Observatory

YOUPOL / Explore

Themes and arguments.

The arguments put forward or contested in the videos, grouped by theme and by period. Our local model draws them from a sample of political sentences, then they are checked against the sentences; each quote links back to its video.

The theme

Authority

Political sentences about authority: obedience, order, the use of force against those who break norms.

Reliability of the classifier 0.87F1 0.70checked precision The method
Period

The last seven days are read again every day. * provisional: part of the period’s videos are still to be transcribed. Greyed out: reading pending.

201
political sentences on the theme
34
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 4 October 2026
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 5.6% 16 videos
  2. Manosphere 2.7% 2 videos
  3. Conspiracism 1.6% 3 videos
  4. Culture 2.8% 1 videos

Mean share, per video, of the political sentences on the theme; each video counts once, from 20 political sentences.

Where the theme’s sentences come from
  1. Far right 93% 186 sentences
  2. Manosphere 1% 3 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 5% 10 sentences
  4. Culture 1% 2 sentences

This split follows the size of each orientation’s corpus: it describes the channel selection, not the weight each side gives the theme.

Arguments come from a sample shared by the territories. Only excerpts from channels in the selected country and their associated arguments are kept here; counts are recalculated.

The arguments

What is put forward, and by whom.

Each card opens on all its sentences; each quote links back to its video.

  1. Carried by Far right 1
The videos

Where the theme weighs most.

Videos of the last four months, ranked by the share of their political sentences the classifier assigns to the theme; each record opens in a side panel.

  1. Presentation of the Conservative Party of Quebec's justice and security plan Actualité Politique Du Québec · 29 September 2026 · record
  2. Sommes-nous trop surveillés ou pas assez protégés au Québec ? Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 26 September 2026
  3. FNL ep801 - Merci! Go vers 1000! Retour sur la semaine NLB - FreedomNews · 25 September 2026
  4. FNL ep804 - Un autre attentat islamiste en avion - Lien avec l'Iran pour l'attentat au UK NLB - FreedomNews · 1 October 2026
  5. FNL ep806 - Dernier blitz électoral; Invité Kevin Grenier; vote musul; G7: L'UE ouvre ses réserves; NLB - FreedomNews · 3 October 2026
  6. Discussion on the Legacy and Spirituality of Francis of Assisi Le Verbe médias · 27 September 2026 · record
  7. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026
  8. 🍼 Duhaime attaque la CAQ sur les garderies : 5 000 places menacées ! Actualité Politique Du Québec · 26 September 2026
  9. Analysis of political current events in Quebec, the United States, and the United Kingdom NLB - FreedomNews · 28 September 2026 · record
  10. Analysis of political, economic, and security news in Quebec and Canada NLB - FreedomNews · 1 October 2026 · record

The percentage is the share of the video’s political sentences assigned to the theme (at least 20 political sentences and 5 on the theme).

The periods

The theme, year by year.

Political sentences on the theme by period; click a period to show it. The number also depends on the share of videos transcribed, which varies a lot from year to year.

How the arguments are drawn

The theme’s political sentences are drawn at random by period, with quotas per orientation and a cap per channel and per video. Our local model reads the sentences without knowing their channel or orientation, groups those making the same argument, separates those reporting it in order to contest it and sets aside those off the theme. Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, never from the model. The last seven days are read again every day.

The detail in the method
Project paper