YouTube

• Catie Turner’s Song “Prom Queen” Sees Nearly 1M New Spotify Streams After Starring In Shane Dawson Trailer
• Nerd City Calls On YouTube For More Demonetization Transparency Amid New Study About LGBTQ+ Video Titles

  Nerd City, a YouTube commentary channel with 700,000 subscribers that looks into online trends and crucial goings-on across the platform -- and which previously made waves with an investigation into whether Jake Paul hawking merch to minors crosses legal boundaries and delved into YouTube's alleged secret rating system -- has conducted yet another study into a radioactive theory: that using LGBTQ+-related words in videos titles conclusively causes demonetization.

  
• YouTube Music Will Now Come Pre-Installed On Android Devices, Replacing Google’s Play Music

  For years, Android phones have come pre-installed with Google’s music app, Play Music. But that’s changing. Now, all new Android devices will instead come pre-installed with YouTube Music as the default music app.

  
• YouTube Just Implemented Creators’ Most Requested Feature To Date: Comment Filters

  YouTube is making it easier for creators to engage with their comment sections. The platform has rolled out a new comment search function that lets creators filter the comments their videos receive using several different parameters. In a Help Center post about the update, YouTube said comment filters are creators’ No. 1 most requested feature.

  
• Tesla Brings YouTube, Netflix, Hulu To New In-Car ‘Theater’ Feature
• Susan Wojcicki Says YouTube Won’t Remove Politicians’ Content Because “It’s Important For Other People To See”
• Every Single Video MrBeast Has Made In The Past Year Got More Than 10 Million Views
• YouTube Music Spins Itself Up As Spotify Challenger With Weekly 49-Song ‘Discover Mix’
• YouTube Launches New ‘Video Reach Campaign’ Ad Format, Brings ‘TrueView For Action’ To Home Feeds
• Journalists Seek Answers To YouTube Users’ Burning Questions In Upcoming Vox Original ‘Glad You Asked’
• YouTube Apologizes, Reverses Course After Creators Balk At Verification Update
• Viewers Raise $28K To Help 49-Year-Old Beauty Vlogger In Wake Of Brain Tumor Diagnosis