YouTube

• YouTube partners with Rakuten to bring more shoppable videos to Japan
• YouTube increases the value of its Premium Lite tier through Background Play and Downloads

  YouTube Premium Lite is already a better deal than the platform's primary paid tier. Now it's getting two hotly-requested features.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/22/2026

  Nick DiGiovanni's trip to the Winter Olympics helped him become the most-subscribed creator of the week on YouTube.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/22/2026

  Food content has become so wacky that creators are now making chaos in the kitchen just to get YouTube Shorts views.

  
• YouTube brings awareness to important issues, but can it compel viewers to take action?
• YouTube’s first video belongs in a museum. Now it’s in one.
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/15/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/15/2026
• YouTube dominates TV screens, but are those viewers paying attention?
• Cowabunga! In YouTube’s ‘kidslop’ era, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ could be a perfect fit.
• YouTube reveals its answer to the Spotify Daylist with AI-generated playlists for Premium users
• Are live sports worth $65 per month? YouTube TV is about to find out.