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What 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending Tab

Coffee Break · commentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Coffee Break analyzes about 40,000 videos from seven months of YouTube's trending tab. It examines whether trending is biased toward mainstream media and late-night shows.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on YouTube algorithms and creator complaints as a data-driven look at the trending tab.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's an excellent video breaking down with extremely compelling data how the "trending" tab is very heavily manipulated”

    Compelling data showing trending tab favors mainstream media.

    khawkins, 2019-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Watch Out Google, YouTubers Are Unionizing”

  2. “they are pretty alarming no matter what side of isle you sit”

    Data-driven look at trending tab bias; alarming findings.

    aphextim, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “YouTube faces creator backlash”

  3. “Another excellent analysis of what Trends on YouTube”

    First data-driven look at the YouTube trending tab.

    symplee, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Analysis of all YouTube trending videos in US for 2019”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: youtube, trending tab, data analysis, creators, media bias

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