Creators: starting today, we're updating our profanity monetization policy to better align w/ updated standards in advertising & to address your feedback. Strong profanity in the first 7 sec is now eligible to earn full ad revenue. More info & background:

📢 Creators: We've added new metrics for 'Casual' & 'Regular' viewers in the Audience tab in Analytics! Get deeper insights to learn more about your audience & find out what content is driving more engaged viewers. Learn more about these metrics here:

The AI playground in YouTube Shorts is your new home for GenAI creation 🎨 . Inside, you’ll find our latest creation tools, a gallery of inspirational examples, & pre-filled prompts. Use it to generate videos, images, music, & more!. All the info:

More generative effects ✨. New Veo effects that can do things like transform your selfies into unique videos & static doodles into fun animations!.⤵️.

It’s playtime for your camera roll with Photo to video powered by Veo 📸 . Instantly turn any static photo into a dynamic video clip by simply uploading your picture & selecting a text prompt!.⤵️.

We're introducing new tools designed to make Shorts creation easier & more fun 📹 . Transform your ideas into reality with Photo to video, new generative effects, & a simplified way to access all of our GenAI creation features . Info in the thread below & this article:.

Creators, let’s clear up some confusion on our minor July 15 YPP update --> It's not a new policy – we're just clarifying our repetitive content policy includes mass-produced content that's already against the rules.

📢 Creators! We’ve updated the navigation & refreshed the look of Advanced Mode in YouTube Analytics to make it even easier for you to see data. Now you can easily access comparison features, save your favorite reports & more! . More details:

Introducing new leaderboards for live streams 👑. Viewers; engage in streams to climb the ranks & get recognized w/ a badge in chat.Creators; see your top fans in one place to help connect w/ your top viewers & build community. Learn more:

Shopping product stickers on Shorts are here 🛍️. Fans will see a sticker of the first product you tagged & can click on the sticker to go to the retailer’s website. You can also size & position your sticker to make it personalized to your Short!. More:

Communities are now available to all eligible creators who have access to Posts & choose to opt-in. These are new, dedicated spaces for creators & subscribers to have conversations, share updates, & connect 👥 . Details here:

And it's fixed! Thanks for being patient, happy to have you back <3.

Yup, YouTube is partially down for some folks 🙃 . If that's you, don't worry – we're working on it!!! Get some fresh air for a bit til we're back. Follow along as we get more details here:

Navigation bar is BACK! Thanks for hanging in there with us while we sorted the issue out ♥️.

Thanks to everyone who reached out about the navigation bar issue on the YouTube app for Android devices —we hear you & we're on it! 🔍. You can follow along here for updates:

This issue has been fixed. Thanks for bearing with us!.

This issue has been fixed. If you're still experiencing it, try restarting your app or updating to the latest version. Thanks for bearing with us!

Creators - we've noticed an issue in YouTube Studio where views are showing as "0" for recent uploads. We'll keep you posted on getting this problem solved. Follow this link for updates ➡️ Appreciate your patience on this!.

Confirming this issue is fixed, thanks for your patience!.

If you're having trouble with the YouTube App on your smart TV or gaming console, you're not alone! We know this is frustrating, and our team is looking into it now 🔎. For now, the YouTube App is working normally on mobile devices. You can find the latest info here:.