Methods, systems, and media for identifying abusive user accounts based on playlists

A system for identifying abusive content, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor that is configured to:
• determine at least one feature associated with a playlist created by a user-generated channel;
• calculate a playlist score associated with the playlist based on a playlist classifier, wherein the playlist classifier comprises a function that maps the at least one feature to the playlist score;
• calculate a channel score associated with the user-generated channel based at least on the calculated playlist score;
• determine that one or more content items associated with the user-generated channel is to be demoted based on the calculated channel score, wherein the one or more content items comprises the playlist;
• and
• cause the one or more content items to be demoted.

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

• determining at least one feature associated with a playlist created by a user-generated channel;
• calculating a playlist score associated with the playlist based on a playlist classifier, wherein the playlist classifier comprises a function that maps the at least one feature to the playlist score;
• calculating a channel score associated with the user-generated channel based at least on the calculated playlist score;
• determining that one or more content items associated with the user-generated channel is to be demoted based on the calculated channel score, wherein the one or more content items comprises the playlist;
• and
• causing the one or more content items to be demoted.