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Using the YouTube API, I was able to extract this complex network—an ego network, to be precise—formed by my subscribers and their subscriptions. Setting out to query 2,000 subscribers, I quickly realized the sheer volume of data would result in a significant network with 268,000 channels and nearly a million connections. This vastness provides insight not only into individual preferences but into a larger trend that reflects our collective identity as viewers.