News, reviews, articles on the topic YouTube

YouTube has broken a new milestone. According to CEO Neal Mohan, the average daily views of YouTube Shorts videos has already averaged 200 billion. He revealed this during a speech at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Just months after its launch in the US, YouTube is adding even more ads to its cheaper Premium Lite plan. This means that your Lite subscription may not be as profitable, making you consider upgrading to a full-fledged Premium plan.

Cheap fare is no longer attractive

Another reason to think about buying a new gadget

While everyone is chasing trailers, beta test sign-ups, and update lists, YouTube suddenly unleashed a full-length orchestral session of the Clair Obscur soundtrack: Expedition 33. The video garnered almost 1.5 million views, which is almost like a Grammy in pixel terms for video game music.

Testing is taking place in four countries

The YouTube platform is testing an innovation that will blur preview images for videos with potentially sensitive content in search results. The feature is aimed at protecting users from unwanted visual content that may be perceived as inappropriate despite conforming to community guidelines.

The volume control will move to the right

20 years ago, on 23 April 2005, the first video was uploaded to YouTube - a simple 18-second video called "Me at the zoo".

YouTube Music is expanding the way users interact with content by introducing a new lyrics sharing feature.

The authors of the videos were misleading viewers

YouTube has announced important changes to the way it counts views for Shorts. Starting from 31 March 2025, views will be recorded not by the time of viewing, but by the fact that the video is launched or replayed.

The new option is already being tested by Google

For now, the new tariff is only available in the US

The changes will begin on 19 March