James Hale

• On YouTube’s 20th birthday, it has 20 billion videos
• Cannes Lions’ creator programming is back–and bigger. Here’s what you can expect from LIONS Creators 2025.

  
• Welcome to Big Tech Easter: YouTube, Meta, and Amazon all get sponsor spots at the White House Egg Roll

  It's not a secret: tech's biggest players have been cozying up to the Trump administration. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Google itself all donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund earlier this year. But that wasn't enough for the three companies. All of them just chipped in for the White House's first significantly corporate-sponsored Easter Egg Roll.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Ryan Trahan, Mark Rober

  In this week's Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, we have the who's who of top YouTubers, from MrBeast to Ryan Trahan to Mark Rober. Follow up with an episode from Joe Rogan and a deep dive on terrible movie wigs, and you've got a nice encapsulation of what pops up on the platform's Trending tab these days.

  
• Gamer Supps gets a new creator investor–one who’s driven eight figures in sales for it
• A TikToker is suing Roblox for stealing her Charli XCX dance
• OpenAI wants more training data. So it’s building the next X.
• The creator industry NEEDS your POV–and you can get $250 by giving it
• Fan wikis are encyclopedias of unpaid passion. BloxBase is taking “pro” approach with Roblox.
• Fans have more ways than ever to give creators direct financial support. But what if a recession hits?
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: South Korea, Nintendo Switch,
• TikTok made $39 billion outside of China last year. How’s that ban looking?