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Developed as part of the organization Data for Good

million French people

watch YouTube videos each month

YouTube’s recommendation algorithm

plays an important role in the videos we are shown

But what are the most recommended videos?

Today, it’s impossible to tell

We created a robot to find out :)

Using the names of the candidates in the French presidential election, our robot crawls all the top recommended videos and keeps track of the ones which are recommended most often.

What do you think are the most recommended videos for each candidate?