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Table 2 Characterization of unique videos by video category

From: Is YouTube a sufficient source of information on Sarcoidosis?

Video category

Academic/ governmental

n = 63

Independent medical professional users

n = 9

Other

n = 13

p-value

Host continent,

n (%)

Europe

10 (15.9)

1 (11.1)

1 (7.7)

0.018

North America

52 (82.5)

6 (66.7)

8 (61.5)

Asia

0 (0.0)

1 (11.1)

2 (15.4)

Australia

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (7.7)

Not given

1 (1.6)

1 (11.1)

1 (7.7)

Time in months since upload

median

[IQR]

22.6

[8.0, 47.1]

47.7

[38.5, 74.4]

44.3

[10.4, 80.3]

0.028

Video duration in minutes

median

[IQR]

9.0

[4.0, 24.5]

7.0

[5.0, 12.0]

7.0

[4.0, 11.0]

0.684

Views

median

[IQR]

1411

[452, 9975]

3384

[1002, 5221]

9478

[1635, 16098]

0.359

Likes

median

[IQR]

23

[10, 125]

84

[37, 110]

124

[15, 236]

0.278

Dislikes

median

[IQR]

0

[0, 3]

0

[0, 0]

0

[0, 7]

0.741

Comments

median

[IQR]

1

[0, 10]

6

[2, 33]

3

[1, 32]

0.231

Viewing rate

median

[IQR]

265.8

[108.7, 569.2]

221.2

[103.1, 293.2]

462.1

[153.4, 1681.4]

0.554

Engagement rate

median

[IQR]

1.9

[1.2, 3.0]

2.8

[2.0, 3.3]

1.6

[1.2, 2.7]

0.323

  1. Data is shown as n (%) or median (IQR, interquartile range). Videos characteristics were compared by video source categories of academic/governmental, independent medical professional users, and other (news/media, industry/for-profit organisation, and non-medical users)