Table 2 Characteristics of video uploaders about oral carcinoma on YouTube and bilibili.

From: YouTube and Bilibili as sources of information on oral cancer: cross-sectional content analysis study

Platform

YouTube

Bilibili

P-value

Number of uploaders

111

134

-

Number of videos per person, Mean, Median[P25, P75]

1.35, 1[1, 1]

1.12, 1[1, 1]

0.012a

Subscribers, Mean, Median[P25, P75]

612,023, 118,000[16600, 543000]

149,603, 1489[136, 15250]

<0.001a

Type of uploaders, n(%)

  

<0.001b

 Doctor

12(10.8%)

39(29.1%)

<0.001c

 Other medical worker/student

2(1.8%)

5(3.7%)

0.605d

 Hospital/Non-profit organization

74(66.7%)

5(3.7%)

<0.001c

 Official media

3(2.7%)

4(3.0%)

1.000d

 Company with profit

19(17.1%)

7(5.1%)

0.003c

Self-media

1(0.9%)

74(55.2%)

<0.001c

#Professionals, n(%)

91(82.0%)

55(41.0%)

<0.001c

*Group accounts, n(%)

96(86.5%)

16(11.9%)

<0.001c

Certification, n(%)

65(58.6%)

53(39.6%)

0.003c

Type of certified uploaders, n(%)

  

<0.001b

 Doctor

3(4.7%)

30(56.6%)

<0.001c

 Other medical worker/student

0(0%)

3(5.7%)

0.175d

 Non-profit organization

45(69.2%)

2(3.7%)

<0.001c

 Official media

1(1.5%)

3(5.7%)

0.472d

 Company with profit

16(24.6%)

6(11.3%)

0.065c

 Self-media

0(0%)

9(17.0%)

0.002d

  1. Bold text means the P-value < 0.05.
  2. #Professionals: doctors, other medical workers/students, hospitals/ non-profit organizations, official media, and medical company with profit. Non-professionals: self-media and other companies.
  3. *Group accounts: hospital/non-profit organization, official media, non-medical company with profit.
  4. aMann-Whitney test. bPearson chi-square test (2×R). cPearson chi-square test (2 × 2).
  5. dContinuity Correction (2 × 2).