Here’s what made YouTube YouTube in 2025

4 months ago

YouTube's latest annual Culture & Trends report leads with a few insights that are likely unsurprising to anyone who spent…

Have you heard? Smosh moves, Angry Ginge wins on TV, and Hatsune Miku gets bigger than ever

4 months ago

Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more…

Kajabi is now offering creator financing, citing reports that 81% of small biz owners struggle to access capital

4 months ago

Some of the creators driving our $250 billion industry are pulling in thousands or even millions of dollars in income…

TikTok narrows the measurement gap with DoubleVerify partnership

4 months ago

As the amount of ad revenue generated on TikTok continues to rise, buyers are looking for more tools that can measure the…

Viral Nation and Fremantle’s new deal puts creators in charge of original premium series, starting with ‘Model Creator’ and ‘Cr1me C0de’

4 months ago

We recently chatted with Head of Programming Paul Telner about how Viral Nation is meeting creators in the middle ground…

Australia’s social media ban has taken effect, and the world is watching

4 months ago

On December 10, Australia became the first nation in the world to ban teenagers from major social media apps. The…

The internet’s family-friendly faves are going down the ‘Rabbit Hole’ for “the ultimate teen variety show” (Exclusive)

4 months ago

In 2026, pocket.watch is going down the Rabbit Hole, and some of the biggest creators on YouTube and TikTok are coming with it.…

Home Depot puts Dude Perfect in its “starting lineup” for new creator program

4 months ago

For social-savvy brands, 2025 was the year of the creator program. Everyone from Best Buy to Ulta Beauty to Starbucks…

Disney signs $1 billion licensing deal with OpenAI, is big mad at Google

4 months ago

Remember six months ago, when we published sunny coverage of Disney's lawsuit against Midjourney, with predictions that the Mouse House…

Instagram is the latest platform to make users fix their own recommendation algorithms (via AI chatbot, of course)

4 months ago

Stop us if you've heard this one before: A major social media platform is using an AI chatbot to make…