“…More broadly, given that engagement, learning gains, and solution uptake from animated educational contents are at least equal to, if not greater than, live-action teaching or video content (Bello-Bravo, 2020;Bello-Bravo, Abbott, Mocumbe et al, 2020;Bello-Bravo, Dannon, Zakari et al, 2017;Smith et al, 2012), future research might compare the affective evaluations for YouTube's popularity metrics between animated, live-action, and combined animated/live-action channel content for individual video content creators (e.g., the Game Grumps, Markeplier, the Yogscast), whether self-or fan-created.…”