Millions of views, almost no likes: The mystery in Eisenkot's channel

A Channel 14 investigation reveals huge disparities in YouTube views for the Yashar party: some videos reach hundreds of thousands of views in days, while others get only a few hundred. The like rate is extremely low, raising questions about the source of the views.

An investigation by Channel 14 into the YouTube channel of the Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, reveals unusual gaps between different videos. An interview video with Eisenkot garnered about 798,000 views in two days, and a political statement video reached about 895,000 views in three days. In contrast, a video on education received only 462 views, and another video got 142 views—a gap of more than 1,700 times. The engagement rate is also extremely low: a video with about 171,000 views had only 50 likes. The article raises the possibility of paid promotion or bot use, but notes that non-public information is needed to decide. Party sources did not confirm the use of artificial means but said, 'The people of Israel are watching in droves.'