Number of video comments removed from YouTube worldwide as of Q4 2024

Published by Laura Ceci, Apr 3, 2025

During the fourth quarter of 2024, around 1.25 billion comments on YouTube videos were removed due to violations of the platform's community guidelines. This represents a slight decrease compared to the previous quarter, when the number of comments removed from the platform were approximately 1.29 billion comments. The majority of removed comments were first detected through automated flagging.

Number of YouTube video comments removed worldwide from 3rd quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2024 (in millions)

CharacteristicNumber of removed comments in millions
Q4 2024 1,252.75
Q3 2024 1,299.46
Q2 2024 1,372.49
Q1 2024 1,443.82
Q4 2023 1,197.68
Q3 2023 842.83
Q2 2023 767.48
Q1 2023 853.28
Q4 2022 1,932.42
Q3 2022 737.51
Q2 2022 754.35
Q1 2022 943.57
Q4 2021 1,260.54
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of removed comments in millions166.37166.37189.79189.79278.28278.28537.76537.76516.89516.89540.2540.2693.58693.582,132.372,132.371,140.281,140.28906.2906.21,032.371,032.371,162.151,162.151,101.41,101.41,260.541,260.54943.57943.57754.35754.35737.51737.511,932.421,932.42853.28853.28767.48767.48842.83842.831,197.681,197.681,443.821,443.821,372.491,372.491,299.461,299.461,252.751,252.75Q3 2018Q4 2018Q1 2019Q2 2019Q3 2019Q4 2019Q1 2020Q2 2020Q3 2020Q4 2020Q1 2021Q2 2021Q3 2021Q4 2021Q1 2022Q2 2022Q3 2022Q4 2022Q1 2023Q2 2023Q3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024
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Q3 2018 to Q4 2024

Supplementary notes

The data does not include comments removed when YouTube disables the comment section on a video. It also does not include comments taken down when a video itself is removed (individually or through a channel-level suspension), when a commenter’s account is terminated, or when a user chooses to remove certain comments or hold them for review."

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