Table 2

Characteristics of viewers according to YouTube statistics*

‘Pro’ LCCs (n=36 of 43 total)‘Anti’ LCCs (n=1 of 2 total)‘Neutral’ LCCs (n=9 of 11 total)
# of videos†# of views# of videos# of views# of videos# of views
 Age group (years)
 13–1731301760000
 18–2411104332004115097
 25–343148470016182
 35+191081191576478416304
Gender
 Male3521946815764789137583
 Female11273720000
Top two countriesUSA, CanadaUSA, CanadaUSA, Canada
  • *Numbers refer to the total number of videos within the ‘pro’, ‘anti’ or ‘neutral’ subgroup that had information on both number of views and viewer statistics. Of the 43 total ‘pro’ videos, information was only available for 36 videos; of the two total ‘anti’ videos, information was only available for one video; of the 11 total ‘neutral’ videos, information was only available for nine videos.

  • †The most popular ‘pro’ video did not have viewer statistics available.

  • LCCs, little cigars/cigarillos.