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YouTube Is Finally Bringing Custom Shorts Thumbnails Back to Desktop
YouTube is rolling out custom thumbnails for Shorts on desktop again. Here is how to check if you have access and how to make your Shorts thumbnails now.
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YouTube multi-language thumbnails let one long-form video greet viewers in their own language. Here is why it matters and how to translate your thumbnails for free in Adobe Express.
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Whether you're a viewer or a creator, you've heard or seen the Elgato Stream Deck at work. It's a streamer's best friend with its customizable macro keys that basically lets you do almost anything as long as you know how. Turns out
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YouTube Shows let creators turn a plain playlist into a structured series with seasons, numbered episodes, and a dedicated Show Page that YouTube surfaces in Recommended Shows and Continue Watching.
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The Kan Do Creators Community went to VidSummit as guests of OpusClip and came back with lessons on Shorts, YouTube's new analytics, multi-language growth, and why content is relational and not transactional.
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The YouTube Studio mobile app is built for a quick glance, not full analytics Here is what it cannot do, what Advanced Mode unlocks on desktop, and the browser trick that runs the full desktop Studio on your phone.
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YouTube's main focus (as with many other platforms) is to keep you on their platform as long as possible. That's why they've been cleaning up their UI for a more streamlined viewing experience, starting with their video player for long-form content, and now
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YouTube brought back direct messages in 2026. Here is what YouTube DMs are, who can use them, how to use them step by step, what you can send, and whether they are private.
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I've gone through a lot of microphones in my time as a creator. It's a itch that comes every couple of years. When I just want to use a different, and often new, mic. And I'm not even a mic reviewer! I just love
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A community member sent us an email. They loved KDCC. But they couldn't tell if we were LGBTQ+ friendly. No hate. No drama. Just a question we didn't realize we'd never answered. Turns out, saying nothing is still saying something. Here's what we did about it. 🏳️🌈
Caleb Hammer has one of the largest creator membership communities on YouTube called the Hammer Elite. Needless to say, he makes a lot through YouTube alone. One might even think he wouldn't need to go anywhere else. So what made Caleb Hammer–and Theorists before him—choose Uscreen
YouTube continues to double down on AI with its latest addition of Gemini Omni to Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app. With this, creators will be able to remix an eligible Shorts by adding their own prompts and images. According to YouTube: "Remixing with Omni delivers a fresh
Theorist launched TheoryVerse on Uscreen instead of YouTube Membership. Here are the tiers, the member-only shows, and how the two platforms actually compare.
YouTube just launched Ask YouTube, an AI conversational search that pulls its answers from your chapters. Here is what it is, how to access it, and how to optimize your videos for it, from someone who tested it live.
A creator on Threads asked us to explain YouTube CTR like a kid. CTR is only 75% of the story, and here is the plain-English version that makes it finally click.
YouTube tags are dead as a primary discovery lever in 2026. Tags are not SEO, not keywords, and not hashtags. Here is what to focus on instead, from someone who taught tags for a decade.
Knowing when to rebrand a creator brand comes down to four signs of audience confusion. The KDCC rebrand and the Kevin Durant logo moment is the case study.
🤖 YouTube's Ask AI expands to video searches! As you may know, Ask Studio is one of YouTube's latest AI that lets you ask about your channel's analytics. But it seems YouTube is bringing their Ask AI over to viewers via Ask YouTube. The idea
YouTube replaced watch time with viewer satisfaction as the algorithm's north star. Here is what the shift changes for working creators.
YouTube growth browser extensions explained by Andrew Kan, former first employee at TubeBuddy. Here is why TubeSpanner earned a spot in my creator tool stack and how it compares to the alternatives.
Hate Shorts? This might solve your problem. But only if you're on the YouTube mobile app. This doesn't work on desktop because the time management feature isn't available on desktop. To find this feature, open up your YouTube app and click on the You
The Stream Deck Mini: Discord Edition is a six-key controller from Elgato pre-configured for Discord. Here is what it is, why creators use it, and how it helps.