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Our analyses of climate change and vaccination videos, considering various modalities such as captions and thumbnails, revealed that themes related to children and health often appeared in videos mentioning women, while science misinformation was more common in videos mentioning men. We observed cross-platform differences in portraying gender stereotypes. YouTube\u2019s video descriptions often highlighted women-associated moral language, whereas TikTok emphasized men-associated moral language. YouTube\u2019s thumbnails frequently featured climate activists or women with nature, while TikTok\u2019s thumbnails showed women in Vlog-style selfies and with feminine gestures. 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