According to its analytics, YouTube has over 2 billion users -- a third of the entire internet user base. One billion hours of content are consumed every day. But what makes a video popular enough to ...

YouTube is finally giving users the option to add custom thumbnails to video playlists. The new feature uses AI to generate thumbnails based on a few preset themes ...

YouTube is introducing new features for both creators and viewers on the big screen. For the creators among us, YouTube is ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the boom of new media, especially in the YouTube realm. With a recent study by Pew Research revealing that YouTube is ...

For YouTube creators, catching the eyes of potential new viewers starts with a good, custom thumbnail. It’s a skill many video-makers have honed over time, even making the effort to teach other ...

YouTube is launching a new homepage design today that will include bigger thumbnails, which is a move that frustrated people when the company first tested the refreshed look in August. Users will see ...

YouTube is testing a homepage redesign on the web that leverages very large video thumbnails. Greatly hurting information density, this big YouTube homepage A/B test is currently being panned by the ...