YouTube has started surveying users in March 2026 to determine whether videos on its platform "feel like AI slop," as part of a new effort to address the spread of low-quality AI-generated content. The poll asks viewers to rate videos on a scale from "not at all" to "extremely" in response to the question, "does this feel like AI slop?" Reports of the survey surfaced across X, Reddit, and other platforms, with screenshots shared by accounts such as vidIQ showing YouTube’s interface for collecting user feedback.
The initiative follows growing concern within the YouTube community about the rise of entire videos produced using AI software that attract billions of views despite being considered low quality. The Google-owned platform has been balancing its use of AI tools while attempting to curb their misuse. Earlier this month, Google also announced an investment in an AI animation studio to create children’s content aimed at countering the surge of poor-quality AI videos.
It remains unclear how YouTube will use the survey data or whether repeated labeling of videos as “AI slop” will influence its recommendation algorithms.
YouTube has begun surveying users asking if the videos they’re watching “feel like AI slop” in a new crackdown on AI content. AI content has been a hot topic in the YouTube community and the platform has been keen on implementing the technology in so
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