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YouTube Music and Premium Subscriber Base Crosses 150 Million in Q3 2026 Despite Price Hikes
YouTube Music and Premium reached 150 million subscribers in Q3 2026 despite price increases.
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Price hikes can’t stop YouTube Premium from hitting new subscriber records
YouTube Music and YouTube Premium have surpassed 150 million subscribers globally, according to Alphabet's Q3 2026 financial report, despite recent price increases.
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Check out these brand-new YouTube minigames from some of your favorite creators
YouTube adds six new educational minigames to its Playables lineup, offering free interactive content for kids and adults across 80+ countries.
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Instagram doesn’t have a plan to pay long-form video creators
Instagram is testing long-form videos to compete with YouTube but has not yet announced a monetization strategy for creators, sparking backlash among content producers.
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Instagram Is a Streaming Service Now
Instagram is evolving into a streaming service with long-form video features as it competes in the short-clip economy.
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Instagram is coming for YouTube’s crown with long-form videos
Instagram is testing a new long-form video format called Features, allowing select US creators to upload horizontal videos up to 90 minutes, positioning the platform as a YouTube competitor.
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YouTube streams may look better and buffer less as soon as early 2027
YouTube plans to deploy the AV2 video codec starting early 2027, promising 25-32% better compression efficiency than its predecessor AV1 for improved streaming quality and lower bandwidth consumption.
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YouTube Is Letting Us Vibe Our Video Feeds, and I’m Liking It
YouTube's mobile app now offers users enhanced control over their video feed recommendations.
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YouTube Updates Home Feed With Custom Recommendations and Dedicated Content Feeds
YouTube is rolling out a major Home feed update enabling users to create custom recommendation feeds using natural language prompts and redesigning the mobile app's top bar.
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YouTube’s latest trick lets you build a custom feed for every viewing mood
YouTube is rolling out a redesigned mobile homepage with custom feeds, letting users create personalized recommendation feeds based on topics, moods, or content types.
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YouTube removing ‘Subscriptions’ bottom bar tab on Android, iOS after nearly a decade
YouTube is removing the Subscriptions tab from the bottom navigation bar on Android and iOS after nearly a decade, shifting to custom feeds.
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Put down your pitchforks — Google’s not hiding YouTube’s dislike button
Google clarifies that its hiding of YouTube's dislike button only affects creators' own videos, not viewer interactions with other content.
Enterprise
Your YouTube feed might soon be free of fake Mr Beast x Elon Musk livestreams
YouTube introduces new security measures to protect compromised creator accounts, including feature restrictions and providing owners with details about account pauses.
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YouTube starts hiding the dislike button on normal videos
YouTube is testing UI changes that make the dislike button less visible on regular videos, continuing its shift away from public dislike metrics.
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YouTube’s war on the Dislike button appears to be far from over
YouTube is testing a design change that hides the dislike button on long-form videos behind a menu, potentially following its earlier removal from Shorts.