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YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views

9h ago · curated by Catalyst Web Trendz

YouTube's Todd Beaupré says the desktop homepage redesign with larger thumbnails drove more long-form engagement despite showing fewer videos at once.

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