During the fourth quarter of 2021, over 1.26 billion comments on YouTube videos were removed due to violation of the platform's community guidelines. In comparison, in the corresponding quarter of the preceding year around 906 million video comments were removed from Google's video-sharing platform. The majority of removed comments were first detected through automated flagging systems.
Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions)
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Google. (March 29, 2022). Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/
Google. "Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions)." Chart. March 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/
Google. (2022). Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/
Google. "Number of Youtube Video Comments Removed Worldwide from 3rd Quarter 2018 to 4th Quarter 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/
Google, Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132989/number-removed-youtube-video-comments-worldwide/ (last visited July 06, 2022)