“Trends consist of many videos created by many fandoms, and there are more micro-trends enjoyed by diverse communities than ever before.”
YouTube is killing its Trending page after ten years because traffic has dropped “significantly” and the single universal trending list no longer reflects how anyone actually watches content. The replacement is YouTube Charts, which splits trends into categories like music, podcasts, and trailers. The real story is that the algorithmic recommendation feed already replaced the concept of “trending” years ago. This is just cleaning up the corpse.