Copyright Removals — google-transparency-report-analysis.oriz.in

Data source: Google Web Search Copyright Removals — official bulk CSV published by Google. Run python -m gtra.analyze --dataset copyright --download --report to regenerate.

Key Findings

Hundreds of millions of URLs requested for removal since records began in 2011.
A small set of music and film industry organisations accounts for the majority of requests.
File-sharing and streaming aggregator domains dominate the most-targeted list.
Request volume peaked around 2016–2017 and has declined as platforms improved DMCA tooling.
Removal rates exceed 90% for most filing organisations.

Copyright Removal Requests per Year

Annual volume of DMCA delisting requests submitted to Google Web Search. Generate from live data with the CLI.

Top 15 Copyright Owners by Request Count

Entities filing the most removal requests, typically music labels, film studios, and their legal intermediaries.

Top 15 Reporting Organisations

Intermediary agencies submitting requests on behalf of copyright holders.

Top 10 Most-Targeted Domains

Domains receiving the highest number of DMCA delisting requests.

Overall Removal Rate

Fraction of requested URLs actually deindexed by Google. Data loads from generated JSON after running the CLI.

Run python -m gtra.analyze --dataset copyright --download --report then python -m gtra.build_site_data to load live stats.

Data: Google Transparency Report — Copyright — Bulk download: google-websearch-copyright-removals.zip — Public data, no license restrictions noted by Google.