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by philwelch 1066 days ago
Good question. Let me scroll through my YouTube home page. This is every video where the cover image shows the presenter’s face and the presenter is making a natural facial expression. Sometimes the presenter’s mouth is slightly open because they are talking, but they are not outright “soyfacing” as it’s sometimes called.

https://youtu.be/PPWzsaAwOjQ

https://www.youtube.com/live/UAUg6y2UX88?feature=share

https://youtu.be/4sEFinMiSco

https://youtu.be/RdoKv0oojM8

https://youtu.be/SbeqNFHoU_8

https://youtu.be/v7CFo0XKLmo

https://youtu.be/cl-lZeLu2cg

https://youtu.be/-eJcJq2aWq8

https://youtu.be/YEW4U9DUtrw

https://youtu.be/WUwJteu_FqU

https://youtu.be/n0vLnHcz68I

https://youtu.be/FYCV5Ot4pcQ

https://youtu.be/1NZoWqs1T_s

https://youtu.be/X0QuB2v5rLw

https://youtu.be/4FRlV70lvYk

https://youtu.be/p3O6bKdPLbw

I stopped most of the way down the page. Here are the exaggerated facial expressions:

https://www.youtube.com/live/CN5bnEn9YZA?feature=share (sort of an exaggerated :|)

https://youtu.be/Iu7gAS4egEI

https://youtu.be/iQ190Bf-6J0 (the only actual “soyface” I could find)

https://youtu.be/zs6sEYEzsKo

https://youtu.be/VOVO0Mr4n-A

https://youtu.be/fpnd1OboPPs (borderline soyface maybe?)

So that’s 16 normal facial expressions, four slightly exaggerated ones, and 1, maybe 2 soyfaces. And a much larger majority of videos that didn’t show the presenter’s face on the thumbnail at all.

Edit: It occurs to me now that it’s not that easy to see a YouTube thumbnail after you click through to the actual video.