YouTube YouTube Celebrates 20 Years with New Features
The platform's 20th anniversary celebrations include a limited YouTube logo, a "Yoodle" animation, a 48-hour birthday-themed zen channel, a celebratory welcome screen, and birthday gifts for creators, highlighting its remarkable growth and impact on the entertainment industry.
YouTube is marking its 20th anniversary by introducing a range of new features, sharing interesting facts, and highlighting its remarkable growth over the years, with 20 million videos uploaded daily and over 100 million comments on videos daily in 2024.
The platform's music and kids' services, YouTube Music and YouTube Kids, are also celebrating their 10th anniversary, with YouTube Music previously known by the codename "Woodstock". Creators are highly engaged with their audience, with over 3.5 billion likes per day and 10 million comments from viewers daily. The platform's large music library includes over 300 music videos that have reached a billion views, including "Baby Shark" which achieved this milestone in just 88 days.
New features introduced by YouTube include Multiview for YouTube TV members, allowing them to watch multiple videos at once, voice-reply to comments for more creators, Ask Music, a personalized radio station feature, 4x playback speed on YouTube Premium, and a TV viewing upgrade for the YouTube on TV app. Additionally, the platform is highlighting some of its hidden gems, such as 2x speed, a sleep timer, and the ability to long press anywhere on the video player to watch in 2x speed.
YouTube's impact on Hollywood and fame has been profound, democratizing visibility and allowing anyone with a camera and internet connection to reach a global audience. This has changed the way fame operates, making it more participatory and intimate, and enabling creators to build lasting careers. The platform has also introduced a new class of fame, the microcelebrity, where creators with smaller audiences can still build careers off of monetizing their audiences.
As YouTube continues to evolve and grow, it will be interesting to see how it shapes the future of entertainment, music, and celebrity culture. With its new features, hidden gems, and continued commitment to its creator community, YouTube is poised to remain a major player in the world of online video sharing for years to come.