From June 2020 to June 2021, YouTube paid more than $4 billion to the music industry, the company announced this month -- a much-increased sum from the world's biggest video platform where product… By ...

YouTube's algorithm recommends right-wing, extremist videos to users — even if they haven't interacted with that content before — a recent study found. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images ...

If Nielsen stats are to be believed, we collectively spend more time in front of YouTube than any other streaming service—including Disney+ and Netflix. That's a lot of watch hours, especially for an ...

Kevin Mayer, co-CEO of Candle Media, the company that owns CoComelon producer Moonbug Entertainment, has lamented the changeable nature of YouTube’s algorithm. Speaking at the Royal Television Society ...

YouTube will cease recommending videos that promote specific fitness levels, physical features, or body weights to teenagers aged 13 to 17. This decision comes after experts warned about the potential ...

YouTube’s algorithm is recommending videos about disordered eating and weight loss to some young teens, a new study says. YouTube, the social media platform most used by teens, promises to “remove ...

YouTube Shorts, the shortform platform from Google-owned video giant YouTube, has seen massive success since its launch in September 2020. Today, an estimated 1% of all waking human hours are spent ...

The chairman of Canada’s broadcast regulator says it might ask platforms such as YouTube to “manipulate” their algorithms to make Canadian music easier to find, under powers in the proposed online ...

In a bid to crack down on extremist content, YouTube has inadvertently removed thousands of videos documenting atrocities in Syria. In a country where independent journalism has been nearly ...