YouTube

• YouTube’s new Shorts ads give kudos to creators
• YouTube has more challengers than ever, but it’s just getting bigger

  Compared to other social media platforms, YouTube is bringing in more new users in the UK, according to a recent survey conducted by YouGov.

  
• Creators’ channels keep getting hacked by crypto shills. They want YouTube to protect them–but YouTube’s accounts are getting hacked, too.

  In the cases of AmatsukaUto and other hacked creators, they've had to go tell YouTube their channels were compromised and wait days for responses. Why can't YouTube detect hacks when they're happening? Why does someone need to let it know when channels have been overtaken? What safeguards can YouTube put in place to keep all this from happening?

  
• YouTube’s AI-powered age line is now live. Will it work as intended?

  YouTube has started to roll out age verification technology that uses AI-powered insights to estimate how old individual users are.

  
• Podcast listening on TVs has doubled. What can YouTube do with that growth?
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/10/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/10/2025
• A TV ad group wants YouTube to clean up its slop. Can it?
• YouTube’s support for LA wildfire relief includes $3 million fund for local creators
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2019, MatPat delivered a eulogy for the MCN era
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/03/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/03/2025