videos used to be) but because of how well that does, especially in terms of pushing people towards their streams/patreons/etc to give money more directly and getting them higher viewcounts.
The balance of that is how rigid Youtube's flagging system is, and losing a 2 hour video of a 2 second bit is way worse than losing a 10 minute one. So you need a very meticulous editor constantly working.