BaitBuster-Bangla: A Comprehensive Dataset for Clickbait Detection in Bangla with Multi-Feature and Multi-Modal Analysis

The dataset contains a total of 253,070 records, with 18 features. The features are categorized into four different types: Metadata, Primary Data, Engagement Stats, and Label. Under the Metadata category contains basic information about the channel and video, such as their unique identifiers, date and time of publication, and thumbnail URLs. The Primary Data category contains information about the title and description of the video. The "Processed" columns refer to the cleaned data after denoising, deduplication and debiased for further analysis. The Engagement Stats category contains data on user engagement metrics for each video. The Label category contains predefined auto labels, human annotated labels, and AI generated pseudo labels. Auto labels are labels that are automatically derived based on a review of their titles, descriptions, and thumbnails over time. Channels with consistently misleading, exaggerated, or sensationalized content were labeled as clickbait. Those focusing on factual information delivery without emotional appeals were labeled non-clickbait. Human labels are labels that are manually derived by volunteer human annotators and AI labels are labels that are generated by a fine-tuned AI model. The following table presents a detailed overview and definitions of the features.

Paper

• Data in Brief: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110239
• arXiv Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11465

Dataset

• Mendeley: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/3c6ztw5nft/

Citation

MLA

Al Imran, Abdullah, Md Sakib Hossain Shovon, and M. F. Mridha. "BaitBuster-Bangla: A Comprehensive Dataset for Clickbait Detection in Bangla with Multi-Feature and Multi-Modal Analysis." Data in Brief (2024): 110239.

BibText

@article{IMRAN2024110239,
title = {BaitBuster-Bangla: A Comprehensive Dataset for Clickbait Detection in Bangla with Multi-Feature and Multi-Modal Analysis},
journal = {Data in Brief},
pages = {110239},
year = {2024},
issn = {2352-3409},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110239},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340924002105},
author = {Abdullah Al Imran and Md Sakib Hossain Shovon and M.F. Mridha},
keywords = {Bangla clickbait dataset, YouTube clickbait, Multi-modal clickbait dataset, Multi-feature clickbait dataset, Bangla natural language processing, User behavior modeling, Social Media Analysis},
abstract = {This study presents a large multi-modal Bangla YouTube clickbait dataset consisting of 253,070 data points collected through an automated process using the YouTube API and Python web automation frameworks. The dataset contains 18 diverse features categorized into metadata, primary content, engagement statistics, and labels for individual videos from 58 Bangla YouTube channels. A rigorous preprocessing step has been applied to denoise, deduplicate, and remove bias from the features, ensuring unbiased and reliable analysis. As the largest and most robust clickbait corpus in Bangla to date, this dataset provides significant value for natural language processing and data science researchers seeking to advance modeling of clickbait phenomena in low-resource languages. Its multi-modal nature allows for comprehensive analyses of clickbait across content, user interactions, and linguistic dimensions to develop more sophisticated detection methods with cross-linguistic applications.}
}