ScreenMyYouTuber AI analysis of what YouTube channels actually publish

TED-Ed

Partial review English

AnimalsScienceStoriesAnimationsNature & EarthAstronomyGeology

ScreenMyYouTuber — analysis performed by AI, published by us.

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Channel analysis summary

TED-Ed is a high-quality educational channel that produces animated shorts on a vast array of topics, ranging from literary analysis and folklore to detailed medical and biological explanations. The content is clinical and academic in tone, though it does not shy away from discussing 'dark' or 'gory' historical and medical realities.

What YouTube reports

YouTube's own figures for this channel, as collected when we looked. Nothing here is a finding of ours.

Channel created
22,800,000
Subscribers
2,371
Videos published
4,658,455,113
Total views

Audience the uploader declared This channel is not marked as made for children. That marking is about advertising and data collection, so its absence says nothing about who the videos are for.

Its 100 most recent uploads

Counted from the uploads we fetched when we looked. Where YouTube does not report a figure for a video, that video is left out of the count rather than assumed — so some totals below are smaller than 100.

Most recent upload
13
Published in the last 90 days
1/97
Run 60 seconds or less
5:40
Typical length

Audio language the uploader declared English

Uploads marked made for children 0 of the 97 uploads that carry the label. That marking is the uploader's own answer to a question about advertising and data collection, and nobody checks it against the videos.

About the channel

What kind of channel this is. These describe it rather than warn about it, so they carry no severity colour.

  • Educational value High High educational value across diverse subjects including literature, forensic science, biology, and medicine.
  • Consistency High Consistent format of animated educational shorts with credited educators and directors.
  • Synthetic media None found The channel uses animation and professional narration, but there is no evidence of generative AI or templated synthetic content.

Does well Strong commitment to academic rigor by crediting specific educators and directors for every lesson. Provides links to supplemental learning materials for deeper study.

This is a preliminary review. Some of what we wanted to examine was out of reach when this analysis ran, so it rests on less evidence than a full review. What is published below is accurate as far as it goes; the limitations section says what it could not cover.

Where the presentation and the content differ

  • In 4 of the 100 videos we screened, the way the video presents itself — its characters, styling, and title — did not match what it appears to contain. Those videos are listed below with the reason recorded for each.

A video made to look like it is for young children, carrying something they are not expecting, is the thing this research exists to find. These are automated observations from the images and titles, not a judgement about the channel — read them with the videos they point at.

Age guidance

older

The content covers complex medical topics (emergency contraception, STIs, surgical procedures) and discusses 'unflinchingly gory' elements of folklore and crime scene investigation, which are better suited for older children or adolescents.

Age guidance is our reading of the sample, not a rating and not a certification.

What we found

11 of 11 risk areas were assessed, worst first. A finding is an observation with evidence behind it, not an accusation.

  • Violence

    Moderate From titles and descriptions Confidence 90%

    Fighting, injury, weapons, and threat.

    Descriptions mention gory fairy tale elements (mutilation, organs), bloody crime scenes, and severed limbs.

    The dark origins of Disney fairy tales - Claudia Schwabe How to find hidden clues at crime scenes - Theodore E. Yeshion What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth 3 video(s) cited

  • Mature themes

    Moderate From titles and descriptions Confidence 90%

    Sexual, romantic, or otherwise adult subject matter.

    The channel provides detailed educational information on pregnancy prevention, menstruation, vaginal health, and STIs.

    How to use emergency contraception effectively - Alison Edelman 3 things that can cause painful periods - Chen X. Chen What is vaginal discharge and why does it happen? - Elizabeth Micks 4 video(s) cited

  • Horror

    Low From titles and descriptions Confidence 80%

    Fear, dread, jump scares, and disturbing imagery.

    Content includes a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' and 'dark origins' of fairy tales.

    Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death - Iseult Gillespie The dark origins of Disney fairy tales - Claudia Schwabe 2 video(s) cited

  • Commercial pressure

    Low From titles and descriptions Confidence 70%

    Selling, undisclosed promotion, gambling mechanics, and scams.

    Some videos are produced in collaboration with external partners like Brilliant.

    How to find hidden clues at crime scenes - Theodore E. Yeshion 1 video(s) cited

  • Medical body horror

    Low From titles and descriptions Confidence 80%

    Injections, surgery, injury detail, and body distortion.

    Discussions of severed limbs and bone lengthening surgery may be unsettling to some viewers.

    What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth How does leg lengthening surgery work? - Jason Shih Hoellwarth 2 video(s) cited

Nothing found in: language · bullying · external contact · adult activities · stimulation · impersonation

What this review covers

Harmful or misleading content · every video

100
Videos screened
9
Flagged
4
Of those, presentation mismatches

Age suitability and risk areas · a sample

10
Videos reviewed
0
Spoken content examined

What this review could not see

  • We could not access what is said in 10 of 10 videos we looked at; findings for those rest on titles, descriptions, and thumbnail images.

The model reads text and still images. It does not watch video or listen to audio. Full methodology.

What we looked at

Automated screening checked all 100 of this channel's videos for harmful content and for videos presenting themselves as something they are not, and flagged 9. The age band and risk areas above are a separate reading of 10 of those videos. We do not have what is said in any of those, so every finding rests on how a video presents itself rather than on what it contains.

Flag reasons are AI observations, published as produced — read them alongside the video, not instead of it. How screening and sampling work

Stood out from the sample

The rest of the sample

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