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Table 4 Detailed characteristics of videos based on category (median [quartile range])

From: YouTube™ as a source of information on food poisoning

 

Education

(n = 66)

Entertainment

(n = 12)

News & Politics

(n = 35)

People & Blogs

(n = 47)

H

P

Likes

8.5 (1.0,28.0)

30.0 (4.3,263.8)

4.0 (1.0,47.0)

26.0 (1.0,192.0)

6.115

0.106

Dislikes

0.0 (0.0,4.3)

3.5 (0.0,15.8)

0.0 (0.0,4.0)

3.0 (0.0,14.0)

7.875

0.049*

Posted days

1480.0 (702.8,2034.5)

1095.0 (447.3,1682.5)

1428.0 (855.0,2101.0)

794.0 (340.0,1267.0)

10.780

0.013*

Duration (minutes)

4.0 (2.0,11.0)

4.5 (2.0,8.0)

3.0 (2.0,4.0)

5.0 (2.0,9.0)

8.100

0.044*

Views

2392.5 (720.5,10827.3)

9290.0 (1118.0,23044.8)

2055.0 (654.0,16095.0)

6319.0 (781.0,28296.0)

2.564

0.464

Views/day

2.4 (0.6,9.3)

7.2 (1.2,26.6)

2.0 (0.3,13.4)

12.0 (0.9,31.4)

5.981

0.113

Total duration (minutes [%])

661 (55.36%)

57 (4.77%)

190 (15.91%)

286 (23.95%)

Total views (n [%])

1237876 (15.08%)

312444 (3.81%)

2316474 (28.21%)

4344407 (52.91%)

GQS score

4.5 (3.0,5.0)

3.0 (2.3,4.4)

3.0 (3.0,5.0)

4.0 (3.0,5.0)

8.238

0.041*

Content score

6.3 (4.0,9.0)

4.5 (3.3,6.0)

5.0 (4.0,7.0)

5.0 (3.0,8.0)

7.422

0.060

Total score

10.8 (8.0,14.0)

7.5 (6.0,10.4)

9.0 (6.0,11.0)

9.0 (7.0,13.0)

8.568

0.036*

  1. *statistically significant