title Factor
Hashtag
Whether the title contains a hashtag (#). Hashtags are common on social-native creators and rare on traditional politician channels.
Hashtags carry social-media-native styling that may attract younger audiences but can also code as 'campaign' or 'staff-managed' to seasoned political-YouTube viewers. Effect direction is uncertain and depends heavily on the hashtag itself.
Regular Videos
-32%
trend only
Shorts
+12%
trend only
Top 10% Video
+147%
solid pattern
Average Video is the effect on a typical video. Top 10% Video is the effect on the videos that broke out (top decile of views) — so you can see whether a factor helps most videos a little, or pushes the top performers much higher.
When present
The title contains a hashtag.
Videos with this factor
Governor #Newsom: #California’s and #Texas’ #redistricting efforts are NOT the same #shorts #news
Gavin Newsom
195K views
Governor #Newsom: #Trump Has Made Us "Poorer and Sicker" #shorts #california #news #economy #SNAP
Gavin Newsom
13K views
3K views
We're Funding Our Enemies #substack #shorts
Mark Warner
2K views
When absent
No hashtags in the title.
Videos without this factor
Trump is traumatizing children. For no reason.
Christopher Murphy
187K views
11K views
3K views
More than a month
Chris Deluzio
2K views
How I’m Addressing DHS Activity
Raul Ruiz
1K views