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  "id": "youtube-top-100-creators-tv-most-watched-screen",
  "slug": "youtube-top-100-creators-tv-most-watched-screen",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-top-100-creators-tv-most-watched-screen/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-top-100-creators-tv-most-watched-screen.json",
  "claim": "Over half of YouTube's top 100 creators have TV as their most-watched screen",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Creators' audiences watch on TV\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube",
    "title": "Connect with creators on the biggest screen (Sept. 23, 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Over half of YouTube's top 100 creators have TV as their most watched interface",
  "method": "YouTube internal data; how 'top 100' is defined is not stated.",
  "drift": [
    "Top 100 creators only; smaller channels are more mobile-heavy"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube selling TV-screen ad inventory.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube says more than half of its top 100 creators get most of their watching on TV screens (September 2026).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Blog — YouTube on TV features (2026)",
      "url": "https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/made-on-youtube-creators-shorts-series-tv-features/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "September 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}