"So much style without substance / So much stuff without style," Rush's Geddy Lee sings on "Grand Designs," channeling drummer Neil Peart's rejection of cheap consumerism in pursuit of true art.

Music videos have changed so much over the years. A great music video can catapult a lesser-known artist into superstardom, or be the training grounds for talented young directors who eventually make ...

Being popular is about the only thing the current most-viewed YouTube videos have in common with their top-performing predecessors. Even though YouTube videos like Chocolate Rain went viral during the ...

A series of AI-generated deepfakes and videos, many made with OpenAI's Sora, appears to show Ukrainian soldiers apologizing ...

Jeremy Carrasco makes videos under the handle @showtoolsai on TikTok, advocating for AI video literacy and pointing out tells you can look for to see if the videos on your feed are AI generated.

Whether you're going on a trip or suffering from patchy internet, downloading videos to watch offline makes for a smoother experience. All the best streaming services offer some way to download ...

MrBeast has taken the Internet by storm. Born James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson, he’s a 25-year-old YouTube streamer and philanthropist who creates videos with elaborate challenges and big monetary ...

Spotify has announced that it will start showing music videos more widely for users in the US and Canada. Update 12/9/2025: Initially announced in 2024, Spotify is now expanding music video support to ...

It’s Viral Market Crash week on Mashable. Join us as we take stock of the viral economy and investigate how the internet morphed from a fun free-for-all to a bleak hellscape we just can’t quit. The ...

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Every time Taylor Swift releases projects, artistic music videos follow, and they’re iconic. Like how each of the singer’s eras has its own distinct aesthetic, her videos do too – one minute she’s ...

Until last month, nobody outside of YouTube had a solid estimate for just how many videos are currently on the site. Eight hundred million? One billion? It turns out that the figure is more like 14 ...