Ben Shapiro YouTube Comments

This dataset was complied as a resource for analyzing viewer engagement, sentiment, and discussion trends on the Ben Shapiro YouTube channel over the specified period. It comprises user-generated comments extracted from the Ben Shapiro YouTube channel. The collection process involved first cataloging a comprehensive list of all videos published on the channel. Subsequently, these videos were categorized into three distinct time frames. From each time frame, the ten videos that garnered the highest number of comments were identified for detailed comment extraction. The extraction of videos and their associated comments was conducted utilizing YouTube Data Tools (Rieder, 2015). The dataset was finalized on September 12, 2022, and encompasses 711,909 comments ranging from September 1, 2020, to September 12, 2022. This dataset was uploaded and analyzed in the 4CAT: Capture & Anlysis Toolkit (Peeters & Hagen, 2022). References: Peeters, S., & Hagen, S. (2022). The 4CAT Capture and Analysis Toolkit: A Modular Tool for Transparent and Traceable Social Media Research. Computational Communication Research, 4(2), 571–589. https://doi.org/10.5117/CCR2022.2.007.HAGE Rieder, B. (2015). YouTube Data Tools (1.11) [Computer software].