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Who Picks the Next Video

How Video Sites Pick Your Videos: How does YouTube know what to show me?

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How does a site know what to show you? It picks videos.

It looks at what you watch and search for.

It looks at videos you like, too.

Then it finds videos like the ones you watched.

It picks from a huge number of videos.

When autoplay is on, videos keep playing on their own.

Autoplay is a switch. It can be set to on or off.

A grown-up can turn off autoplay.

A grown-up can delete or pause your watch history.

Families can keep screens off at meals.

Words to know

  • autoplay: plays by itself
  • search: look for
  • history: what you watched
  • huge: very big

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