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YouTube Shadowban Detector

Test video delivery markers, age restrictions, and algorithmic suppression indicators.

What causes YouTube algorithmic suppression?

Unlike a hard community strike or copyright takedown, algorithmic suppression occurs when YouTube limits a video's impressions on Home and Suggested feeds. Common triggers include:

  • Sensitive or controversial topics: Triggering the automated isFamilySafe: false flag.
  • High comment moderation or toxicity: Video comments getting auto-disabled or mass-flagged.
  • Misleading metadata or spam keywords: Stuffing tags into video descriptions.

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