Around one-third of parents of young children regularly let their child watch videos on YouTube

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December 3, 2019

10 facts about Americans and YouTube

Around one-third of parents of young children regularly let their child watch videos on YouTube

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Around one-third of parents of young children regularly let their child watch videos on YouTube

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10 facts about Americans and YouTube
Large majority of videos from popular YouTube channels came from a small share of producers
Videos featuring children under the age of 13 were associated with more views and more channel subscribers, regardless of target audience
Majority of YouTube users encounter videos that seem false/untrue, or show people doing dangerous things
YouTube recommendations point users to progressively longer content
Videos about video games were longer, received substantial number of views relative to other types of content
More than half of popular YouTube channels posted a video in first week of 2019, but majority produced content in languages other than English
A week in the life of popular YouTube channels

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