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

The bigot congressman, surrounded at work and at home by neo-Nazis and white nationalists… Jon Ossoff

342K views

This Tax Day, don't forget Trump went out of his way to shut down the IRS' FREE tax filing program. Elizabeth Warren

14K views

Washington is not fighting for farmers. Illinois is. JB Pritzker

4K views

They thought this was a good idea… Jimmy Gomez

2K views

I’m so proud of all we have done, Virginia Abigail Spanberger

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

It appears Trump finally went too far. Sheldon Whitehouse

418K views

Rep. Green Joins NAACP Regarding SAVE Act Al Green

13K views

Senator Markey Calls for Seth Moulton to Release His Tax Returns Edward Markey

3K views

Happy Father's Day, Illinois! JB Pritzker

2K views

We’re fighting Donald Trump’s corrupt administration at every turn. John Hickenlooper

1K views