YouTube's newest homepage takes ALL the emphasis away from creative thumbnails, and wastes lots of precious homepage on useless white space. Even worse is the default view of “Highlights” which rather arbitrarily showcases a smaller selection of videos, mostly unbeknownst to the end-user. The check-box for “Show uploads only” is useful, but it isn’t clear what happens when you uncheck it.

Utilizing roughly the same amount of screen real-estate, my proposed design retains all of the original information in an improved format: A substantially larger thumbnail - as this is perhaps the #1 traffic-driver for content; a larger (and actually legible) channel avatar; an improved feed-header that makes it undeniably clear what you are currently viewing below (”View: Everything would be the default); video title, description, and view count are also present. Taking advantage of the extra space, my proposal showcases new information as well, including the “like/dislike” bar; a smaller thumbnail, representing the video’s Show or Playlist icon (blank space, if none available); and the much-request “X” button, allowing users to quickly remove videos they don’t wish to view directly from their subscription feed.

If you think my design is better, please forward this to @YTCreators and tell them!