YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform shifting its attention toward expanding YouTube Charts, which rank top-performing content.

There's a good chance you've used YouTube to watch a video at least once in the past month. Over 2.7 billion people use the online video platform every month, according to research from the digital marketing firm Global Media Insight.

YouTube appears to be rolling out or testing a new UI design for its player on the web. The new design places the video controls into bubbles. This UI change was first spotted back in April.

“YouTube has always required creators to upload ‘original’ and ‘authentic’ content,” YouTube said in its initial notification about the policy change. “On July 15, 2025, YouTube is updating our guidelines to better identify mass-produced and repetitious content. This update better reflects what ‘inauthentic’ content looks like today.”

YouTube is inundated with AI-generated slop, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Instead of cutting down on the total number of slop channels, the platform is planning to update its policies to cut out some of the worst offenders making money off “spam.

The Real Lives of Kidfluencers' features YouTube vlogs like Fishfam and the Mighty McClures. All six episodes of the show are available to stream on Hulu.

Viewers will still receive personalized recommendations from YouTube. YouTube will also still continue to provide creators tools to determine what’s popular with their viewer base. However, it remains to be seen what kind of shakeup category-specific trending lists could have on creators and their trending rankings, as compared to one general list.

The company is clarifying what it has called a minor change in how it pays video creators that could have big implications for viewers.