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YouTube's Neal Mohan is TIME's 2025 CEO of the Year: All you need to know

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has been named TIME's 2025 CEO of the Year for his 'calm leadership' and 'big role in shaping what billions watch daily'

YouTube introduces Premium Lite subscription plan in India at ₹89 per month

YouTube has rolled out Premium Lite in India, offering ad-free video streaming across devices at Rs 89 per month as a cheaper option to its Premium subscription

YouTube to use AI to detect and restrict underage accounts: How it works

YouTube will use AI to identify underage users from August 13, applying safeguards and restrictions in the US, even if users have not declared their age

YouTube crackdown on Ad Blockers: Sluggish videos? This might be the reason

YouTube may be throttling playback for ad blocker users, while also preparing to roll out longer, unskippable ad formats

YouTube tests emotion-based ads: How it may change the viewing experience

Reportedly, YouTube will use Gemini AI to strategically place advertisements within emotionally engaging content, targeting moments of heightened viewer attention

YouTube tests ad-supported 'Premium Lite' plan in select countries: Report

The cost of the Premium Lite plan is half that of the standard Premium plan. While the plan works across devices as before, it now limits ads rather than completely removing them

YouTube finds a way to show ads in videos that ad-blockers cannot bypass

Continuing its crackdown on ad-blocker services, YouTube is reportedly testing a new way to inject advertisements in videos that could not be bypassed

YouTube extends crackdown to ad-blocking third-party mobile apps: Details

YouTube said that those who are using third-party apps to block ads in the free tier may experience buffering issues while watching a video or see an error message

Social media firms gain $11 bn in ads from under-18 users in 2022: Report

Social media giants like Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and Snapchat collectively gained nearly USD 11 billion in advertising revenue in 2022 from users younger than 18 years, according to a new US-based study. Researchers said that approximately 30-40 per cent of the advertising revenue generated by Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube was attributable to young people. They found that while among users aged 12 and under, YouTube derived the greatest ad revenue of about USD 1 billion in 2022, among those aged 13-17 years, Instagram generated the highest revenue of about USD 4 billion. The team led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, also found that from users aged 13-17 years, TikTok derived USD 2 billion and YouTube USD 1.2 billion in 2022, suggesting that these platforms have "overwhelming financial incentives" in continuing to delay meaningful steps to protect children against the harms of using social media. The researchers said that while these socia

YouTube cracks down on ad-blockers, encourages users to switch to paid tier

In June this year, YouTube started restricting usage on devices with ad-blockers enabled in experiment. It display a message to users asking them to turn-off the ad-blocker or buy premium subscription

What's new on YouTube: More ads, including a 30 sec long unskippable on TVs

30-second ads will be available to advertisers via YouTube Select, a curated advertising platform. These longer ads will be reserved for the top five per cent of YouTube content

YouTube to remove 'overlay ads' from April 6: How will it impact you?

Overlay ads appear at the bottom, or the top of the video as pop-up cards, and the viewers can remove them by clicking on the 'X' icon on the top

YouTube concludes experiment that showed 10 unskippable ads to some users

YouTube has given a statement in this regard informing that this experiment with advertisements has now concluded

YouTube signs up over 50 mn paid subscribers for its music service

That 50 million figure includes people paying for YouTube Music, customers for YouTube Premium, who get music as part of their subscription, as well as customers still on a trial basis

Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content: Details here

A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video feeds children inappropriate material in "a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it can serve them ads

YouTube introduces audio ads for brands to expand reach, engagement

YouTube has introduced audio ads - its first ad format designed to connect brands with audiences in engaged and ambient listening

Instagram to take on YouTube, plans rollout of advertisements in IGTV

Instagram currently has ads in its main feed of updates, as well as in its stories feature -- the one featuring posts that disappear after 24 hours.

YouTube's landmark privacy upheaval on kids video content begins

These changes have been expected for months, but their impact is still unknown

YouTube tweaks policy on songs playing as ads after Badshah controversy

YouTube said it was adjusting its policy to 'provide more transparency to the industry' and be more consistent with the companies

YouTube looks to counter the trust deficit in one of its biggest markets

Video streaming platform YouTube is also aggressively pitching itself as the advertising platform of choice for brands with cheaper and more visible ads