YouTube Music
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Google. The service is designed with an interface that allows users to simultaneously explore music audios and music videos from YouTube-based genres, playlists and recommendations. On December 1, 2020, YouTube Music replaced Google Play Music as Google's primary brand for music streaming. In April 2023, the service expanded its offerings to include support for podcasts shortly before Google Podcasts was shut down. Wikipedia
Website: music.youtube.com
Owned by: YouTube
Latest news
- Oct 27: La Verdad Noticias carries some podcast consumption data from México - which says that 77.4mn people listen to music, podcasts or audiobooks on platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple or YouTube Music (which is 80% of all internet users). 14.3mn have paid subscriptions (two thirds of those with Spotify).
- Sep 29: YouTube announced YouTube Labs - “a new initiative dedicated to exploring the potential of AI on YouTube.” If you’re in the US, you may be able to sign up to “AI music hosts designed to deepen your listening experience by sharing relevant stories, fan trivia, and fun commentary about your favorite music on the YouTube Music app”.
- Aug 18: YouTube Music has added a “skip silence” function for podcast playback. The function was in Google Podcasts, which the company closed in June last year. The feature is still not available in Apple Podcasts.
- Aug 1: ID checks are also coming to Australia, where YouTube and other social media services are to be banned for everyone under the age of 16 from Dec 10. The ban is for YouTube accounts, which includes YouTube Music. Facebook, Instagram and others are also to be banned.
- Jul 14: Android Authority reviews YouTube Music as a podcast app.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter, Wikipedia