# YouTube Squashes Feud With Billboard Charts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/youtube-squashes-feud-with-billboard-charts/
- Published: 2026-11-09T21:24:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T22:40:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Pitchfork
- Original article: https://pitchfork.com/story/youtube-squashes-feud-with-billboard-charts/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Trending, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- YouTube will rejoin Billboard’s charts in 2027.
- Billboard is narrowing the gap between paid and free streams.
- One paid stream will equal 1.5 ad-supported streams from 16 January.

## Summary

YouTube will return to Billboard’s charts in 2027, reversing its 2025 decision to stop submitting its streams. The move follows a change to Billboard’s weighting system, which YouTube says better reflects how people listen across paid and free services.

Billboard is reducing the difference between subscription and ad-supported streams: from 16 January, one paid stream will count as much as 1.5 ad-supported streams, down from 2.5. YouTube had objected that the previous formula undervalued listening on its free tier; the company has not explained why it accepts the revised ratio rather than equal weighting.

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