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PragerU releases videos on various topics from a conservative viewpoint that according to its site "advances [[Judeo-Christian ethics|Judeo-Christian values]]." {{As of|2023|2|df=US}}, its YouTube channel included 2,200 videos.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uploads from PragerU|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity/videos|via=YouTube|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224232303/http://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity/videos|url-status=live}}</ref> Each video costs between $25,000 and $30,000 to create.<ref name="buzzfeed_2018-03-032" /> Dennis Prager "personally approves every item" and "edits every script" before publication, according to ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]''.<ref name="motherjones2" /> PragerU guests cover a range from the secular right, the far-right, and the theocratic right.<ref name="Tripodi">{{cite journal |last1=Tripodi |first1=Francesca |date=2018 |title=Searching for Alternate Facts |url=https://datasociety.net/library/searching-for-alternative-facts/ |url-status=live |journal=Data & Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019110331/https://kennisopenbaarbestuur.nl/media/257152/data_society_searching-for-alternative-facts.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-19 |access-date=2021-09-22}}</ref> Some prominent video presenters have included [[Ben Shapiro]], [[Candace Owens]], [[Tucker Carlson]], [[Nigel Farage]], [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Michelle Malkin]], [[Bret Stephens]], [[Owen Benjamin]], and [[George Will]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/y3p33j/fracking-farris-dan-wilks-prageru-climate-crisis-denial-shapiro |last=Dembicki |first=Geoff |title=How Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built a Climate Crisis–Denial Empire |date=25 August 2022 |work=VICE |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015002922/https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/y3p33j/fracking-farris-dan-wilks-prageru-climate-crisis-denial-shapiro |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-26 |title=Owen Benjamin: What You Need to Know|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/owen-benjamin-what-you-need-know |website=Anti-Defamation League|language=en|access-date= March 23, 2024}}</ref>

Much of PragerU's popularity comes from its "5-Minute Videos", which summarize economic, political, and cultural topics, with many discussing controversial topics.<ref name=":2" />