Does the Youtube algorithm have a no nikkas policy?

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

My Youtube home page rarely features videos by Black people on it. This doesn't make sense because I specifically look for and subscribe to Black people who make videos on topics that I'm interested in. If I am watching a video by a Black creator, Youtube will show related videos on the side that are from other Black creators, but not on the home page. I can watch a bunch of videos from a specific Black creator and Youtube will never show their videos on the home page, but I can watch one video from other non-Black people and Youtube will not stop recommending their videos. What's worse is when I watch a video that is vaguely "political," and then Youtube starts recommending me videos from right-wing CACs, which I have zero interest in. My subscriptions page looks completely different from the videos that pop up on the home page. I understand that the Youtube algorithm pushes stuff that is popular and Black people in general don't get the popularity that people in other groups get, but it just seems like Youtube would recommend Black channels to me more due to the relatively high number of Black people that I'm subscribed to.

 

[Bumrush Bros.]

Doubt it my home page always suggests berleezy and his crew, shoe reviewers like mr.entertainment and has a couple mixes theyll throw together of music videos and shyt but majority of my home page suggestions are for black content creators

 

[Redguard]

My Youtube home page rarely features videos by Black people on it. This doesn't make sense because I specifically look for and subscribe to Black people who make videos on topics that I'm interested in. If I am watching a video by a Black creator, Youtube will show related videos on the side that are from other Black creators, but not on the home page. I can watch a bunch of videos from a specific Black creator and Youtube will never show their videos on the home page, but I can watch one video from other non-Black people and Youtube will not stop recommending their videos. What's worse is when I watch a video that is vaguely "political," and then Youtube starts recommending me videos from right-wing CACs, which I have zero interest in. My subscriptions page looks completely different from the videos that pop up on the home page. I understand that the Youtube algorithm pushes stuff that is popular and Black people in general don't get the popularity that people in other groups get, but it just seems like Youtube would recommend Black channels to me more due to the relatively high number of Black people that I'm subscribed to.

Recently I have noticed a few right-wing cac videos are starting to appear in my recommendations. I usually have to select "not interested" on the videos 2-3 time before I don't see them anymore.

 

[Rozay Oro]

My shyt ain’t mjpls idk what to tell u

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Think it just goes based on your viewing history

 

[Phillyrider807]

My homepage is nothing but black people lol. But it's based on your viewing history. So what u tryna tell us??

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

It's not based on my viewing history. It recommends a bunch of channels that I never have and never will watch. Like I said, all the Black channels are in my subscriptions page but don't appear on the home page.

 

[JoelB]

The algorithm bases it off your personal viewing history and other Youtube users that consume the same content as you. So if you're not watching cac shyt, you're watching content that Cacs like.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Yes it does.

 

[DaSk8D00D]

nikkas in here really giving @Responsible Allen Iverson the mjpls treatment?


Y'all need yo coli cards revoked

 

[MischievousMonkey]

My Youtube home page rarely features videos by Black people on it. This doesn't make sense because I specifically look for and subscribe to Black people who make videos on topics that I'm interested in. If I am watching a video by a Black creator, Youtube will show related videos on the side that are from other Black creators, but not on the home page. I can watch a bunch of videos from a specific Black creator and Youtube will never show their videos on the home page, but I can watch one video from other non-Black people and Youtube will not stop recommending their videos. What's worse is when I watch a video that is vaguely "political," and then Youtube starts recommending me videos from right-wing CACs, which I have zero interest in. My subscriptions page looks completely different from the videos that pop up on the home page. I understand that the Youtube algorithm pushes stuff that is popular and Black people in general don't get the popularity that people in other groups get, but it just seems like Youtube would recommend Black channels to me more due to the relatively high number of Black people that I'm subscribed to.

What type of youtube channels you interested in?

 

[MarcP]

Sounds like you been cac'd out in your recent viewings OP

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

I don't expect Youtube to only recommend Black content. It's just that if I watch one video from some random person, Youtube will be like "Here's 20 more of their videos!" But if I find a Black Youtuber, subscribe to them, and watch 10 of their videos, Youtube will be like "We might put one of their videos on the home page if you scroll for five minutes."

 

[Cowboyz89]

Yes, and theres a heavy alt right bias to the algorithm as well.
Somebody posted a Joe Rogan video on here of him saying something stupid.
I clicked it, and the next time I came on youtube my feed had multiple Fox News and Tucker Carleson videos.
After clicking dont recommend several times and clearing my cookies, I eventually got it to stop.
Thats all it took, clicking one video.

Meanwhile, Ive probably watched over 100 videos from Dead End Hip Hop, and to this day Ive never gotten it high up on my homepage when I log in.
Its either not recommended, or pretty close to the bottom of the page.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Idk I get black creators on mine. There’s a bunch of black (video/music video) reactors who are on my homepage