YouTube is rolling out a “most replayed parts of a video” highlight function. 

After dominating the sphere of long-form video platforms for decades, the go-to social media site is now making its way to market its videos via a more palatable, short-form route. 

How the new feature works is by depicting the most popular parts of the clip through a translucent graph right behind the regular progress bar of a video. In YouTube’s own description of the latest attribute, they explain that they hope to bring convenience to users’ who wish “to quickly find and watch those moments.” 

The latest function has sparked discourse among K-pop fans, debating whether it is necessary or might fuel more fandom rivalries internally. 

the youtube new replay feature…will be fun until it isnt. yall are insane and im not looking forward to this

— kaeli♡ (@pinkmvsk_) May 25, 2022

gonna start hosting replay streaming party and make people go to 2:11 to give their bias most replays

— dayu fans global (@_crystaIcIear) May 25, 2022

I forgot I can’t mute pictures on here…. I don’t want to see that YouTube replay option, bc it’s just gonna lead to discourse between jobless ppl.

— Ace 🂱 ²³ (@injun_lovecntrl) May 26, 2022

be exposing nctzens

— caaaa 🦋 (@meisaxun) May 25, 2022

actually the YouTube replay feature might inadvertently work in our favour cause multiple sub fandoms are gonna stream more to sway the results in their favour 😁

— A somebody 🌱 a not nobody (@0tter_TaroMilkT) May 25, 2022

Nonetheless, most are simply thrilled about being able to watch their biases with increased ease.

i’m about to run that youtube replay feature into the ground

— 🍇 (@sanagrape) May 25, 2022

I'm afraid some stans will fall asleep while 'playing' with the "replay button" on youtube tonight 😥

— Anna⁷ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘ 💙 Filter Soty (@AlleyCatJim1n) May 25, 2022

my most replayed part of gods menu so true pic.twitter.com/L0OiJ8ZJ1U

— lino mino🌩 YEJI DAY (@hanjiiconic) May 25, 2022

#HANDOM • 25.05.22 •
STAYs, vocês já viram a nova ferramenta que tem no Youtube Premium? Ela nos permite ver um gráfico da parte mais repetida do vídeo.
E claro que na apresentação do Kingdom de “I’ll Be Your Man” os picos de replay são quando o #HAN dá suas high notes. pic.twitter.com/Eo918S8nq5

— Han Jisung Brasil • 🐿️ • VAGAS ABERTAS (@HanJisungBrasil) May 25, 2022

Motivated by the rapidly decreasing attention span of the general public from 12 minutes to 5 as represented in a study, the company aims to divide original videos into more manageable and accessible chunks. 

On top of this, an additional suite of upcoming features which help to loop parts of a video and allow viewers to find the most critical, “must-watch” moments are also in the works.

Try out the new feature here.