@Louisthomas, I have an idea for you. With your popularity and audience you have an opportunity to run an experiment that others cannot which could help Steemit grow, hear me out.

What if you took future videos like this one, which touch on politics and risk demonetization on Youtube, and you post them both on Youtube and Steemit, and then track demonetization and earnings on those videos for each platform.

This would give you data to run a video series where you delve into your findings. I suspect the process would garner evidence that once packaged in your usual high quality way, would excite a lot of Youtubers who either: 1) have not heard of Steemit, or... 2) have heard of it but haven't tried it.

Certainly monetization is just one facet of Steemit's potential but in terms of incentivizing new comers to join, monetization is certainly an important consideration.

I really think such a series, done by you specifically, would garner a lot of attention from Youtubers not on Steemit, and perhaps growth for the Steemit platform.

I know I owe my involvement on Steemit to you, and I bet many more do, and hopefully many more to come, will as well.