Course Creator Josh W. Comeau Reveals AI Causes Sales Drop Over 50%

Josh W. Comeau, a renowned front-end course creator, recently shared his view that AI is severely impacting the paid course market. Using his newly launched third course 'Whimsical Animations' as an example, he notes sales are only one-third of previous course launches, while his first two courses also see significant declines compared to last year. He attributes this to a double blow from AI: first, many doubt developer jobs will exist in a few months, so they are reluctant to invest time and money in learning new skills; second, even if they want to learn, LLMs offer personalized guidance, reducing the incentive to buy paid courses. After talking to other course creators, he finds a common trend of over 50% revenue decline, with fewer people engaging with content as users turn to LLMs that 'suck in' their content without consent or compensation and repurpose it.