James Hale

• Ryan Trahan’s latest penny challenge raised $400,000 for Water.org
• Musical guests on ‘Call Her Daddy’ get major traffic boosts, according to Spotify

  John Legend, who appeared on the show in March, saw a 200% spike in his Spotify streams. Madison Beer's went up 155% after her May appearance. Anitta had a guest spot in April that gave her a 150% boost.

  
• Threads already has 30 million users

  
• Kick surges to 12 million signups and cuts “unnecessary exposure” to controversial categories

  Kick now lets users block gambling and hot tub streams sitewide.

  
• Heads up, creators: The FTC says “#ad” in your video description is not enough disclosure.
• Smosh is joining Rooster Teeth’s podcast network—and will have a “huge presence” at RTX
• BookTok can make bestsellers. So ByteDance is becoming a publisher.
• Millionaires: Hannah Montoya gets the royal treatment
• YouTube is cutting off viewers who use ad block
• Creators on the Rise: Niki and Ritika Shamdasani had a booming Indian wedding business. Then COVID hit.
• Colleen Ballinger tries to ukelele her way out of grooming allegations
• Streamers on the Rise: How curiousjoi brand-built her EXP Lobby