Official YouTube Blog: 2016

New Creators for Change ambassadors and resources are here!

Monday, December 12, 2016

YouTube Creators for ChangeAustraliaFranceGermanyTurkeyvideo-based StoryCorps interviewsAll India BakchodCameo ProjectDina TorkiaFranchesca RamseyJohn GreenCreators For Change website

Project for AwesomeUpworthyYouTube Creators for Change websiteJuniper Downs, Head of YouTube Public Policy, recently watched "This Christian community opened its heart to new Muslim neighbors."

Drumroll, please … the top YouTube ads of 2016

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

top 10 ads of 2016 on YouTube

Official Mobile Strike Super Bowl 50 TV Commercial | Arnold's Fight [EXTENDED Edition]

Knorr #LoveAtFirstTaste

Nike Football Presents: The Switch ft. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Anthony Martial & More

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge: Official Introduction

Clash Royale: Theme Song (Official TV Commercial)

Mountainn Dew Kickstart: Puppymonkeybaby | Super Bowl Spot

Always #LikeAGirl – Keep Playing

The Chase – Hyundai Super Bowl Commercial | The 2017 Hyundai Elantra

#Pokemon20: Pokémon Super Bowl Commercial

Skittles: "The Portrait" w/ Steven Tyler. Super Bowl 50 Commercial

Meredith Argeris, YouTube Marketing, recently watched “John Lewis Christmas Advert 2016 - #BusterTheBoxer.”

#YouTubeRewind: Celebrating what you watched, shared, and created in 2016

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

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Adele Carpool Karaoke

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What's inside a Rattlesnake Rattle?

Nike Football Presents: The Switch ft. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Anthony Martial & More

Grace VanderWaal: 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer - America's Got Talent 2016

Water Bottle Flip Edition | Dude Perfect

Channing Tatum & Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)" vs. Jenna Dewan-Tatum's "Pony" | Lip Sync Battle

Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

THE $21,000 FIRST CLASS AIRPLANE SEAT

Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse

Fifth Harmony - Work from Home ft. Ty Dolla $ign

Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For (Official Video) ft. Rihanna

Hasta el Amanecer - Nicky Jam | Video Oficial

The Chainsmokers - Closer (Lyric) ft. Halsey

Rihanna - Work (Explicit) ft. Drake

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) (Explicit)

Sia - Cheap Thrills (Lyric Video) ft. Sean Paul

ZAYN - PILLOWTALK

Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend (Official video)

twenty one pilots: Heathens (from Suicide Squad: The Album) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube Rewind channelKevin Allocca, Head of Culture & Trends, and the YouTube Rewind team, recently watched "Ultimate 2016 Rewind Challenge."

A billion reasons to celebrate music on YouTube

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

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Robert Kyncl, Chief Business Officer, recently watched "The Hamilton Mixtape Performance Live Stream."

4K live streaming: Live has never looked so good

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Game Awards

Help Center articleKurt Wilms, Senior Product Manager, recently watched “BABY PUG LIVESTREAM!”

More parental controls available in YouTube Kids starting today

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Block videos using the 3 dot menu next to any video or channel

To sign in you will be asked to send yourself a parental consent email.

Learn how the app works: When parents open YouTube Kids, we explain upfront how our systems choose and recommend content and how to flag videos. We also prompt you to make a choice about how broadly you want your child to explore—turn search on to access millions of family-friendly videos, or turn search off to restrict your child’s experience to a more limited set.

Timer: Let the app be the bad guy with a built-in timer that lets you limit kids’ screen time. The app alerts your child when the session is over, so you don’t have to.

YouTube Kids on the big screen: Watch YouTube Kids as a family on your big screen. Now YouTube Kids is available on your TV, using Chromecast, Apple TV, game consoles or a smartTV.

Age-based customization: When you first open the app, you can select from three general age groups (preschool, school age or all kids) making the initial home screen reflect videos that may interest children in that age range.

Balaji Srinivasan, father of two girls and YouTube Kids Senior Software Engineer, recently watched "Hexaflexagons."

YouTube VR: A whole new way to watch… and create

Thursday, November 10, 2016

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We can’t tell you how inspired we all are after watching the amazing VR videos made by creators on YouTube. We can't wait to see what you dream up next!
Erin Teague, Product Manager, and Jamie Byrne, Director of YouTube Creators, recently watched "Tour of Man At Arms: Reforged Shop in 360° - The Forging Room!"

True colors: adding support for HDR videos on YouTube

Monday, November 7, 2016

Simulated SDR vs HDR comparison (seeing true HDR requires an HDR display)Chromecast UltraMysteryGuitarManJacob + Katie SchwarzAbandon Visualsgreat content in HDRhereDaVinci ResolveSteven Robertson, Software Engineer, recently watched “History of Japan,” and Sanjeev Verma, Product Manager, recently watched “Flaming Wire Wool.”

Google and YouTube can help keep you informed on Election Day

Monday, November 7, 2016

Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog

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Posted by Shashi Thakur, VP Engineering, Google Search

The Clash Royale King’s Cup, live on YouTube Gaming

Thursday, November 3, 2016

King’s Cup Live on YouTube Gaming

YouTube GamingYouTubehttps://gaming.youtube.com/kingscuphttps://www.youtube.com/clashroyaleLester Chen, Head of eSports Content & Partnerships, recently watched the “2016 League of Legends World Championships.”

#YTMehrMusik: More music from artists you love on YouTube in Germany

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Christophe Muller, YouTube’s Head of International Music Partnerships, recently watched “Best Friends Challenge with Justin Timberlake.”

U.S. election results LIVE on YouTube

Monday, October 31, 2016

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Complex Newshow to voteBrandon Feldman, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched ”U.S. Government & Politics”

Bringing the StoryCorps experience to video through YouTube Creators for Change

Thursday, October 27, 2016

YouTube Creators for ChangeStoryCorpsJuniper Downs, Head of Public Policy for YouTube, recently watched #WhoWeAre.

The three 2016 U.S. presidential debates rank as the most-viewed political live streams of all time

Thursday, October 20, 2016

2.8M live watch hours, nearly five times higher than 2012

1.7M live peak concurrent viewers, over four times higher than 2012

Over 140 million views on all debate-related videos

1 min., 34 secondsKurt Wilms, Product Lead, Live Streaming at YouTube, recently watched “The Third Presidential Debate.”

Tune in to the final presidential debate, live on YouTube

Monday, October 17, 2016

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Brandon Feldman, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched “How Voters Decide.”

Helping creators connect with brands

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Partner Programbranded content opportunitiesFameBitAriel Bardin, Vice President, Product Management recently watched "New Yorkers Share their Story for a Dollar."

Second presidential debate-related videos rack up 40 percent more views than the first

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Trump calls MadeaDonald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate Cold OpenBrandon Feldman, YouTube News & Politics, recently watched the second presidential debate.

Tune into the second presidential debate, live on YouTube

Friday, October 7, 2016

youtube.com/news1 min, 34 secondsBrandon Feldman, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched “The Vice-Presidential Debate.”

Watch tonight’s vice presidential debate, live on YouTube

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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youtube.com/newsBrandon Feldman, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched "The First Presidential Debate."

Google Home includes 6 months of YouTube Red, gives music lovers the best in-home music experience from YouTube

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

YouTube RedGoogle HomesongSarah Ali, YouTube Living Room Group Product Lead, recently watched "Alicia Keys - In Common."Matthew Leske, YouTube Red Group Product Lead, recently watched "Kygo - Firestone ft. Conrad Sewell."

With nearly 2 million concurrent viewers and over 3 million live watch hours, first presidential debate breaks political record

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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YouTube creatorsThe RockConanBill MaherThe Chainsmokershead to the polls and #voteIRLKurt Wilms, Product Lead, Live Streaming at YouTube, recently watched "Fastest Skateboarder Ever!"

YouTube Go: YouTube reimagined for the next generation of YouTube viewers

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

launched YouTube Offlinewe rolled out Smart OfflineMeet YouTube Go: a new YouTube app built from scratch to bring YouTube to the next generation of viewers. YouTube Go is designed with four concepts in mind. It’s relatable, offline firstcost-effectivesocial

The new preview function shows you what to expect before choosing to save or play the video, and in which resolution. You can also share videos to friends nearby, without using up any data.

Find and discover relatable videos right on the home screen: YouTube Go homescreen features trending and popular videos in your area, so that you’ll find and fall in love with new videos that you and your community care about.

Preview videos before you save or watch: Not sure if you want to watch the video? On YouTube Go when you tap on a thumbnail, it’ll trigger a quick preview of the video, giving you a better sense of what the video is about before you decide to save or play it.

Choose your resolution when saving or streaming videos: Whether you’d like to save a video for offline viewing later, or stream it now, you can see and choose the amount of data you’d like to spend on that video.

Share videos with friends nearby: Share videos with friends and family nearby without using any data. You can send and receive videos instantly and offline with others using the YouTube Go app.

youtubego.com/signupab Mazze udao, data nahinJohanna Wright, Vice President of Product Management, YouTube, recently watched ”How To Be a Ninja - EPIC HOW TO.”

Watch tonight's presidential debate live stream on YouTube -- and don't forget to #voteIRL

Monday, September 26, 2016

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youtube.com/newsThe Young TurksComplex Newshead to the polls and #voteIRLthis playlistRyan Seacrest to host a radio showThe Fung Bros to shoot hoopsBrandon Feldman, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched "How to Vote in Every State."

Growing our Trusted Flagger program into YouTube Heroes

Thursday, September 22, 2016

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A sneak peek at the new YouTube Heroes Community site

A look at how YouTube Heroes can track their contributions

To kick the program off, we brought our first class of YouTube Heroes together for the first time this week at a two-day summit at YouTube HQ.

Meet our first class of YouTube Heroes!

It’s early days for the program and we will continue to roll out the details of YouTube Heroes and the dedicated YouTube Heroes Community site over the coming months. We’re excited to learn through this initial launch and to continue improving the program over time, as we’ve done with our Trusted Flagger program. We appreciate everything our community does to make YouTube vibrant and diverse, so on behalf of the team: thank you!

Jen Carter, Product Manager, YouTube Heroes, recently watched “#voteIRL - Use Your Voice. Vote in Real Life.”

Celebrate Minecon on YouTube

Thursday, September 22, 2016

130M+ videosMinecon 2016 event page“Wonder Quest” seriesSpot the DifferencesCrushedPixelReplay ModStacyPlaysPosted by Ryan Wyatt, Global Head of Gaming Content, recently watched "Wonder Quest 360 Video - Spot the Difference" with my nephew.

Introducing YouTube Creators for Change

Thursday, September 22, 2016

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Juniper Downs, Head of YouTube Public Policy, recently watched "Web Rangers - ORT Sajur 2016."

Change is Made with Code

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Cross-posted from the Official Google BlogGlobal Citizen Festivalnew coding project

Together with musicians, sisters, YouTube sensations and newly minted coders, Chloe x Halle, teen girls are getting their start in codeTechnovation Challenge 2017Global Citizen Festival livestream at youtube.com/globalcitizen
Posted by Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube

#voteIRL: Announcing YouTube’s get out the vote initiative and presidential debate live streams

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

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NBC NewsPBSFox NewsThe Washington PostUnivisionTelemundoThe Young TurksComplex Newsyoutube.com/youtuberegistered to voteClaire Stapleton, YouTube Elections team, recently watched "Maymo the Dog Runs for President: Maymo 2016."¹ We got a group at YouTube together and registered in every state and the average was just 1:34.

Why flagging matters

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Community Guidelines

Over 90 million people have flagged videos on YouTube since 2006 - that’s more than the population of Egypt - and over a third of these people have flagged more than one video.

As YouTube grows, the community continues to be very active in flagging content: the number of flags per day is up over 25 percent year-on-year.

Community flagging on YouTube is international: People from 196 countries have flagged a video. The five countries with the most accurate flagging rates are: Indonesia, Turkey, Germany, Ukraine and France.

We’re also continuing to strengthen our policy enforcement processes: In 2015 alone, we removed 92 million videos for violation of our policies through a mix of user flagging and our spam-detection technology. While we are vigilant and fast in removing terrorist content and hate speech, it's worth noting that it actually represents a very small proportion of the content that violates our guidelines - those two violations account for only 1 percent of the videos removed in 2015.

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Posted by Juniper Downs, Head of YouTube Public Policy, who recently watched “Leon Bridges' NPR Tiny Desk Concert.”

#AskJuncker: YouTube creators to interview the European Commission President

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

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European Commission YouTube channel

Official Blog

New Creators for Change ambassadors and resources are here!

Drumroll, please … the top YouTube ads of 2016

#YouTubeRewind: Celebrating what you watched, shared, and created in 2016

A billion reasons to celebrate music on YouTube

4K live streaming: Live has never looked so good

More parental controls available in YouTube Kids starting today

YouTube VR: A whole new way to watch… and create

True colors: adding support for HDR videos on YouTube

Google and YouTube can help keep you informed on Election Day

The Clash Royale King’s Cup, live on YouTube Gaming

#YTMehrMusik: More music from artists you love on YouTube in Germany

U.S. election results LIVE on YouTube

Bringing the StoryCorps experience to video through YouTube Creators for Change

The three 2016 U.S. presidential debates rank as the most-viewed political live streams of all time

Tune in to the final presidential debate, live on YouTube

Helping creators connect with brands

Second presidential debate-related videos rack up 40 percent more views than the first

Tune into the second presidential debate, live on YouTube

Watch tonight’s vice presidential debate, live on YouTube

Google Home includes 6 months of YouTube Red, gives music lovers the best in-home music experience from YouTube

With nearly 2 million concurrent viewers and over 3 million live watch hours, first presidential debate breaks political record

YouTube Go: YouTube reimagined for the next generation of YouTube viewers

Watch tonight's presidential debate live stream on YouTube -- and don't forget to #voteIRL

Growing our Trusted Flagger program into YouTube Heroes

Celebrate Minecon on YouTube

Introducing YouTube Creators for Change

Change is Made with Code

#voteIRL: Announcing YouTube’s get out the vote initiative and presidential debate live streams

Why flagging matters

#AskJuncker: YouTube creators to interview the European Commission President

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