New information about how various factors influence YouTube’s video recommendation algorithm is revealed by members of the team responsible for working on it. Having only been implemented in 2016, we ...
"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's recommendation ...
Recently, a fellow who wanted to buy one of my portfolio companies used AI to research me. The resulting "summary" was a bizarre fusion of my career: According to the AI report, I was simultaneously ...
Why growth changed: YouTube's 2026 algorithm prioritizes viewer satisfaction, return visits, and session time over clicks alone, making trust and retention key to discovery. Shorts as discovery: ...
YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm in a Q&A video that addresses several of the most common questions creators have about gaining visibility with short-form content. We know at least some ...