During the third quarter of 2023, YouTube's automated flagging process caused approximately 7.75 million videos to be removed from the video-sharing platform. Automated flagging accounted for the bulk of content removal - user-generated flagging only caused 322 thousand videos to be removed for violating community guidelines during the same quarter.
Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection
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Google. (December 15, 2023). Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/
Google. "Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection." Chart. December 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/
Google. (2023). Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/
Google. "Number of Videos Removed from Youtube Worldwide from 1st Quarter 2019 to 3rd Quarter 2023, by Source of First Detection." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/
Google, Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2023, by source of first detection [Graph], Google, December 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132929/number-removed-youtube-videos-worldwide-first-detection-source/