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Latest updates
Updates from the past two weeks
YouTube Studio
- Altered content setting: Starting on 18 March 2024, globally, you'll be required to disclose in the upload flow whether the content that you're uploading has been meaningfully altered or synthetically generated. This tool will be available first in YouTube Studio on computers and then expand to mobile creation. Learn more.
- 'Top community clips' section: You can display top clips of your videos on your channel Home tab. These clips can be made by you or your community. Once added to your Home tab, clips are publicly visible and organised by popularity and how recently they were created. Learn more.
- Pause comments: You can stop new comments from being published, but keep existing ones, by using the pause feature under comment settings. Learn more about how to pause comments.
YouTube Analytics
- Traffic for vertical live: Get more information about how viewers discover vertical live with traffic sources. You can find the playback location of your published vertical live, and sources of your viewers in the traffic source section of the Vertical live feed.
YouTube Shorts
- Dream Track: Dream Track in Shorts is an experimental song creation tool that allows creators to create a unique 30-second soundtrack with the voices of participating artists. It brings together the expertise of Google DeepMind and YouTube's most innovative researchers with the expertise of our music industry partners to open up new ways for creators on Shorts to create and engage with artists. This feature is currently only available to a limited set of creators in the United States and on certain mobile devices. We hope to incorporate feedback from this experiment into potential product opportunities that could benefit artists and creators. Global audiences can use the soundtracks as is to remix them into their own Shorts.
Other updates
- YouTube Create expanded availability: YouTube Create is now available in 21 countries/regions. Edit videos on your Android device free of charge. Then, publish videos directly to your channel. Learn how to enhance your videos with YouTube Create.
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Previous updates
Updates from the past six months
November 2023
YouTube Music
- Deliver podcasts using an RSS feed: If you're an audio-first podcast creator, you can use YouTube Studio's RSS ingestion tool to upload your podcasts to YouTube. Learn about RSS feeds on YouTube and connect your feed.
YouTube Analytics
- Metrics by content type: You can now view new and returning viewer analytics by content type to learn which form(s) of content they interact with on your channel. Learn more.
YouTube Studio
- 'For you' section: The 'For you' section on your channel home tab lets you share a mix of content from your channel that is personalised to individual viewers. You can start preparing the 'For you' section on your channel starting from 8 November 2023. Your audience will see it starting on 20 November 2023. Learn more.
- New payments info in Studio app: We're introducing a new beta that brings payments info to the Earn tab of the YouTube Studio mobile app. Eligible creators can view their progress towards the next payment and their payment history. Learn more about the beta in our forum post.
- Simplified YouTube channel Home tab: The updated YouTube channel Home tab hides empty tabs and removes the 'About' and 'Channels' tabs for a simplified user experience. Information that was previously available on these tabs is available in other places on your channel. You can find your channel description in the channel header and any featured channels on the Home tab.
- Showcase links on your channel: Creator links on the channel Home tab are now displayed prominently on the Channel profile header near the 'Subscribe' button. Creators will no longer be able to display links in the banner.
- View your Artist Recap: Use your Artist Recap to celebrate milestones from throughout the year, and learn how fans engage with your music on YouTube. Then, share your accomplishments on social media using custom data cards. Learn more about your Artist Recap.
October 2023
Monetisation
- Buy on Google for YouTube is going away: Starting on 26 October 2023, Buy on Google for YouTube, the in-app checkout feature on YouTube, will no longer be available in the United States. Any orders made on or before 25 October 2023 will still be fulfilled. We will be prioritising other ways to make sure that we're providing helpful onsite checkout experiences for our retailers, creators and viewers in the near future.
September 2023
YouTube Studio
- Download YouTube Create: YouTube Create lets you edit videos on your Android device free of charge. Import videos to add text, effects and transitions. Then, publish videos directly to your channel. Learn how to enhance your videos with YouTube Create.
- Clips in YouTube Studio: Creators can now view, manage and share clips in YouTube Studio. Learn more.
August 2023
Other updates
- Linking changes on YouTube: To reduce spam and scam attempts, links in YouTube Shorts comments and Shorts descriptions will be non-clickable from 31 August 2023. This change will be rolled out gradually. We're also retiring banner links on 10 August 2023, and introducing a new way to showcase important links on your channel page. You can start preparing channel profile links on 10 August, and your audience will see them from 23 August. Learn more about this change.
- New advanced feature on YouTube: Starting from 17 August 2023, you can edit your Shorts to include a link to a video from your channel. The link will be visible in the Shorts player to help direct viewers from your Shorts to your other YouTube content. Learn more.
July 2023
YouTube Studio
- Expansion of channel permissions: Permission users can take actions for your channel directly on YouTube in addition to YouTube Studio. Now, delegate users with Manager or Editor access can create a Short, add a post, manage a playlist or comment on any YouTube video as the owner. Learn more.
June 2023
Monetisation
- The YouTube Shopping affiliate programme now available to all eligible US creators: As of 13 June 2023, the YouTube Shopping affiliate programme is available in the US to all creators meeting the eligibility criteria. For background, the YouTube Shopping affiliate programme allows creators to tag products featured in their videos from popular brands and retailers. Learn more.
YouTube Analytics
New 'Viewers across formats' card in YouTube Analytics: In the Content tab in YouTube Analytics, you can now see if and how many of your returning viewers watch more than one format and how big the overlap is. This is available for Videos, Shorts and Live. Learn more.
New Shopping affiliate metrics in Studio: Within the revenue tab on a computer or mobile device, you can now find more Shopping affiliate data under 'Affiliate'. These new metrics will give insight into your estimated revenue, total sales, number of orders and overall product performance. Learn more.
May 2023
Monetisation
YouTube Analytics
Other updates
- 25% off a product from your Spring shop: We're funding a discount of 25% off any product from your Spring shop. This promotion is on a first-come, first-served basis and is only available for a limited amount of time. To take advantage of this promotion, get your code and start tagging your products in content to share the promo with fans.
- Merch end screens going away: At YouTube, we want to ensure that you're putting effort into features that drive engagement with your products so that you can grow your business. To continue improving the shopping experience for creators and viewers, end screens will no longer be supported. To get engagement with your products, create content that shows their value and tag the products featured so that your audience can shop.
YouTube Analytics
- New revenue breakdowns in YouTube Analytics: You can now go to the Revenue tab in YouTube Analytics to see your revenue broken down by watch page ads, Shorts Feed ads, memberships, Supers, connected shops and Shopping affiliates. Learn more.
- New formats that your viewers watch report in YouTube Studio: In the Audience tab, you can now find a report showing which formats (of video, Shorts and live) your audience watched most often on other channels in the last 28 days. This data can help to inform your content strategy. Learn more.
Other updates
- Stories no longer available starting on 26 June: Starting on 26 June, Stories will no longer be available, and any Stories that you've posted on 26 June will expire seven days after they were originally shared. YouTube will be prioritising other key features to help you be more successful and grow your community. Views accrued from Stories will still display in YouTube Analytics. Learn more.
April 2023
YouTube Music
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Become a podcast creator on YouTube: Creators can now upload podcasts in YouTube Studio. Podcasts are included in YouTube Music, receive badging and are eligible to be featured on youtube.com/podcasts. Learn how to create podcasts and get started.
- Reactions available in live chat on iPhones and iPads: As viewers watch a live stream on an iPhone or iPad, they can respond in the moment by tapping the reaction that corresponds to how they're feeling. Learn more.
YouTube Shorts
- Clips remix: You can now remix clips into Shorts. Click here to learn about creating Shorts with remixed content.
March 2023
YouTube Studio
- Channel permissions available in YouTube Studio app: You can now manage your delegates via channel permissions in the YouTube Studio app. Delegates can now take actions in Studio on a computer, in the Studio app or in the YouTube app. Learn more.