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%

p = 1.000

When present

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

Videos with this factor

When God don’t like ugly 👀 #jasminecrockett #gregabbott #trump #redistricting #maps Jasmine Crockett

878K views

DISGUSTING: Trump admin trying to throw THOUSAND OF Veterans on the streets Jimmy Gomez

62K views

We have to call it out Elissa Slotkin

8K views

16 years ago, the Affordable Care Act became law. Gary Peters

2K views

Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 03.12.26 Andy Beshear

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

$535 billion in cuts to Medicare. And Republicans’ fingerprints are all over it Sheldon Whitehouse

1.0M views

Trump Admin deporting KEY WITNESSES for criminal cases Pramila Jayapal

120K views

Republicans would rather cave to Trump than protect your voting rights. Alejandro Padilla

10K views

This is crazy stuff Peter Welch

2K views

Let’s keep up the fight and finish strong at the ballot box! John Hickenlooper

1K views