Excited to kick off another year of shipping great products for our @youtubecreators, viewers, and partners. Last month, our @youtube teams launched: 🌟Our first-ever 2025 YouTube Recap 🎶Our @youtubemusic recap 👾A new Playables Builder beta to develop games to play on YouTube 📱Our YouTube Create app in over 20 countries on both iOS and Android 📸Image posts (up to 10 photos) in the Shorts feed 🍌@NanoBanana in YouTube Posts 🎙️30-second voice replies on your own videos and Shorts 🖼️ Shorts and livestreams in landscape mode 🎨A custom version of the Veo 3 Fast model in YouTube Create 🗣️Expressive Captions to help you better understand tone, volume and context in videos 💡Ideas for a video series (versus just one video) in the Inspiration Tab

We saw a lot of questions this week about content moderation and appeals processes / decisions. With the help of our Trust and Safety teammates, we’re sharing answers here → support.google.com/youtube/t…

Our @youtube teams are on 🔥 this week. We’re shipping new tools to help @youtubecreators connect with their communities: 📹 Stream across formats now allows you to simultaneously go live with a horizontal stream and a vertical stream, with a single chat for all viewers. (We know you want more control and customizable vertical layouts - they’re coming soon). 🤗 We heard you: we brought our Communities feature to desktop. Plus, on mobile, you can now 📌 a post to the top, ❤️ posts, and easily share links to your Community 🔗 📺 We updated our watch page on TVs to make your viewing experience better, with simpler navigation, a more prominent Subscribe button, and more. 💡Ask Studio, your creative companion in YouTube Studio, is now available in English to most creators in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇿🇮🇳

Exciting news: @YouTube is #1 in video and #11 overall on @FastCompany’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2025 🎉 A huge thank you to our @YouTubeCreators and teams - your hard work and endless creativity got us here. Read more: bit.ly/4ieyOJT

You can now loop playlists and VOD content while watching YouTube on your TV 🎉 Just go to "Playback Settings" and select "Repeat" to keep your favorite content playing all day long 🔁 More here: goo.gle/41MFBVg

YouTube Premium Lite is your way! 😎

News for our Shorts & gaming creators - we’ve partnered with Roblox to release a new Shorts effect featuring iconic Roblox heads 😯 🎮 The faster you tap the Roblox cube, the rarer your Roblox head will be! Follow these steps to try it out: goo.gle/3D4GTS5

Need a specific scene but don't have the footage? Want to turn your imagination into reality & tell a unique story? Now you can! Use Dream Screen powered by Veo 2 to create standalone video clips for your Shorts 📽️🍿: youtu.be/McgsOxrJiUM?si=3-t6…

Really liked this episode of the Creator Insider Podcast - our @YouTubeLiaison spoke with @kinigra & @AlanChikinChow about scripted content on YouTube, staying relevant, how creators are next-gen studios & more… youtube.com/watch?v=YOctIcMC…

Does monetization affect video performance with the algorithm? I asked @hitsman to find out!

Had a great time speaking w/ Kamiya Jani from @CurlyTalesIndia at the first ever Creator Summit in India. We talked about the rapid growth of India's creator economy, how we're expanding YouTube’s global reach, innovative tools like generative AI & more… youtube.com/watch?v=FQ6qtiy5…

We’re introducing a new supervised experience on YouTube that gives parents the option to link a teen to their account for shared insights & notifs. A great way to keep parents informed about their teen’s channel activity & journey into content creation... blog.youtube/news-and-events…

to create the perfect Shorts thumbnail, you can now: 🖼️ select a frame from your Short 🆒 add text, emojis, & filters 🎞️ & even edit after you upload! check it out 🎬:youtu.be/godT-FArPoA?si=UX0f…

Thursday, September 5, 11am CT @vidsummit in Dallas, @hitsman, senior director of growth and discovery at YouTube, and yours truly, will be busting myths and sharing what’s new with the @YouTube algorithm — from Shorts to podcasts, AI to TV. If you’re there, be there!

Not quite rolling out just yet! YouTube is continuing to explore courses with a slightly larger group of creators. No timing yet on when courses — or, down the road, paid courses! — will be rolling out more broadly, but stay tuned! I'm so excited!

Congrats to KL BRO Biju Rithvik for hitting 50M subs! It was so great to meet Biju in Delhi earlier this month and hear about his YouTube journey…

📹 creators around the world: we're launching channel QR codes so you can easily share your channel on or offline! to find your QR code in the YouTube app 📲: tap "You" > “Share channel” > “QR code” 🎞️ learn more here: youtube.com/post/UgkxUCGW0y7…

At Brandcast in Delhi earlier this month, we celebrated the global impact of Indian artists and creators. They're driving incredible growth on YouTube - Shorts now has trillions of views in India! Was great to share the stage with @janiceseq85 @knowkenny @thetanmay @shreemanitweet @GautamiKawale @TSeries DigV & Srushti Tawade. Check out a behind the scenes look at the show… youtube.com/shorts/vStPUsolb…

Congratulations to the entire @S8ulesports family for bringing such amazing trophy to home! 🚀🏆🥳

Trending for a reason! 🚀 #EsportsAwards2024