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

Political YouTube channelViews2022byTagand colored byLeft/Right

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