Methods, systems, and media for providing video content suitable for audio-only playback

A system for selecting content to be presented, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor that:
• receives a request for a first video content item from a user device;
• determines whether the first video content item is suitable for presentation in a background playback mode in which audio data of video content items is played back and in which video data of the video content items is inhibited from being played back;
• and
• in response to determining that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode, sets a background playback mode indicator associated with the first video content item to indicate that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode and selects a second video content item in which the background playback mode indicator associated with the second video content item indicates that the second video content item is suitable for presentation in the background playback mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for selecting content to be presented, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for a first video content item from a user device;
• determining whether the first video content item is suitable for presentation in a background playback mode in which audio data of video content items is played back and in which video data of the video content items is inhibited from being played back;
• and
• in response to determining that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode, setting a background playback mode indicator associated with the first video content item to indicate that the first video content item is not suitable for presentation in the background playback mode and selecting a second video content item in which the background playback mode indicator associated with the second video content item indicates that the second video content item is suitable for presentation in the background playback mode.