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Uploaded in the last year, by category

From About a third of YouTube's 10K+ channels have gone quiet · Data as of 8 Oct 2026

Uploaded in the last year, by category

  • News & Politics80.9% of 79,850
  • Education76.2% of 284,504
  • Sports74.9% of 79,985
  • Science & Technology74.6% of 78,375
  • Entertainment72.2% of 472,921
  • Gaming71.2% of 276,226
  • Howto & Style69.8% of 146,544
  • People & Blogs68.9% of 1,056,020
  • Music63.4% of 435,180
  • Film & Animation62.8% of 110,647
The ten largest categories (each with at least 5,000 channels with a known last upload), ordered by the share that uploaded in the 365 days before 8 Oct 2026. A channel counts under its primary category only.

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About a third of YouTube's 10K+ channels have gone quiet
We checked when each of the 4.4 million YouTube channels above 10,000 subscribers last uploaded. Size and category change the answer a lot.

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