YouTube Is Shutting Down Its 'Trending' Page After 10 Years (dexerto.com) 11
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Dexerto: It's been ten years since YouTube first introduced its trending page in 2015, and the platform is finally sunsetting the program in favor of a new system. [...] As announced by YouTube in a support thread on July 10, 2025, the site is now set on introducing Charts, a new system for ranking popular content on its platform. "Back when we first launched the Trending page in 2015, the answer to 'What's trending?' was a lot simpler to capture with a singular list of viral videos that everyone was talking about," the post reads. "But today, trends consist of many videos created by many fandoms, and there are more micro-trends enjoyed by diverse communities than ever before."
As a result, YouTube says that its Trending page has seen "significantly" less traffic in the last five years, prompting them to make a change. Now, YouTube Charts will break up trends from one, all-encompassing page into separate, category-specific lists. The current Trending page will be moved to a Trending Now section, where the site's most popular content overall will be shown. However, viewers can now look for specific trends in certain categories on YouTube Charts for things like music videos, top podcasts, movie trailers and more. In the meantime, YouTube says that its Gaming Explore page will be home to trending gaming videos, and it will continue to serve personalized content to users via recommendations on their home feeds.
As a result, YouTube says that its Trending page has seen "significantly" less traffic in the last five years, prompting them to make a change. Now, YouTube Charts will break up trends from one, all-encompassing page into separate, category-specific lists. The current Trending page will be moved to a Trending Now section, where the site's most popular content overall will be shown. However, viewers can now look for specific trends in certain categories on YouTube Charts for things like music videos, top podcasts, movie trailers and more. In the meantime, YouTube says that its Gaming Explore page will be home to trending gaming videos, and it will continue to serve personalized content to users via recommendations on their home feeds.
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I never used it, but I would have liked for it to be there, and may have used it in the future. Two channels I subscribe to do have videos place there sometimes, and I know this because several videos I clicked on had it prominently displayed in the info bar next to the viewer count that it was "#15 on trending".
It was useful knowledge to me to know that these particular channels are popular among a broad cross-section of viewers. I use that in determining how likely it is for someone to know about a video
Is the "Evolution of Dance" still tops? (Score:2)
...There's a Trending Page? (Score:2)
I thought that's what the front page was. It keeps wasting space with things I'm not interested in, or actively dislike.
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YouTube Shorts is taking its place (Score:1)
They are useful (Score:2)