Youtube Updates 2025 –YouTube’s CEO Neal Mohan recently announced some big changes for 2025 that will impact how creators earn money, grow their channels and use AI. If you’re a YouTuber or thinking about becoming one, here are all the the key updates that you need to know.
More Ways to Earn on YouTube
It’s been many people’s dream of becoming full time YouTubers, but solely relying on Ad Revenue can be tough for many. Although here’s the good news for 2025 as Youtube is going to make it easier for creators to earn money in multiple ways beyond Ads and Affiliates.
Key Monetization Updates:
- Improved Channel Memberships – Creators will get better tools to engage with their audience through memberships, including enhanced shopping features.
- Partnerships with Brands – Youtube will introduce more ways to partner and with brands making the collaboration flow more seamless.
- YouTube Courses – Youtube soon will be launching feature that will allow creators to sell courses directly on platform, similar to skillshare and Udemy. The best part is creators will get to keep most of the revenue as it will be Ads Supported.
According to YouTube, over 50% of channels earning five figures or more (USD) are making money from sources beyond ads and YouTube Premium.
Big News for Podcasters
Neal shared the statistics, that Youtube is now the most used platform for listening to podcasts worldwide. To support and leverage this growing trend, YouTube will be introducing new tools and features to help podcasters monetise their content and make it easier for content to be discovered to the users.
For many creators, ads make up only a small part of their income. Not because ad revenue has dropped, but because YouTube keeps rolling out more ways to get paid and 2025 is going to be big in that way.
How People Watch Videos Is Changing
Neal also revealed some interesting statistics that for the first time in history, YouTube TV has surpassed mobile as the primary way people watch YouTube in the U.S (As per watch time). More viewers are watching from their TVs, leading to longer watch times and binge-watching sessions.
3 Advices by Youtube for TV Friendly Content
- Be Sharp – Creators should post videos in 4K or 1080p and 720p for thumbnails, implying almost every phone today shoots 4K videos anyway. Youtube suggest extra pixels looks great on bigger screens.
- Be Bingeable – Creators should make more longer duration, compelling videos and related videos that not onyl gets people watching but also continue to keep watching.
- Be Browsable – Youtube suggest to optimise your channel page by making sure your Home tab page features your most popular and fresh content.
New Features for TV Viewers
Youtube is also testing new interactive features for TV viewers that include “Second Screen Experience” which will let users interact with videos using their phones and “Watch With” feature that will allow creators to provide live commentary and real time reactions to events.
How AI Is Changing YouTube
AI is playing a bigger role in content creation in today’s ever growing AI world, but most creators use it as a tool for improving workflow rather than generating fully AI-made videos. YouTube is doubling down on AI-powered features.
Key AI Updates:
Last year, Youtube rolled out Dream Screen and Dream Track which generate image backgrounds, video backgrounds and instrumental tracks for YoutubeShorts. Youtube will continue investing in these kind of features including integrating Veo 2 into Dream Screen soon. Youtube promises to keep investing more in such AI tools and features that comes with it to empower creators and artists through their creative youtube journey.
Also, Youtube had launched Auto Dubbing which helps creators translate their videos into multiple languages with a touch of a button. Youtube is also looking forward to make Auto Dubbing available for creators in the Youtube Partner Program.
This is a huge news as Niel also shared the key statistics for videos with dubbed audio, more than 40% of total watch time comes from viewers choosing to listen in dubbed language. Auto dubbing will help your videos reach much better audience.
Final Thoughts
2025 is shaping up to be a game-changing year for YouTube creators. From new monetization options to AI-powered tools and a shift towards TV viewing, there are plenty of opportunities to grow.
Whether you’re an established creator or just getting started, staying ahead of these trends will be key to making the most of YouTube’s evolving platform.
