On Jan. 21, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan released a lengthy blog post about what creators can expect in 2026, outlining upcoming changes poised to drastically affect creator experiences on the platform. The ...

YouTube is now the leading way Americans watch video. Its audience is young; an astonishing 90 percent of American teenagers are on the platform. YouTube TV is bigger than many cable operators. (Since ...

YouTube, long renowned for its vast video library, has quietly established itself as a formidable music streaming service.

At the Made on YouTube event, the company previewed a slew of new AI-powered creator tools targeting behind-the-scenes work content creators do. At the Made on YouTube event, the company previewed a ...

YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use of ...

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One in five Shorts that YouTube recommends to new users is low-quality, mass-produced AI-generated video, often described as “AI slop.” YouTube CEO Neal Mohan used that label himself in his January ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Faces are common in thumbnails, but they are not a universal advantage. The impact looks different across niches and formats. YouTube’s native testing is built around watch time outcomes, not CTR ...

If you ever watched a full movie chopped into 12 separate uploads, made your own Razr ringtones from downloaded YouTube audio, or got absolutely wrecked by a “ghost on tape” jump scare video, this one ...