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The YouTube logo: A history

The YouTube logo history and evolution provides a lesson in restrained design.
YouTube has form when it comes to giving its own logo fun and topical makeovers. Last year, Black History Month saw the logo strikingly reimagined every week for the whole of February. And now, ...
YouTube has a new design, and a new logo to accompany it. In fact, it’s the company’s first new logo in 12 years. The new logo does away with the classic ‘Tube-in-a-tube’ design. The red blob that ...
For the last 12 years, YouTube’s logo has been a pair of anachronisms wrapped inside each other. “We have the word tube in a tube,” says Christopher Bettig, the head of YouTube’s art department. “This ...
YouTube on Tuesday officially announced the first logo change in its history, in addition to debuting a major redesign of both its desktop and mobile apps. The Google-owned video streaming service has ...
YouTube is likely the Google product with the most frequent set of changes. Over the past several months, the company has been testing a series of new features for its mobile and desktop experiences, ...
Earlier this year, YouTube introduced a major redesign of its desktop website which delivered a cleaner look and new features like a “dark mode” for nighttime watching. Today, YouTube is taking this ...
February is Black History Month, and YouTube is marking the occasion in a prominent way. The YouTube logo that appears on the mobile apps and website will be reimagined for BHM by Black artists this ...
In case there were still any doubts: vertical videos are here to stay. YouTube will soon update its apps so, when you play a vertical video, you won't see those ugly black bars on the sides. The ...
The YouTube logo is being refreshed, shifting the emphasis away from the word "Tube" and onto the familiar play button. The service is also getting a new typeface, color scheme, and a bunch of major ...