--- title: Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views description: Hillary Clinton far outpaces both her Democratic and Republican rivals in YouTube viewership. canonical: https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-14T03:57:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:00.910Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views og:description: She's gotten more than seven million views. og:url: https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38daa49a7761837/698867d50a4a228b809c683f/h_52203030.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4199 og:image:height: 2362 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton campaigns in Milwaukee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views twitter:description: She's gotten more than seven million views. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38daa49a7761837/698867d50a4a228b809c683f/h_52203030.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at a 'Women for Hillary' meeting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in, Wisconsin, Sept. 10, 2015. Tannen Maury—EPA  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 14, 2015 3:57 AM UTC Each Democratic candidate got their share of screen time at the debate in Las Vegas tonight, but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was far ahead of the pack in views on YouTube. According to analysis by Strike Social, a YouTube ad-tech platform, Clinton’s official YouTube account has posted 62 videos that have garnered almost 7 million views. By comparison, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the No. 2 slot for the Democrats has posted 180 videos that total have amassed 2.4 million views, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s 62 videos have gotten only 287,000 views. The other two Democratic candidates who on the debate stage, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, have not posted any ads on YouTube. Clinton isn’t just dominating her party rivals on YouTube, she’s also far ahead of the most-watched Republican candidate, Ted Cruz. The Texas Senator has gotten just over 2 million views on the 189 videos he’s posted to the site, besting Republican frontrunner Donald Trump who took the No. 2 GOP spot with just 3 videos and 1.6 million views. **Read Next:** [_7 Issues the Democratic Candidates Are Likely to Debate_](http://time.com/4071085/democratic-debate-issues/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views","datePublished":"2015-10-14T03:57:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:00.910Z","description":"Hillary Clinton far outpaces both her Democratic and Republican rivals in YouTube viewership.","url":"https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","YouTube","Bernie Sanders","Martin O'malley","Lincoln Chafee","Jim Webb","Debates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38daa49a7761837/698867d50a4a228b809c683f/h_52203030.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38daa49a7761837/698867d50a4a228b809c683f/h_52203030.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton campaigns in Milwaukee","caption":"Hillary Clinton campaigns in Milwaukee","creditText":"Tannen Maury—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4072098/hillary-clinton-youtube-ads/","name":"Hillary Clinton Leads All Candidates in YouTube Views"}}]}] ```