At least as of a couple of years ago, HDR support on YouTube has been pretty bad[1]. I know they've been working to improve things since, but I kind of don't blame people for walking away from that mess.
https://www.youtube.com/@SeoulWalker https://www.youtube.com/@Rambalac https://www.youtube.com/@Relaxing.Scenes.Driving
[1] https://youtu.be/0S8hw8Lrvlk [2] https://www.wesleyknapp.com/blog/hdr [3] https://youtu.be/4izJfgRtkZE
Also some of the walks are really interesting & really gives you the context of various places in Japan. :)
HDR processing takes months!
The SDR down conversion is “potato quality” even to my non-expert eyes, let alone a Hollywood colourist.
Etc…
- Workflow and a valuable LUT: https://www.wesleyknapp.com/blog/hdr
- Some DaVinci Resolve Settings to use on SDR monitors: https://youtu.be/4izJfgRtkZE (though I upload 4K60 HDR at 37.5Mbit) which is enough for me slow content.