The selection of the top trending videos on YouTube for 2021 are based on a range of factors, beyond just viewership. For example, YouTube also considers engagement while also looking at signals like shares and likes. YouTube’s 2021 Top Ten lists bring together the biggest videos in Nigeria from creators, personalities and mainstream media with a presence on YouTube.

YouTube Music has officially launched its Year-in-Review-like 2021 Recap feature. As its branding suggests, that’s designed to bring all of the stats anybody could want for their listening history. But, of course, those stats aren’t just figures.

There was no YouTube Rewind in 2020, and the Google company announced in October that the series was coming to an end entirely. That said, YouTube is still doing various “top” video lists for 2021. YouTube has always offered an annual list of the top ...

Jimmy Donaldson, the 23-year-old American better known as MrBeast, was YouTube's highest-earning content creator in 2021, according to Forbes. His elaborate stunts have generated more than 10 billion views on the platform and earned him $54m (£39m).

YouTube Music continues to pay out more to artists and the music industry — here's how it compares to Spotify.

• YouTube may have removed “spam” dislikes from a video posted by the White House after President Joe Biden took office. • YouTube’s policies allow the company to remove likes or dislikes that have been marked invalid by its systems. • The ...

This year, YouTube is trying something new: a 24-hour, gamified three-part interactive livestream called "Escape2021." Like YouTube Rewind, the ill-fated annual video event that preceded it, Escape2021 celebrated the year’s top content trends and ...

YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit alleging that it unfairly blocked President Donald Trump’s account after the Jan 6. 2021, Capitol attack.

The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTube’s annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.