"Worth noting is, not all of the big players on YouTube are getting traction on Steemit."

This is a great point I've touched on in the past. The demographic on Steemit is pretty specific - crypto, anarchy, anti-tax, anti-vax. Fringe opinions.

YT is mainstream. Totally mainstream.

"This is getting lengthy; but, allow me to say I found Banfield a bit ‘hyper’. "

You are absolutely right in your assessment based on videos. You could call me a "non-practicing psychotherapist" and "manic" is the first word that popped into my head...literally almost 5 seconds into the first video.

I can tell you that I've met Jerry in person now and he's not at all like that. He's very calm and reserved, a very pleasant gentleman. I think he works really hard to "amp up" his energy for his videos not unlike the venerable @stackin (Charles Fuchs).

"GPS gets more negative comments. "

Probably because he uses charts, facts, and reasoned arguments that are too boring for the lowest common denominator (although I haven't watched the relevant videos).

Basically, in the current culture where reality is openly ignored whenever it's inconvenient, even on very basic things like biological sex, nobody has any tolerance for "real talk".

You either spit out a bunch of "The Secret" style crap with "vision boards" that will magically make your lemming-followers rich, or you get down-voted for telling the truth, which is often not pretty.

Thanks for your detailed comment.