Table 2

Comparison of factual and non-factual videos

Non-factualFactualP value
No of videos13 (10.66%)109 (89.34%)
No of views18 482 373 (11%)150 964 009 (89%)
Views per video (in millions)1.421 (1. 120)1.385 (1.677)0.939
CVS0.7 (0.202)0.948 (0.122)<0.00001
mDISCERN1.769 (1.235)3.651 (1.181)<0.00001
mJAMA0.538 (0.66)1.183 (0.807)0.00649
Median likes/dislikes (range)13.89 (0.49–22.8)2.33 (0.10–52.2)*0.00078†
No of comments9214 (9693)6308 (9920)0.319
No of days since publication144.9 (114.1)127.6 (100.3)0.564
No of likes25 539 (19945)18 815 (33716)0.398
No of dislikes3400.7 (5402.1)5668.2 (8596.5)0.365
Average duration (min)8.38 (6.10)8.45 (10.59)0.981
Category
Health professional3 (23.1%)22 (20.2%)
Entertainment0 (0%)7 (6.4%)
Network news4 (30.7%)38 (34.9%)
Internet news2 (15.4%)4 (3.7%)
Government0 (0%)9 (8.3%)
Newspaper1 (7.7%)3 (2.8%)
Consumer1 (7.7%)9 (8.3%)
Education2 (15.4%)17 (15.6%)
  • Data are represented as n (%) or mean (SD). P value for two-tailed t-test is shown where applicable. A significance threshold of p<0.01 was used.

  • Significant p-values highlighted in bold.

  • *n=101 as 8 videos hid their likes and dislikes count.

  • †Mann-Whitney U test used in lieu of t-test.

  • CVS, COVID-19 Vaccine Score; mDISCERN, modified DISCERN; mJAMA, modified Journal of the American Medical Association.