According to this platform, the change is to more accurately reflect the way users currently explore content that is of interest. When the Trending page was launched in 2015, a comprehensive list of popular videos was enough to grasp the trend.
However, currently, the trend is created from countless videos from different fan communities, forming many micro-trends at the same time.
The new charts include: Trending music videos, most listened Podcasts of the week, movie trailers that are attracting attention... YouTube said that it will add many other categories in the future.
In addition to displaying popular content through rankings, we continue to introduce videos that we think viewers will enjoy through personalized suggestions. This approach helps display more popular content, closer to the way users are used to exploring new videos - YouTube wrote in the blog post.
According to YouTube, changes in viewing habits such as users increasingly finding trends through recommendations, searches or even comments have caused the number of visits to the Trending page to decrease sharply in the past 5 years.
