Being popular is about the only thing the current most-viewed YouTube videos have in common with their top-performing predecessors. Even though YouTube videos like Chocolate Rain went viral during the ...

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, lets users download videos from its website. This feature has been live since August 2023, when Twitter owner Elon Musk personally announced the ...

Polygon’s latest series, The Masterpieces of Streaming, looks at the new batch of classics that have emerged from an evolving era of entertainment. The genre of “Dumb Internet Video” has evolved ...

Nothing makes a millennial feel older than telling them that the 1980s started over 45 years ago, not 20. But if you really want to make them feel old, tell them YouTube turned 20 in 2025. YouTube was ...

There’s a good chance you’ve used YouTube to watch a video at least once in the past month. Over 2.7 billion people use the online video platform every month, according to research from the digital ...