I understand what your saying but how do a lot of users make money on YouTube? Yes there are the super big youtubers, but there are millions making money. In my opinion the bigger and bigger Steemit gets, the more the search will be used to drill down to what interest you. That's the first place I go on YouTube. I don't go to the trending page or featured page, I go to the search and spend hours searching for what interest me. That to me is the key here.
Steemit will have to delvelope a very robust search area, including different ways to find what users are looking for and how to save their favorite topics. The search will become important to the new Steemit users who will want to be found with what ever interest they will be writing about or making videos for... Anyway, I feel, we can continue to grow and all users can still benefit in the future. --- my two cents. (Literally thats all I can give on a up vote) :)