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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Number of video comments removed from YouTube worldwide Q3 2018-Q1 2026
During the first quarter of 2026, around *** billion comments on YouTube videos were removed due to violations of the platform's community guidelines. This represents a decrease compared to the previous quarter, when the number of comments removed from the platform was approximately **** billion comments. The majority of removed comments were first detected through automated flagging.
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