Twenty-five years ago I made the decision to join a couple of Stanford graduate students who were building a new search engine. Their names were Larry and Sergey. I saw the potential of what they were ...

Recommendations drive a significant amount of the overall viewership on YouTube, even more than channel subscriptions or search. As my family shows, there’s an audience for almost every video, and the ...

“This global fund will be used to acquire and produce YouTube Originals programming, focused on Black experiences around the world, and to directly support Black creators and artists so that they can ...

We are often asked whether our policies apply to all creators consistently, or if certain channels, like those controlled by public officials, media outlets, or celebrities get exceptions. Our ...

It's the digital equivalent of a late-night FaceTime with your funniest friends, and for hosts Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo, it’s a formula that has turned their podcast, “Giggly Squad,” into a ...

The past few years have been a transition for all of us. We've adapted to changes in our lives we couldn't have imagined before the pandemic. Along the way, we've seen incredible growth in the YouTube ...

Editor's note by Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer: Bringing Shorts to our community has transformed the way people create and watch video on YouTube. When we introduced this new format, we optimized ...

So far this year, there have been more than 25 billion views of videos with “unboxing” in the title.¹ Sure, you know you ordered something online and followed the tracking information every step of ...

A little over 15 years ago, I visited a company with an interesting take on digital video. As I walked through YouTube’s small offices above a pizza parlor, I could see the promise of the platform.

Editor’s Note: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan joined the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where he delivered a keynote and was joined by top creators Amelia Dimoldenberg, Alex Cooper, ...

When we dug into the data, we found that this phenomenon — one we’ve come to refer to as FarmTube — was not limited to Creator on the Rise: It saw massive growth across YouTube throughout 2019. As of ...

For our younger users, we’ve built a dedicated kids destination, the YouTube Kids app. We’ve invested heavily over the years to make YouTube Kids a safer, family-friendly place for kids to explore ...