Troubleshoot - Elevating Diverse Creators

The vast majority of high-profile creators on YouTube are white and male.

As Akilah Hughes writes in a recent article on Fusion, “there are arguably fewer than 30 creators darker than a paper bag among the top 500 YouTubers.” In other words, less than 6% of high-profile YouTubers are people of color.

The same data source also indicates that only 18% of the top subscribed YouTubers are people who identify or present as women, or 60 of 327.

Akilah’s article asks for high-profile creators and YouTube itself to promote diverse talent, most notably through sharing videos on their social media. How can we, as a community, elevate diverse creators on YouTube?