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. 2025 Sep 12;104(37):e44309. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000044309

Table 5.

Video characteristics of YouTube videos.

Video parameters Median Minimum–maximum
Number of views 1064.00 12.00–806,000.00
Likes 18.00 0–22,000.00
Dislikes 0.00 0–220.00
Comments 1.00 0–158.00
Upload date 2020.00 2009.00–2024.00
Duration (s) 311.50 1–4688
VPI-like ratio 100.00 81.25–100.00
View ratio 0.68 0–245.36
VPI 0.79 0.03–240.21
Dislike ratio 0.00 0.00–18.75
Likes-per-view 1.64 0.00–14.48
Daily views like 25.48 0.00–422.90
Like ratio/view day 118.87 0.40–3842.11
JAMA 2.00 1.00–12.00
mDISCERN 2.00 1.00–5.00
GQS 3.0 1.00–5.00

GQS = Global Quality Score, JAMA = Journal of American Medical Association Benchmark criteria, mDISCERN = modified Quality Criteria for Consumer Health Information on Treatment Choices, VPI = Video Power Index.