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- YouTube is sunsetting its Trending page a decade after its launch.
- The company has urged users to rely on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to discover trending content.
- The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms on July 21.
YouTube is pulling the plug on its Trending page, about a decade after its debut. The page and the Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms later this month, and the company is directing users to its category-based YouTube Charts to discover trending videos.
YouTube announced the change in a recent post on its community forums, attributing the decision to a steady decline in traffic to the Trending page over the past five years. The company noted that users today discover trends in different places across the platform, including recommendations, search suggestions, Shorts, comments, and Communities. Therefore, it’s “shifting away from one all-encompassing Trending list towards category-specific charts.”