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Table 7 Analysis of views, likes, and dislikes by the video source

From: YouTube as a source of information during the Covid-19 pandemic: a content analysis of YouTube videos published during January to March 2020

Parameter

Government (range)

Average

Health (range)

Average

News channel (range)

Average

Individual (range)

Average

Non-profit organization (range)

Average

View Count

34,439,109 (47,129– 10,701,477)

2,025,829

77,914,195 (125,945–21,328,944)

3,116,567

406,668,523 (11,437–21,469,394)

1,626,674

343,231,826 (11,180–222,878,191)

8,971,216

4,177,075 (685,652–3,491,423)

2,088,537

Like

354,482 (722–98,110)

20,815

1,757,438 (1,268–824,384)

73,226

4,653,425 (84–386,767)

18,613

4,101,086 (133–732,326)

87,152

104,454 (14,401–90,053)

52,227

Dislike

26,505 (19–10,130)

1559

59,412 (128–20,991)

2475

394,296 (3–21,475)

1577

200,453 (10–42,875)

3943

1301 (304–997)

650

Comment

37,773 (248–15,993)

2360

138,024 (320–44,479)

5751

1,071,711 (7–80,747)

4639

369,033 (18–54,546)

7214

3451 (1605–1846)

1725