YouTube users had viewed at least one video from an extremist YouTube channel. Additionally, over one in five YouTube users had viewed at least one video from an alternative channel.
According to a report conducted in the United States in 2020, 9.2 percent of Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020
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Statistics on Online extremism
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Worldwide digital population 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of global social network users 2017-2027
- Premium Statistic Global social network penetration 2018-2027
- Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2022, by political position
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults on online harassment and severe harassment 2022, by identity group
Mainstream social media platforms
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- Basic Statistic Facebook: searches for listed hate groups that redirect to anti-hate resources 2022
- Basic Statistic Facebook: presence of listed hate groups on the platform 2022
- Basic Statistic Far-right Facebook page followers per 100,000 users in selected countries 2020
- Basic Statistic Global QAnon posts across social networks 2017-2020
- Basic Statistic Countries producing the most QAnon tweets 2017-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. YouTube users viewing extremist or alternative channels 2020
- Basic Statistic Telegram messenger global MAU 2014-2022
Alt-tech platforms
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- Premium Statistic U.S. registered Gab user reach 2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic U.S. registered Gab user reach 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. registered Gab user reach 2022, by party ID
- Premium Statistic U.S. registered Truth Social user reach 2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic U.S. registered Truth Social user reach 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. registered Truth Social user reach 2022, by party ID
- Basic Statistic 4chan posts per 100,000 internet users in selected countries 2020
- Basic Statistic Parler unique monthly visitors in the U.S. 2021-2022
Content removal
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- Basic Statistic Facebook: terrorism content removal as of Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Facebook: hate speech content removal as of Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Facebook: spam content removal as of Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Discord: deleted servers Q3 2022, by violation
- Basic Statistic Discord: banned accounts Q3 2022, by violation
- Basic Statistic Discord: share of reported content actioned Q3 2022, by category
- Basic Statistic Discord: reported actioned content Q3 2022, by category
- Basic Statistic Instagram: hate speech-containing content removal as of Q4 2022
Incels
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- Premium Statistic Monthly visits to forums related to biggest global incel forum 2022
- Premium Statistic Global share of traffic to the biggest dedicated incel forum 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Links to websites from the biggest incel forum 2021-2022, by platform
- Premium Statistic Share of posts on the biggest global incel forum including offensive slurs 2021-2022
- Basic Statistic Users of the biggest global incel forum stance on rape 2022
- Basic Statistic Monthly posts including violent terms on the biggest incel forum 2021-2022, by word
Sexism
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- Basic Statistic Opinions on online abuse directed at women worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Effects of harmful online contact worldwide 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic UEFA Women's Euro: types of online harassment during the group phase 2022
- Basic Statistic UK women receiving social media harassment during COVID-19 2020, by platform
- Basic Statistic UK: women and online harassment during COVID-19 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic England Women's football team: online hate posts 2022, by platform
- Basic Statistic England Women's football team: Twitter hate accounts owners 2022, by gender
Anti-vaccination
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- Basic Statistic Global social media platforms growth of anti-vaxx followers 2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant adults social media and news consumption 2021
- Basic Statistic Global social media platforms removal of anti-vaxx misinformation 2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who use social media for COVID-19 vaccines news 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults on the importance of social media for COVID-19 vaccine news 2021
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- Leading YouTube channels in Norway 2023, by number of subscribers
- Leading YouTube channels in Denmark 2023, by number of subscribers
- Leading YouTube channels in Sweden 2023, by number of subscribers
- Leading YouTube channels Indonesia 2023, by number of subscribers
- YouTube: most subscribed channels 2023
- Most searched terms on YouTube in Hong Kong 2022
- YouTube: most subscribed beauty content creators 2023
- Most-subscribed YouTube channels Asia 2023
- YouTube penetration in selected countries and territories 2023
- Leading 10 YouTube channels Germany 2023, by number of subscribers
- Leading YouTube bloggers in Russia 2022, by interactions
- Most popular YouTube gaming streamers in Russia 2023, by subscribers
- Share of YouTube users in Finland 2022, by usage frequency
- Most followed Hungarian gaming channels on YouTube 2023
- Top YouTube search queries in Hungary 2022, by index
- Market share of YouTube in Hong Kong 2011-2022
- YouTube usage penetration in Russia 2022
- Countries with the highest monthly traffic volume to YouTube.com 2022
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ADL. (March 5, 2022). Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/
ADL. "Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020." Chart. March 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/
ADL. (2022). Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/
ADL. "Share of Youtube Users in The United States Who Have Viewed at Least One Video from Extremist or Alternative Youtube Channels between July and October 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/
ADL, Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Share of YouTube users in the United States who have viewed at least one video from extremist or alternative YouTube channels between July and October 2020 [Graph], ADL, March 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346693/us-youtube-users-viewing-extremist-or-alternative-channels/