# YouTube: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/youtube/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online course libraries | 0% | 46 | 0% | 2 |
| Employee wellbeing and mental health | 0% | 84 | 0% | 1 |

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Online course libraries: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 25 → 46 of 95.
- Employee wellbeing and mental health: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 84 of 111.

## In its own words

What YouTube's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Start watching videos to help us build a feed of videos you'll love. (https://youtube.com/)
- Price stated: Try Premium for $0 (https://youtube.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://youtube.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Try Premium for $0 (https://youtube.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page youtube.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10003 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 225 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-10-10
- report or ebook: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2023-10-10 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/es_ALL/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube
- Recent: 2023-10-10 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/es_es/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube
- Recent: 2023-10-10 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/fr_ALL/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube
- Recent: 2020-07-14 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/ar_ALL/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube
- Recent: 2020-07-14 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/cs_ALL/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube
- Recent: 2020-07-14 webinar or virtual event: Live streaming on youtube https://www.youtube.com/intl/de_ALL/creators/live-streaming-on-youtube

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.