UK Site Updates: Tell Us What You Think

As you have probably noticed, we recently introduced a raft of updates across YouTube. While some of these affected all site domains, others were focused on the non-Global homepages (of which the UK is one). Having given these some time to bed down, we would love to hear what you think of two of the updates in particular: changes to the how we generate the Most Viewed toplist and a new approach to the Channels information.


MOST VIEWED IN THE UK


Since the UK homepage was launched last year, the Most Viewed videos of the day, the week, the month or of all time were listed on the UK page according to territory. This is to say that if you told us at sign-up that you were located in the UK and uploaded a video, it would be eligible to make the list provided it generated enough clicks. While this system worked well enough, we felt that it gave a slightly skewed window onto what users in the UK were actually watching, not to mention leaving the list open to a degree of manipulation (no matter how gentle, as in this fallofautumndistro video):





The Most Viewed list is now generated according to what users located in the UK are watching, which means that the videos listed can have been uploaded anywhere in the world. One side-effect of this is that the chart can look out of synch, as the total number of clicks does not necessarily tally with the number of UK-based users who have watched the video – so please bear this in mind when offering any feedback.


CHANNELS PAGE


One of the big things that we at YouTube UK hoped to achieve after launching the UK homepage was to enable local users to find one another more easily, whether that be by showcasing local talent in the featured area or generating charts drawn from UK users. We have now achieved the latter on the Channels page, where you will be able to identify the Most Subscribed UK user of all time (congratulations Charlieissocoollike) along with the local Comedian, Director, Guru, Musician and Partner channels that are generating most interest. To date these lists were drawn from Global performance figures, and if you still want to track who is hot worldwide, then just navigate to the Global homepage and head for the Channels page.


We are working hard to give all of our users in the UK the best possible insights into what is happening on their local site. Do these updates help or hinder that effort? Let us know, either by leaving a comment below or mailing us here


Have fun,


The YouTube Team