ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
A cross-cultural comparison of educational video quality on college students' anxiety and depression: a cross-sectional content analysis of YouTube and Bilibili.
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- Temporal Dynamics of User Engagement in Professional Video Communities: A Time-Series Clustering Analysis Based on Bilibili's Legal Content.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Agreement between artificial intelligence and expert evaluation in assessing the quality of asthma health education videos on YouTube and Bilibili: cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: To systematically compare the quality of educational videos about anxiety and depression among university students on YouTube and Bilibili, and to provide evidence-based guidance for cross-cultural digital mental-health education. Methods: Before 20 November 2025, we searched YouTube and Bilibili with English and Chinese keywords and collected the first 100 videos returned by default ranking on each platform. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, the remaining videos were evaluated by a third assessor in a double-blind manner using the Video Information and Quality Index (VIQI), the Global Quality Score(GQS)and the modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scales to assess scientific accuracy, safety and educational value. Platform differences were analyzed with non-parametric tests and correlation analyses. Results: The final sample comprised 80 YouTube and 77 Bilibili videos. Median views, likes, and comments were markedly higher on Bilibili ( Conclusion: Platform architecture, not popularity, drives content quality. YouTube's longer, institution-produced videos set the benchmark, whereas Bilibili trades scientific rigor for real-time chat and high engagement. Both sites remain short of licensed professionals. To prevent digital platforms from amplifying student anxiety, we recommend (a) embedding a quality-weighted algorithmic boost and (b) a sustained "verified expert + student co-creation" pipeline that disseminates evidence-based content at scale.
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