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Billboard charts will include YouTube’s streaming data again starting next year.
YouTube’s data is returning after Billboard changed how it counts ad-supported streams in chart rankings. Starting in January, 1,000 paid streams will be counted the same as 1,500 ad-supported streams, a narrower gap than the previous ratio, which YouTube said ignored “the massive engagement from fans who don’t have a subscription.” Disclosure: The Verge and Billboard are both part of Penske Media Corporation [Link: YouTube streaming data returns to Billboard charts, ending major disagreement | https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/youtube-streaming-data-returns-to-billboard-charts-ending-major-disagreement/ | TechCrunch]
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YouTube streaming data returns to Billboard charts, ending major disagreement | TechCrunch
YouTube will resume sharing streaming data with Billboard in 2027 after changes to the chart formula give more weight to free, ad-supported music streams.
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Education & Youth
YouTube is testing something called Tamba.
Android Authority found icons and references to “Tamba” in the latest YouTube APK. The code mentions followers, follow requests, direct messages, group chats, posts, and voice replies, suggesting it’s a social feature. But the “sandbox” label in the code suggests it could be a testing ground for experimental social features rather than a finished product. [Link: YouTube is cooking up something new called 'Tamba,' and it looks pretty social | https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-tamba-sandbox-social-app-apk-teardown-3731409/ | Android Authority]
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Entertainment & Cinema
YouTube is rolling out its “Replace song” feature to creators in more countries.
The tool, introduced in the US earlier this year, lets creators swap out songs in videos with audio copyright claims with unique, instrumental, YouTube-generated, royalty-free tracks. It’s now coming to more countries and is available for “creators in most countries outside of the European Economic Area,” YouTube says. [Link: New music creation tool to help resolve copyright claims | https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/476172346?hl=en | YouTube Community]
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Meet the world record-holding, YouTube star American hurdler Masai Russell | CNN
Fourteen races, fourteen victories and a new world-record to boot. Few athletes in the world have had a more successful 2026 than American track and field star Masai Russell, if any at all.
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Education & Youth
What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen on YouTube?
To close out spooky season, I shared some of my favorite creepy clips from YouTube. I tried to avoid series that spanned multiple videos or had the backing of bigger corporate sponsors, like Adult Swim’s infomercials. But let’s toss all qualifiers out the window: What YouTube clip or clips have unsettled you the most? [Link: Get in the spooky spirit with these horrors from YouTube | https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1024096/halloween-spirit-youtube-horror | The Verge]
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Entertainment & Cinema
Get in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube
Close out the Halloween season with these creepy, weird, and unsettling videos from YouTube.
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Meta, YouTube verdict can ripple through social media markets worldwide
Landmark trial “shakes Big Tech to its core”; complaint argued companies knowingly designed addictive products that exposed children to harm.
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BBC Audio | Business Daily | Power Players special: Searching for answers on Google
What's behind a $500 billion fall in value for Google and You Tube parent Alphabet?
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World News
Curry Barker used a Surface Laptop Ultra to help make new YouTube short.
He edited the entire “Mama Bear” film while the laptop was unplugged, according to a behind-the-scenes video from Microsoft that also includes the claim that the computer sees a “less than 1% drop in performance when unplugged.” That said, a footnote in the video says that the editing was “not performed on a single battery charge.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9knEhRj42Es]
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Education & Youth
Education & Youth
Instagram is courting YouTube creators for its new long-form video format.
As reported by Business Insider, Instagram offered some YouTube creators $50,000 to post videos to its new “Features” video format, while others received offers up to $500,000. “We’ve been public about the fact that we are funding Features content directly with some creators right now to support them,” a Meta spokesperson tells Business Insider. [Link: Instagram is trying to woo YouTube creators with six-figure checks | https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-offers-youtube-creators-six-figure-longform-video-deals-2026-10 | Business Insider]
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Education & Youth
Instagram chases YouTube with a push for longer, widescreen videos
Settle in for lengthy Instagram videos.
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Technology
Watch out, YouTube; Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos | TechCrunch
As Instagram rolls out long form videos of up to 90 minutes, the platform has an opportunity to challenge YouTube if it plays its cards right.
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Technology
Your YouTube homepage on mobile is going to look a bit different.
The app has a new, “simplified” top bar, where you’ll find tabs for things like subscriptions, Live, Music, and custom feeds, YouTube says. The custom feeds will stay in that top bar, according to YouTube Creator Liaison Rene Ritchie. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8NkX0LQl6M]
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World News
Indigenous creators are clashing with YouTube’s and Instagram’s sensitive content bans
Deep in the heartlands of Brazil, Indigenous creators are having to censor themselves to avoid getting banned on social platforms.
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Technology
YouTube says it isn’t testing hiding the dislike button
The dislike button is staying put, for the most part.
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