{"id":15118,"date":"2025-08-21T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/youtube-adds-artists-engagement-options-to-music\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:36:00","slug":"youtube-adds-artists-engagement-options-to-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/youtube-adds-artists-engagement-options-to-music\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                YouTube Adds Artists Engagement Options to Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/youtube-adds-artists-engagement-options-to-music\/#YouTube_Adds_Artists_Engagement_Options_to_Music\" >YouTube Adds Artists Engagement Options to Music<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube_Adds_Artists_Engagement_Options_to_Music\"><\/span>\n                YouTube Adds Artists Engagement Options to Music<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>YouTube Music is celebrating its ten-year anniversary, and to mark the occasion, YouTube has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/celebrating-10-years-of-youtube-music\/\" style=\"color:blue\">announced various additions to its music listening app<\/a>, which are designed to drive more engagement among fans. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>First off, YouTube\u2019s launched some new badges for fans, including <\/span><span><span><span><span><span>&#8220;First to Watch,&#8221; &#8220;Top Listener,&#8221; and more, as a means to encourage, and even gamify, artist engagement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube Music badges\" data-imagemodel=\"184849\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/60eSr1xNYh2phA-XwZUsXQVBzPxHTSJgVg6RaEKAXvU\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS95b3V0dWJlX211c2ljX2hjS3NoYjkucG5n.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>As you can see in these examples, fans will be able to earn badges based on their engagement history, in order to show just how big a fan they are of an artist. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Which will no doubt prove popular, and will get more users engaging with their favorite bands and musicians more often in the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>On a related front, YouTube\u2019s also adding achievements for artists, so that fans can help them reach new engagement milestones.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>As explained by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/celebrating-10-years-of-youtube-music\/\" style=\"color:blue\">YouTube<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><em><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cMusic video watch milestones will highlight official artist videos nearing major \u2018view\u2019 milestones (think 100,000, 1M, even 1B views!) and motivate true fans to help their favorite artists hit major milestones.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It\u2019s another way to showcase your support, and incentivize more engagement with artists. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>YouTube has also announced a new partnership with live music promotion platform <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/\" style=\"color:blue\">Bandsintown<\/a>, which will enable YouTube to highlight live shows in your region.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube Music Bandsintown\" data-imagemodel=\"184851\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/YvmR1CF3NbxoBsXSoWN6S--Txqke7uL4mp7eww98KkU\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS95b3V0dWJlX211c2ljMy5wbmc=.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><em><span>\u201c<\/span><\/em><em><span><span><span><span><span><span>We\u2019re also adding new notifications to let you know when upcoming releases from your favorite artists are announced, new merch is dropping, or event dates are added &#8211; so fans never miss a beat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/em><em> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>So now you\u2019ll be able to keep updated on local shows by your favorite artists, which will help YouTube become a bigger hub for music engagement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Which is a key focus. Both YouTube and Instagram have been adding more music features as a means to supplant TikTok as the main music engagement tool of choice, in the event that TikTok ends up getting banned in the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>I mean, music engagement <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_videos\" style=\"color:blue\">has always been huge on YouTube anyway<\/a>, but with TikTok becoming the main platform for music sharing, YouTube is also looking to better position itself to take that mantle if opportunity arises.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>YouTube\u2019s also adding comments on albums and playlists, as another means to connect around music tastes, while it\u2019s also rolling out \u201ctaste match playlists,\u201d which will provide another means to find music that aligns with your interests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube Music playlists\" data-imagemodel=\"184850\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/z3OU6mQk-4FdYkbqMVnoR9xJ4kqlePd15RcdCA5uzs0\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS95b3V0dWJlX211c2ljMl9OeWVjWW1DLnBuZw==.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>YouTube says that its taste-matched playlists will be automatically updated daily, based on the music tastes of everyone that\u2019s accessing them, which will also enable YouTube to keep users updated of relevant new releases.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>And it\u2019s got a lot of data to go on for this. YouTube says that YouTube Music users have created over 4 billion music playlists, including 1.8 billion public ones, so it has a huge amount of cross-matching it can do to find related interests. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>These are some interesting options, that will likely drive more engagement in YouTube\u2019s Music app, while the capacity to cross-promote live shows will be a welcome update for artists seeking to maximize the benefits of the tool. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you&#8217;re promoting any musicians, might be good to take a look at Bandsintown for expanded promotion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/youtube-adds-playlist-comments-fan-badges-brandsintown-listings\/758356\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Adds Artists Engagement Options to Music YouTube Music is celebrating its ten-year anniversary, and to mark the occasion, YouTube has announced various additions to its music listening app, which are designed to drive more engagement among fans. First off, YouTube\u2019s launched some new badges for fans, including &#8220;First to Watch,&#8221; &#8220;Top Listener,&#8221; and more,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/H8Vqatukzf7FFPXoj2cyeDUxe3ktIE2cZ9A6CNAivRU\/g:ce\/rs:fit:770:435\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS95b3V0dWJlX211c2ljMy5wbmc=.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1456],"class_list":["post-15118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-social-media-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}