After a research report found that YouTube’s advertising practices had the potential to undercut the privacy of children watching children’s videos, the company said it limited the collection of viewer data and did not serve targeted ads on such videos.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/26/youtube-improperly-used-targeted-ads-on-childrens-videos-watchdogs-say-3/

Looks like establishment YouTube’s left-wing bias and trigger-happy censorship policies are catching up with the platform in the form of lost market share.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/04/13/building-our-own-platform-rumble-scores-exclusive-streaming-rights-for-rnc-primary-debate-n1686662

Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of Music, said in a that fan-created Shorts increased the average artist’s audience of unique viewers by more than 80% in January 2023.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/30/youtubes-new-metric-shows-an-artists-reach-across-all-formats-including-shorts/

One more user wrote, “All these suggestions are pretty much “make it as good as YouTube” – I wonder how much it would cost to clone YouTube’s features probably cheaper now with AI helping to code”.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/twitter-to-add-15-sec-forward-back-buttons-along-with-pic-in-pic-mode/

Whatever is going on with YouTube’s efforts, it’s clear the platform’s crackdown on ad-blocking is only going to get worse moving forward.

Source: https://www.webpronews.com/youtube-may-be-ramping-up-anti-ad-blocking-pressure/

YouTube’s algorithm takes various factors into account when ranking videos.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/social-media/youtube-seo-unlocking-the-power-of-video-optimization/