Truth, Beauty, Meaning

We love to brag about successful projects that happen in our community, and so when we heard about DFTBA Records, the label that’s all about acts that rose up on YouTube, run by YouTube…

We talked trash about giving ourselves two months to get more fans on Facebook than some well-known celebs, and though we’re now totaling 3.65 million fans and have gained nearly 600K since…

We’d like to introduce you to the Creator’s Corner, a new hub for aspiring video-makers. This section of the site brings together all the information a budding artiste could want to know about…

Favicon is short for “Favorites Icon” and it is a square icon that often appears in your Web browser’s address bar or in your list of bookmarks.

An enterprising blogger at Typophile recently…

This graph fascinated us and so we wanted to share. It shows the number of videos that receive specific star ratings: one star for when you loathe something, five for when you love it. Judging from…

In December, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to discuss a global agreement on climate change as part of the United Nations’ Climate Change Convention (often referred to as COP15)….

As a new school year unfolds, here’s an assignment for America’s students from the U.S. Department of Education and YouTube: in two minutes or less, make a video showing the nation and the world how…

Today, in honor of the International Day of Peace, a UN-recognized global day of nonviolence and ceasefire, we’re turning up the volume on this important issue by featuring peace-related film, music,…

We’re back with a rundown of the new features and changes that went live recently:

Friend suggestions: As mentioned in a previous post, we’ve started the first phase of the “find your friends”…

YouTube users voted on over 100 Fall TV previews, and the most anticipated show of the season is…drumroll, please…Mythbusters. Congratulations to Jamie and Adam, who busted some viral video…

Today is the International Day of Democracy and what better way to celebrate than to announce the second round of the Democracy Video Challenge, a partnership between YouTube, the State Department,…

There’s still technically some time for us to slink past Vin Diesel, Megan Fox, Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Adam Sandler in the race for the most Facebook fans, but with just 14 days left, we’ll…

“Choose a different ending” is an interactive video describing the life of a teenager trying to survive the slums of London. The story, which is shot from a first-person point of view, lets viewers…

Today, in honor of 9/11, many Americans are using YouTube to share their stories and forge connections with fellow citizens. Some, like this user, are hoping to create community by uploading…