YouTube is shutting down its Trending page after 10 years
It’s been ten years since YouTube first introduced its trending page in 2015, and the platform is finally sunsetting the program in favor of a new system.
YouTubeis one of the most popular destinations on the net for video-related content, first launched in 2005. Since then, it’s gained over2.70 billionmonthly active users who tune in to watch their favorite content creators playgames, vlog their daily lives and more.
One of the ways that YouTube helped viewers find viral content was through its Trending page, which itfirst implementedin 2015. By clicking on it, users can see what videos are being watched the most across the website.
However, YouTube says that it’s easier than ever for viewers to find this type of content and is giving its trending section the boot.
YouTube’s Trending page replaced by YouTube Charts
As announced by YouTube in asupport threadon August 23, 2025, the site is now set on introducing Charts, a new system for ranking popular content on its platform.
“Back when we first launched the Trending page in 2015, the answer to ‘What’s trending?’ was a lot simpler to capture with a singular list of viral videos that everyone was talking about,” the post reads. “But today, trends consist of many videos created by many fandoms, and there are more micro-trends enjoyed by diverse communities than ever before.”
As a result, YouTube says that its Trending page has seen “significantly” less traffic in the last five years, prompting them to make a change. Now, YouTube Charts will break up trends from one, all-encompassing page into separate, category-specific lists.
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In the meantime, YouTube says that its Gaming Explore page will be home to trending gaming videos, and it will continue to serve personalized content to users via recommendations on their home feeds.
“This way, we can show a wider range of popular content that’s relevant, and it feels more natural to how viewers already find new videos. Viewers can still browse content that isn’t personalized in the Explore menu, on creator channels, and in their subscriptions feed.”
This is just the latest in a series of big changes on the platform, which recently revealed that it’s no longer monetizingAI-generated or“unoriginal” content.
