The topic of elections in September publications of Belarusian YouTube channels

The large number of electoral campaigns in the region over the next two years requires monitoring of how this topic is covered in Belarusian social media, with a primary focus on YouTube. The data is presented based on the publication listing titled Number of views belarusian youtube channels in september 2023

		Title	Channel	Number of Views
1		Military Analyst: They won’t survive even a few minutes! // Leopard 1, the sixth column, elections in Poland	BelTA News Agency	211,500
2		“Everyone talks about it!” // A Pole about elections, Ukrainians, and the buzzed-about movie “Green Border”	BelTA News Agency	90,242
3		Shraibman will answer: Lukashenko threatens with weapons, elections, border	MIRROR	76,013
4		⚡️ Elections in Belarus: the campaign begins. Will English be canceled in schools? / Turarbekova	Radio Svaboda (Euroradio)	32,833
5		The regime is offended by Tikhanovskaya. How will the elections in Poland affect Belarus? / Fridman	Radio Svaboda (Euroradio)	29,865
6		Upcoming elections in Poland | The leader of the Polish opposition announced a million-strong anti-government march	ATN: Belarus and world news	17,037
7		Elections in Poland: corruption, falsifications, and scandals | SASS is authorized to state	CTVBY	12,716
8		The most important elections in 30 years. How did Poland find itself at a crossroads, and what is Brussels betting on? | PODCAST	BelTA News Agency	9,850
9		“ELECTIONS” UNDER MASS PURGE CONDITIONS. Khapun in Volkovysk and Korelichi. Deadline for passport replacement	Country for Life	8,321
10		KOCHANOV: lessons of 2020, parliamentarians and elections-2024, VNS, helping children, how to raise a patriot	ONT TV Channel	6,710
11		Elections in Poland and 100 promises of Tusk. What’s the power of the “Civic Coalition”? | PODCAST	BelTA News Agency	4,131
12		“They would have wiped us off the face of the earth!” Lukashenko about the elections in America #shorts #shortsfeed #short	ONT TV Channel	3,353
13		Visa scandal, corruption fence, anti-Ukrainian stances. Poland has upcoming elections | To be continued	ONT TV Channel	1,635
14		How Lukashenko provoked the people for the election turnout and remained unscathed.	Beware of the VIRUS	1,186
15		Elections are coming soon! New passports, Coordination Council, and regime revenge. What’s next?	Coordination Council	533

Based on the analysis of the collected data, it becomes evident that YouTube channels funded by the current government actively discussed the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Republic of Poland. Notably, many of these publications contained elements of misinformation regarding the course of the Polish electoral campaign. Meanwhile, in September, the official commencement of the upcoming electoral cycle in Belarus was announced. However, this event was only mentioned in a single publication on a semi-state television channel.

Данная публикация подготовлена Baltic Internet Policy Initiative.