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tl;dr YouTube content pillars are the recurring subjects your channel returns to. They’re the answer to the question every new viewer asks: what is this channel about? Pillars are the foundation on which we can build a YouTube channel.
YouTube made over 3,000 updates and improvements to its platform in the last year. From the stage at Made on YouTube 2026, CEO Neil Mohan and the YouTube team shared a bunch more they’re working on. We want to talk about three game-changers.
tl;dr – Turning YouTube playlists into a Show You’ve already made the videos. You’ve even put them in a playlist. But when someone finishes one video, how do you get them to go onto the next? YouTube’s Shows feature gives creators another way to connect those videos.
“Doing the work” on YouTube works. Soon, YouTube Studio will do a little more of that work for you. On September 23, at its annual Made on YouTube event in New York, YouTube announced that Ask Studio will start watching your draft videos and come back with advice on how to improve pacing.
TL;DR: How many views (and how much money) might be hiding out in your YouTube back catalog? You’ve learned a lot about how to be successful on YouTube since you first uploaded those videos. How do you get more views out of old videos? You apply what you’ve learned to breathe new life into them.
tl;dr Wishing for videos to go viral is not a YouTube success strategy. Looking for outlier YouTube videos on your channel and across your space so you can learn what’s working and ride the wave of interest, is. What is a YouTube outlier video?
tl;dr YouTube Shorts custom thumbnails are finally here, and it’s a bigger update than it might initially sound. For years, creators who wanted a deliberate, branded thumbnail for a Short had to use an awkward workaround: add the thumbnail as a single frame at the end of the video, select it in…
TL;DR: A great thumbnail is the difference between a click and a scroll. You can pour a weekend into the perfect video and still lose the impression war in the split second someone spends deciding whether your thumbnail is worth their time.
Do you want to start a YouTube channel but worry about being on camera? Read our handy tips for success as an introvert. The post YouTube for introverts: how to get comfortable on camera appeared first on TubeBuddy.
TubeBuddy pricing verified July 2026: Pro $43.20/yr, Legend $278.28/yr, 50% off under 1,000 subs. Our review covers what holds up and what YouTube made free.
If creating has started to feel like an uphill battle and you’re not seeing the rewards, we’re willing to bet you’re making at least a couple of these common YouTube mistakes. Until you’ve fixed these fundamentals, uploading more won’t help.
YouTube is doubling the long form watch time and short form views required to get paid. As YouTube creator news goes, it doesn’t get much bigger than that.
YouTube sponsorship scams are a long-running way creator channels get hijacked. Learn the red flags that work, and why 2FA alone will not save your channel. The post YouTube sponsorship scams: how to spot a fake brand deal before it costs you your channel appeared first on TubeBuddy.
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