Each and every one of you made this
#PermissiontoDance
challenge special💜 Hope you all enjoy this challenge!
Remember! No matter where you are, you don't need permission to dance!🕺💃
Stay tuned for the upcoming compilation video! Sep 10 will be packed with more surprises!
Thank you,
@SusanWojcicki
. It's been amazing to work with you over the years. You've built YouTube into an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. I'm excited to continue this awesome and important mission. Looking forward to what lies ahead...
Today, after nearly 25 years at
@Google
, I’m stepping back to start a new chapter. I'm inspired every day by creators around the world who bring people together on
@YouTube
. It's been an honor to have a front row seat to this incredible community.
We're now rolling out a new update that will split your video content into 3 separate tabs!
🚨 Videos Tab - long-form videos only
🚨 Shorts Tab - Shorts only
🚨 Live Tab - past, current & upcoming live streams
@kidrl
shows us the new look below:
.
@MatPatGT
, thanks for everything you’ve done for the YouTube community. You and
@CordyPatrick
have shown us you can not only be creative...you can give back in meaningful ways. I have a feeling you’ll do something even more amazing next!
Good news for iPhone & iPad users! We’re now rolling out picture-in-picture to iOS 15+ devices. When watching a video, just swipe ⬆️ from the bottom of the screen to return to the device's homepage. Your video can scale down and be moved across your screen…
🚨
@YouTubeCreators
, we’ve heard your feedback about Shorts thumbnails. Good news! Now you can choose any frame from your Short to be used as the thumbnail on Android. (iOS coming soon).
Worth watching the interview w/
@SusanWojcicki
&
@iamMostlySane
, panel members for Impact Challenge for Women & Girls. Starting today, the Challenge will grant $25M to orgs to help women & girls reach their full potential...
The final version of
#Article
13 was adopted today. We’re asking EU member states to strike the right balance as they implement the new rules. A big thank you to all the creators who shared their concerns on this very important piece of legislation.
Players from all over the 🌐 are giving an honest try at becoming the
#YouTubeWorldsGreatest
. We’re excited to announce the YouTube World’s Greatest Gaming tournament alongside
@LudwigAhgren
! Stay tuned as our challengers kickoff the competition in August 🏆 🎮
Black creators, we hear you and pledge to do more. Announcing a new $100M commitment to amplify Black creator voices, along with stronger measures to confront hate on
@YouTube
’s platform. Check out
@SusanWojcicki
’s latest Community Letter:
Our
@YouTube
#shorts
Fund is coming to to 30+ more countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Italy, South Korea and so many more. We're always looking to expand how we support creators around the world!
Thrilled to partner with Thirty Five Media,
@richkleiman
and
@KDTrey5
to help sports stars launch YouTube channels and create new and innovative sports programming
Excited about all the new products we’ll be rolling out on
@YouTube
in 2022. Here’s a sneak peek 🧵 at some things we have in store for our creators, viewers & brand partners this year. Full blog post here: (1/6)
Awesome to sit down with
@MKBHD
to talk our latest announcements expanding YPP to
#YouTubeShorts
creators, introducing Shorts ad rev sharing, and launching Creator Music - also shared what we're looking forward to building for creators in the year ahead...
Took a ride w/
@LudwigAhgren
in a very, very small truck to talk YouTube and beyond. Great conversation - though maybe I’ll pick the transportation next time…
We're running a new experiment to help
@YouTubeCreators
build their audiences. We will show which videos are best attracting new viewers who later come back to watch more - a key signal for sustained audience growth. Looking forward to sharing results!
"YouTube is changing everyone's life if people use it in a good way, everyone can become a star, everyone can solve their real-life problems." As Gangavva and her 1.5M subscribers prove, its never to late to build a business on
@YouTube
!
Access to mental health resources is more important than ever. At
@YouTube
, we're increasing the visibility of crisis resource panels for mental health, getting people critical information fast when they need it, and more...
After hearing some great feedback from
@YouTubeCreators
, we're bringing back "sort by oldest" on the Videos and Live tabs! This feature is set to launch in the coming months...
Starting today, we're rolling out a new modern look for YouTube as well as several product features that will add an even more immersive viewing experience. It’s the same YouTube at its core but with definite improvements based on your feedback! (1/3)
Today I’m giving an update on YouTube’s key priorities for 2023: supporting the success of creators, building for the YouTube of the future, and protecting the YouTube community. 1/3
We are rolling out the
@YouTube
#Shorts
beta to everywhere where YouTube is available this week! Excited to see the creativity from mobile
@YouTubeCreators
, esp how they use our remix audio feature from videos across YouTube...
Today was Beast Philanthropy’s biggest food drive ever! Over 300 volunteers, 10,000+ families fed, and around $500,000 worth of food given away!
We’ve officially given away over 1,000,000 meals to people in need all 100% for free :))
At
@YouTube
, we’re excited about what’s ahead this year. Today I’m sharing 4 big bets we’re making in 2024, starting with how we’re using AI to empower human creativity. We want to help everyone create. 1/4
things that made us go woah: India landed on the moon!
@isro
's livestream on YouTube records a whopping 8 million concurrent viewers- we're over the moon! 🥳
On
#SaferInternetDay
, we're highlighting four ways to help you better control your YouTube experience - from age-appropriate options and tools for parents, to how you can easily manage your data:
🚨 Now introducing YouTube Emotes!
🗣️ A great new way for
@YouTubeCreators
to react and express themselves via live chat
🎮 Current emotes are
@YouTubeGaming
themed - stay tuned as more emotes are coming for different communities 👀
🔍 More info:
While we support the goals of article 13, the European Parliament’s current proposal will create unintended consequences that will have a profound impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people.
@SusanWojcicki
's
@FT
op-ed is worth a read...
Today I shared concerns in the
@FT
about the unintended consequences of Article 13, proposed copyright legislation in the EU. We know we can work together to find a better way and protect creativity online.
We're launching Live Polls for all
@YouTubeCreators
! When live streaming, creators can run polls directly in Live Chat - another great new way for creators to engage with their fans...
Awesome to sit down with
@iJustine
to talk features we're rolling out to make creation easier, how we're listening to creator feedback and helping creators make more money on our platform & ways we're thinking about AI in the days ahead.
🎶 Creator Music is now avail to all YPP
@YouTubeCreators
within the US. This opens up access to a massive library of monetizable music to use on videos.
More on how Creator Music works:
Cool new creation tools coming soon to
#YouTubeShorts
including:
- A new way to remix with Collab
- New effects & stickers
- Mobile-first video live experience
- Shorts in playlists & more
Stay tuned for more features!
Today we’re sharing how we're building on expert partnerships to help meet the unique needs of teens using YouTube. Read about our new product updates and how we're prioritizing safety, privacy & wellbeing for teens and their families:
“These charts will help showcase the most popular music trending among creators, elevate the music trending on Shorts for the fans and track the transformation of regional Shorts trends into global hits." More from
@lyorcohen
in
@musicbizworld
:
We recently rolled out a new modern look for the YouTube Studio app that includes rounded thumbnails & an even darker dark theme for better contrast & accessibility...
🚨 *New tool* out for
@YouTubeCreators
. When uploading videos you'll now see time estimates for how long they'll take to finish processing across SD, HD & 4k quality levels! More info:
We announced a new look for
@YouTube
last year, including features like ambient mode, which adds vibrancy using dynamic color sampling. Now we're bringing it to tablets! It casts light like a movie screen in a dark room. Try it out in dark theme...
We're constantly building out the
#YouTubeShorts
Analytics experience. 📈 We recently introduced 2 new Shorts metrics - Shown in feed and Viewed (vs. swiped away) - to help creators understand how their videos are performing in the Shorts feed.
Creators, you can now download and share your videos or Shorts to your mobile device from the YouTube app or Studio Mobile. It's a great way to increase your visibility off platform!
No one knows the creator economy better than
@ColinandSamir
- it was great to sit down w/ them to talk all things
@YouTube
! We got into the impact of YouTube Shorts, AI, the future of YouTube and so much more...
In our episode with YouTube CEO
@nealmohan
we give our feedback and ask about:
💰 Shorts monetization
⚠️ AI's impact on YouTube
📺 The $14B NFL deal
🎯 The future of the platform
Watch →
Enjoyed meeting with Minister
@PiyushGoyal
at
#APEC2023
to discuss how YouTube is supporting the creator ecosystem. Indian creators are doing incredible things on
@YouTube
and also helping drive economic growth.
Delighted to meet Mr.
@NealMohan
, CEO of YouTube.
We discussed how India presents a huge opportunity for
@YouTube
to further expand collaboration & footprint in the country with its:
📲 Thriving digital ecosystem
📹 Growing content space
🧑💻Young & diverse demography
First ever month doing over 100 Million views on the channel 🤯
If you told me 10 years ago that many people would watch tech videos on YouTube, I’d be… very happy 🤓
More good stuff to come!
Good news for
@YouTubeCreators
and viewers! We're rolling out filtering & sorting options within a channel's video tab to make it easier to find great content. Soon you'll be able to sort by VOD, Shorts & Live...
How will we know when to stop social distancing and why do young people need to be so careful?
@RealDoctorMike
discusses this, and more, with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Join the Premiere at 10am ET today →
#StayHome
Just in time for
#MarchMadness
we’re launching early access to a new
@YouTubeTV
feature that lets fans watch multiple streams at once! Get a behind-the-scenes look at how multiview works...
Thank you, Danielle of
@pbsorigin
and
@mollybofficial
for joining me onstage today at
#VidConUS
to share how YouTube has made a positive impact on you and your communities. A special thanks to Molly’s mom for taking this pic!
Thank you to all of the creators who have spoken out about the impact of
#Article13
. Today on
#321EUOfflineDay
, people are once again talking about how they will be affected by these changes.
#SaveYourInternet
Great read on some of our new YouTube Premium features including:
📷Queuing on phones & tablets
📷Watch YouTube together on Android & iOS
📷Jump back into YouTube across devices
📷Offline viewing
📷Higher vid quality
More on these features:
1 MILLION SUBS!!!
And I'm honestly so happy that I was able to share this day with
@LexMobileGaming
ALSO hitting 1M today!
It honestly feels super fitting & awesome!
Thank you SO much to everyone! I honestly can't believe how much support I've been shown over the years ♥️👏🥳
Cool update in YouTube Analytics! This new report shows you what kind of content your viewers watch on other channels. These are great metrics to keep track of for your content strategy:
Excited to announce the expanded availability of multi-language audio! Learn more in the latest installment of our Innovation Series as
@MrBeast
talks w/
@YouTubeLiaison
!
Check out the latest features available for YouTube Premium members, including early access to experimental features like our first conversational AI tool, enhanced video quality to Android, Web, smart TVs and more...
Really focused making it easier for users to find livestreams on
@YouTube
so we're rolling out the Live rings feature on mobile!
@YouTubeCreators
streaming live will now have a ring around the channel avatar & clicking on the avatar will take you directly to the livestream.
Great news for football fans! Over the next few days you'll see the option to sign up for
@NFL
Sunday Ticket on
@YouTubeTV
&
@YouTube
Primetime Channels. Learn more about all the offerings and exciting features like multiview and key plays...
As of today:
🤬 All curse words no longer treated the same
✅ Moderate profanity any time can get the green icon
⚠️ F-bomb in first 7 seconds, or repeatedly can receive limited ads
🎵 Background music with profanity can now get ads
🛑 Profanity in title/thumb still can't run ads
10 years ago today, I uploaded my first tech video to YouTube.
Grateful for the platform, the friends I've made, the opportunities that have come along this journey and most of all, the love and support from the community ❤️
Here's to the next 10 years 🙌🏽
#Alhumdulillah
Congrats to the
@YouTubeTV
team for winning their first Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for curation of sports highlights! Learn how we're continuing to build the best live TV experience:
At YouTube, we want to make it easier for parents to help their kids find great videos in safer experiences built just for them. We're launching a way to easily switch to YouTube Kids using the YouTube app on smart TVs, streaming devices & game consoles.
"It's a show that got made because the only barrier to entry was the upload button." What an amazing acceptance speech from
@MichelleKhare
- congrats to all the
@YouTubeCreators
nominated for the
#streamys
Good news for
@YouTubeCreators
with 500+ subs - you can now use @ mentions in your video titles and descriptions! Tag fellow creators, give shout-outs and more...
At YouTube, we're building on our approach to responsible AI innovation. We're introducing a tool in Creator Studio that requires creators to disclose when their content has been altered in ways that seem realistic. 1/2
“YouTube videos about generative AI tools have received more than 1.7 billion views this year alone, according to YouTube’s 2023 Culture & Trends Report..." More from creators
@ColinandSamir
&
@Myth_
about embracing AI.
It was great being on
@WVFRM
talking w/
@MKBHD
about our recent announcements on monetizing
#YouTubeShorts
, how our algorithm works for
@youtubecreators
, the way we make product decisions, and more (yes, we talked dislikes)...
Generative AI has the potential to unlock creativity on YouTube. We're innovating with AI boldly and responsibly, and today we're sharing an early look at responsibility measures that we'll roll out in the months ahead: