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YouTube to Count Views From First Second Across All Formats
YouTube is changing its view counting method to register a view from the first second for all video formats starting Aug...
Palumbo Angela
August 21, 2026
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YouTube Alters View Count Method for Long-Form, Live Videos
YouTube is updating its view count metric for long-form videos and live streams, counting a view from the start. Learn h...
Joyce de Castro
August 17, 2026
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YouTube Promotes Creator Search Lift Amid Attribution Challenges
YouTube is promoting creator partnerships based on branded search lift, but a new report reveals significant attribution...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
August 14, 2026
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YouTube long-form video views surge, ad revenue drops by half
A Metricool report reveals YouTube long-form video views jumped 76%, but ad revenue per post fell by half, raising quest...
Joyce de Castro
July 29, 2026
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YouTube Creators Boost U.S. Economy, Drive AI Search Visibility
YouTube’s creator economy contributed over $60 billion to the U.S. GDP last year, becoming crucial for AI Overviews and...
Palumbo Angela
July 24, 2026
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YouTube details content categories that disqualify creators from payments
YouTube clarifies three content categories—Generic/Repetitive, Off-putting, and AI Personas in Sensitive Topics—that can...
Palumbo Angela
July 23, 2026
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YouTube overtakes Spotify as UK’s top podcast platform
YouTube is now the UK’s leading podcast platform, surpassing Spotify for the first time, according to Edison Research, r...
Joyce de Castro
July 9, 2026
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Google Search Console adds Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube tracking
Google Search Console now measures content performance on Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube within Google Search, offeri...
Palumbo Angela
July 8, 2026
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TikTok ‘For You’ Feed Dominated by AI Content, Report Finds
A new Kapwing report reveals 59% of TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is AI-generated content, triple YouTube’s rate, with kids’ c...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
June 16, 2026