"Liking" videos on YouTube, rather than being something merely sentimental, means something practical. YouTube staff make it clear that the number of likes -- or "thumbs-up" -- a video has partially ...

Instead of counting the number of clicks or views a video gets, YouTube’s algorithms focus on ensuring viewers are happy with what they watch. This article examines how YouTube’s algorithms work to ...

As part of a larger effort to explain how YouTube works, Google published a new resource to answer commonly asked questions about YouTube search results. Google created a whole new website, called How ...

YouTube is currently testing out a direct messaging feature on the platform, which the company previously removed years ago. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Almost ...

YouTube continues to dominate online media for content creators, business owners and marketers. With over 2.70 billion people worldwide using the platform monthly and 500 hours of video uploaded every ...