I weirdly get some videos recommended to my by very small channels (like 30-60 views per video). I asked several people around me but none of them seem to be getting that kind of recommendations.
I kind of like getting those recommendations its usually either a fairly normal person or the most unhinged shit.
A while back YT rejigged it's algorithm to give weight to channels with small subscriber amounts
I get the same for like half a year, recently I get live streams with about 5 viewers recommended.
While I feel like recommendations got a bit better in the last two years they are still nowhere near where they've been 10 years ago.