Videos published by the top 25 indie animation channels on Youtube (2006-2018)

The file stores the record of the references that were used as units of analysis in the research that resulted in the publication “Is the YouTube Animation Algorithm-Friendly? How YouTube's Algorithm Influences the Evolution of Animation Production on the Internet”. The data set consists of 3,376 videos published by the 25 channels, which total 8,822,179,453 views from the day of publication to the day of sampling.