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YouTube is rolling out a major change to push notifications. If you havenโ€™t engaged with a creator in 30 days, their alerts will be automatically muted on your mobile device. In this video, we break down exactly whatโ€™s changing, why YouTube is doing this, and how it affects both viewers and content creators.

๐Ÿ”” What youโ€™ll learn:

๐Ÿ‘‰ The new 30-day engagement rule for YouTube notifications

๐Ÿ‘‰ Why YouTube says this improves the user experience

๐Ÿ‘‰ How infrequent uploaders (like long-form creators) are protected

๐Ÿ‘‰ Where muted notifications still appear (inside the YouTube app)

๐Ÿ‘‰ Whatโ€™s still unclear โ€“ will notifications resume if you re-engage?

๐Ÿ“ข For viewers: This helps reduce notification clutter on your phone.
๐Ÿ“ข For creators: If your audience isnโ€™t clicking, you may lose push alert access.

๐Ÿ”— Source: YouTubeโ€™s official trial results (earlier this year)

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Comment below: Do you turn off notifications for most channels?
Transcript
00:04YouTube notifications can quickly become overwhelming, especially if you're subscribed
00:10to many channels. Now, the platform is making a change. Starting soon, YouTube will mute push
00:17notifications from creators you haven't engaged with in over a month. The reasoning? If viewers
00:25repeatedly ignore alerts, they may turn off YouTube notifications entirely. And that's bad for
00:32business. Fewer notifications mean less platform usage and lower revenue. But it's also bad for
00:39creators. Even the ones you actually follow could lose a key way to alert you about new videos.
00:46So here's what's changing. For subscribed channels where you've set notifications to all,
00:52YouTube will no longer send mobile push alerts from creators you haven't engaged with in 30 days.
01:00However, those notifications will still appear inside the YouTube app, in your inbox, marked by
01:07the little bell icon at the top right. For viewers who regularly click on notifications and watch
01:14related videos, nothing changes. And according to YouTube's earlier test, channels that upload
01:21infrequently will not be affected. That's good news for creators of Wong form content, who often take
01:28extra time between uploads. After all, viewers don't want to miss that once-a-month video.
01:35One detail remains unclear. If you start watching a channel again after a long break, will YouTube
01:42automatically resume sending push notifications? The company hasn't confirmed that yet.
01:48Even so, as a way to prevent notification overload on your phone, this new approach seems like a smart
01:56move to cut down the clutter. For Global Pulse News, I'm Rebecca.
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