During the third quarter of 2023, around 843 million comments on YouTube videos were removed due to violations of the platform's community guidelines. This represents an increase compared to the previous quarter, when the amount of comments removed from the platform were approximately 767 million comments. The majority of removed comments were first detected through automated flagging.
Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2023
(in millions)
The data does not include comments removed when YouTube disables the comment section on a video. It also does not include comments taken down when a video itself is removed (individually or through a channel-level suspension), when a commenter’s account is terminated, or when a user chooses to remove certain comments or hold them for review."
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Google. (December 7, 2023). Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/
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