Topic summary
62% 13 analyzed articles/videos 6,246 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Viral Videos results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Unattributed Quote , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 2,564 hits . Analysis detected 18,983 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,410 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (18,081 of 23,769 topics). This Viral Videos is better (less manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group. Viral Videos
Topic details
Total words: 24,410
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.9% percentile 1.6% BS Score13 analyzed articles24.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.5% 10.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.1% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst