In the fourth quarter of 2021, approximately 32 percent of videos removed from YouTube had zero views and a further 38 percent only had one to ten views before being removed. This is largely due to wide-spread automated content flagging.
Distribution of videos removed from YouTube worldwide from 1st quarter 2020 to 4th quarter of 2021, by number of views
"YouTube strives to prevent content that breaks our rules from being widely viewed—or viewed at all—before it's removed. Automated flagging enables us to act more quickly and accurately to enforce our policies."
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