[Air-L] quick YouTube algorithm question

Hello AoIR, sorry this may be a bit of a banal question but any help would be appreciated. Does anyone know whether YouTube is algorithmically more likely to promote monetised videos? Common sense suggests that they want users to engage with ads while on the platform, so that would at least have some algorithmic weighting (probably small though). But also, I guess users are served ads other places in the interface so maybe they don't care that much? I guess there is no way of really knowing this unless YouTube have said, and even then, who knows. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts! Sophie -- Sophie Bishop PhD Candidate, Arts and Digital Industries, University of East London www.sophiebishop.co.uk | @sophiehbishop