A Window into Culture and Politics on YouTube
YouTube is used by 71% of Americans and is a source of news for 26% of US adults. While the impact of YouTube continues to grow, options for understanding the content and ideas being shared on the platform are lacking. That is why we built Transparency.tube. In creating a first-of-its-kind effort to categorize, index, and analyze over 7,300 of the largest English language YouTube channels actively discussing political and cultural issues, we aim to provide the data necessary to better understand this space.
Note - The data for this site is no longer being refreshed as of Nov 2022
MSM37b
Partisan Right14b
Partisan Left13b
Anti-Woke8.1b
Woke5.9b
State Funded3.2b
Late night show2.9b
Religious Con.2.8b
Conspiracy2.1b
Socialist967m
Libertarian962m
Manosphere496m
Anti-theist342m
Politician204m
QAnon123m
White Id.37m
Conspiracy2.1b
Regularly promotes a variety of conspiracy theories or wildly unscientific beliefs (except for religious ones). Relevant only when the conspiracy/belief is connected to morality/politics or consequentially-important outcomes.
Example conspiracies: Moon landings were faked, QAnon & Pizzagate, Epstein was murdered, Trump-russia collusion.
Overlaps with: Partisan Right 35%Religious Con. 21%QAnon 8%