YouNiverse Dataset

Redistribution of the YouNiverse dataset for EPFL ADA Fall 2025.

Configurations

• _raw_df_channels: Raw channel data
• _raw_df_timeseries: Raw timeseries data
• df_channels_en: English channels
• df_timeseries_en: English timeseries
• num_comments_authors: Author statistics
• num_comments: Comment counts
• youtube_comments: Full comments
• _raw_yt_metadata: Raw video metadata
• yt_metadata_en: English metadata
• yt_metadata_helper: Metadata helper

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load default configuration
ds = load_dataset("matcav/youniverse")

# Load specific configuration
ds = load_dataset("matcav/youniverse", "youtube_comments")

# Streaming mode for large datasets
ds = load_dataset("matcav/youniverse", "youtube_comments", streaming=True)

Sources:

@inproceedings{ribeiro2021youniverse,
      title={YouNiverse: Large-Scale Channel and Video Metadata from English-Speaking YouTube}, 
      author={Ribeiro, Manoel Horta and West Robert},
      year={2021},
      booktitle={{Proceedings of the 15th International AAAI Conference 
                  on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM'21)}}
}

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