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The Dividend YouTube Index

Every dividend stock and ETF discussed on the biggest dividend investing channels, ranked by how many creators covered it — and set beside what its payout ratio and dividend growth actually look like. Attention and fundamentals are not the same thing, and this page is built to show you where they disagree.

Updated Aug 6, 2026 · 184 videos indexed this week from 112 channels · 186 videos across the last 120 days · dividend fundamentals as of Aug 6, 2026

Which dividend stocks did YouTubers talk about most this week?

Across 112 dividend, income, and retirement channels, 40 tickers were discussed in the last seven days, of which 24 yield 2% or more. The most covered income names were SCHD, QQQI, SPYI, VYM, JEPI. Mention count measures airtime, not dividend quality — read it next to the payout ratio column, not instead of it.

Dividend stocks and ETFs ranked by how many dividend YouTube videos discussed them, with dividend fundamentals as of 2026-08-06.
TickerVideosChannelsViewsYieldPayout5yr growthCreator sentiment
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF2517160K3.12%—8%22 bullish, 3 neutral
QQQINEOS NASDAQ-100(R) High Income ETF201361K13.27%—10%9 bullish, 2 bearish, 9 neutral
SPYINeos S&P 500(R) High Income ETF161262K11.64%—6%10 bullish, 6 neutral
VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF9684K2.20%—4%5 bullish, 4 neutral
JEPIJPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF9733K7.96%—-1%3 bullish, 1 bearish, 5 neutral
JEPQJPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF8726K10.19%—3%1 bullish, 1 bearish, 6 neutral
GPIQGoldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF7632K9.21%—7%3 bullish, 4 neutral
BTCINEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF7629K42.73%——2 bullish, 1 bearish, 2 flagging risk, 2 neutral
QYLDGlobal X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF7514K11.49%—-5%1 bullish, 2 bearish, 4 neutral
MOAltria Group, Inc.5530K6.20%89%4%1 bullish, 1 bearish, 3 neutral
GPIXGoldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF5425K7.88%—6%3 bullish, 1 bearish, 1 neutral
IWMINEOS Russell 2000 High Income ETF5417K13.57%——5 bullish
VXUSVanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares5316K2.53%—6%3 bullish, 2 neutral
MLPINeos Mlp & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF5414K7.26%——3 bullish, 2 neutral
PFFAVirtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF4442K9.62%—2%2 bullish, 2 neutral
ARCCAres Capital Corp4442K9.94%143%4%1 bullish, 3 neutral
KOCoca Cola Co4419K2.44%62%5%4 neutral
XQQINEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF4417K6.08%——2 bullish, 2 neutral
PEPPepsico Inc4417K4.27%75%7%3 bullish, 1 flagging risk
QCOMQualcomm Inc/De33109K2.34%41%6%2 bullish, 1 flagging risk
IDVOAmplify CWP International Enhanced Dividend Income ETF3343K5.51%—15%2 bullish, 1 neutral
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF3223K4.07%—6%3 bullish
ORealty Income Corporation3318K5.18%265% †4%2 bullish, 1 neutral
MCDMcdonalds Corp3317K2.72%60%8%2 bullish, 1 flagging risk

† Distributions are not paid out of earnings. REITs pay out of funds from operations and must legally distribute most of their income; midstream partnerships cover distributions from cash flow. An earnings-based payout ratio above 100% is normal for both, so these rows are not flagged. Apply the same caveat yourself to BDCs and closed-end funds, which we can’t identify automatically from this data.

What else are dividend channels covering?

Plenty that doesn’t pay much of a dividend. 16 of the 40 tickers discussed this week yield under 2%, and they took the largest share of total viewership — MSFT (0.75%, 19 videos), SPY (0.74%, 18 videos), QQQ (0.25%, 15 videos), META (0.34%, 14 videos), GOOGL (0.23%, 13 videos), AAPL (0.35%, 13 videos). That gap is worth noticing on its own: the channels most associated with dividend investing spend a large part of their airtime on mega-cap growth names yielding well under 1%.

Are the most-discussed dividend stocks actually safe?

Not uniformly. Of the 40 tickers dividend YouTube discussed this week, 2 carry a payout ratio above 80% — meaning they distribute more than four-fifths of their earnings, leaving little margin if earnings fall: MO (89% payout, 6.20% yield), ARCC (143% payout, 9.94% yield). REITs and midstream partnerships are excluded from that count — they don’t pay out of earnings, so the ratio doesn’t mean the same thing for them. A stretched payout ratio is not a prediction of a cut. It does mean the yield being advertised is doing more work than the earnings behind it.

The videos behind this week’s index

Every video that fed the tables above, credited and linked. If a claim matters to you, watch the source — we would rather send you to the creator than have you take our summary on trust.

Channels we track

Public upload feeds only. If you run one of these channels and would rather not be indexed, email us and we’ll remove you the same day.

Common questions

Which dividend stocks are YouTubers talking about right now?

In the last seven days the most-discussed income-paying names across 112 dividend investing channels were SCHD (Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF), QQQI (NEOS NASDAQ-100(R) High Income ETF), SPYI (Neos S&P 500(R) High Income ETF), VYM (Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF), JEPI (JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF). Mention counts measure attention, not quality — several of the loudest names carry payout ratios above 100%, meaning they distribute more than they earn.

Does a stock being mentioned a lot on YouTube mean it is a good investment?

No. Mention volume measures how much airtime a ticker is getting, not the quality or safety of its dividend. High-yield names attract disproportionate coverage precisely because a large yield makes an engaging thumbnail, and a large yield is often the market pricing in the risk of a cut. That is why every row on this page shows the payout ratio and five-year dividend growth next to the mention count — so attention and fundamentals can be read side by side.

How is the Dividend YouTube Index built?

Each week we read the public upload feeds of 112 dividend, income, and retirement YouTube channels, pull the captions of every full-length video, and identify which tickers were actually discussed and with what stance. Each ticker is then matched against our own dividend database — yield, payout ratio, five-year dividend growth — so the claim and the underlying numbers appear together. Every video is credited and linked to the exact timestamp.

What does the payout ratio column tell me?

The payout ratio is the share of earnings a company pays out as dividends. Under 60% is generally comfortable, 60–80% is worth watching, and above 100% means the company is distributing more than it earns — sustainable only by borrowing, selling assets, or eventually cutting. Amber and red figures in the table mark those stretched and over-100% rows. Rows marked † are excluded from that flagging entirely: REITs pay out of funds from operations and are legally required to distribute most of their income, and midstream partnerships cover distributions from cash flow, so an earnings-based ratio above 100% is normal for both rather than a warning.

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