YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug

YouTube’s subscription tier initially launched in 2015 as YouTube Red at $9.99 per month for the individual plan. In 2018, it morphed into YouTube Premium with a higher $11.99 cost. Then came the 2023 price hike to $13.99. This is the first US price increase for YouTube Premium since 2023, but many international viewers saw increases in 2024.

Survey says paying for YouTube isn't worth it, even before incoming price hike

Do our readers pay for YouTube? We ran a reader survey to get the real numbers, and the answer is not a good look for Google.

They Were YouTube’s First Stars. Here’s What They Wish They’d Known.

MatPat, Miranda Sings, Grace Helbig and WheezyWaiter hit it big on YouTube long before it became a behemoth. They have thoughts about what it takes to succeed there.

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe

Until now, the only way to avoid seeing ads was by paying for a YouTube Premium subscription.

I've finally found a loophole to block a specific type of YouTube ads, and it won’t cost you a dime

YouTube viewers can now work together to prevent ads from playing during livestreams without paying for Premium.

Seeing new content mixed in with your YouTube Shorts? Here's what's going on

YouTube is running a test that could introduce a bunch of posts and image carousels in to your Shorts feed on mobile.
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YouTube now lets you completely remove Shorts from feed

YouTube users can now entirely remove Shorts from their feeds, if they’d like to do so. A new option can effectively hide the content type.