Yes, YouTube has a new UI. Yes, it's terrible

A screenshot of the new YouTube UI
(Image credit: Future)

If you've spent any time on YouTube over the last few days, you might have noticed that things look a little different. On desktop, it seems comments and video suggests have swapped places – an ostensibly simple change that, judging by the response online, is having a profound effect. And not in a good way. 

Where once video thumbnails appeared in a single, uniform column to the right of the video, they now sit in an enormous grid underneath the video. And when even a single YouTube thumbnail can be a bit full-on, an endlessly scrollable table of them can only be described as a sensory overload. 

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Daniel John
Design Editor

Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles.

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