YouTube Will Stop Emailing Subscribers About New Videos next Week

On Thursday, August 13, new YouTube video email notifications — for those subscribed to them — are going away. This covers new uploads, livestreams, and premieres. The primary and only alert method going forward will be Android, iOS, and web notifications.

The rationale for YouTube is how “less than 0.1% of these emails are opened.” Messages about your “account, mandatory service announcements, etc.” remain, with Google hoping that the broader change today will help “you more easily spot and pay attention to the important emails.”