The Great AI Purge: YouTube Wipes 4.7 Billion Views in Massive Crackdown on "AI Slop"

YouTube has launched one of its most aggressive cleaning operations to date, targeting low-quality, AI generated content commonly referred to as "AI Slop" This massive crackdown resulted in an immediate disappearance of over 4.7 billion cumulative views across the platform.

The War on Mass Produced Spam

The purge specifically targeted networks of channels utilizing Generative AI tools to mass-produce vast quantities of videos in incredibly short timeframes. These channels aim to "game" the YouTube algorithm and siphon ad revenue through high-volume uploads. Characteristics of the deleted content included: