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CategoryId for YouTube dictionary
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var dict1 = {1 :'Film & Animation', 2 :'Autos & Vehicles', 10 :'Music', 15 :'Pets & Animals', 17 :'Sports', 18 :'Short Movies', 19 :'Travel & Events', 20 :'Gaming', 21 :'Videoblogging', 22 :'People & Blogs', 23 :'Comedy', 24 :'Entertainment',
25 :'News & Politics', 26 :'Howto & Style', 27 :'Education', 28 :'Science & Technology', 29 :'Nonprofits & Activism', 30 :'Movies', 31 :'Anime/Animation', 32 :'Action/Adventure', 33 :'Classics', 34 :'Comedy', 35 :'Documentary',
36 :'Drama', 37 :'Family', 38 :'Foreign', 39 :'Horror', 40 :'Sci-Fi/Fantasy', 41 :'Thriller', 42 :'Shorts', 43 :'Shows', 44 :'Trailers'}
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auwsom commented Oct 24, 2018 •
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the category IDs are returned as strings in the response.
see https://socialblade.com/youtube/ for charts. it appears all videos are autotagged with one of these categories ids and the vast majority are the categories available on this site. although it only shows charts of 'youtubers' channels.

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