What's up insiders? Thanks for all the feedback on our set. We're taking it to heart.
This week in response to AlexanderPDX's comment, we are naming the plant. Separately
JJBones suggested we give "Jennafern" eyes. So, here we are. For EarthCentral, we've
included our Play button from three years ago awarded by Susan herself. If you want
to see that video, we'll leave it in the description. But for now, let's get into
this week's Newsflash, because if it's Tuesday, it's news' day.
First up, over the years, creators have given feedback that they'd like to increase
the reach of their content to new audiences.
So our colleagues from Area 120, Google's in-house incubator for new products, created
a tool that helps with just that. It's called Aloud. Aloud takes a video in English
and turns it into a video in Spanish or another language.
You can dub a video with Aloud in a couple of hours and it comes at no cost.
This tool might be one of the easiest ways to expand your audience, because 80% of
the world doesn't speak English. You can sign up for the waitlist on Aloud website
"aloud.ai" to become a trusted tester. The link is in the description. We used Aloud
to translate this Newsflash, and you can check it out by selecting audio track from
the settings icon in the bottom right corner of the video. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Next up, currently you can purchase SuperThanks at four price points: $2, $5, $10,
and 50 dollars US or equivalent local currency.
We heard feedback from viewers that they'd like the ability to customize amounts.
So, in an experiment we conducted in August and September, we offered nine additional
price points ranging from $1 to $500. And we saw more than a 10% increase in SuperThanks
revenue. This change resulted in SuperThanks generating more money for creators,
which is just what we want. We're happy to announce that we just launched additional
price points on web. We plan to bring this to Android in early 2023. Stay tuned for updates. You'll hear them here first.
Next up, earlier this month, we talked about the expansion of Search Insights, also
known as the Research tab, to more languages on desktop.
Today, we're happy to announce that the Research tab on Studio mobile is launching
to all creators. In the initial version, the insights will be based on viewers in
the United States. Now you may be asking, are there any differences between desktop
and mobile versions of the Research tab? The answer is yes. The desktop version allows
creators to explore searches on Youtube, including from their own audience. On mobile,
we've expanded the experience by including insights based on both search and watch
activity for a range of topics personalized to a channel's audience interests. Now,
creators will also be able to explore their audiences' recent interest for tens of
thousands of topics. So enjoy. We'll be listening closely to all of your feedback
to continue improving the product for all creators.
Up next, comments.
Back in September, we talked about an experiment we were running to make the comment
section safer by sending a warning to users who have left multiple comments that
have violated our community guidelines. And in some cases, it temporarily times out
users ability to comment for up to 24 hours. We're happy to announce that the experiment
was successful. So we will be rolling out these new comment removal warnings and
timeouts to English comments. More languages to come in the coming months. The goal
of this feature is to reduce abusive comments across the platform and to let users
who violate our community guidelines know what they've done, so that they can correct
their behavior in the future and contribute more positively the next time they comment.
Users who receive these warnings will have the opportunity to leave us feedback to
help us improve if and when we got something wrong. We'll leave a link in the description
to the Youtube help center where you can find more information on these warnings
and timeouts. Let us know your comments and questions below.
Up next.
Last month, we announced we were starting to roll out Creator Music to creators in
"YouTube Partners Program", starting with creators in the United States first. We
just launched to 5% of creators who are part of "YouTube Partners Program" in the
United States. We will continue rolling out the feature to more creators. Creators
will receive an email and see a card in Studio, notifying them when they get access.
From there, they'll be able to access a Creator Music tab on the left navigation.
Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.
All right, one more thing.
We've been working with Rene, our creator liaison, to produce a handful of myth-busting
shorts. Check them out in our Shorts tab if you miss them and let us know what you
think. If they're helpful, will continue them into next year and start answering
some of your direct questions too. And that's about it for this week's Newsflash
from the creators of Youtube to Youtube creators. We'll see you next week. And so will "Jennafern".