YouTube's algorithm now rewards viewer satisfaction In 2026, YouTube’s recommendation systems have shifted from optimizing solely for watch time to prioritizing what the platform calls a “satisfaction ...

YouTube’s 2026 algorithm update prioritizes authentic viewer satisfaction over pure watch time, reshaping how creators and brands plan growth. The change, alongside the new Creator Partnerships ...

Google is testing "Ask YouTube," a conversational search feature that returns AI summaries with cited videos. Available to US ...

Your first YouTube videos decide everything. Million-subscriber creators reveal the six essential videos to film before ...

In a landmark decision, a California jury has awarded $3 million to a 20-year-old woman who claimed Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube intentionally design their platforms to be addictive and ...

A jury on Wednesday found that Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users, a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for ...

You’ve probably never known a YouTube without ads, without an algorithm feeding you an endless scroll of recommendations, and without creators turning content into full-time careers. But 20 years ago, ...

The New York Times reviewed these clips, along with more than 1,000 other videos recommended to young children on YouTube, and found that the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

YouTube suffered a global outage on Tuesday, with thousands of people reporting issues with the platform from around 8:00 p.m. ET. Now, we know what caused it. In a statement posted to the official ...

If you can't watch YouTube videos right now, you're not alone. A Tuesday evening YouTube outage affected users across the globe, with problems starting around 8:00 p.m. ET. Early reports are sketchy, ...

YouTube generated more than $60 billion in revenue for 2025, including both advertising and subscriptions, the first time parent company Alphabet has broken out total revenue for the platform. That ...