In 2020, Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark” made YouTube viewership history with 7.05 billion views. The top 10 YouTube videos of all time — a collection of music videos and weird kid content — taper off down to ...

YouTube has published YouTube Rewind, a look back at the previous 365 days of each year, since 2010. But in 2020, it’s decided to opt out. That’s because 2020, plainly, sucked. No one wants to ...

Nico Grant reports on YouTube and Google from San Francisco. In June 2023, YouTube decided to stop fighting the most persistent strain of election misinformation in the United States: the falsehood ...

YouTube will not produce its annual YouTube Rewind celebratory recap video this year — with the video giant saying it doesn’t feel appropriate, given the chaos of 2020. YouTube announced the decision ...

A nine-year-old is still number one, but the runner-up is a newcomer who came armed with a forklift, an exploding Toyota and the most expensive firecracker ever made. And he’s just getting started. T ...

Over 100 billion hours were spent watching gaming content on YouTube this year, with Minecraft leading as the most-watched game. YouTube Culture and Trends has released an annual gaming report, and ...

YouTube today is launching three new features designed to improve its “Premieres” experience, including trailers, themes and live stream “pre-shows” that later redirect to the main event. Premieres, ...

YouTube Rewind, the company’s annual end-of-year tribute to creators, trends, and moments that defined the platform, will not happen this year. “We know that so much of the good that did happen in ...

YouTube said Tuesday it plans to reinstate some accounts that it previously banned for violating rules against repeatedly posting misinformation about Covid-19 and the 2020 election. That announcement ...

Here are the standout YouTube VR videos from 2020. The story underlying all others in 2020 is Covid-19. The pandemic was a singular, generational event, disrupting the lives of billions worldwide.