I just logged onto YouTube for the first time today, and there’s a random number appended to my username. Everyone’s usernames, as far as I can see. Does anyone know what that’s all about?

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    1 year ago

    They changed the names to allow for @ handles and tagging/pinging people. They add random numbers to help with uniqueness. You can go edit yours in your settings at any time.