creator insider

• For vertical live streamers, YouTube is stressing that practice makes perfect
• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos

  YouTube is testing a new solution for its videos by rolling out a tool that replaces copyrighted music with instantly generated tracks.

  
• YouTube removes the guesswork by expanding monetization for controversial content

  YouTube is allowing creators to more effectively monetize videos that touch upon sensitive subjects like abortion and domestic abuse.

  
• YouTube’s new Effect Maker puts it in competition with TikTok and Snapchat

  YouTube's Effect Maker is rolling out widely, and it offers Shorts' answer to Snapchat's Lens Studio and TikTok's Effect House.

  
• YouTube wants to make Shorts the new CapCut
• Want AI to help you generate ideas? YouTube invites creators to Brainstorm with Gemini.
• YouTube encourages collaboration among Shorts creators with experimental “Add Yours” sticker
• YouTube adds more transparency with timestamps for its yellow dollar signs
• YouTube debuts new features to make its Music hub the “ultimate destination” for podcasts
• YouTube’s new Chief Product Officer introduces herself with “Release Notes” series
• YouTube adjusts ad guidelines to enable full monetization on breastfeeding videos
• YouTube has added videos “For You” to channel pages