Top countries requesting YouTube content removal 2020- H1 2024

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Ani Petrosyan,
Apr 7, 2025

Between 2020 and the first half of 2024, Russia recorded by far the highest number of requests for YouTube content removal sent to Google, with 132 thousand requests. India followed with approximately eight thousand requests, while Turkey recorded almost six thousand requests.

Countries with the most requests for content removal from YouTube from 2020 to the 1st half of 2024

CharacteristicNumber of requests
Russia 132,944
India 8,044
Türkiye 5,876
South Korea 4,713
Bangladesh 3,985
Brazil 3,444
Taiwan 3,349
Pakistan 2,830
Vietnam 2,387
Indonesia 1,527
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