Name: Melissa Hortman Shooting: YouTube Coverage Data
Creator: Kaggle
License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/

About this Dataset

Melissa Hortman Shooting: YouTube Coverage Data

Melissa Hortman Shooting Coverage: YouTube Comments & Video Metadata

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains comprehensive YouTube data related to the tragic shooting of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman. The collection includes both video metadata and public comments from YouTube's coverage of this significant political news event, providing researchers with rich data for analyzing public discourse, media coverage patterns, and social responses to political violence.

Data Collection

Data was systematically collected on June 18, 2025, using the query "Gunman shoots and kills Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman." The collection process focused on the most relevant and recently published content to capture immediate public reaction and media coverage of this breaking news event.

Dataset Contents

The dataset comprises 53,817 comments from 131 unique videos, offering extensive coverage of public discourse surrounding this political tragedy. Comments are sorted by newest first to capture real-time reactions, while video metadata provides context about content creators, engagement metrics, and publication timing.

Potential Use Cases

Sentiment Analysis: Analyze public emotional responses to political violence
Media Studies: Examine how different news outlets covered the same event
Political Communication: Study crisis communication patterns in political contexts
Social Network Analysis: Investigate information spread and engagement patterns
Content Analysis: Research themes and narratives in user-generated responses
Temporal Analysis: Track how coverage and public opinion evolved over time
Comparative Studies: Compare this event's coverage with other political incidents

Ethical Considerations

This dataset contains public comments and metadata from YouTube's public platform. All data represents information already publicly available.

File Structure

comments.csv: Individual comment data with user engagement metrics
video_details.csv: Video metadata including titles, descriptions, and statistics

Support & Updates

Questions about the dataset methodology and/or additional context are welcome in the discussion forum.

Tables

Gunman Shoots And Kills Minnesota State Representative 347b5ec2

@kaggle.lucaspimeentel_melissa_hortman_shooting_youtube_coverage_data.gunman_shoots_and_kills_minnesota_state_representative_347b5ec2

5.48 MB
48,855 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE gunman_shoots_and_kills_minnesota_state_representative_347b5ec2 (
  "commentid" VARCHAR,
  "content" VARCHAR,
  "publishedtime" VARCHAR,
  "replylevel" BIGINT,
  "authorbuttona11y" VARCHAR,
  "video_id" VARCHAR,
  "likecountliked" VARCHAR,
  "likecountdisliked" VARCHAR,
  "replycount" VARCHAR,
  "imageattachmentmaxheight" DOUBLE
);

Gunman Shoots And Kills Minnesota State Representative F391878d

@kaggle.lucaspimeentel_melissa_hortman_shooting_youtube_coverage_data.gunman_shoots_and_kills_minnesota_state_representative_f391878d

63.91 kB
131 rows
9 columns

CREATE TABLE gunman_shoots_and_kills_minnesota_state_representative_f391878d (
  "videoid" VARCHAR,
  "title" VARCHAR,
  "lengthseconds" BIGINT,
  "keywords" VARCHAR,
  "shortdescription" VARCHAR,
  "allowratings" BOOLEAN,
  "viewcount" BIGINT,
  "author" VARCHAR,
  "isprivate" BOOLEAN
);