B
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70%
70% -- engagement rate difference for YouTube (2026)
Videos ranking #1 on YouTube pull about 70% more likes or dislikes compared to the #2 result for the same query.
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70%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
anypost.ai
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Tier C
https://anypost.ai/blog/rank-youtube-video-on-google-vs-seo-tools ↗
Source Article
Rank YouTube Video on Google vs SEO Tools
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anypost.ai
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Ranking correlation claim without named original source
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Industrymarketing
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YouTube: 70% engagement rate difference. Source: anypost.ai (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-video-engagement-70-percent-more-likes
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