YouTube has quietly removed public access to its iconic Rewind videos, leaving users unable to watch the platform’s once-flagship year-in-review content. As of January 8, 2026, all official YouTube ...

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YouTube’s iconic Rewind videos have gone dark. The iconic videos were a celebration of the platform’s most viral moments and top creators. YouTube has made them private, leaving fans wondering what ...

After 10 years, YouTube is nixing YouTube Rewind, its annual video-recap celebration of creators — saying that one single video can’t reflect “the full breadth” of its creator community. The ...

YouTube Rewind is no more. After canceling last year’s Rewind because nobody wanted to look back at 2020, the company has decided to cancel rewind for good (perhaps because 2020 never really ended, ...