Check out what YouTube has planned for 2026.

In his annual letter, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan laid out his top priorities for the platform for 2026. Here’s what Youtube has planned:

Reinventing entertainment with creators as the new stars and studios, offering more features across formats like Shorts and musicBuilding the best place for kids and teens through stronger parental controlsPowering the creator economy by providing more ways for creators to earn moneySupercharging and safeguarding creativity to ensure AI serves the people who make YouTube great: the creators, partners, and billions of viewers

Read Neal’s full letter on the YouTube blog.