AI Slop Floods YouTube: New Report Reveals Scale of Low-Quality Content

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CNBC TV18•28-12-2025, 15:34

AI Slop Floods YouTube: New Report Reveals Scale of Low-Quality Content

•Kapwing report (Oct 2025) indicates 21-33% of YouTube feeds may be 'AI slop' or 'brainrot' videos.
•'AI slop' is low-quality, auto-generated content; 'brainrot' refers to compulsive, nonsensical videos.
•Spain leads in subscriber base (20M+), South Korea in views (8.4B+) for trending AI slop channels.
•India's 'Bandar Apna Dost' is the most-viewed AI slop channel globally, with over 2 billion views.
•Nearly 1 in 10 fastest-growing YouTube channels now publish only AI-generated content, posing challenges for YouTube.

Why It Matters: AI slop and brainrot are rapidly dominating YouTube, challenging content quality and user experience.

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