production Factor

Text Overlays

Whether the video uses on-screen text overlays beyond just captions — lower thirds, pull quotes, labels, or graphics with text. These are deliberate production choices, not auto-captions.

Text overlays serve multiple functions: they reinforce key points for viewers with audio off (Shorts feed is largely sound-off), they emphasize specific moments, and they add production polish. On YouTube, text overlays are a strong signal that the video was edited with care.

Effect on views

+0%

trend only

When present

The video has deliberate on-screen text overlays — lower thirds, callouts, emphasis graphics, or labels — beyond just captions.

Videos with this factor

Put Hegseth and Rubio Under Oath on Iran, Schiff Demands Adam Schiff

517K views

Schiff Answers Questions from YOU! Adam Schiff

19K views

Trump’s tariffs were an illegal tax on the American people. Now it’s time to pay back every penny. Kathy Hochul

5K views

Explaining What a Structural Deficit Is Wes Moore

2K views

President Trump should stop negotiating with his own Administration and start negotiating with Iran Jeanne Shaheen

1K views

When absent

The video has no added text overlays. Any text on screen is just YouTube's auto-captions or original content.

Videos without this factor

Donald Trump cut our health care so people like Elon Musk would pay lower taxes. Jon Ossoff

637K views

I’m with THE POPE James McGovern

24K views

Rep. Stansbury: The Epstein Cover-Up Continues: What Republicans Don’t Want You to See Melanie Stansbury

5K views

Rep Stansbury: A Weekend Defending Voting Rights, Brown v. Board of Education Anniversary Melanie Stansbury

2K views

They're as American as Anyone Else Mike Thompson

1K views