Why the YouTube video list disappears after 30 days
YouTube's developer policies let us keep the video list and comments for 30 days. After that the list is removed, and the findings it supported stay.
1 min read · Updated 22 October 2026
What you will see
On a report older than about a month, the YouTube part of Sources & References changes to a short note, for example: "This report analysed 95 YouTube videos and their public comments. YouTube's API developer policies allow us to keep that material for 30 days, so the video list was removed on 12 September 2026. The findings it supports are unchanged."
Why
PollyX reads YouTube through YouTube's official Data API, and YouTube's policies limit how long that data may be stored. A nightly clean-up removes the stored video titles, channel names and comment quotes once the limit is reached. The score, themes and the rest of the analysis are PollyX's own conclusions and stay in the report.
Nothing is wrong with your report
This is expected and applies to every report. If you need the current YouTube picture, generate a new report: it reads YouTube afresh.
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