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https://earlybirdsinvest.com Latest Crypto News Thu, 15 May 2025 23:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://i0.wp.com/earlybirdsinvest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-New-Project-2024-12-17T235703.455.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 YouTubes – Earlybirds Invest https://earlybirdsinvest.com 32 32 240146708 YouTube’s got a new podcast chart showing what’s hot in the US https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-got-a-new-podcast-chart-showing-whats-hot-in-the-us/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-got-a-new-podcast-chart-showing-whats-hot-in-the-us/#respond Thu, 15 May 2025 23:43:24 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-got-a-new-podcast-chart-showing-whats-hot-in-the-us/

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority

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YouTube is introducing a Weekly Podcast Shows chart, highlighting the top 100 in the US.
Listings will be updated each Wednesday.
For now this is US-only, but Google wants to expand to additional regions.

Considering that the iPod has long found itself replaced by more capable smartphones, it’s legitimately impressive that podcasts have managed to stick around as a beloved media format. Sure, we’ve seen many evolve from audio to video-first formats, but the core idea of being able to listen to an on-demand conversation between talented hosts and their guests is one that’s proven its worth. With podcasts as big as they are today, it’s only understandable that listeners crave tools for helping them discover their next new podcast obsession, and this week Google’s got a new one debuting on YouTube.

YouTube is introducing its new Weekly Podcast Shows chart. The inaugural list covers May 5 through May 11, and sorts out the top 100 podcasts available on the platform, based on their popularity among US audiences.

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority

As you’d only expect from a list of top podcasts in America in 2025, the list is a broad mix of true-crime shows, comedy, paranormal stuff, sports talk, right-wing influencers, and mainstream political commentary. You can expect to see Google update the list with the previous week’s rankings every Wednesday.

Interestingly, Google’s not keeping track of total views here (like we recently saw Spotify highlight with its own podcast listings), and instead using a metric based on overall minutes listened. That sounds like it has the potential to possibly giving longer-format podcasts a leg up — at least, if they can stay engaging long enough to keep YouTube audiences listening.

For now, this chart is only being produced for the US, but Google says that it’s planning to expand that to more regions at some point — no word on a timetable just yet. The company also mentions a desire to bring more features to the chart. We can already think of a few we’d really like to see, including filters for genre, and maybe information on the latest available episode for all these entries. Are there any changes you’d like to implement? Share your ideas in the conversation below.

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YouTube’s new video UI is intensely controversial, survey shows https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-new-video-ui-is-intensely-controversial-survey-shows/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-new-video-ui-is-intensely-controversial-survey-shows/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:24:52 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/youtubes-new-video-ui-is-intensely-controversial-survey-shows/

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority

YouTube is often tinkering with its interface, usually to the dismay of those who are subject to the experiment. Some Reddit users expressed ire over tested changes to the YouTube UI last week, but you can always find angry people on the internet. We were more interested in finding out the general feelings about the significant changes, so we polled our readers to find out.

If you missed the apparent outcry, YouTube has begun rolling out a redesigned video player interface for its web platform, replacing the decade-old design with one featuring pill-shaped controls and a cleaner video view. However, users who are unhappy with the changes point out the apparent removal of the ability to scroll on the volume bar or use keyboard shortcuts to adjust audio. The update coincides with the 20th anniversary of the platform’s first uploaded video, but how many people are unhappy with this disruption to long-established user habits?

Do you like the new YouTube video player UI on the web?

As the chart above shows, opinions on the new YouTube video player UI couldn’t be much more divided. After thousands of votes, 46% of you said you like the new UI, with almost 54% saying you don’t.

Perhaps this indecisive outcome shouldn’t be too surprising. Contrary to what some believe, Google isn’t attempting to annoy YouTube users when it makes changes to the service, and must have had reason to believe the change would be beneficial. That said, some people resist almost any change, especially tweaks to systems they have gotten used to over a ten-year timeframe. Whatever YouTube does, it’ll never please everyone.

The comments section under our news story offers more insight into why people voted as they did. On one side of the argument, reader renn444 welcomed the change, stating, “As someone with vision problems, the new UI helps me a lot, so I like it more. It looks a lot cleaner.”

Reader pu239 disagreed, commenting, “Why is it better? It increases the height of controls, reducing visual space, adds unnecessary backgrounds to the buttons, and adds silly pills.” Other commenters hadn’t experienced the changes yet, but were still grumbling about the large thumbnails test.

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