YouTube Will Stop Making Year-End Rewind Videos

Oct. 8, 2021

Afterskipping YouTube Rewind last yearfor obvious reasons,YouTube has decided to stop making YouTube Rewind videosgoing forward. You will no longer see YouTube’s compilation videos of what it thinks are the best moments on the platform throughout the year.

YouTube Will No Longer Make Rewind Videos

Although we all know widespread criticism of YouTube Rewind videos in the past few years must have played a key role in this decision, the company wants you to believe that’s not the case. YouTube recentlytoldTubeFilterthat it’s shutting down Rewind because the“platform has become so massive that it is impossible to encapsulate its vastness and diversity within a minutes-long compilation.”

You won’t stop getting Rewind videos though.Your favorite creators will continue making Rewind videos to recap the best momentsof the year. We might evenend up seeing one from popular tech creator MKBHD. While YouTube won’t be funding these videos,TubeFilter‘s report mentions that the company will promote them on its social media channels.

“Thank you to all the creators involved in Rewind – we’ll be 👀 for your Rewinds as we refocus our energies on celebrating you and the trends that make YouTube 🔥 with a different and updated kind of experience,”wrotethe company on Twitter.

If you are feeling nostalgic, you can check previous videos fromYouTube’s Rewind playlist. Now that YouTube Rewind is finally coming to an end, which year’s video was your favorite? Let us know in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.