Examining Top 100 Turkish YouTube Channels

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In this study, most viewed 100 YouTube channels in Turkey is reviewed according to distributions of channels by categories, number of videos by categories, number of subscribers by categories, number of views by categories in order to determine current patterns of use of YouTube in Turkey and determine the current position of educational usage of YouTube.Descriptive statistics were used to analyze collected data.Findings show that entertainment and film and animation channels are most viewed channels in Turkey and there are only two educational channels in most viewed 100 Turkish channels.It is also found that although the total number of educational channel in Top 100 channel is quite limited, these channels have a large number of subscribers.Further research studies are necessary to the educational use of YouTube since these results were obtained from limited time data and YouTube has increasingly popularity and potential for educations.