Comment by SketchySeaBeast
3 months ago
I think for music that certainly seems likely - 99% of my listening is artists who I will never hear on the radio. Books too, probably. But I don't know how relevant that is for something like movies. Outside of the occasional independent theatres, movies force us into a relatively limited selection. But if anything that media is becoming irrelevant as new media like YouTube and Twitch rises to prominence.
I would argue even with movies it holds true. 30 years ago, it was very difficult and expensive to buy, say, 1950s film noir. Now it takes 5 minutes to torrent.
Perhaps this is what's going on. It's hard for new obscure stuff to make money and so there's less of it, but old obscure stuff (which doesn't need to make money) is more popular than ever.