"Hey what's up YouTube..."
"How's it going my name is..."
"What going on guys..."
"I'm sorry I haven't posted a video in a while..."
OR
* 1-minute animation intro*

„Hi and welcome back to my channel...“
„Hello %channelName%nions“

Waste of time.

That’s actually an interesting finding..
Checked my favorite channels (which are mostly educational) and non of them starts wich one of those sentences..

Instead they start wich e.g:
„In today’s episode we will..“
„*beep beep...* thats morse code, but how does it work?“
Or similar..

I think you just found the formula to filter trashtainment YouTube..

You forgot the non speaking guy who is painfully bad at touch typing, using notepad to give any of the said intros as well as everything else.

If I get to toture any of you, my choice will be to force you to watch such videos 24/7

@CatMDV what year is it, 2005?

Nah, my favourite channel just starts with
"Hi, I want to make [topic]"
usually (some way more epic intros though).

(Hint: FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER)

I believe YT's algorithm prioritises longer videos (not sure), which is why a lot of YT videos spend time waffling around.

Maybe this is the right time to go off-dev-topic and ask for your favorite channels..?

Mine are:
King of random
Physics girl
Vsauce (first Channel, Not vsauce2 / vsauce3)
PBS space time
...

@just8littleBit ThatPoppy