YouTube: negative content watched by kids in the U.S. 2020, by frequency

According to a March to April 2021 survey of U.S. parents, 70 percent of YouTube videos watched by children did not include any physical violence. However, 20 percent of videos included mild or limited physical violence, and a further 14 percent of video content consumed by children aged up to eight years had persistent themes of violence. This makes physical violence one of the most common types of negative content in YouTube videos watched by children. In contrast, drinking, drugs, or smoking was not present in 96 percent of video content that was popular with kids. Generally speaking, the great majority of the videos analyzed did not present any negative content.